Though [Ivan Miranda] calls the 3D printed vehicle in his recent video a motorbike, what he ultimately pulls out of his suitcase is clearly a scooter. Linguistic confusion aside, the “Mirandetta” looks like an awesome build and pulling a scooter out of your suitcase and whizzing past everyone in the taxi line just sounds amazing, especially knowing you made it yourself.
Aside from a whole lot of filament, he’s got a couple of tool batteries for hot-swappable energy that Airport security shouldn’t mind too much — provided you carry them with you, anyway — plus the usual e-bike motor and electronic speed control you might expect, and lawnmower tires which you might not. The narrow 3D printed rims round over the normally-flat tires to make them usable for this application. He seems particularly taken with the bi-stable mechanism he built for the kickstand, and we can’t blame him as we love seeing that kind of thing ourselves. The TPU seat is also a nice touch to keep with ‘everything printed’ vibe.
Now while the finished product does indeed fit into his suitcase, it needs to be completely disassembled. Well, unless you have an over-sized suitcase, perhaps. So our dreams of zooming away from the luggage line from the first paragraph were perhaps a bit premature. Still, from the footage at Prague Maker Faire at the end of the video, it looks like it was a fun enough ride that we can forgive [Ivan] for our overactive imaginations.
If you want an open-source e-bike, we’ve seen those too — but that won’t fit in any kind of suitcase.
Next step: combining the previous hack for home injection molding aluminum with this…
If this is the case, you definitely have a well-documented runthrough of a portable scooter or other such vehicle you’ve made, right? You wouldn’t just come into the comments to harumph, instead of being constructive, right?
Right? :)
I don’t make clickbait.
This is not a practical scooter, it was made to make a video, it went right in the trash after.
The title: “I build a 3d printed motorbike”.
The video is about how he build a 3d printed motorbike.
How is that a clickbait?
It’s not always about the best material or method. There is no need to always be unique.
Sometimes its about showing that something that can be done in a certain way, or showing how it could be done in that alternative way. Or making the design he wanted to.
Sometimes is just for the fun of it.
It is nice doing stuff for fun.
You should try it sometimes.
Hackaday is a great site. It’s not everyday that some big innovation emerges, it’s not easy to find content that pleases everyone. If this one is not for you, find another one. Or maybe show your great skills here? Let us see it.
You come across as a bit bitter and resentful. Perhaps you took part in the Prague competition to create “the project inside a suitcase” and lost? I see a very solid, well-designed project, and people seem to be enjoying the vehicle. Could things be done differently—and better? No one denies that. But Ivan specializes in 3D printing, and people seem to have enjoyed the project.
have you tried being happy? you should try that. nobody claimed that it was practical, they did it because it was fun. you should try that sometime.
Pretty much my sentiment exactly.
It’s like building a spaceship from lead only.
Or maybe a bridge out of unmodified sand.
@HegTek
I’m sure you can finde some here: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=diy+scooter+build
Nice Hardly-Davidson.
Regarding the bunch of deleted comments:
So pointing out ON HACK A DAY that FDM printing loadbearing structural parts such as A WHOLE SCOOTER is pretty much the worst choice is bad now?
And not just worst in structural stability/strength/flexibility but also energy “wasted” and probably plastic waste.
Wood is better. So are many metals. Probably even some structural plastic parts from a hardware store (maybe not PVC pipe but something else?).
Maybe it’s stronger than it looks thanks to the bunch of long screws inside?
Ohhh great! At least two sponsors and you can buy details of the build for 35€
So yeah, great advertisement HaD! Does HaD get a cut?
Would still go with the Mazda suitcase car tho
https://www.mazda.co.uk/why-mazda/news-and-events/mazda-news/articles/the-mazda-suitcase-car-portable-personal-mobility-with-a-twist/