An RC airplane fully designed by students and 3D-printed by parts at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. This project has been ongoing for nearly four years, with students coming and going, but it has finally taken its first flight.
This video features the finished airplane during ground and flight testing.
Many thanks to all of the students in the previous years who contributed to this project.
This technique of 3D printing the wing ribs to hold a true aerofoil shape worked out super well! Combined with foam sheets, packing tape and the lightweight wooden spar, it performs amazingly well!
This large DH Mosquito RC plane will be flown at NZ`s top airshow during Easter this year so Frazer and Mike Brigs decided to check out its handling on tarmac at the Tokoroa Airfield (NZTO)
