The radio feed horn that I 3D printed. It is made of resin and was a 2-hour print.
I have just finished my fourth week in mechanical engineering here at CU Boulder. This week I was given the task to create an actual model of one of our satellites called Maxwell. This satellite is around three times bigger than the other CubeSat we are working on. Maxwell is still in the early stages, and so as one of the checkpoints for us to proceed with making this satellite we must create a representation of it. I started by talking with my mentors, Andrew and Bobby, to decide the quickest and most cost effective way to create this. We decided that all six walls and the two solar panel boards could be laser cut out of acrylic. The feed horn to project the radio waves for communication could be 3D printed, and the internal components could be easily represented using styrofoam blocks. I spent a lot of time in the ITLL this week, because Laser Cutting and 3D printing can take a while. The 3D printed horn took about two hours to print, then had to sit in a special bath jot get rid of structural supporters for about six hours. I finished all of this by Friday, and it is now ready to be taken to the Netherlands with Andrew, for their big presentation.
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