I’m looking for a well documented 3D printed drone build for beginners to drone flying.

I’m not new to 3D printing and have a degree in electronics so I have quite a bit of experience soldering and working with electronics. I even used to work for a drone company and even contributed to Ardupilot development, but I’ve literally never flown a drone (successfully) before.

My main interest is just getting into the hobby a bit, learning how to fly it, and getting some cool drone footage. Eventually I may want to get into FPV.

I want to start with a 3D printed design because it is likely I will break this drone quite a bit while I am learning to fly and I figure it will be cheaper and faster to be able to print a new body when I need it.

Does anyone have a design they can recommend? I’d like one that can at least support a GoPro on it.

  • peregrin5@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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    10 days ago

    "I had a new $3,000 printer back of the day and it was adding to my sunk cost fallacy. "

    Are you me?

    Haha. Interestingly my $3000 “printer” is also a laser and CNC so I can CNC carbon fiber (with appropriate safety precautions) when I get to that point but I kind of want to start with a 3D printed one to begin with.

    I’m certain at a particular point I will decide I’m annoyed having to 3D print each time and just buy a frame or cut one myself but until I hit that frustration I’m fine with throwing some money at some filament.