Consider the route you took when you drove to work today. Are you going to take a significantly different route tomorrow? How comfortable would you be flying on a plane for which all pre-flight safety evaluations were based solely on the pilot’s intuition or experience? Perhaps the pilot doesn’t feel that the fuel level needs to be checked. Or the landing gear. Or the engines. Would you board t...

This study concerns the use of fused filament fabrication technique to create models landing gear an unmanned aircraft. These components are made with short fibers (chopped fibers) carbon fiber and fiberglass. In order identify material high mechanical strength, designed were subjected a finite element analysis three-point bending test, followed by microscopic examination tested components. Fol...