Dave Perry > > Seeing the PA34 model is encouraging. David Megeson (sp) encouraged me > more than a year ago to model the Piper Comanche in fgfs when I posted > that I had just become 1/3 owner of a 1962 PA24-250 (poor mans Bonanza, > constant speed prop, retracts, 156 kt cruise). Last week I started > editing his PA28-161 yasim files and I have a pa24-250.xml file that > closely matches the real ac performance. I still need to get a little > more cruise speed at 10K msl, but have switched to working on the 3d > model. > > I have looked at wings3d, blender, and ac3d and from the documentation, > I think I will make faster progress on the 3d model with ac3d. Do the > experienced 3d modelers on the list agree with this choice? > > This is my first 3d modeling attempt. Any help is very appreciated! > Dave P. >
Blender is clever, but almost impossible to use. To get going quickly, while getting acceptable results I would recommend AC3D. The $40 or so it costs is money well spent I reckon. The cost includes free updates, which I have found to work well. Vivian ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
