Specialized missions require specialized aircraft, and designing a custom unmanned aircraft can be expensive and time consuming. Engineers at the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) are working to solve that problem by 3-D printing aircraft to meet customers' needs. APL engineers demonstrated the technique by additively manufacturing an unmanned aircraft out of plastic and flying it in an unusual way. The 6-kilogram Corrosion Resistant Aerial Covert Unmanned Nautical System, or CRACUNS, rose from the bottom of a flooded quarry, and took off, carrying a GoPro camera to demonstrate low-altitude surveillance.


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    Title :

    Printing a quadcopter out of plastic


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Aerospace America ; 54 , 6 ; 4


    Publication date :

    2016



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    BKL:    55.88 Luftverkehr, Raumfahrt / 55.88
    Local classification TIB:    770/7040



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