3-D Printing for Aeromodeling

Article by Paul Gentile. Why you might want this tool in your workshop. See two additional sidebars, bonus photos, and a video. Featured on page 55 in the October 2013 issue of Model Aviation. The 3-D printer is the newest tool in the workshop. The first time watching a 3-D object being printed can be awe inspiring. For me, 3-D printing brings forth memories of the “Star Trek” episodes where the computer is asked to replicate an object and a few seconds later, the object materializes. It is hard to not be excited when you realize we are not far off from the reality of that…