Aircraft crashed in Gloucestershire after 3D-printed part collapsed
www.bbc.com
The aircraft was completely destroyed after a spare part bought at an air show in America collapsed.
  • TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8·
    1 hour ago

    This seems like there must have been like… 30 levels of checks and protocols to prevent anything like this from happening. How does something like this even occur

    • velindora@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      8·
      53 minutes ago

      Well, the article said it was a 3D Printed part bought at an airshow. Which I imagine is like a gun show, and you can buy as many add-ons as you want from individual people.

      I would question whether or not they used high Temperature filament, like PETG or something better, Or if that shit is just thick PLA.

      But I do agree that there should be 30 levels of checks and protocols to prevent anything like this from happening. I think if you attach something to the exterior of your airplane, it needs to be made by a manufacturer who knows what they’re doing.

  • prettybunnys@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    1 hour ago

    This used to happen to crown vics that cops would dog the shit out of, but it would “warn” ahead of time because the intake manifold would sound like a really shitty harmonica.

    I learned this because my friends dad was a mechanic for the police and came home one day while we were smoking a blunt and made us lose our god damn minds from paranoia, then we got to go for a ride in a cop car while stoned.