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Title: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by Xpand on Aug 29^th, 2011 at 6:00pm

I posted in the aircraft wanted section that I was making this plane, but I'll post the development here. Curiously I have no new pics to show, because I've been busy, so here are some from a few days ago...

And a bonus profile image:
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8011/yak15.jpg

I'm still struggling with the lack of images on some parts of the cockpit like the intrument panel's cover and gunsight strut.

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by Xpand on Aug 31^st, 2011 at 7:38am

So I started to paint the exterior:

Long and tedious thing to do...

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by hyperpep111 on Aug 31^st, 2011 at 9:28am

That looks cool 8-). And Like your s-15 sig :P

Renè

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by Xpand on Aug 31^st, 2011 at 11:19am

Thanks!
I have a feeling that that sig will turn into a real FSX plane if all goes well. (though I haven't even draw the blueprints and made the calcs)...
But I'm already seeing its cockpit: The whole glass canopy turning blue with the VTOL info (Vertical speed, flaps position, etc.) Then, 4 arrows, two on each of the canopy side moving upwards showing that the VTOL mode is on. Can you imagine! Man! That would be awesome... Also, when the plane stals the canopy projected HUD turns red, when in High-G maneuvers it turns green. That's something I tried to do with the S-46 Orca but with the cockpit lighting... I couldn't because if you had the lights on, the three light colors (red,green,white) would be all active and, for example, if you had them on, the red light would disappear when you stalled instead of lighting up...

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by hyperpep111 on Aug 31^st, 2011 at 12:06pm

Oh and not to be naggy. Are you resuming your awesome f-22 raptor? :-/

Renè

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by Xpand on Aug 31^st, 2011 at 1:23pm

No, not likely... sorry... I just don't feel like doing every single one of the gauges exactly like the real thing and having to look up a plane that I can't even stand looking at it... It seemed like a neat idea back then... Anyways, I'll let it be in case I have a burst of willingness to make it...

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by hyperpep111 on Aug 31^st, 2011 at 3:00pm

Oh well. Hope that motivation will come cause that raptor looks like a treat 8-) 8-) 8-)

Renè

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by Xpand on Sep 1^st, 2011 at 12:31pm

Finished texturing (80% of the exterior, landing gear, gear wells, inner flaps and flap wells are still blank) and took it for a ride:

Another paintscheme:

Next: Cockpit...

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by hyperpep111 on Sep 1^st, 2011 at 1:10pm

Oooooh this looks so cool 8-) 8-). And that's only a few days old?

Renè

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by Xpand on Sep 1^st, 2011 at 1:46pm

A couple of weeks yes... Almost done with the flight dynamics. It only lacks the near ground lift and some wing effiecency stuff. It flys gorgeously...

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by Xpand on Sep 5^th, 2011 at 1:15pm

Ok, started the panel and major cockpit details. Took a while to get the appropriate info in order to make the panel exactly like in real life...

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by hyperpep111 on Sep 5^th, 2011 at 1:44pm

Wow :o Good luck with that 8-) ;) It's gonna be awesome :D

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by Dickert on Sep 6^th, 2011 at 1:56am

Wow Xpand , that Yak looks great. Love the detail on the landing gear. So a question... I keep reading how very high detail slows the confuser frame rates, so how do you draw the line as to how much detail is too much?

ps. the Yak looks great in red!

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by Xpand on Sep 6^th, 2011 at 7:07am

Thanks!
Well, the limits to the detail are already intuitive in my case. I know my planes, when complete, have an average of 15000 to 30000 polys The (S-46N has 22k, for example). For example, the landing gear of the Yak, I tried to squeeze out as much detail as I could from a 16 side cylinder. And then there are a few simple things you can do like welding vertices together that, in normal zoom look like only one vertex. I know the YAK-15 has around 10580 polys, though there are a few polys that are going to disappear, like the ones inside the panel holes...

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by Xpand on Sep 17^th, 2011 at 2:11pm

Okay, I finished the aiming sight and started with the details around the sides of the cockpit. I'm doing this forth to back.

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by hyperpep111 on Sep 18^th, 2011 at 12:28pm

That looks amazing :)

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by Xpand on Sep 18^th, 2011 at 4:23pm

Thanks! But it will look even better when I aplly textures to it...

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by Mitch. on Sep 19^th, 2011 at 5:39am

Coming along very nicely, keep us updated. Hopefully one day I can reach the level of modelling ability you possess. 8-)

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by Xpand on Sep 19^th, 2011 at 6:25am

Thanks! Sure I'll be posting updates here whenever I can! 8-)

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by Xpand on Oct 26^th, 2011 at 6:52pm

I'm having a lot of trouble with finding cockpit pics! Man, this is frustrating!! I never had such a lack of info on a plane!
That's why I like to make fictional ones... You can just make stuff up!

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by chrismunc on Nov 1^st, 2011 at 1:18pm

http://www.jet-fighter-rides.com/2010/08/yak-15-back-to-the-future/
try the addy above for a cockpit pic
hope it is of some help

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by Xpand on Nov 1^st, 2011 at 1:56pm

Thanks! I went through that video too. The part it shows I have it done already... I was more interested in the seat and aft part...

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by Ivan on Nov 4^th, 2011 at 4:08pm

Airframe wise its still a late model Yak-3, only changes in the cabin structure are under the seat (wingbox). So you can use a Yak-3 cockpit.

There is no ejection seat, that came on the Yak-17 which has different landing gear.

Title: Re: YAK-15 Feather Project
Post by Xpand on Nov 4^th, 2011 at 5:08pm

Ah, right! I didn't remember the Yak-3. Thanks!