Spring upgrade for Desktop Whomp Rocket
by Adam · via Printables
| Format | STL |
| Category | Mechanical |
| License | CC BY-NC-SA |
| Triangles | 92.2k |
| Uploaded | Mar 4, 2022 |
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Description
This spring is tapered so that it can compress down into a thin slice. That will preserve more internal air volume for your successful desktop whomp LEO insertions. It prints fast and decent without supports. It has been whomp-tested 3 times (no, that's a lie, I only tested it twice). As always, adult supervision is required. Every single part of this whomp rocket and spring is dangerous if used incorrectly. Note: It's deliberately a tight squeeze around the bottom. This will ensure maximum retention of the spring during transportation of your launching device. No, that's also a lie. I refactored the code and made a small conditional logic error, so the flat 270 degree base gets a “reverse taper”. But it works, and still looks elegant from a top-down view. If you want a smooth underbelly to your tasteful spring upgrade, I've also included a .gcode file with supports. Does it work? No clue. I'm not wasting 2 hours on that and I hope you don't either. How much do I care about you, the rocket scientists of the future? Plenty! That's why I rendered it with over 45,000 vertices and took almost 10 minutes of CPU time. Bonus: it even works upside down. Kind of. It looks sad when you install it that way, but it's a trooper of a spring and will still do your bidding. (This is a modification, not a remix, of the Desktop Whomp Rocket aka workplace HR magnet, https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/131862-desktop-whomp-rocket) Thank you to @tokyo2ooo for a great idea. (https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/128664-spring-for-desktop-stomp-rocket) Update: I added a slightly different version (r4) that might work better depending on your filament. Try them both and see what you like. Make some for your friends.
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