The exact airfoil shape of a wing has a massive effect on the performance and efficiency of an aircraft and will be selected based on the intended flight envelope. If you’re moving beyond foam board ...

One of the most important considerations when flying remote-controlled airplanes is weight. Especially if the airplane has a motor, this has a huge potential impact on weight. For this reason, ...

Much anticipation has been built around the future of the automotive and aerospace industries in the wake of recent advancements in 3D-printing technologies. But what’s often overlooked is the way 3D ...

Last year, engineering students from the University of Virginia posted a YouTube video of a plastic turbofan engine that they had built using a 3D printer. When executives from The MITRE Corporation, ...

File picture: Jets parked on the tarmac of Geneva Airport - Copyright Tobias SCHWARZ File picture: Jets parked on the tarmac of Geneva Airport - Copyright Tobias ...

Boeing expects to shave $2 to $3 million off each 787 Dreamliner's manufacturing costs by 2018, thanks to 3D-printed titanium. The company has teamed up with Norwegian company Norsk Titanium to create ...

An curved arrow pointing right. This is the world's largest 3D-printed object. It was printed at Oak Ridge National Lab, and took 30 hours to make. It's a tool that will help Boeing build aircraft ...

One of the advantages of 3-D printing is that it makes it possible to manufacture things that wouldn’t make sense or even be possible with legacy technologies. Metro Aerospace provides an excellent ...

This article originally appeared on Lost at E Minor. First we brought you the crossbow built from office supplies, and now we’re proud to present… the paper airplane machine gun! With the power of 3D ...