Author Topic: 109 - Lack Of Dihedral? (Read 1171 times)

Bradburger · « **on:** January 12, 2000, 06:32:00 PM »

Was gonna ask this question a while back but didn't because I thought it might have been fixed as the beta progressed.

I was just wondering if the 109 will get a dihedral at some point? At the moment it has none at all and looks rather strange without it.

Cheers

Bradburger

juzz · « **Reply #1 on:** January 12, 2000, 07:08:00 PM »

Wow! I never noticed that before, but now that you mention it...

Unfortunately the Bf109's 3d model isn't the best, but all the others seem quite good.

Here's one for gatt

Sorrow[S=A] · « **Reply #2 on:** January 12, 2000, 08:21:00 PM »

Sweet! speaking of which, wouldn't having more contoured terrain be a blast? Every time I hit the weeds I find myself praying to god there was gullies or hills I could try and force my chaser to fly along.

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Minotaur · « **Reply #3 on:** January 13, 2000, 12:32:00 AM »

I found this old photo of a "Star Wars Pod Racer" that I had laying around.

Is this "Dihedral" enough?

I have a feeling this is what you are looking for.

Mino

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juzz · « **Reply #4 on:** January 13, 2000, 07:40:00 AM »

You silly bovine, that Tigercat doesn't have the "+7 blue paintjob of uberness" - it's useless, useless without it!

As for that "thing" at the bottom, that is NOT a Me109, it's some sort of mutant cousin the Spanish cooked up after the war. "Eek! It's hideous!!"

Hristo · « **Reply #5 on:** January 13, 2000, 08:39:00 AM »

It also has that ugly Spitfire nose

gatt · « **Reply #6 on:** January 13, 2000, 09:11:00 AM »

Heck Juzz!

Is it a SDOE 109G? IMHO SDOE has the best 3D 109G around. Too bad the FM's are so poor and a/c so few

EAW has some ANR nice skins like this one (courtesy of Migge and F.D'Amico):

juzz · « **Reply #7 on:** January 13, 2000, 10:35:00 AM »

SDOE is getting aircraft added, slowly - it's sort of an engineers game rather than one for pilots.

Now, about AH's Me109 model... from front to back.

1. Nose is too wide, as the MG131 cowls are part of the whole nose shape, and not seperate shapes as they should be.(I don't mean they should be like the G-6's "bumps", btw) Undernose oilcooler opening is too small.

2.Cockpit sides slope out too much from top to bottom, making the cockpit dash waaay too wide. The front windscreen and canopy roof seems too high. Or; the back firewall of the cockpit is too low, giving a superior "6 view" and also causing a distinct change in line from the canopy roof to the tail assembly.

3. Wingtips are incorrectly semi-circular; the widest point should actually be slightly more forward on the wing, giving the tips a more "pointed" appearance. Incorrect dihedral of wings, as noted before.

Except for the nose, correcting the other areas would seem to only require some minor reshaping of the existing polys. Just a guess.

Bradburger · « **Reply #8 on:** January 13, 2000, 12:01:00 PM »

I was gonna post a picture of Hans Dittes Hybrid 109G-10 but can't find it and seeing as everyone else has posted one I'll post this:

Cheers

Bradburger

Minotaur · « **Reply #9 on:** January 15, 2000, 01:47:00 AM »

Juzz

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You silly bovine

Not sure why you have it in for me, but I often laugh when you flame my posts.

I thought only, that they were two very good "color" pictures and that they happened to displayed "Dihedral" wing shapes well.

BTW what is "Juzz"? Could it be the crusty stain left on a bed sheet following a nocturnal emission?

Mino

kjb · « **Reply #10 on:** January 15, 2000, 02:47:00 PM »

Minotaur, dang you crack me up. Butt i believe what you are thinking about is JIZZ.

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Author Topic: 109 - Lack Of Dihedral? (Read 1171 times)

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