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Is this pre-SWAT or post-SWAT?

disconnectedradical wrote:

Is this pre-SWAT or post-SWAT?

Here's the link........

http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-af-10-air-force-1/662754

That's really good work. I would've thought they were photos had I not been told otherwise.

Post-Swat since the IPP exhaust is downward.

I just noticed the camber on wheels. I wonder if that's accurate.

Remarkable work absent the actual CATIA models. Nits -- verticals a little more like pre-swat;horizontal stabs clearly pre-swat; gun bump a little large; some fwd fuse details very slightly out of proportion (NLG doors and canopy); lower DAS aperture a bit off. SDD and early LRIP nozzle.

Yep, you can see why they charge hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars for these models, someone has put a lot of effort into producing that.
That said, is the gun hump really that pronounced?

Now give me a flight sim that looks that good.

I've been spending a lot of time lately doing RCS simulations on various aircraft features just to get a bit more insight into how VLO works. One I've looked at pretty extensively is the F-35. I found that most 3d modellers don't get the angles on the various bumps right.

Yeah that hump is too large with an incorrect angle on the outside. The angle of the bump containing the rear landing gear is wrong too.

First off... AWSOME job and it goes without saying that you more than likely did more work on this than Kopp did.

One thing I saw was that the bump on the belly DAS windows is too "sharp"

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gh7BudVxMXo/T ... 9_002s.jpg

http://www.aviationnews.eu/blog/wp-cont ... d-F-35.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z_0GTyunJ0A/T ... 9_001s.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b9aHFNhl1O4/T ... 4_6257.jpg

Forum: General F-35 Forum

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