after unsuccessfully dabbling in programming I now present you with my latest try at modelling. Give me any crit possible, please don’t as how I rendered it, and be harsh, I can handle it. (and will work quickly on updates)
the idea is that the army converted low altitude scouts with small weapons to heavy fast strikers by adding cannons and missile launchers.
renderer: blender, AO and one shadow only lamp at low energy. mat is no spec, all reflection, and white
okay, more AO, fixed most stuff, added seams, still need ailerons or maybe canards. The “jet engine” is a cylinder filled with cooling fins for the power regulators for the cannon, it gets quite hot. http://home.columbus.rr.com/samadam/fighterrender2.jpg
and shbaz:
i do know, but am not a sucker for all that pressure difference junk, it is the angle of attack that makes it fly, and it is thinner now.
i like the shape of the main body!
i would put the pilot at the end so he kida sits ontop of the plane!
the air cuts ontop of the wings are cool bu their lead to no where!
design what ever behind the cuts, like putting the engine inside the wings
and the cuts are for air support!
maybe put the engine below the wing so air gets sucked in from top.
build some decent turbine ends.
okay, the turbine in the wings has an outlet, you can’t see it, it is down thrusting for VTOL, but I will make it more visible. I like this new cockpit a little better, what do you think? Will make guns smaller and work on wings (probably bigger) http://home.columbus.rr.com/samadam/fighterrender3.jpg
bump
now with about 3 hours of work does anyone have any commments, and no, I am not mad shbaz. you were the best poster yet. with probably do the landing gear for tomorrow.
Goofy question… but what’s propelling this bad-boy? I see intakes and I know you mentioned VSTOL gear… are they there yet?
Also… vertical stabilizers tend to be an incredibly necessary part of aircraft design (however, I have seen some pretty sweet designs that had the vertical stabilizers on the underside of the plane, rather than the top… definitely looked cool).
I think what is frustrating people is the intentions. Is it supposed to be a concept or prototype? For video games? A “space fighter?”
Some of these crits are interesting. Where was everyone during any of the Star Wars movies? Battlestar Galactica (old and new)? Star Trek?
George Lucas doesn’t give a flying crap about the aerodynamic perfection and feasibility of spaceship wings, he just wants it to look cool. Not being correctly based on engineering principles has not hurt any of the sci-fi franchises.
Aw, come on! You’d take it seriously if it fell on you!
Thats not entirely true. Ever seen the b2 stealth bomber? The have no vertical stablizer. what they have is on both wings they have a sort of airbrake do enduce drag on that side and simulate the effect but they have no vertical stabelizer. If this is in the future then I think it is a very possible design.