OVERTURE Air PLA Filament, Pre-Foamed PLA Low-Density, Lightweight PLA, Cardboard Spool, 0.82kg(1.8lbs), Dimensional Accuracy +/- 0.02mm (Air Wood)

This filament is great for printing RC airplanes, but there are a few settings you’ll need to adjust. I used it on my Bambu Lab P1S (you’ll need to download the Overture config files from their website). Make sure to enable it in the Bambu Lab first. The only changes I made were the Flow ratio to 1.127 and Adaptive Quality/Speed to 0.20. (I’ve attached some images for reference.) Good luck!

I've been eyeing the lightweight PLA from another brand for a while now but couldn't justify the cost, especially considering how much tinkering foaming PLA would take. While looking for some PETG, I found this stuff - pre-foamed, so expansion isn't an issue; and really cheap! I've been using eSUN PLA+ for a while now, so that's what I'll be comparing it against. I drew up an airfoil in Inventor as a test and printed both with the same gcode in eSUN PLA+ and this Overture Air PLA.~ Printing ~I used a 0.4mm nozzle with 0.12mm layer height on a stock Ender 3 Pro. Walls were 0.8mm and top/bottom were 1.2mm. Both filaments printed about the same. My PLA+ was a little old and ended up getting knocked off the print bed on the last layer or two. The Air PLA had no adhesion issues. Both were minimally stringy. There was a little bit of cleanup needed at the Z seam but nothing too bad.~Texture~This is probably the most noticeable thing about this filament. The texture is is fairly rough, even the raw filament. There's a pretty obvious difference between the two filaments, but I don't see it being a problem for most applications. At worst, I'm sure it can be sanded fairly smooth. On the plus side, the texture does a pretty good job at hiding layer lines.~ Mechanical Properties ~I hope you weren't expecting anything too exact here. The Air PLA seems about as flexible as PLA+. I snapped both airfoils with my hands, with seemingly similar breaking strengths. The most noticeable difference being that the Air PLA broke much less cleanly, indicating better layer adhesion. I also printed a rocket body tube in the Air PLA. Similar to the ones printed in PLA+, I can squeeze the tube to around half the diameter without any permanent deformation. I suspect I'll be flying this filament before long.~ Weight ~Finally, the most important! My PLA+ print was 6.1g and the Air PLA print was 4.6g - a 24.6% weight reduction!Overall, for the price, it's well worth the purchase. I think it's great for rockets, airplanes, etc. and would also be a solid choice where the rough texture is desired.

I came up with the perfect setting for this filament for my Bambu Labs P1S Printers and the results are amazing... while not as light as the foaming lightweight stuff, this filament is STILL lighter than standard PLA and it is quite strong, all while providing a glass smooth surface...

Settings I've found that work:retraction length: 5 mmprint speed: 30 mm/sinitial layer speed: 15 mm/sflow ratio: 110%print temp: 210Cbed temp: 60CBed adhesion is a struggle, make sure bed is clean and your z-height is dialed in (or the bed is leveled well if you don't have auto-leveling)

Very brittle. Keeps on breaking in the feed tube on my Prusa CoreOne. Once I dialed in the settings it printed a nice Benchy, but I am hesitant to use it on other prints.

Air Neon Green. I Ordered on July 7, 2023 (about 8 months ago) I am printing on a Bambu Lab X1C. I just opened the filament and tried to print using Generic PLA as well as the Bambu Overture profile. The print was very "stringy" at first but after tweaking some setting I got a swatch to print reasonable. After trying a model, which failed because of excess stringiness, I tried to dry this filament in a sunlu dryer box for 8 hours on PLA. I once again tried to print, after about 1 hour my AMS jammed because of a broken piece of filament. I pulled off the roll only to notice every single piece of the roll was brittle. I live in a very dry climate so I usually dont need a lot of humidity control but this filament just doesnt seem to last. I ended up having the through away the entire roll.

The media could not be loaded. Good stuff, Got the best results with high temp 230 slow printing 50mm. I was doing this printing a F4U Cosair RC plane thought it was going to take me a while to get the print settings calibrated... nope.Only time I notice strings is if you print more then one thing at a time, no big deal.I like the stuff its light its pretty strong and its working GREAT for what I need it for.

Always works great