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Jul 14^th, 2009 at 10:27pm

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Mitch requested that I do a Beech 17 stagger wing for FSX since there isn't one. It didn't look too difficult for a starter project, so I'm giving it a try.

Here's after a bit of fiddling with it:

Still quite a long way off I know, and still a million things I need to learn, but hey, I have to start with something. Cheesy

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Reply #1 - Jul 15^th, 2009 at 1:47am

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Keep it up, Shane! You're getting along just as I was. Won't be too long before you're screaming "How do I get the nightmares to stop?!"

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Reply #2 - Jul 15^th, 2009 at 4:55am

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Brilliant Shane. Smiley

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Reply #3 - Jul 15^th, 2009 at 6:58am

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Travis wrote on Jul 15^th, 2009 at 1:47am:

Keep it up, Shane! You're getting along just as I was. Won't be too long before you're screaming "How do I get the nightmares to stop?!"

It's addicting isn't it? Cheesy

The only problem, is every time I'm flying now, I'm dissecting my plane! Grin

"So that's how they made that!, a few polys here, and a taper here..." Cheesy

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Reply #4 - Jul 15^th, 2009 at 9:40am

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Here's an exercise, to expose you to an important process. Knowing what's involved down the line; will make you think more about your initial shapes..

Start with a cylinder and sphere.. then use Boolean to join them as one part that LOOKS like that, but has one, smooth, continous surface.. (i.e.. no cylinder insdie of the sphere, and no sphere inside the cylinder).

And for wings and control surfaces. Think of them like cylinders, "squished" so that the circular cross-section, becomes an airfoil.. Cool

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Reply #5 - Jul 15^th, 2009 at 2:37pm

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Brett_Henderson wrote on Jul 15^th, 2009 at 9:40am:

then use Boolean

I've seen you post about this tool before, if you don't mind, which icon is that, because I've been trying to find the tool that would merge my fuselage parts into one piece. Embarrassed

Brett_Henderson wrote on Jul 15^th, 2009 at 9:40am:

And for wings and control surfaces. Think of them like cylinders, "squished" so that the circular cross-section, becomes an airfoil.. Cool

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Should I start with a cylinder when doing wings? I was going to use the mesh editor on the boxes, (hoping I could give it a roundness) but I see how a cylinder would work just as well if not easier. Wink

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Reply #6 - Jul 15^th, 2009 at 2:54pm

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Oh lordy.. if you try to shape boxes into wings, you're gonna have a mess on your hands Cheesy

Boolean is an object type.. You'll see 'Standard Primitives' when 'Geometry' is selected (top right).

That 'Standard Primitives' is one choice in a pull-down menu. Choose 'Compound Objects' from that pull-down.. among the buttons will be , 'Boolean'

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Reply #7 - Jul 19^th, 2009 at 8:54am