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A modelling question...and a project idea.
EHM-0654 Murray:
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I knew some one would say this...
but also keep in mind that an ACC is like 10 time smaller, and 10 times less high ;)
Sound promising indeed... but when tinking of it, I can't get the image outta ma head of a floating block of concrete..lol..weird but true.... I would realy like them to accomplish this procject and prome me wrong.... but with the measures u provided, there not impossible numbers indeed.. :>
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Rico,
Displacement lovey, displacement... [shout "Eureka" and run down the street with the old chap flapping about in the wind]
I have seen a working concrete boat hull (just to prove it could be done, sort of thing...), it's all a matter of spreading the weight of the object across enough surface area.
Having said that, I too saw the Discovery channel program about Freedomship, and as "believable" as the renders were, I have serious doubts something shaped like that will float; I would guess they'll end up making it much wider (possibly even multi-hull) and not so tall as a result...
As far as my knowledge of FS modelling goes, it should be possible to do something like this in FS. The sides will need to be vertical, but clever texturing can lessen the obviousness of this. It will (of course) have to be static...
EDIT: In fact, just looking at the "artists impression" above, I can think of one way that might very well work. Do a runway on a big plinth, and rap it in a "building" with all the wiggly bits... would be a work of madness to make it look right though...
EHM-0962 Zhen Yi:
As far as i know it is possible to create something like that........only that i'm still not good enough right now........still in training! :P but maybe Murray can try making one? ;)
EHM-1358 Tim:
I think Ive got an idea for this ship, you could make it so it has its of route travelling around the world and stoping off at some real world ports. I think it can be done. As ive seen small cars drive around the airport on a sceanery add-on I have.
EHM-0641 Rico:
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Having said that, I too saw the Discovery channel program about Freedomship, and as "believable" as the renders were, I have serious doubts something shaped like that will float; I would guess they'll end up making it much wider (possibly even multi-hull) and not so tall as a result...
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My point exactly ;) But it would be lovely to see it in FS :]
EHM-1001 Robert:
Another GMAX question...
In GMAX I cannot reach MAKEMDL plug-in, however it is in the plug-ins directory. No problem, I started from outside MAKEMDL, but I cannot convert the gmax file. MAKEMDL wants to have an X file for input, and it does not allow gmax extension. What is that X file?
Just to have an overview of the ship in GMAX:
Before you ask: I did the model in "Autocad Mechanical Desktop" and converted into GMAX. I did it today afternoon, it took about 4 hours. The model do not have any textures. The model is made by the current design of freedomship, after design specs and screenshots found on the official website. I think the accuracy is about +/- 2 meters. I left out those many small pylons from the model that keeps the floors on each other.
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