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Title: hotelicopter wtf ?
Post by: straffo on June 03, 2009, 08:45:16 AM

Obvioulsy fake but fun to see :)

http://www.fubiz.net/2009/03/29/hotelicopter/

Title: Re: hotelicopter wtf ?
Post by: moot on June 03, 2009, 08:58:58 AM

Yeah, I saw that one reading this
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/03/monstrous-aviation-part-2-huge.html

Title: Re: hotelicopter wtf ?
Post by: Denholm on June 03, 2009, 12:55:43 PM

Looks like a rendering. Some people at Blender communities will make a bunch of 3D objects for artwork competitions. This could have been something similar.

Here's one from just such a Blender community:

(http://www.bzfusion.net/skymaps/scuderia/Scuderia_location3_small.jpg)

Title: Re: hotelicopter wtf ?
Post by: firbal on June 03, 2009, 01:50:56 PM

I would hate to be the mechanic on that one. That has to be one of the most maintance intense helicopter around, if it is for real.

Title: Re: hotelicopter wtf ?
Post by: Denholm on June 03, 2009, 02:38:20 PM

It's not. The picture comes from a website used by a lot of 3D artists. In fact, the picture I showed of the rendering of a car was posted to the exact same website. If you're wondering what I mean with, "rendering" it simply means the image you are seeing is a creation made in 3D design software which was firstly created, then painted, then rendered using the camera angle at which you see the picture.

Title: Re: hotelicopter wtf ?
Post by: Die Hard on June 03, 2009, 05:36:53 PM

Quote from: moot on June 03, 2009, 08:58:58 AM

Yeah, I saw that one reading this
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/03/monstrous-aviation-part-2-huge.html

What you saw there was the Mi-12, a real (museum piece) helicopter, not the fantasy chopper loosely based on the Mi-12 that Straffo posted.

Title: Re: hotelicopter wtf ?
Post by: moot on June 03, 2009, 05:44:55 PM

DTC, Ducon:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3404/3593805116_6a130ca385_o.png)
What I saw was the hotelicopter gizmo that Straffo posted. 

BTW, Straffo - check it out:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2464/3593023943_6d22201fef_o.png)
 :noid

Title: Re: hotelicopter wtf ?
Post by: Die Hard on June 03, 2009, 06:42:00 PM

Ah...  :)

Title: Re: hotelicopter wtf ?
Post by: Vulcan on June 03, 2009, 07:42:44 PM

Quote from: Denholm on June 03, 2009, 12:55:43 PM

Looks like a rendering. Some people at Blender communities will make a bunch of 3D objects for artwork competitions. This could have been something similar.

It was done for an internet scam - quite a few (stupid) people invested money in it.