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?  

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

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

You can only Download 2d cockpits from simviation.

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

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

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 

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..

By the way anyone seen a concorde with a VC?

Edit: Nevermind I found one...

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

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...

Where to start???  Google man!!!  Or better, Flight sim comes with GMax.  Load it to your hard drive and start working through those tutorial files under the help directory.  They are not about aircraft, but first you need the basics.  Then you can follow the instructions in those tutorials but sub in your starter project instead.  Eventuall build up the aircraft project.  One important thing to remember is to set the right scale in gmax.  One unit equals one meter.  Everything is done in meters.  Use the real measurements converted to meters.  If you are designing your own aircraft, make drawing and scale things off of those.  Do everything to actual size.

Have fun.

Harold
ps.  I just uploaded the newest version of my aircraft (HD - 1 Swift) a few evening ago.  Check it out here or go to my web site at www.dickert.ca/swift

Um. . . can you make aircraft in the FSX SDK thing? If not then I will be using gmax.

Shadow wrote on Jan 11^th, 2009 at 4:47pm:


You're asking all the little questions.  Start working with the modeling program a bit, and then come back and ask questions like that.

But to answer a couple of your queries:

You don't need to rescale anything.  The modeling program will scale things for you.  It programs itself in either meters or feet and you decide how big you want it to be in the sim, and make it that big in the modeling program.

The SDK is NOT a modeling program.  It just contains usefull info and resources, plus a couple of tools necessary to make a model.  Gmax is a modeling program, and the only free one available for direct conversion to FS.

Windows are at your discretion.  Some people opt to model the windows directly into the 3D model.  Others make them using a painting system.  Generally, the AI specific aircraft will have them painted on, while the flyable aircraft will have them built in.  This is not a rule, however.  The smaller aircraft (Cessnas and the like) are always modeled with the windows.  Most jetliners, or anything larger than a business jet, can be made with the windows not modeled in.  It's truly at the designer's discretion.

Now: GO GET TUTORIALS!  COME BACK WHEN YOU'VE READ THEM!

Try modeling that engine and blade set... It will be good practice.. Then we'll go from there..

Just make sure you get the deluxe version.. it has the SDK..  or, I think the gold edition does too.

k I get what you mean but what is the flight sim modded version???

Ok... Your probably wondering when the questions are going to stop...

This one has nothing to do with my plane though...

Is fire included with the smoke or only on specific planes???
I would like to know how to make (Fake) engine fires...

Yay FSX is getting here either monday or tuesday!!!
But I can't get it installed until he gets back (2 weeks from Sunday)

Hopefully he will install it the first or second day after getting back.

Ok I haven't gotten any replies for a while and I need the questions answered...

Shadow wrote on Jan 18^th, 2009 at 5:02pm:


Hey Shadow,

I have to agree with N2056.

You can use textures to get away with certain things like rivets, vents and such but when it comes to highly visible items like windows, it's probably best to go the distance.

At the end of the day you have to decide what works for you and how much effort you're prepared to put into your designs

Regards,
Stratobat

It will have around the same amount of windows as a L 1011... (Not really sure how many that has but is is similar size to that, with around the same amount of passengers)...

Actually yes, (In a sense).

I'm building (or will be on Saturday) an MD - 90 but with the proposed engines (which where the GE 36 Unducted fans). The only other thing is custom wings and stabilizers (I don't think I've seen a passenger aircraft with swept forward wings and a V-tail).

I'll keep you posted on how it goes... (when I start)

I have also found a "shoot down effect"/"shot down" and would like to know if it could be "copied" onto another plane with out hours of work?

this video show the effect...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mT3kkylTKU

I just wanted to know if it was possible...

Grrr... this is so annoying I have Flight Simulator X Gold right in front of me, with my joystick pluged in... but I need a joystick cd thing before I can install flight simulator...

The company is shut down and both the site and the phone have been taken over...

Luckily I got FSX and my joystick working... just started playing today...

Ok I've been playing around with FSX for a while and I think I'm going to download Gmax soon so that I can start...

Any suggestions of things that you would like to see in the plane?

Shadow, i would have to agree with Alrot on this one... you need to worry about the basics of basic first before you can even think about what you're going to offer as a final release

you have to understand that FS aircraft are projects that take MONTHS if not YEARS in development... and require utmost devotion, patience and commitment

but most important of all, you have to be humble... it took me years to get my first project ready... and i can safely say that even after that time, i still don't know everything... and, like everyone else, i'm still learning

the one thing you have to keep in mind is: Don't assume you are good. let me explain... it is a good thing to be confident, but too much confidence will make you pretentious, and a pretentious person can never learn

having said that, here's what i think you should do:

first, model a box. yes, a box... a simple 1x1x1 segmented box, with no textures

then try and see if you can export this box model into FS

if you succeed with the box, you'll know that from that box model, you can turn it into anything you want

but keep exporting upon every minor change, so you'll know what was the last thing you did if it starts not wanting to export

i had to learn this the hard way... there is a proper way of modeling if you want your model to export nicely, and making the entire model in Gmax before you ever attempt to export it is a huge mistake and can only lead to an interminable list of compiler errors that you will be very lucky if you can remove half of them


i don't mean to offend, or to bring unnecessary difficulties to your project... i'm just trying to point you in the right direction... you seem committed to your idea, and that's a nice first step, but you gotta master the basics before you go on to more advanced things

Cheers dude  

HarvesteR

I didn't do anything with the screenshot I exported as MDL object and put it in the b727 model ,This is a real shot ,no tricks

Neither these ones
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1235316446


you already response yourself ,These letter doesn't have textures at all just the color of gmax ,but you need to have instaled FSX-Sp2 otherwise they would become not invisible ,they would become black if your aren't using sp2

What Gold edition? I far I concern there are two FSX Deluxe and standard ,and standard does not have FSX-SDK ,so if you have a version with SDK included is Deluxe..

Or maybe I miss something here

Ok thanks...

I'm setting Gmax right now but I'm not really sure about this driver setup thing...