3D scanning, reverse engineering, one-on-one consultation, and a shared repository of parts and documents for the airplanes that keep flying long after the factory stopped making parts.
Pick the one that fits the part and your schedule. Every path ends with an STL file. Turning that mesh into editable CAD happens in software like SolidWorks, Fusion 360, FreeCAD, or Blender, and we can help with that by the hour.
The Creality Pika ships to your hangar with a hard case, calibration board, and a quick-start video from our channel. Scan as many parts as you like, then ship it back. You pay shipping both ways. Scans stay on the scanner. When it's checked back in, we export your STL files and send them over.
Anything smaller than a 20-inch cube. Request a quote, agree on a price, then ship it to us. We scan it on the bench, align the mesh, and return the part with an STL file within a week of arrival. You pay shipping both ways.
One-on-one help with your design project. Clean up an STL in SolidWorks, Fusion 360, FreeCAD, or Blender, prepare print files, or get a second set of eyes before you fabricate.
Every one of these started as a worn original on a bench. What you see is the STL after cleanup in CAD software. Every scan we make also joins the repository.
A searchable library of scanned general aviation parts, with STL downloads for subscribers, plus a community document repository for the manuals, bulletins, and drawings nobody can find anymore. Owners, mechanics, and engineers contribute. Everyone who flies an older airplane benefits.
See the plansThe Open Source GA YouTube channel documents scans, reverse engineering, and shop-made parts from the first pass to the finished piece. If a part is in the repository, there's usually a video of how it got there.
Send it to us, rent the scanner, or book an hour to talk it through. We work with aircraft owners, A&P mechanics, and aerospace engineers across the continental United States.
