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It depends, pigment changes its properties. White Spektrum PETG tended to shatter a bit too easily for me (though still not more easily than PLA, I think).


Huh! Good to know! This was D3D in green. The only thing that's managed to break it so far is a drone clipping the ground with its landing gear at 40km/h, and the 3D printed piece was the perfect "weak link" to prevent a more catastrophic failure :)


Oh yes, engineering intentional weak links is an art of its own, when you don't want the more expensive components to break.


The joke in engineering school was: "You may choose to design a specific weak link into your design; if you do not do so, one will be provided for you."




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