These photos don’t look like much, but this is a great example of some of the exciting new technology we are using at @bisonaviation.
The white part is the outside air temperature gauge pod from a 1971 V35B Bonanza. It had lived a hard life, with multiple cracks and a large section of plastic completely missing. We were in the process of doing a complete panel refurb on this plane, and this piece clearly wasn’t up to par for reuse, but with no replacements available from the manufacturer, what could we do?
Here’s what we did… we scanned the old broken part with a 3D scanner and created a 3D computer model of the part, which we then “repaired” using 3D graphics software. Once that was completed, we printed the “repaired” part on our 3D printer using fire resistant black ABS plastic. After the new part was printed it was just a matter of painting the part to match the rest of the aircraft and we had a brand new part that was a drop in replacement for the old cracked part!
Imagine doing something like that even just a few years ago, and we did it all in-house at @bisonaviation!!! What an exciting time to be maintaining aircraft.
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#aircraftmaintenance #beechbonanza #aircraftmechanic #3dprinting #raise3d (at Bison Aviation, LLC)
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