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FSXA Airbus A350 XWB

Hector Lee said:
Absolutely amazing work! All that from just photos?
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Yes, though I also used the airbus 3D view, which can in some ways be seen as one big photo...
I've never been in the aircraft though. Never even been in any wide-body aircraft in active service :oops:
Airbus' 3D cockpit (link) is somewhat usefull but I wonder if it is more than a photo (since one cannot actually move around).
Thanks for the kind words! :)
 
Also I got the Radio panel close to completion.... Still a vast emptiness behind it, lots still to add :p

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BTW I noticed something odd in a typerating manual I used to get a 2D map of the cockpit. It said that one could easily convert between the Airbus types (with the obvious exception of the A300 and A310 because it doesn't feauture the Airbus cockpit layout). However I noticed (though I thought I missread it) that the A350 and A330 have been made to share one typerating, dispite the differences in actual cockpit... It is called the A330/A350 typerating, which is apparently in development.
 
F747fly said:
However I noticed (though I thought I missread it) that the A350 and A330 have been made to share one typerating, dispite the differences in actual cockpit... It is called the A330/A350 typerating, which is apparently in development.
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A330neo.
 
F747fly said:
BTW I noticed something odd in a typerating manual I used to get a 2D map of the cockpit. It said that one could easily convert between the Airbus types (with the obvious exception of the A300 and A310 because it doesn't feauture the Airbus cockpit layout). However I noticed (though I thought I missread it) that the A350 and A330 have been made to share one typerating, dispite the differences in actual cockpit... It is called the A330/A350 typerating, which is apparently in development.
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Cross Crew Qualification ;) it already exists since some time, not only for a330/a350 but also for other types :)
 
F747fly said:
Can anyone contact the cabin, tell them we're ready for diner... oh wait the phone hasn't been made yet (most arwfull joke ever?)

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The way I think I'm gonna make the cable of the phone (or intercom) by making a lowpoly wire (like 5 verts make a circle) and use physics to lay it in there (need to work out the details a bit) and then just apply it so it's "frozen"in there :)
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I think you will have more control with a spline :)
 
HGC125 said:
Cross Crew Qualification ;) it already exists since some time, not only for a330/a350 but also for other types :)
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I knew it existed but it seems to be that the A330CEO and A350 have too much differnces to actually have a CCQ.

Heretic said:
A330neo.
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I thought of that aswell, seems like a logical answer....

hairyspin said:
He's using Blender: the terminology - and methodology - is different.
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True! :) I'm thinking it's a bit different. Like I said I'll make the cable, use physics to stow it in the compartment and then apply the physics so it stays put :)
 
krispy1001 said:
Very Nice Modeling F747fly!:)
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Thanks Kris! Ofcourse that's thanks to the great teachers I've had ;)
Gave it some colours and set some material settings with Blender2FSX (will "reflection" work with screens and such?)
I just queued the music and this is what it brought me :P

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Quite immersive already, even without the textures. :cool:

can't wait to see how the intercom cable will turn out with simulation. :)
 
Thanks Dave! I found the easiest way to do the cable would be with a soft body simulation. So it would be a path that would be falling into place and then bevel that path with a cable (five vert cylinder). I still have to work out some details on that though...
 
AFAIK Physics don't work for curves. you can try a path that's put kind of where the cable should be, convert it to mesh, run a cloth simulation with the ends pinned, very high stiffness and high collision distance. Then convert it back to curve and use it to guide your cable.
This is how I made the powerlines in one of my sceneries
 
Yes, there're a couple of ways to do it. Thr way you say it might actually be better (gonna try and compare a bit). Paths are indeed physics accepting. I believe I got the idea from a video about "noodle modelling" ;)
 
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Thanks AASE!
Now I've made another part but am a bit doubtfull about the meausres of the various objects.. most certainly about the width....

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I think that if I get some painting done I can start announcing the project?
 
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