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3D-printed part failure causes light aircraft crash after plastic air intake melts during flight — pilot escapes with minor injuries
A homebuilt light aircraft crashed while on approach to Gloucestershire Airport after suffering from engine power loss. According to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report [PDF, via BBC] ...
A plane crashed after a 3D-printed part softened and collapsed, causing its engine to lose power, a report has found. The Cozy Mk IV light aircraft was destroyed after its plastic air induction elbow, ...
A report by the AAIB reveals that a UK plane crash in March 2025 was caused by the failure of a 3D printed component.
Each of the new CFM LEAP engines, a joint venture between GE Aviation and Safran Aircraft Engines, will have 19 3D-printed fuel nozzles in the combustion that’s impossible to be made any other way.
Back in March, a small aircraft in the UK lost engine power while coming in for a landing and crashed. The aircraft was a ...
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How 3D printing is reinventing rocket design and flight
Rocket engineering is shifting from painstaking machining and welding to a world where engines and tanks emerge from printers ...
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