RC CAD

12/03/2024

Making the next set of soft jaws on the new Tormach 1100MX for the RC L-1011's Aluminum drag brace that will lock the nose gear into position.

Soft jaws are required to hold a complex part in a specific position in order to mill a portion of the part. The drag brace has 3 operations and two sets of soft jaws. You can see a 3D printed prototype of the brace and how the soft jaws hold it in place for a finishing operation.

12/02/2024

Verifying the freshly Mo milled soft jaws for the RC L-1011 Nose Gear Uppers Drag Brace are correct. These are for Op 2 of 3. You can see a 3D printed brace used as a stand in.

On to make the next set.

11/19/2024

Getting ready to fire up the Tormach Inc. 1100MX CNC to make parts for the RC L-1011 airplane landing gear. First up, the nose gear upper drag brace. 4 ops total plus 2 soft jaws.

10/11/2024

The workshop got a new machine! Say Hello to the newly commissioned Tormach 1100MX with 4th axis!

With this latest addition to the workroom, RC CAD is now able to manufacture landing gear and countless other metal parts in house for our handcrafted scale models AND we'll be able to do custom jobs for clients as well!

Let's go 🇺🇸 Manufacturing!

08/15/2024

I spilled the T on what's going on with the L-1011 Kit and more with Jonathan and Anthony on the RC Air Experience Podcast.

Thank you for watching !! our viewers are amazing ! This is a great episode with Terence from RC Cad 2 VR, what he is doing in amazing and we got to take a ...

07/31/2024

Since the Reel I posted is edited at Ludicrous Speed, here are some stills from the 1:5th scale Boeing 787-9 Landing Gear 3D Printed project.

This was a commissioned project that popped up late last month for a global consultancy who needed it as a center piece for their augmented reality booth at the 2024 Farnborough International Air Show in the UK.

This was made at break-neck speed. I wished I had had more time to work on it to really get all the little details just right, but overall the project turned out nicely.

If you've got a model you'd like to have made, feel free to reach out, would love to hear from you.

07/29/2024

This 1:5th scale 3D printed Boeing 787-9 Main Landing Gear Model was commissioned by an global consultancy for the 2024 Farnborough International Airshow to present new Augmented Reality possibilities with the Apple Vision Pro.

The model stands 810mm tall with movable strut, wheels, torque links, and Hydraulic lines that can be disconnected.

This scale model is used as a functional prop to demonstrate various use aerospace use case applications such as training, maintenance, prototyping, and product development.

It's definitely been one of those awesome projects that randomly pop up that you just have to say YES to.

Structural parts are printed from Polymaker PA6-CF (excellent to work with) tires are printed from Prusament Flex80 resin on the Phrozen Mega 8kS in addition to PA6-CF testing tires. The Bambu X1C printed all of the structural parts.

Looking forward to working on future projects like this.

If you're looking to have a model built, visit our Custom Model Fabrications page on our website.

12/03/2023

RC Airliner Nose Landing Gear for the L-1011 at 1:19th scale

11/12/2023

https://www.threads.net/.cad2vr/post/CyUDLmpSLC1/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

10/26/2023

Today is all about tolerances, tolerances, tolerances

10/25/2023

The rod style mounting idea for the linear servo didn't work out as planned. There was too much slack in the system allowing excess movement in the gear. A redesign was in order and solved that problem.

10/23/2023

Can we talk about landing gear?