New Ground Vehicle Concepts

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New Ground Vehicle Concepts

Postby Katahu » Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:29 pm

Pardon me for not adding the scooter on the list. There was not enough room. But you can still vote for it just by saying so. ::)

I decided that it would be more interesting to work on more than just cars. With the knowledge that I now have, I can finally take my ideas a step further: modeling 2-wheelers.

Since I want to make the models handle realistically, it will take me some time to figure out how to make a motorcycle remain stable without sacrifising the feel of a 2-wheeler.

For high-speed cycles like the Kawasaki Ninja and the Suzuki, I might remove contact points that allow the models to remain stable when parked or temporarely halted since those types of machines are made for speed and not just normal leisure. Besides, if I were to make these models, you people mights spend more time racing with them online. ;D

For slow-speed cycles like the Go-Peds, skooters, and Harley Davidsons, they will have contact points that can allow them to rest on one side when halted. Pretty much like the stock sailplane model in MSFS when it leans to one side of its wings.

Making such models will require a lot of beta testing from a lot of people to make sure that the dynamics are as close to accurate as possible.

But the making-the-dynamics issue is just the tip of the iceberg. I also have to do drastic hunting for a lot of blueprints and suficient camera angles. Most of the pics I see online usually show only one side of a motorcycle. Can anyone provide a website that have at least decent angles of many motorcycles?
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