And that’s why it’s all the more impressive that someone on the RC Groups forum has used a 3D printer to make a fully-functional scale model of a Boeing 787’s GE-built turbofan jet engine.

Sadly for 3d printed parts, they are made of plastic. Last we checked, plastic isn’t metal, and so 3d printing a turbine to give the extremely hot exhaust something turn just isn’t going to work.

He’s designed a rather awesome jet engine in 3D Software, and printed it on his UP Plus printer. The engine itself is a cutaway model of a high-bypass turbofan engine. While we’re not sure ...

But that's half of what the jet engine does, and if it were attached to a model aircraft, this thrust would be enough to taxi it down the runway. If you still think 3D printers are stupid and don ...

The engine in question is actually a 3D-printed model, designed by GE. Although its parts move in the same way as a real jet engine, it's scaled down, simplified, made of 3D printer material, and ...

GE has a fascination with tiny 3D-printed engines. Last year, the company released plans for 3D-printing your own mini jet engine . Unlike the latest engine, the little plastic model cranks by ...

China has conducted a successful maiden flight of a miniature turbojet engine manufactured entirely with 3D printing, a ...

Last year the press way-overhyped the "3d printed car" which was in reality just a 3d printed auto body over a conventional electric car. With this tech, the car could be truly made with a 3d printer!

Photo via YouTube/GEreports. In the incredible evolution of 3D-printing capabilities, GE engineers have made a tiny jet engine that can go 33,000 rotations per minute.

They 3D printed an entire jet engine. For now, it's an awesome project. In the future, bringing 3D printing to constructing jet engines could leaves to light, easier-to-craft parts and less waste ...