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The mini of the skies?
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Wed Nov 30, 2011 2:33 pmby Xpand
http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2 ... 4hrcs7.jpgI actually laughed at this when I finished drawing it!
Re: The mini of the skies?
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Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:18 pmby Dave71K
Surely the dream of any commuter!
Re: The mini of the skies?
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Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:35 pmby Xpand
I reckon it would be possible to make. We would just need two highly rotative and lightweight electric motors on each side rotor and then just use the bernouli's principle to accelerate the air coming out even more. The horizontal engines would be two or three small fanjets like the ones on the wingsuit just for forward motion and pitch stability, using TVNs...
Re: The mini of the skies?
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Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:43 pmby jetprop
hhhmmm,you need to make the back gear stronger,its a bit thin and how many wheels are there?
2?
Re: The mini of the skies?
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Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:07 pmby Xpand
There are two on the front and one on the back. This is a taildragger, most of the weight is above the two main wheels. The tail gear is fixed.
Re: The mini of the skies?
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Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:00 pmby c130lover
are you gonna make this for fsx? looks fun to fly
Re: The mini of the skies?
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Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:20 pmby Xpand
Yes, it's a fast plane to make... I'm already making it's fuselage. I'm about half of the canopy from the nose tip...
Re: The mini of the skies?
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Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:55 pmby Dave71K
You'd need some pretty awesome Gyros in there for stabilization. And I'd say ducted fans would be better for engines. You don't want to give your wife 3rd degree burns when you leave for work!
Re: The mini of the skies?
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Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:14 pmby Xpand
Yeah, that's what I though. And jet engines won't fit there. I would either go with electric ducted fans or use the rotation of small jet engines like the ones that are in the wing suit. And try to push the bernouli principle to the limit with the duct.
Re: The mini of the skies?
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Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:10 pmby Jayhawk Jake
Made me think of this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_XF-85_GoblinNotoriously dangerous. It had 6 vertical fins for stability, and that wasn't enough
Re: The mini of the skies?
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Thu Dec 01, 2011 5:00 amby expat
Re: The mini of the skies?
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Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:48 amby Xpand
Re: The mini of the skies?
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Fri Dec 02, 2011 6:44 pmby Xpand
Starting to texture the bigger parts:
Oh and mods, can you move this thread to the appropriate sub-forum? i.e. Aircraft & 3D design?
Thanks!
Re: The mini of the skies?
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Sat Dec 03, 2011 5:12 amby jetprop
its starting to turn out more like the fiat panda of the skies.
you are a bit late,this would've be great in the contest.
Re: The mini of the skies?
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Sat Dec 03, 2011 6:11 pmby Xpand
Lol, yeah.
Anyways, testing the 2048px texture details:
