CG My Alaskan / Pandoran Bush Plane WIP.

[Taw Makto]

Hey, not everything has to be ugly and functional on Pandora! My jet is my forum name / my forum name is my jet..... etc. It's a completely original aircraft design that I've built in X-Plane and Rhino3D. This is the Rhino model.



I've spent a lot of time over the past two weeks to get the model this far. A bit more detail to add, and then I can export from Rhino to AC3D to texture and configure the animated controls, etc., after which I'll be able to inject it into X-Plane and fly it!

I've already tested the flight dynamics model - a primitive version of what you see - in Pandoran atmospheric pressure and gravity. X-Plane will let you do that, strangely enough. The jet is a bit faster at the top end due to the increased availability of oxygen - more thrust - and a bit slower to stall due to the lower gravity. Otherwise, flying there is a lot like flying here. Well, except I'm sure it looks a LOT nicer just about wherever you fly.

I propose that Hell's Gate isn't the only place that humans made moonfall on Pandora, and there are likely small airstrips here and there to support both scientific research and the Avatar program. Even if I can't finish the X-Plane planet model to fly in, I'll certainly be able to do some neat CGI flying in a Pandoran setting. I've got all the tools....I just need time!