Airbus A320

[Airbus_Captain]

Hi remlap i would surely love ur help ill be starting the project today

Thanks

[Jordan P.]

okay tell me when you need my help and keep me updated contact me at Remlap10@rocketmail.org

[Airbus_Captain]

Ok thanks

[BWolf7]

Sounds like a great project! Any news?

[79carboy]

Yeah, sounds cool!

[Airbus_Captain]

Projects going great guys just need some help ive finished the outside fuselage just wandering should i start on the wings first or do the interior of the plane and cockpit

[pryoski]

Great stuff ... how are you going to tackle all the systems programming?

[Airbus_Captain]

Thank you i will probably learn it or if there is any keen programers your welcome to join in just reply in this convo

[pryoski]

I'm afraid "Hello World" is about the limits of my programming ability in C ..lol.

[Michael_Chang]

OKAY! I HAVE COME TO OFFER SOME INSIGHT

 

I know it's really late, but hey, if you need a bit of extra, this stuff should be great, especially for gears

 

1: the A320 family is extremely complex, firstly, good luck

 

2. I have found, that the best way to build an aircraft is using photos, NOT blueprints. What I did for my Fokker 100, was I made a cylinder in planemaker, the length of the actual jet, then used that as a scaler to help me match background photos of the actual jet to build over top of

 

3. DO NOT USE BLUEPRINTS. Blue prints are extremely inaccurate and never give a proper view of the aircraft, use ONLY PHOTOS AND DIAGRAMS THAT YOU CAN CONFIRM USING PICTURES.

 

4. I will make myself available for information and tips, I use blender to build my aircrafts, but a lot of the same principles should apply to animation.

 

5. I don't know shit about plugins, outside of very basic SASL. Sorry

 

Here are some images that I would use to build the plane

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/6/5/5/1475556.jpg

http://photos.plane-mad.com/9/large/9208.jpg <- this one is especially good for wingbox work, along with gear scaling, since it's almost a perfectly forward shot

http://images3.jetphotos.net/img/1/8/5/3/12687_1281717358.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/3/1/4/1120413.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/8/7/0/0734078.jpg

http://www.h2fc-fair.com/hm12/images/highlights/dlr01.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Tragfl%C3%A4che_(Airbus_A320).jpg <- this one's a good one to study in order to figure out how the flaps move, and where they stop

 

Hope these help

 

 

Good luck!

~Michael Chang~

[Michael_Chang]

oh, and on another note, if you'd like, i can talk to my friend for help, her dad is an A320 pilot for Air Canada, and i'm quite sure he can grab a few close up photos for you

[Liner45]

Btw does anyone know how to add animation like jrollon how he gets his doors to open.

Thanks

you have to place the manipulators on it. to make the animation download this http://www.blender.org/

[TheSlasher]

you have to place the manipulators on it. to make the animation download this http://www.blender.org/

what?

[TheSlasher]

are u making the a318

[79carboy]

Project still going?

[purpleboy28]

yea.. im wonderin too!

[Benedikt S.]

Nah, i don't think so, it's too complex.

[79carboy]

Nah, i don't think so, it's too complex.

 

Derp

[Flying_pig]

2. I have found, that the best way to build an aircraft is using photos, NOT blueprints. What I did for my Fokker 100, was I made a cylinder in planemaker, the length of the actual jet, then used that as a scaler to help me match background photos of the actual jet to build over top of

this is just my opinion but sometimes blueprints can be helpful but ONLY when the object you are making will mainly be modeled in top down view like a elevator or wing for example as that will help you get the shape down better otherwise i agree never just use blueprints

[Flying_pig]

Renlamp if you decide to do the cockpit first here is a 5MP reference photo i found today when doing a google search as i was bored at the time

Edit 

forget link, derp

http://airandspace.si.edu/webimages/highres/WEB10778-2007h.jpg

Edited September 8, 2013 by mj12345

[Jordan P.]

Okay, i haven't heard from him in a while so i really don't know what is going on MJ