Grumman G-44 Widgeon

hellnbak

@box said:

It's looking good Bryan, can't wait to get my hands on it for flight testing.

That's the way we used to test them in the Air Force. Never could get that going-back-together part quite right though

BTW, how the heck do you do those videos? I'd love to do something like that for fun

Box

I just knocked up a simple plane in sections, then dropped it using sketchy physics and recorded it with a screen grab gif recorder.

hellnbak

@box said:

I just knocked up a simple plane in sections, then dropped it using sketchy physics and recorded it with a screen grab gif recorder.

Ummmm....ok. I might download sketchyphysics and play with it, not sure I can figure out something like that tho.
You say you built the plane in sections (I assume you mean so that it could break apart on impact). But did you have to tell it how to break apart, or does it do that on it's own when encountering a surface?

Bryan K

@hellnbak said:

@box said:

I just knocked up a simple plane in sections, then dropped it using sketchy physics and recorded it with a screen grab gif recorder.

Ummmm....ok. I might download sketchyphysics and play with it, not sure I can figure out something like that tho.
You say you built the plane in sections (I assume you mean so that it could break apart on impact). But did you have to tell it how to break apart, or does it do that on it's own when encountering a surface?

SketchyPhysics does it. SP is very, very cool. Check out their website.

Box

Sketchy Physics can be an incredibly frustrating plugin. I'm not sure your blood pressure is up to it.
However.
The plane is as you say, parts to break apart. They are simple unconnected and falling as a group until they hit the ground. So it's just gravity doing the work.

hellnbak

Thanks for the info and advice, Box.
Yeah, you're probably right, it would just be another source of frustration for me. I'll just add it to my bucket list, along with learning how to render and inventing that dang time machine so I can travel back to a time when the world was not quite so insane. Ahhhh, the sixties, now there was a fun time to be alive!

Bryan K

Tail assembly almost complete. Just need trim tab hinges and elevator balance weights and rudder light.

Bryan K

Some clean up and landing gear rough out.

Bryan K

I couldn't wait. I had to put the windows in.

Bryan K

Engine pod rough out.

hellnbak

Progressing nicely and looking good, Bryan

Bryan K

@hellnbak said:

Progressing nicely and looking good, Bryan

Thanks! I'm hoping to make some serious progress on it this weekend.

Bryan K

Engine mods and clean up. Tail assembly complete. Instrument dash added.

Bryan K

Couldn't stand the asymmetry.

cotty

pilou

Very cool!

You can also add to your Tools box the new Opus of ThomThom Bezier Surfaces!

Bryan K

Thank you Carston and pilou.

More engine detail.

Bryan K

Now she's looking like an aircraft.

hellnbak

Wow, looking better and better. Any chance of seeing some larger photos? And maybe some hidden line shots?