this is my second phase. Cutting out doors, laying out dimensions against a accurately scaled human test pilot, laying out general ground work for all the detailed mechanical parts (landing gear, door hinges, interior design, etc)
If this will be a vertical takeoff (also regular take off and landing) aircraft, the biggest challenge will be later on figuring out the mechanics that are believable.
a) Do I design the main and rear engines to hydraulically rotate 90 degrees upwards during landing and take off? (like the Osprey military aircraft)? More moving parts
b) Or do I design air slots into the bottom of the aircraft and leave the engines as are? (like a harrier jet setup) less moving parts
c) Or do I design it kind of like the osprey where both front and rear engines (including the wings) rotate 90 degrees as one piece?
thoughts?
