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Hinging Nose Cone Tutorial

1,124 Shelbysine  2.8 years ago

IMPORTANT//// TO BEST UNDERSTAND TUTORIAL READ THROUGH STEPS ON HERE AND ALSO, USE X-RAY VISION TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON.

Steps are top-bottom / left-right

Step1-Place inner fuselage
Step2-Make inner fuselage smaller
Step3-Place outer fuselage using transform part or fine tuner
Step4-Edit outer fuselage thickness
Step5-Place hinge rotator
Step6-scale rotator down so it can fit inside fuselage unseen
Step7 + Step 8- Nudge hinge rotator into fuselage Step9-Place cone
Step10-Use attachment editor to have the cone ONLY connected to the hinge rotator (very important).
Step11- Set input min to 0 in XML so cone does not go inside plane

General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 49.2ft (15.0m)
  • Length 36.1ft (11.0m)
  • Height 4.3ft (1.3m)
  • Empty Weight 5,918lbs (2,684kg)
  • Loaded Weight 5,918lbs (2,684kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading 439,839.3lbs/ft2 (2,147,483.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
  • Drag Points 9600

Parts

  • Number of Parts 39
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 212