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Engineer's Supercapacitor Santa

by mrigsby
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This supercapacitor powered, 3d printed, motorized rotating ornament has Engineer written all over it. Rudolph, riding in an airplane, pulls Santa round and round in this "not available in stores" device.

https://youtu.be/2o5ZmTBL7L0

Print the various pieces.
Paint Santa and the Reindeer.
Remove the female end of a servo extension cable and solder two of the wires to the gear motor.
Insert the motor in the motor holder.
Glue the motor holder to the "ring with base."
Glue the "shaft connector" to the "flying bar."
Insert the shaft connector onto the motor shaft.
Remove the male end of a servo extension cable and connect two wires to the supercapacitor (or battery).
Plug the power cable and motor cables together and the ornament will run.

The supercapacitor (though it has a lot of farads) is rated for .4 watt hours of energy storage (that's less than half of what an AAA battery stores). The capacitor can be recharged in a minute or less (depending on the power supply att
Source
Thingiverse
What you need to print this: Intermediate Low confidence
Why?
significant post-processing
Single piece
Supports 1/3
Assembly 0/3
Settings 1/3
Bed size 0/3
Post-process 2/3
Printer
FDM / FFF
File format
STL
Material
PLA
Min. bed size
50 mm (Small)
Post-processing
Painting, Gluing
Software
Cura, PrusaSlicer, or similar
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