The real one is going to be made of a specific type of steel or other metal that is likely heat treated for specific properties under stress. It is also machined to extremely tight tolerances, because spinning gears can’t just be ‘close enough’. Not something a person can make at home unless they personally build custom parts as a home based business.
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Can’t use it as a mold to cast one out of actual metal?
cast metal isn’t as strong as forged and machined.
So you could probably show it working on TikTok for several seconds, enough to convince people to try it.
Oh, OK then.
Yes, if you want to actually die soon after takeoff rather than have the plastic part safely fail before takeoff.
In case the question wasn’t joking…
The real one is going to be made of a specific type of steel or other metal that is likely heat treated for specific properties under stress. It is also machined to extremely tight tolerances, because spinning gears can’t just be ‘close enough’. Not something a person can make at home unless they personally build custom parts as a home based business.
I wasn’t joking, I was genuinely curious. Thank you for clarifying.
Aerospace manufacturing is fucking wild and is a rabbit hole worth diving into if you’re looking for some of the finest engineering porn humankind has to offer.