Design of the Week: TwinJet Speedboat

By on September 7th, 2026 in Design, news

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Air-powered 3D printable speedboat [Source: Printables]

This week’s selection is the TwinJet Speedboat by Printables contributor 3_Dave.

This is a simple yet exciting 3D print to build. It’s a model speedboat that is powered by air — air that you blow into a balloon and attach to the boat.

The small boat is designed with two “jets” on the stern, which presumably assist with trajectory alignment.

An interesting feature is an attachment to the balloon that mates with the boat. This allows you to much more easily attach the balloon without risk of losing air when your fingers do a fumble.

But there’s another advantage: you could print a couple of these adapters and prepare more balloons in advance, ready for use immediately.

I know that it’s at the end of summer, but there should be beach and pool time remaining. If you are planning to hit either, consider printing this simple and fun boat.

Via Printables

By Kerry Stevenson

Kerry Stevenson, aka "General Fabb" has written over 8,000 stories on 3D printing at Fabbaloo since he launched the venture in 2007, with an intention to promote and grow the incredible technology of 3D printing across the world. So far, it seems to be working!