{"id":1876,"date":"2020-04-15T06:14:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T06:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=1876"},"modified":"2021-06-10T13:07:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T13:07:31","slug":"is-3d-printed-c-hub-strong-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=1876","title":{"rendered":"Is 3D printed parts strong enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It depends. These replacement shock towers are pretty solid so far:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200719_205040.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3074\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200719_205040-1024x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"769\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200719_205040-1024x610.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200719_205040-300x179.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200719_205040-768x458.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200719_205040-675x402.jpg 675w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200719_205040-480x286.jpg 480w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200719_205040.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200717_224724.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3075\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200717_224724-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200717_224724-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200717_224724-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200717_224724-675x900.jpg 675w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200717_224724-480x640.jpg 480w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20200717_224724.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Optima uses a 50% filled 3D printed C hub. It breaks after approximately 20 minutes of running. Seems like 100% fill is necessary.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h2eKLsipFKY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/o2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1879\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/o2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"687\" height=\"915\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/o2.png 687w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/o2-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The photo below shows a replacement arm for the Tamiya onroad. It does not last.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/blIMG_20200203_133128.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3063\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/blIMG_20200203_133128-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/blIMG_20200203_133128-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/blIMG_20200203_133128-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/blIMG_20200203_133128-675x900.jpg 675w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/blIMG_20200203_133128-480x640.jpg 480w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/blIMG_20200203_133128.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a middle gear for the vintage AYK. It does not last.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20210101_215144.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3065\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20210101_215144-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20210101_215144-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20210101_215144-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20210101_215144-675x900.jpg 675w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20210101_215144-480x640.jpg 480w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_20210101_215144.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It depends. These replacement shock towers are pretty solid so far: This Optima uses a 50% filled 3D printed C hub. It breaks after approximately 20 minutes of running. Seems like 100% fill is necessary. The photo below shows a replacement arm for the Tamiya onroad. It does not last. This is a middle gear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,125,85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1876"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1876"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3077,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1876\/revisions\/3077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}