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Old fighter jets can be melted down and 3D printed into new ones
Turning old fighter jets into a fine powder and using that to 3D print new components is a more sustainable way to build the ...
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Rolls-Royce turns retired British fighter jets into 3D-printed engine parts
Rolls-Royce has pioneered a unique recycling effort, transforming the United Kingdom Royal Air Force’s (RAF) old aircraft ...
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3D Printing A Lifting Body Aircraft
Despite their obscurity, [rctestflight] decided to 3D print a few lifting bodies for himself and take them out for a field test (YouTube video, embedded below). Most aircraft have a body designed ...
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AM Craft introduces 3D printed arm caps to LOT Polish Airlines 737 fleet
Discover how LOT Polish Airlines is using 3D printed arm caps from AM Craft to maintain their Boeing 737 fleet.
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101st Airborne Division Takes Flight with 3D Printed Drones
The 101st Airborne Division has begun 3D manufacturing of small-unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) at the EagleWerx Applied Tactical Innovation Center at Fort Cam ...
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Royal Air Force recycles old fighter jets into 3D printing feedstock
Royal Air Force recycles old fighter jets into 3D printing feedstock - enabling the creation of new components suitable for Tempest jets.
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It turns out that simply gluing a '3D-printed board' to an old military aircraft can save 2.2 billion yen in fuel costs per year
The U.S. Air Force has announced that by adding small deflectors printed with a 3D printer to the fuselage ... which was the main aircraft of the company. Since then, it has been used for ...