Thoughts on the corsair and other planes

FSIC Messageboard

Tech Talk

profile | register | preferences | faq | search

UBBFriend: Email This Page to Someone!

next newest topic | next oldest topic

Author

Topic: Thoughts on the corsair and other planes

Spanky the Mad Dog
Pilot

posted 03-02- 08:51 AM

Spanky here...

I was thinking now that the FPS are more respectable on the corsair I was thinking it doesn't seem to be much of a FPS hit to have some depth to the front of it so we could do the same thing on the other planes instead of a flat poly painted to look deep. i think it looks really cool on the corsair.

IP: Logged

jedi
Pilot

posted 03-02- 04:43 PM

The big mistake I initially made was to create a surface in the cowling instead of just extruding a cylinder. I deleted a gazillion polys out of the inside of the cowling. There's really not that many surfaces there now--probably more in the "crankcase housing" and the prop than in the cowling. The cowling itself could be optimized a bit more by decreasing the curvature of the front a bit--it could be "straight" all the way up to the curved "lip" and still look pretty Hog-like. Also, it's either a 12- or 16-ogon cylinder. The Zeke is an octogon, I think, and still looks beautiful, so I don't think a cylindrical fuselage is really something we need to "fear."

The 190 in particular could benefit here, because, with the spinner on the Wulf prop, you wouldn't need a round prop hub, or any internal engine detail. (Of course, if you do that fan-thingie in there, you'd probably take a hit FPS-wise)

------------------
--jedi--

IP: Logged

All times are CT (US)	next newest topic \| next oldest topic
Administrative Options: Close Topic \| Archive/Move \| Delete Topic
	Hop to:

Contact Us | Fighter Squadron Information Center