3d printed sleds

I have been playing with my 3D printer, for me it is the best thing for making AV bays. Getting ready for ROCstock in June, I designed and built a family of AV bays for the Perfectflite Stratologger CF - Old Style Stratologger and the Adept22. All the designs have a few things in common, they all use a screw to operate a contact switch XV-15-1C25 rated at 15 amps, they cost about a buck each on Ebay. Plus all of the AV bays have integral 9V battery holders. They are designed using Rhino3D.

To date I have printed:

54mm - single Stratologger CF (2X #10 holes)
75mm - Single Adept 22 (1/4 inch hole)
75mm - Dual Stratologger OR Stratologger CF (1/4 inch hole)
98mm - Single Adept 22 (1/4 inch hole)
150mm - single Adept 22 (1/4 inch hole)

They are very light versatile. I was thinking of loading the files up on Creative Commons.

Mike K

Personally, I don't fly with altimeters (yet). That said, I do like what I'm seeing.

Very nice. Me likely.

Cool. What plastic are you using?

You should produce these and sell them. They are very cool.

Wow! Very cool...good job!

Really nice work. The larger one looks like it has a screwdriver guide built into it for lining up the switch. If so, that is a nice touch. You can tell you really thought these out. I have bought several of the currently available printed sleds and really like them, and am completely sold on this being a perfect application of 3D printing to rocketry. More choices would be welcome if you decide to sell them.

Very cool!