leet hellicoper that me working on

[masshuu]

im borde since its spring break here, and this is what ive done for the past 3 hours. Its a 342 Gazelle, and i chose that cause that the first i found with a useable blueprint.

theres still a lot of work, but im wondering what people think.

im making it in Wings 3D

The renderd helis are in the folwing order:

Wireframe Solid
POV-Ray Render

 

[FalseHope]

Wow. It sure does look like you know what you are doing when it comes to 3D. Looks really good . Did you ever fly one of these helicopters? Looks like this ones propeller is going to snap off, hehe. Nice work!

 

[masshuu]

yeah thanks.

actually i usually have no clue what im doing, and im 17, so thats a negitive on flying one.

and in the drawing i found and a couple others pics, the blades were flexing quite a bit.

 

[sunils]

Good work. You did the right thing to keep yourself busy.

 

[ThePaintGuru]

Very nice! I have never tried Wings 3D myself, but did take a shot at Blender and I was very impressed. It's a free, open-source 3d modeling program that is both complex and powerful.

I get what Mike's saying about one of the rotors snapping off, that interesting curved shape makes the back one look like it will hit the tail .

 

[masshuu]

i never got used to the interface to blender.

but i have heard that its the best free 3D modeling tool.

 

[ThePaintGuru]

Yes, the interface is a little bit daunting. For one thing, you need to have a 3-button mouse with wheel to really use it. A laptop with a touchpad won't do. If you're interested in learning, though, there are a bunch of video tutorials or you could just play around with it for a while. That's what I did

 

[masshuu]

i got some more screenys:
Front View:

Side View:

Top:

3rd View:


and a higher quality view:

 

[Executor89]

Is it just me or is the blades too long? In my viewpoint, the blades (if they were to spin) would chop off the tail wing... maybe I need a better picture.

 

[ThePaintGuru]

I thought that was just me, but from the top and side it looks that way too. I like the model in general, though. Next step would be to find some textures (photos of metal, etc) and make them seamless and apply to the shape.

 

[masshuu]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3823000317370190197

 

[FalseHope]

That sure does look close to me. A little too close maybe? Let's just say I wouldn't want to fly it unless the blades were cut off a few inches. Loving the design though

 

[masshuu]

as you can see in the pic, once it starts spinning, cyntrifical force will cause it to rise up to about there.

and i have seen helicopters up close and personal, and one roter was actually touching the stabilizer, since they tie it down to keep it from spinning in the air.
i found it a bit odd and wondered if they flew it in or rolled it in on its little 2 inch wheels.

 

[FalseHope]

Oh, I see. Now that you say it like that. Makes it look better Have any plans on building this model? Like in real life..

 

[masshuu]

nor reallt. i think if i did it would go "fruoooooooooooooooo" BOOOOOOOM

 

[masshuu]

*bump*
i added the tail rotor.

list of things to do:

fix main rorot joint
make interior
maby some more work on engine.