SpaceX Crew Dragon Model

SpaceX Crew Dragon Model Printing File STL - OBJ for 3D Printing

Two version For printer FDM - FFF and for printer DLP – SLA - SLS

Assembly Figure

More than 200 hours of modeling

Two versions

However, the dimensions can be changed with each slicer

In total SpaceX Crew Dragon is composed of 1,2 mil points

All the files have been decimated by the polygons, but without losing the details, this makes the light files suitable for each computer

Dimensions approximately

FDM-FFF:

• W 14 Cm D 14 Cm H 20 Cm
• W 5,5 inch D 5,5 inch H 7,8 inch

DLP-SLA-SLS:

• W 7,5 Cm D 7,5 Cm H 11 Cm
• W 3 inch D 3 inch H 4,3 inch

All files are already in place for optimal printing

SpaceX Crew Dragon 3D model was designed to get a clean print result, without considering printing material consumption, However, you are free to rotate, or scale every part of the model in the most convenient way for you.

Each file has been checked and repaired with Netfabb

The parts of the model are already positioned for 3D printing

Compatible with every Slicer- Simplify3D, Care, Slic3r, etc ...

All the parts of the model have been cut so as to be printed vertically, for a higher quality of printing

The Crew Dragon capsule is a reusable spacecraft developed and produced by SpaceX as part of the Commercial Crew Program (CCDev). It is the variant of the Dragon 2 for the transport of a human crew.

The spacecraft was presented on May 29, 2014, during a press conference at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. It differs substantially from the previous model, the cargo version, operational from 2010 to 2020. The Dragon 2 has in fact an emergency life support system (ECLSS) capable of sustaining the crew for the duration of the flight; it is equipped with portholes, improved avionics, redesigned solar panels and a modified external structure. It also features an integrated Launch Escape System (LES) capable of escaping the vehicle away from the rocket in an emergency with an acceleration of 11.8 m/s² (39 ft/s²), achieved using eight side-mounted SuperDraco engines, grouped in redundant pairs in four engine pods, with each engine producing 71 kN (16,000 lbf) of thrust, to rescue the crew in emergency situations that force the abandonment of the mission. The advantages of this configuration, instead of the conventional rescue tower are the reusability of the system, the possibility of using it until reaching orbit, the increase in safety resulting from the elimination of a separation event.

On 6 May 2015, the first pad abort test was completed, while another test of the engines took place on 24 November 2015.

The first uncrewed test flight was carried out from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 2 March 2019, while the first crewed test, initially scheduled for 27 May 2020 but postponed to 30 May 2020 due to unfavorable weather conditions, was successful and docked with the ISS after about 19 hours and then returned to Earth on 2 August 2020, with equal success, with a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. ("Wikipedia")

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Recommended settings for printing:

Each part was cut to be printed vertically, to have a better quality print, so for the upper parts, it is recommended to print with a 4-5 skirt

Quality:

• Layer height: 0.1mm*
• Initial layer thickness: 0.3mm
• Bottom/top pattern: lines
• Horizontal expansion: 0.04mm (when entering 0.04mm index, the 3D printer perceives the model as monolith, i.e. as having no hidden layers).
• *Layer Height 0.1mm is recommended for a better quality for the printed model. However, the printing time will double.

As a STL file provider, our goal is to ensure that the files are error-free and printable in the most accurate way. This is why we only test print the most difficult segments of

the model’s parts.

The model's parts have been tested and printed in PLA. In case you need advice where to get your filaments from, check our partner's website.

Speed setups:

• Infill speed: 30mm/s
• Outer shell speed : 30mm/s
• Inner shell speed: 20mm/s
• Top/bottom speed: 20mm/s
• Support speed: 50mm/s
• Travel speed: 150mm/s
• Skirt speed: 30mm/s
• Amount of slower layers: 4

Infill:

• Infill pattern: Grid
• Line distance: 1.5mm
• Infill overlap: 20%
• Infill layers: 0

Support:

• Enable support: Check
• Placement: Everywhere
• Overhang angle: 30°
• X/Y distance: 0.7mm
• Top distance: 0.2mm
• Bottom distance: 0.2mm
• Stair step height: 0.5mm
• Join distance: 0.7mm
• Area smoothing: 0.6mm
• Use towers: check
• Pattern: Grid
• Line distance: 1.5mm