Helicopter or Bevel Cube

TomZ · **Posted:** Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:56 am

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Each and every single part (excluding the screws etc) of this was made on an FDM machine. They were then smoothed using solvent and high-grit sandpaper. The only part that isn't FDM printed is the core. After I broke the FDM core by accident (or pure dumbness for that matter), I casted another from a master I made on a ZCorp printer.

I found a case (it originally contained a masterball puzzle) that fits very nicely. With the stand in there it won't shift around, so hopefully it will survive my next meeting (coming sunday) better than some more unfortunate dominos :shock:

I've also made a video, but I got a rather low framerate from my webcam. Maybe this was due to AutoCAD running in the background. I'll try to use a different camera to make a new video soon.

NEW VIDEO

Bigandrewgold · **Posted:** Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:07 am

looks very nice

flambore · **Posted:** Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:31 am

Beautiful, Tom! Glad to see it stickered. Really nice job. How does it turn?

trixter · **Posted:** Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:02 am

Looks great Tom! I really like it in the case like that

Sjoerd · **Posted:** Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:53 am

Looks very professional in that case! cool stickers too.
I knew shortly the helicopter could shape shift, but never actually saw it.
And what meeting are you talking about?

Sven · **Posted:** Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:03 pm

Sjoerd wrote:

And what meeting are you talking about?

http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/c.php?i=BeneluxOpen2009

Nice job Tom;) will you still get the caps?

TomZ · **Posted:** Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:42 pm

I will be getting caps, but it will be a while. And I think I would need to drive the screws in even further to fit them.

I wasn't referring to the Benelux, but I think I will also be there. In this case I was just talking about just a meeting, not a competition.

TomZ · **Posted:** Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:40 pm

I'm sorry for bumping this topic, but I finally managed to shoot a video that is actually decent. Thanks to Stefan Pochmann (whose voice you can hear in the video).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKWxvPwYv1Y&fmt=22

Stefan Pochmann · **Joined:** Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:07 pm

Of course when I said "now it gets ugly" I meant that in a positive way, referring to the shape changing. It's a very fine puzzle and twists very smoothly. I hope next time I get a chance to play with it I'll have or take the time to do so.

PaulWozniak · **Joined:** Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:02 pm

It looks absolutely fantastic.

DragonCuber · **Posted:** Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:09 pm

Oh, I love the helicopter cube, I desperately want one :cry:

Good job on yours, it's beautiful, and I'm still trying to figure out how it changes shape :roll:

Notoday · **Posted:** Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:43 pm

Beautiful cube, beautiful video :shock:

I agree with the whole "ugly but in a good way" comment, haha.

Helicopter or Bevel Cube

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