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It is now! I have a partial backup on External HD and a full backup on a second. the 787 project files are 140 mb right now, but that has a TON of duplicate/updated files.OfficerFlake wrote:You are backing this up on the cloud right?
@ Lor:
The blank 727 model was around 25-28000 vertices (I think). I know for sure that the USAF E-3 that I did was 30k almost on the nose. This is my largest aircraft to date in terms of file size. I am looking for places to trim out detail/vertices that are not really needed, but it is unlikely that I will get many more. Certainly no more than a 1000 vertex reduction if I'm beyond lucky.
I will post more pictures when I get some more work done with animations on the main landing gear.
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Maybe Air New Zealand?decaff_42 wrote:Got the main landing gear edited down from 6600 vertices each to 3600 each. I'm about 40% over budget on the landing gear vertex count, but I can't really get it any less and I got a couple of struts to put in.
Blank aircraft is now at 36k vertices. I shudder to think what a nice paint scheme would be at.![]()
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I have several paint schemes in mind, including HAVA & PAVA, but those will have to wait. I will be working on decals for these paints in the future during the flight testing.
The flight test program will focus on a few aspects, such as:
- animation motions
- Takeoff performance
- low-speed handling
- Cruise performance
I would like to closely match the real 787-9 as much as possible, but I'm sure certain things will have to be edited in order to make it work. I will be using my modified HAVA B787-8 dat file as a base and then tweaking the parameters.
Stats:
35765 vertices visible, 38k total model (for cabin window lights)
3.6 mb dnm file
Cockpit.srf: 4600 vertices
landing gear: ~9800-10k vertices
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I was toying around with things on the 787 because I had re-discovered the hard edges in flight test (Which is killing my computer BTW). I was trying to keep vertices down by using the double-sided face, rather than doubling the vertices for the window and simply flipping the faces on one side. See the difference below:
Before: (double-sided mesh) After: (Doubled mesh) Bonus cockpit picture from flight test: I think this airplane is going to be pretty nice for cruises. at 37k and ~50-60% throttle gives me 520 KTAS, 270 KIAS and about 9 hour endurance.
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Google Sheet if you are interested.
I tested at 36000 ft +/- 1000 ft and at a wide variety of speeds. Endurance was in hours, and the 1% time was the time it took (in seconds) to burn 1% of my internal fuel while in auto pilot. At the different test points I would set altitude and speed, and enter AP and see if it held where I wanted and then timed the 1% burn.
As of now all the animations look like they are spot-on, so I'm probably going to be making blanks for the 787-8 and 787-10 over the next few weeks and get those dat files up and running.
Pictures from this evening's testing:
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1.Royal Brunei Airlines
2.British Airways
3.Scoot
4.Thai Airways
for your 787
i'm not requesting,just a suggestion
Thank you
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Not pushing for anything, but I do agreeV8-DLA wrote: 1.Royal Brunei Airlines
2.British Airways
3.Scoot
4.Thai Airways
for your 787


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Also Air New Zeland would be nice!Kujo wrote:Not pushing for anything, but I do agreeV8-DLA wrote: 1.Royal Brunei Airlines
2.British Airways
3.Scoot
4.Thai Airways
for your 787
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dbd000 wrote:Maybe Air New Zealand?decaff_42 wrote:Got the main landing gear edited down from 6600 vertices each to 3600 each. I'm about 40% over budget on the landing gear vertex count, but I can't really get it any less and I got a couple of struts to put in.
Blank aircraft is now at 36k vertices. I shudder to think what a nice paint scheme would be at.![]()
This is an amazing list of paints. The top 5 that should definitely go on this plane!ksh wrote:Also Air New Zeland would be nice!Kujo wrote:Not pushing for anything, but I do agreeV8-DLA wrote: 1.Royal Brunei Airlines
2.British Airways
3.Scoot
4.Thai Airways
for your 787
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Blank 787-8
Some Painting I have started.
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plus the Qatar 787 also recently being spotted around my school (probably the aircraft flying to WMKK)
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