Douglas X-3 Stiletto FSX Native

[fliger747]

Having some landing gear instead of the magnetic levitation will be nice addition! Looking good!!

 

[Milton Shupe]

Yes, main gear finally modeled, animated, and working.

Now, on to the nose gear.

 

[Jafo]

It's looking good....painters are getting restless...

 

[warchild]

this is looking just absolutely wonderful ..

 

[Milton Shupe]

Thanks for the comments.

Building the gear components from scratch so it is taking some time. But have gotten over the hump and now working to finalize the nose gear braces, damper, door cutouts, hinges and little stuff.

 

[fliger747]

Straight on, foreshortened, it looks like a mouse?

Proceeding very well indeed!

T

 

[Milton Shupe]

Straight on, foreshortened, it looks like a mouse?

Proceeding very well indeed!

T

LOL It does indeed, just like the real thing head on. A lot of hours invested trying to get the right look and proportions without cross sections to help. Yes, it can be done, but it is painfully tedious.

 

[warchild]

and extremely appreciated.. its looking wonderful..besides, the fact it looks like a supersonic mouse is one of the things i fell in love with when i was just six years old ..

 

[Milton Shupe]

Thanks Jafo and Pam.

@Jafo, understand the restless thing. That's how I am until I get the modeling and mapping done and can make it available to the paint shop.

Pam and Tom, I should have you an updated package today or early Sunday.

 

[warchild]

thats great Milton.. Thank you..
With the RF-61 released to beta, I should be able to switch over and focus on the X-3 more intently within the next few days.. It's going to be a major amount of fun ..

 

[Milton Shupe]

thats great Milton.. Thank you..
With the RF-61 released to beta, I should be able to switch over and focus on the X-3 more intently within the next few days.. It's going to be a major amount of fun ..

Thanks, but no hurry Pam; lots to do yet.

Take care of the P-61 for now.

 

[Milton Shupe]

Nose gear is done and tested.

Now trying to get a basic VC panel in place so it is available for Scott to populate temporarily for testing.

 

[warchild]

Nose gear is done and tested.

Now trying to get a basic VC panel in place so it is available for Scott to populate temporarily for testing.

Ohhh those images.. With all Respect Ito-Sama.. eat your heart out ..

 

[fliger747]

Maybe it's the way I fly it, I often have to bob my head around in the cockpit to see the runway on approach. Not so different from landing some of the hog nose radial powered fighters!

Cheers: T

 

[MrZippy]

Ohhh those images.. With all Respect Ito-Sama.. eat your heart out ..

+1 Looks like a rocket on wheels.

 

[Milton Shupe]

Pam, Tom, and Scott: Updated package available for you.

Added a bit more infrastructure to the basic VC.

 

[warchild]

Maybe it's the way I fly it, I often have to bob my head around in the cockpit to see the runway on approach. Not so different from landing some of the hog nose radial powered fighters!

Cheers: T

With Miltons X-3 its easy, with Ito-Sama's, not so much. Like with everything i do, I use a mental image of the approach i'm making, once i'm pretty sure i'm lined up on a runway. That image plays out in my head, while i'm adjusting speed and watching my altitude.. As long as my hands dont start trembling, i'm in good shape ..

 

[warchild]

The X-3 over Fuji-Sama at Yokota AFB,,

Life hates me some days!

 

[Milton Shupe]

The X-3 exterior model is pretty much completed now with all the access doors and speed brake done. A few tweaks now and cleanup as necessary are left before moving forward.

Here we show the speed brake and the pilot's entry/exit door, also completed in the VC.
Scott has made great progress on the 2D panel and popup panels.

 

[fliger747]

Ah yes, Fuji Yama from Yokota. The X-3 must have gotten there in one of the C-130's parked behind! We used to fly "stuff" from Travis to Yokota and back. No X-3's however... Or at least we can't confirm or deny...