Engineering Highlight: Samrat's Reinforced Quadcopter Wins 'Part of the Week'
Last Friday at MarkForged’s Part of the Week event, engineer Samrat unveiled a custom quadcopter that earned the weekly contest trophy.
Samrat built his design on the popular Hovership MHQ2 from Thingiverse. He increased the main plate thickness by 2 mm for added stiffness and raised the landing-gear height to house a 4S Li-Po battery at the base. An antenna stand was also added for improved signal reliability.
To survive New England’s rugged terrain and occasional drops, the majority of the body was reinforced with carbon-fiber, while the arms were strengthened with fiberglass.
During the weekend, Samrat conducted a test flight—our first live footage of one of these aircraft in action.
See Samrat’s full build on Thingiverse here: Thingiverse Post or download the STL files below.
Images courtesy of Carl.
3D printing
- Drone Pi: A Dual‑Mode Multiwii & Raspberry Pi Quadcopter for Smartphone and Remote Control
- Engineering a Fully 3‑D Printed Shock Absorber with Industrial‑Strength Onyx
- Weekly 3D‑Printed Highlight: Kevlar‑Reinforced Pliers
- Customer Part of the Month: Showcase Your 3D‑Printed Innovation
- Demonstrating Embedded Hardware with Dan Topjian’s Kevlar®‑Reinforced Letter Opener
- Carl Calabria’s Magnetic Featherboard: A 3D‑Printed Innovation for Woodworking Precision
- A Custom Carbon‑Fiber Phone Amplifier by MarkForged Engineer Dan Topjian
- Carl Calabria’s Carbon‑Fiber Jig for Precise Composite Spool Tensioner Alignment
- Ethan Steele’s Guzzleine Antifrost Device: A 3D‑Printed Solution to Winter Fuel Pump Hassles
- Introducing the Composite Cable Clamp by MechEngineerMike: A Durable, Kevlar‑Reinforced Solution