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Hello to everyone,
I've made lots of aircraft models before, but they were always "hybrid" models made using MakeMdl. I'm trying to upgrade to native FSX models so my work will be compatible with P3D. I have a document from the FSX SDK that shows the number of keyframes an animated part has, but I don't know what number to set in which position. Ie, at frame zero, where should ezch part be, then 50, 100, etc.

Does such a thing exist?
 
Hi,

Not that I know of. What I do is import an FSX model into ModelConverterX. The animation slider moved to the left is keyframe 0, to the right is the maximum keyframe number for the plane. The number displayed to the left of the slider is the keyframe number. This will allow you to see how all the parts are animated.
 
With the sole exception of the four x-gear variables, which have 0 to 200 frames, all other default animations are 0 to 100 frames.
 
Thanks Bill, but I'm wondering more like when do I set keyframe zero. When the part is up or down? Like for aileronrs, or where should tires be at each frame or etc etc etc. I guess that doesn't exist and people have been going by trial and error?
 
At frame 0 the gear is fully retracted, fully down and oleos fully extended at frame 100 and gear down and oleo fully compressed at frame 200. Wheels should rotate 360 degrees between 0 and 100 and be sure to set keyframes at 25, 50, and 75 too.
 
As I said, it's very easy to figure out using ModelConverterX.
 
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