Useless box/Aircraft Builds

At the start of the unit, we were told to create a useless box(description below) with a theme attached. Many did not complete a theme because of the difficulty of the project. However I had taken months in advance to create Solidworks models of U.S. military aircraft in my free time (not obligated). Which is why you may see some aircraft not included either due to space constriants or printer constraints.

Hinge design - Practice

Components

Aircraft designs

Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk + Steps of creation

McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle + Arm

Hinge design - Practice

Inside cuts final

Pin final

Collision

Pin construction

Hinge construction

Components

During the research phase of the useless box, we were given partners to build and share components in Solidworks.

My components built (Top - battery and bottom motor)

My partner's (Top - Switch and Bottom - Limit switch)

Aircraft designs

Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk,

F/A-18 Super Hornet

Boeing CH-47 Chinook

Lockheed AC-130 Gunship

Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk

Boeing AH-64 Apache

F-35C Lightning II

Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor

Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk

Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit

McDonnell Douglas/ Boeing C-17 Globemaster III

Bell AH-1Z Viper

Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk + Steps of creation

I began creating the aircraft models by using the Tools, Sketch Tools, Sketch picture, feature in solid works.

Where I would then take schematics from the internet and paste them onto the front, right, and top planes

Centering the image onto the origin

Making the image transparent

Final schematics

Sketch over the schematic

Mirror

Extrude/cut

Repeat for each plane

Adjust as needed

Test print 1(Wingspan was 1 inch for scale)

I repeated the same exact steps for each individual aircraft

F/A-18 Super Hornet

Test print 1

Boeing CH-47 Chinook

Belt fed M240

Same process completed as the RQ4 but with a different image and I placed the planes on the sides of the Chinook and created the rotors by myself

M240 with ACOG 4x32 with interchangable mag

First test prints

Fix 1- Larger rotors and larger wheels

Test print 2

(I ended up not using the CH-47 because the rotors kept breaking off)

Lockheed AC-130 Gunship

Test print 1 - 3, the first fix was to make the fuselage thicker (shown in middle AC-130), the second was to print the body upright which helped greatly (Furthest right print)