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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning

Old And New [WIP stuff inside]

Bjoern

Bjoern

worst developer ever
First: A short flight with Vitus' (the L-10E guy) WIP Blériot IX.







Wheeeee!








Note the subtle transparency of the wing canvas.



The loadmanager.





There's still a lot missing (Louis himself for example is still in the animation shop) so the model won't be ready for a while, but so far it's quite fun for an old and sloooooooow crate. Heh.

P.S: I'm going to have the "honor" of doing the (probably nightmarishly to do) wing warping animations. :kilroy: :d
 
Then: The new stuff.

You might remember my Do-328.
Well, it's mostly in the paint shop now, but the paint wasn't the only thing I've done.
Work on the mesh has been extensive so far as well. Cut out the service door, did extensive modification to the gear blister, completely replaced the cabin windows, worked on the rudder (trim tabs) and, most importantly, "de-boned" the main gear and nose gear animations. Seems to work much better now and saved me 21 parts on the nose gear and 95(!) parts on the main gear. The number of bones fell from 107 to 17, all used in the passenger door railings.







Still need to work of the prop, say add disks or at least animations for the two remaining speed settings. Then there's a whole still unmodified texture file and still missing lights, pitot tubes, antennas, etc...

Work, work, work... :isadizzy:
 
indeed they do.. If that dornier has a vc, i'm going to be incredibly interested in it.. awesome birds to fly.. love em..
 
I like them both, although I'd be more likely to fly that Dornier. The canvas work on the Bleriot is pretty sweet, though. Your 328 is progressing nicely!
 
warchild said:
If that dornier has a vc, i'm going to be incredibly interested in it.. awesome birds to fly.. love em..
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Not yet, but a VC will definately be there one day.

I thought I'd release the exterior first, for bug hunting and testing purposes while I take care of the -300 and the VC. Get everything done and then, there'll be the fun part...experiments! Lotus style lights, *working* windscreen wipers, maybe a bit of Accusim, that interactive checklist, a co-pilot who deserves his title...sorry, drifted away a bit. *Cough*

The 328s may be fun for pilots, but for the ground crews, they're a medium nightmare. This could also explain one of its nicknames..."dork". :d


- Edit: LoL, totally overlooked your comment Bill. Thanks!

And yes, the progress is there. Another thing is that it's finally a -130 with all the nice stuff like increased dorsal fin area and not a -100something.

By the way, I think I'll leave the airline liveries entirely up to others. Just to see what they think of the paint kit/texture mapping.


- Edit²: Just sent Vitus the link to this thread. Let's see what he says.
 
Yes, it's the Bleriot that holds the fascination for me! And that does look a very lovely rendition.

I spend a lot of my time flying Jean-Michel Castagne's version of the Bleriot XI, which is just a peach to fly.

But then, you can never have enough of the vintage aeroplanes, so another Bleriot will go down a treat! :jump:
 
welllll, i'll definately be waiting :0 just let us know when that VC is ready .. been waiting for a 328 with a VC for four years now ( Abacus's doesnt count.. i'm sorry ) so can wait a little longer..
 
warchild said:
welllll, i'll definately be waiting :0 just let us know when that VC is ready .. been waiting for a 328 with a VC for four years now ( Abacus's doesnt count.. i'm sorry ) so can wait a little longer..
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I've seen PAD work on the 328 family. As usually it won't be native, but avaiable in due time (unlike mine).

Well, if you want to help me out, I still need proper FDEs for both the prop and jet. ;)
Brett Henderson said he could do them as well, but I bet he's quite swamped and two sources is better than one source, so...what about a mention in the "credits" section of the readme in trade for two FDEs? :)
 
Both look fantastic but the Blériot IX is my style of aircraft. Beautiful work on the wings and fuselage canvas. The view looking backwards over the tail section is incredible.
 
A work colleague is part of a group building a Bleriot XI, there's quite a variety of design options with all the Bleriots built, but your model seems to be using the same configuration. Excellent work, I can see much of the detail that went into that verses the new build one. They have a two seater military version at the workshop too.
 
Bretts pretty good with flight models but i dont know what his workload is at the moment.. Presently i'm finishing up this p-36 for Deano, but yeah. let me work on that 328.. i dont think i'd be very good with wing warping.. Letme PM you later today and we can start working things out..
 
Both are looking like great projects, having seen a Bleriot last september it would be nice to fly it! And the Do-328 is really making progress, too! I think it is one of the very few modern aircraft designs I really like.
 
Nice work on the 328 Bjoern!

:ernae:


How in the world did you get that Bleriot from Vitus! That thing is a jewel. I cant believe his detail levels, lol... Amazing craftsmanship.

I was joking with him on 'where is the GPS and Nav Lights and things'. His answer was brilliant and hilarious.


Bill
 
warchild said:
Bretts pretty good with flight models but i dont know what his workload is at the moment..
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Well, my last information is that he had a CV-580, BAe 146 and a GA aircraft in the works, so I guess he's pretty busy.



Lionheart said:
How in the world did you get that Bleriot from Vitus!
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My instant messaging statistics say that we've exchanged ~50000 words so far, so there's your answer to how I got my hands on the Blériot. :d
 
Hi guys,

50,000 words already? Gosh, I wish I had written that much for my confirmation report for the uni...

glad you like my Bleriot. I sent a wip to Bjoern as I hope he can help me out with the skinned mesh animations for the cables and wing-warping. He is an expert on that subject, his gear animation for the Do328 is superb!

The aerodynamics will be set by Alexander Metzger and they are already pretty good. This plane is slow, but it's soooo much fun!

I got some new screenshots:
bleriot1i.jpg


bleriot3.jpg


A first glance at Louis Bleriot on his way to Dover:
blerio2.jpg


Some new parts in the cockpit: a fully functional wobble pump, the main fuel valve, gauge glass and fuel level indicator:
bleriot4.jpg


Cheers,
Vitus
 
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