This new printer on Kickstarter won’t be completely new to you. It was created by the same company that brought us the popular Bukobot, Deezmaker. The Bukito is essentially a smaller, more portable Bukobot.
The actual flying is around the 3:50 mark. That’s impressive, getting a 3D printer to be light and sturdy enough to be lifted by an RC octopod and still print well. The Bukito pulls it off by weighing under six pounds, using the OpenBuilds V-slot slider for function and frame, being fitted with a light, all-metal extruder, and pushing filament with a custom Tatsu drive gear. Those all cumulate to a very high-performance printer. It can manage the standard 100 micron layers, print at speeds over 150 mm/s, and its build volume is 5” x 6” x 5”.
I don’t know what this means for the current backorders of Deezmaker. I was planning to order a Bukobot 8 v2 Duo, so I called to inquire about how long it would be before I could expect to receive one. I was told 8 to 12 weeks, and that was about a week before the Bukito campaign launched. I hope they’re able to handle their ambition. If you’d like one, they’re available in kit form for $549 and fully assembled for $799.