Hangar 9 Pulse XT 60

[technoid]

I finished the mods to the fuselage, except one. I think I'm going to map it without the cutout for the engine so I'll have an electric version. Then I'll go back and cutout the hole for the engine and remap the fuselage. That way I'll have an Electric and Glow version of it. It's extra work but I might end up making an electric version someday, so I'll need a mapped copy without the hole for the engine. So it looks like I'm back to being ready to start mapping.

 

[technoid]

I started mapping it this morning. Ha, my favorite part (not). It's not really hard to map after doing so many it's just a boring process so there's no fun in it like modeling the parts and seeing something come together. But a required part of the project none-the-less.

 

[technoid]

Well bummer. I did a little mapping this morning but ended up not liking the way I did it so I decided to delete it and start over. I hadn't done much but I hate wasting time. But I got that "I want it the way I want it thing" so I'll start over I guess.

 

[technoid]

I started mapping again and am back where I was yesterday when I deleted it and started over.

 

[MARSHMILK132]

cool i will want to get that

 

[technoid]

I've been working on the mapping but it's starting to thunder and lightning, so I figured I better stop. The last time we had a power outage my computer went down and then I forgot about it so I guess the battery in my UPS is bad. I have the fuselage, wings, and hstabs mapped so I think I'll stop until the bad weather passes.

 

[technoid]

I ordered a new battery from Amazon with free overnight, and the weather passed. So I'm all set.

 

[technoid]

I just finished a little more mapping. I have all the main plane parts mapped (fuselage, wing, hstab, vstab, canopy, and spinner). But I still have all the little parts to do. But things are moving along. I'm going to map it for the electric version first and then do the 1x1 mapping. Once that's done I'll save that off for an EP version and then go back and cutout the cowl for the 2-Stroke version and finish the plane.

 

[technoid]

I finished the first pass of mapping, now I need to go back and set the relative size of the parts. Then I need to move all the parts to the grid used to create the color scheme template.

 

[MARSHMILK132]

good

 

[gfdgdf]

Thanks. I just wanted to be sure. You said you had an OS engine on it so I thought you'd want a glow version.

how do i export a plane into a 3d model software? and what one do u use?

 

[Bill Stuntz]

You don't. The information in the RF model does not include the details necessary to modify it in 3d modelling software. The only visible changes you can make are the color scheme. The shape of the model can't be changed.

 

[technoid]

I finished the first pass of mapping but I still need to do the 1x1 mapping. Here's a picture of the map.

 

[MARSHMILK132]

looks great technoid

 

[technoid]

looks great technoid

Thanks. I think a couple of parts need to be resized. I'll check them later it's time to eat now.

 

[technoid]

I just checked the mapping and there was only 1 part that needed to be resized. The vstab was a little smaller than it should have been so I resized it and created a new CS template. Here's a picture of the new mapping There isn't a lot of difference but the vstab is a little larger.

 

[technoid]

I'm a bit different when I do the 1x1 mapping so I add red stripes that cross the part borders so I can align them. My eyes don't seem to work using the pattern method, so I do it this way instead. I haven't done the 1x1 mapping yet I just added the stripes so I can do it. I took a quick look and the alignment is pretty good, so it shouldn't take too long to do it. For the fuselage I add a red stripe for each segment so there's a bunch of them.

 

[technoid]

I did the 1x1 mapping on the wings, hstab, and vstab. The only thing left to do is the wheel pants and the fuselage. But right now I need a break.

 

[MARSHMILK132]

ok just keep me posted you are doing a great job

 

[technoid]

ok just keep me posted you are doing a great job

Thanks.