![]() ![]() The model is made up of 10 separate 3D printable pieces, which take a total of about 2.5 hours to print out. Using Autodesk 3ds Max to model his vehicle, he went through four iterations of the design before settling on his fifth and final version as the one to ultimately print and share with the world. Going from the helicopter to the car basically just required me to add four wheels.” ![]() “Initially I made a model of a helicopter because I felt it would be easier,” Suprapto tells. Typically when we think about vehicles which use some sort of propeller, we picture an airplane, a motorboat or a helicopter, but Suprapto elected to do something a bit out of the ordinary, and create a rubber band powered, propeller driven car. ![]() That friend put a seed into the head of Suprapto, pushing him to create a vehicle that could use rubber bands and propellers to move about. However, with the advent of 3D printing and the increasing adoption rate of desktop 3D printers within people’s homes, we are starting to see more and more unique ideas come to fruition, many of which would have never had seen the light of day previously.įor one man, named Heri Suprapto, all it took for him to try and come up with a new idea for a toy car, was a mere challenge from a buddy of his. Over the course of history, only those with will power, determination and intelligence have typically been the ones to bring unique new creations into reality. The ideas of inventing, innovating and “making” are usually tied to individuals with an extreme creative side to them. ![]()
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