When Alexis Massol studied mechanical engineering in the school's Fablab (a maker space), his dream was to build his own drone. After five months of hard work, he successfully built a 1.5 kg full-featured drone. He then began his internship at Sculpteo, one of the world's leading online 3D printing service platforms. Here he modified his drone model and he used 3D printing technology to make a lighter, more efficient version.
Alexis said: "I used to buy a drone, but I am not satisfied with it. It is not stable enough, I need to connect it to my mobile phone to drive it, but this drone often loses connection, this is Very unsafe.†This experience prompted Alexis to decide to build his own drone so that he could control it through a controller and computer, which meant double security.
Alexis started his own production process by looking up the plan on the Internet. He made a note about what materials are needed to make a drone and then started learning how to design a drone. Alexis said: "I don't have any experience. Thanks to the online 3D design tutorial, I taught myself SolidWorks. A similar tutorial can be found on the Sculpteo website. I spent a few months designing the first version, but The second version only took me three weeks."
At first Alexis used the school's FDM (melt deposition manufacturing) 3D printer to make one of his own drones, the wire is PLA (polylactic acid), and the PLA is made of corn starch. Alexis added: "I want to use 3D printing to make a completely biodegradable frame for my drone, but the results are totally out of my hope. I hope to make a very professional drone like Phantom 4. Then he decided to try a different design and material. In the end, he used SLS (selective laser sintering) 3D printing technology, the material is Sculpteo's white nylon (PA 12), which is very strong and light.
Alexis said: "This drone is powerful and equipped with a target detection system, compass, GPS and a GoPro camera. You can control the drone within one kilometer."
Thanks to 3D printing technology, Alexis was able to choose the components and options he wanted to make his own drone. However, due to the use of Sculpteo's online 3D printing service, Alexis's drone manufacturing cost is 1,600 euros, which is equivalent to the retail price of a drone. Despite this, he is very happy to be able to complete his own products, and his hard work has paid off.
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