There’s nothing more Aussie than a swooping magpie in spring! They’re a common bird around Australia and the bane of cyclists and walkers for a few weeks of the year. I thought I’d try and 3D print some defence mechanisms and see if they actually work to reduce or stop the birds swooping. Okay, so this was intended to be a quick and dirty little project while I was waiting on some part for another project (the RC utility boat project). It took me only a few days from concept to finished project, but I was really surprised with how much attention it got on the Electrosync socials. An Instagram post went a little viral and I even got some dodgy write-ups in the media. One story even claimed that I was the inventor of 3D printing! We’ll put that down to one too many translations I think! Taking on board the suggestions that I was given to improve my designs, I’ll definitely be making a second installment come Spring 2021. I have some more robotics in mind for that. Keep your eyes out…
Printed on Creality CR-10 and Ender 3 Pro 3D printers using 3D Fillies PLA+ at 0.36 layer height (CR-10) for the big parts and 0.2 layer height (Ender 3) for the smaller parts. Parts design and modification was done in DesignSpark Mechanical. 360 video footage shot on Insta360 One R.One story