E-flite Turbo Timber 2_0m

[technoid]

Looks great so far!!!!

Thank you !

 

[technoid]

I tweaked the cowl and intakes a little bit and took a look at it in RealFlight. I think the only thing left to do is detach the glass and add a cockpit floor. The real plane doesn't have a pilot so I wasn't planning to add one.

 

[Airbusfan]

I am dreaming of additional floats... would be a perfect combination!

 

[technoid]

I am dreaming of additional floats... would be a perfect combination!

Right now I'm focused on getting this one finished. I'm not sure what I want to do after that.

 

[technoid]

I just finished creating the cockpit so I guess next I'll cutout the glass. I need to take a look and see if there's anything else I need to model, but right now I can't think of anything.

 

[technoid]

In my last update I thought I was done with the modeling, but when I looked at the plane again there isn't any exhaust pipes. And they're very distinctive, so how did I miss those. So that's what I'm working on now.

 

[technoid]

I added the exhaust.

 

[technoid]

I wasn't sure if I'd add the navigation lights but I started on the landing lights.

 

[technoid]

I cutout the left side landing light yesterday so I cutout the right side this morning. Now it's coffee time. I haven't done any glowing lights for a while so I need to look at one of my planes and see how to do it again. It seems like the glowing part has to be put "over" the normal part and it doesn't render except at night, and then it's rendered and it glows. I also need to add the wing tip and fuselage top and bottom leds.

 

[technoid]

I went back and looked at my Piper Cherokee, it has both glowing lights and flashing lights. I was right the glowing object is a bit larger than the normal colored object and is only rendered at night. I also grabbed the NUP values to make the top and bottom Leds on the fuselage flash. It will be cool having all the night features on my Turbo Timber too.

 

[Bill Stuntz]

I noticed in your first photos that the leading edge of the wing is cut out for the fuselage. And the top of the windscreen is the leading edge in that section. I don't see that in posts#82&87.

 

[technoid]

I noticed in your first photos that the leading edge of the wing is cut out for the fuselage. And the top of the windscreen is the leading edge in that section. I don't see that in posts#82&87.

Look in post #87 that's the way the wing still is. I'm not quite sure what you're saying, can you clarify?

In post #70 you can see where the windscreen stops, it's the same in post #87.

https://forums.realflight.com/index.php?threads/e-flite-turbo-timber-2_0m.59695/post-369468

 

[technoid]

I noticed in your first photos that the leading edge of the wing is cut out for the fuselage. And the top of the windscreen is the leading edge in that section. I don't see that in posts#82&87.

Here's a picture of what I think you're talking about. They have an access hatch for the battery so it makes that area of the plane a bit different than mine. I didn't model the hatch so there's "no" cutout in the leading edge of the wing. Their hatch has to have support so they cutout the leading edge of the wing and the hatch has a section across the top of the windscreen to fill that area. I didn't model the hatch so mine doesn't have the cutout. But my windscreen goes up to the bottom of the leading edge of the wing but there's no cutout like theirs.

 

[technoid]

I added the navigation lights. The top and bottom lights on the fuselage will blink like the real plane. I still haven't detached the windows so I guess that's next. Then maybe it will be ready to map.

 

[technoid]

I detached the windows so I'll see if there's anything else I need to do before mapping. But now it's coffee time.

 

[asj5547]

Forget the coffee and get on with the mapping, (you know you want to), mapping is so much FUN.

 

[technoid]

Forget the coffee and get on with the mapping, (you know you want to), mapping is so much FUN.

Sure.. Why didn't I think of that

 

[technoid]

Nice work on those side and top views! It's always exciting to see projects taking shape. If you decide to go ahead with it, I bet it'll turn out awesome.

Thanks. Everything's looking good I'll be mapping it next.

 

[technoid]

I checked everything over and did some final tweaking to a few parts, so now it's ready for mapping. So next time I work on it I'll set it up for mapping..

 

[technoid]

I went back and setup the plane for mapping, so I guess I'll probably start mapping it tomorrow.