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The Construction of a Custom Plane (Read 4597 times)

Dec 31^st, 2008 at 10:01pm

Shadow Offline
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If I posted all the info and answered every question answered about my (or should I say your custom plane because you built it) plane would some one build it? I could put in diagrams or something if you wanted me to? Questioning

Questioning

I would not make it a hard plane. All I'm looking for is the outside no VC or anything like that, that can come later. It would also be a fairly easy shape... a cylindrical body with a cone shaped nose (Yes kind of like a concorde but with a larger diameter). One other thing is don't protect it because I will be putting in a VC and a interior.

Thanks

« Last Edit: Jan 1^st, 2009 at 3:22pm by Shadow »

I'm not the best designer. . . meh I think I'm pretty good for 14 years old. . .

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Reply #1 - Jan 1^st, 2009 at 3:25pm

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P.S. Is it possible to download a VC from this website and place it in my plane?

I'm not the best designer. . . meh I think I'm pretty good for 14 years old. . .

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Reply #2 - Jan 1^st, 2009 at 5:25pm

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Shadow wrote on Jan 1^st, 2009 at 3:25pm:

P.S. Is it possible to download a VC from this website and place it in my plane?

You can only Download 2d cockpits from simviation.

Err 30kb limit?

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Reply #3 - Jan 1^st, 2009 at 5:59pm

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Ok then is it possible to get a VC from any where and put it in?

I'm not the best designer. . . meh I think I'm pretty good for 14 years old. . .

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Reply #4 - Jan 1^st, 2009 at 9:10pm

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no the vc is part of the model file and the model file can only be edited by the designer, and the (protecting) is not done by the designer

What do I do you ask? I struggle! Then destroy! Then try to put back together what I just broke on accident.....&&&&&&&&&& The GMax effect The GMax effect

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Reply #5 - Jan 1^st, 2009 at 10:26pm

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Shadow wrote on Jan 1^st, 2009 at 5:59pm:

Ok then is it possible to get a VC from any where and put it in?

A VERY qualified yes.

Presuming you're modelling for FS-X and using the FS-X SDK (and not adapting a model made for FS2004 with the FS2004 SDK tools), then "yes" you could, conceivably, take a VC "interior" model from an existing plane and copy it to your model's folder.

HOwever, it opens up another can of worms.

Some modellers protect their interior "VC" models, so you can't use it apart from the model it was made for.

Gauges, and other animated bits and pieces, may - and probably won't - work apart from their intended model/airplane hierarchy.

Basically, you're almost better off creating your own VC. Remember that the FS-X interior models also bring with them any bits and pieces of the exterior model that you would "see" from the cockpit.

If I were to create an ultralight model with an enclosed cockpit - "normal" control surfaces, and decided to use the interior model from the default Air Creation trike .... I would "see" the Air Creation glorified hang glider from the VC, not my own model.

Felix/FFDS

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Reply #6 - Jan 2^nd, 2009 at 12:07am

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Thanks, so if i found an unprotected VC and modifyed it slightly so the guages would work it would work fine?

I'm not the best designer. . . meh I think I'm pretty good for 14 years old. . .

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Reply #7 - Jan 2^nd, 2009 at 11:54am

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I see what you mean with that...

example: if i put a small airplane VC in my jet I would see a propeller from inside the VC but not out side...

I'm not the best designer. . . meh I think I'm pretty good for 14 years old. . .

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Reply #8 - Jan 2^nd, 2009 at 12:34pm

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VC (interior model) swapping between two, TRUE FSX models is technically possible..

Aside from what Felix mentioned.. there is the problem of reference point too. Like.. the Lear VC will work in the 737.. but if you pulled up to something (like a hold-short line) from a VC reference.. you could switch to exterior view and see 1/2 the 737 out on the runway ..lol Cheesy

Cheesy

Considereing that it has to be two FSX native models.. and that almost all FSX native models HAVE a VC.. it's like a potential solution to a problem that does not exist..

One thing I'm gonna try though.. is to make the default Dash-8 flyable.. and use the VC from my Saab 340.. Aside from having to see the word "Saab" in the cockpit.. THAT should be a workable match..

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Reply #9 - Jan 2^nd, 2009 at 2:16pm

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Ok thanks guys

I'm not the best designer. . . meh I think I'm pretty good for 14 years old. . .

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Reply #10 - Jan 2^nd, 2009 at 2:49pm

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By the way anyone seen a concorde with a VC?

Edit: Nevermind I found one...

« Last Edit: Jan 3^rd, 2009 at 8:02pm by Shadow »

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Reply #11 - Jan 3^rd, 2009 at 10:55pm

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Is there any way to easily attach/make large jet engines for a passenger plane? (In Gmax)...

I'm not the best designer. . . meh I think I'm pretty good for 14 years old. . .

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Reply #12 - Jan 7^th, 2009 at 9:14pm

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Come on .... Shaddow. You are trying to get a free ride here. Just get down to it and study the tutorials. You will get a better product in the end. This is not a five minute endevor. You will have to invest the time, but you will be glade you did.

Harold
www.dickert.ca/swift

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Reply #13 - Jan 9^th, 2009 at 6:12pm

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ok then... Where can I find any totrurials?

I'm not the best designer. . . meh I think I'm pretty good for 14 years old. . .

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Reply #14 - Jan 9^th, 2009 at 6:17pm

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And one other thing... how far do I scale it down from real size?

I don't want to finish something, import it and realise the wheel is as big as the runway...

I'm not the best designer. . . meh I think I'm pretty good for 14 years old. . .

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