3880 head won't go side to side. Hangs in middle.

[W. Fisher]

This is where a 3D printer comes in mighty handy..

Dunno.

I've had 3D printed parts break with a little stress applied. They were under warranty and the place that made them made them thicker on the updated part, but you could still see the 3D printer fiber strands where they were built up.

See the photo below where one bracket cracked holding a light on a drone. The other side eventually cracked as well. I'm not a fan of 3D printed parts, which take a little stress to get them to fit, and later find they snap apart.

The Epson carriage seems to be in two parts along with a mass of springs which might be there to protect it from head strikes. Don't think I'd trust a 3D part. Maybe a thicker top section where it broke, but I re-glued it in three places where it snapped off so it was weak there.

W.F.

 

[The Hat]

I've had 3D printed parts break with a little stress applied.

@W. Fisher, It all depend on whom you got to make the drone part and which material they used to construct it, it’s not always about the thickness..