3D Printing Is Revolutionizing the RC World . Serious RC aircraft people have always made their own planes, but they would carve the models by hand from light wood types or from blocks of foam.

Conánn shows how simple it is to download your plane for 3D printing. Watch as he explains how to save the design and then print it with the software that comes with your 3D printer.

But until now, no one has been able to print a 3D airplane that flies. Now, European aerospace company, Airbus, has created a mini-plane, named Thor, which is the world's first 3D printed aircraft.

They are hoping to show how 3D printing will revolutionise the economics of aircraft design – by flying the world’s first fully “printed” plane. Advertisement ...

A student team has successfully designed, built, and flown a 3D printed RC plane using only $16 of plastic with a consumer-grade 3D printer (Makerbot), plus the necessary electronics and motor. The… ...

Five years later, GE’s partially 3D-printed engine, called the Catalyst, is set to fly in an airplane called the Cessna Denali by the end of this year. It’ll have more 3D-printed parts than any other ...

Designing and 3D printing RC planes offer several interesting challenges, and so besides being awesome looking and a fast flier, [localfiend’s] Northern Pike build is definitely worth a look.… ...