Introduction:

One piece Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut multicolor supersonic jet fighter. One of the most famous aeroplanes with “backward wings”. I am a fan of the Ace Combat series and this was one of my favourites growing up :)

Credits:

Thanks to the amazing work from @fady modelling this iconic fighter jet! I just made it easier to print and added the colors :)

Printing details:

Layer height: 0.12mm

Material: PETG Prusa Galaxy black, signal white and lipstick red

Supports: Tree, organic, auto, 40 degrees threshold, build plate only

Print time: 27 hours

filament consumption: 281g (the aeroplane is 22 cm long)

Infill: None if printed at >45 degrees nose up in the sky

Orientation: Printed at >45 degrees nose up in the sky

All these parameters are already set up in the bambustudio .3mf file :)

Remix details:

• Thickened the wings and other control surfaces by 2-3x
• Removed all the small details that won't print very well with FDM in one part (mostly spikes and other very small details)
• Removed all internal geometry including missiles and simplified the engine intakes
• Fixed the non-manifold topology
• Smoothed the topology a lot (subdiv + control loops) to get smooth curves even with an STL.
• Supported the model to get a decent quality while printing one piece.
• Painted it with its iconic colors.

Assembly instructions:

None! This is an assembly-free model with the downside of using supports :)

Support removal

I found the supports to be extremely easy to remove at 0.12 mm. They mostly removed themselves when I bent the build plate :)

It was significantly harder at 0.3mm layer height when I did my “quick” initial print test, so you may want to keep the layer height low to get a good finish and easy support removal.