CardBoardBoxProcessor Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 For a second I thought that picture was a propane tank.i have to agree with the propane tank problem. Youa re better off making them like the real bigelow parts and making the lines go the other direction. also, note the windows and other surface details. http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/orbital-complex-construction.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cepheus Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I\'m with cardboard. Course, you could just make it a propane tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panichio Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I\'m with cardboard. Course, you could just make it a propane tank.That would provide some awesome looking explosions...if you pretend because unfortunately all explosions look the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radion Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 That would provide some awesome looking explosions...if you pretend because unfortunately all explosions look the same.Could you not make explosions larger via plugin? Or is that beyond the capabilities of the plugin system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 How does this look? Not sure if I can do windows, since they would look really weird when it\'s scaled down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddavis425 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 That looks a lot better in my opinion and less propane-tankish. How big is this supposed to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardBoardBoxProcessor Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 How does this look? Not sure if I can do windows, since they would look really weird when it\'s scaled down.well does it scale down exactly? you could do surface peices but still sort of prefer bigelow look. lol the vertical bands should be the orange the horizontal darker. that might help a bit. maybe a few more :/ IDK, bigelow just looks more... a ballon constricted to a specific shape you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoot Knight Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 How does this look? Not sure if I can do windows, since they would look really weird when it\'s scaled down.As dumb as this will sound could you just excuse it by saying it\'s whatever malleable material used for the module itself made transparent (Sure there\'s no transparency, but I mean this to state that they\'re windows)? As an example in Korea our lines of HMMWVs had canvas windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 As dumb as this will sound could you just excuse it by saying it\'s whatever malleable material used for the module itself made transparent (Sure there\'s no transparency, but I mean this to state that they\'re windows)? As an example in Korea our lines of HMMWVs had canvas windows.Hmm...could work. Or I could go the extra mile and model a separate window that moves with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadshot462 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Could you make inflatable airbags that bounce aircraft, then deflate when the ship is fully stopped on the ground? Is that even possible right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddavis425 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Could you make inflatable airbags that bounce aircraft, then deflate when the ship is fully stopped on the ground? Is that even possible right now?Like the ones used by the Mars rovers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 I think I need to make it taller to fix the texture stretching (to fix it here I shrunk the top parts but that looks strange) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cepheus Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Like the ones used by the Mars rovers?I vaguely remember him saying that he plans to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardBoardBoxProcessor Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 looks good. if you are worried about shape some slight bowing back in at the ends would do some good. would add that inflated and pressurized effect over metal container Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunniy Korabl Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Mun Bace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted March 26, 2012 Author Share Posted March 26, 2012 Mun Bace!I am planning on doing something like that, actually. There will be legs that are horizontal against modules which then rotate 90 degrees to allow you to land modules on their sides like.Edit: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameraguy34 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I am planning on doing something like that, actually. There will be legs that are horizontal against modules which then rotate 90 degrees to allow you to land modules on their sides like.Edit:Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirscott Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Once again Silisko has done the impossible and created a marvel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GroundHOG-2010 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Once again Silisko has done the impossible and created a marvelMore like gone against the trends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicontis Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 You\'ve got to be more careful, Nova - one of these days you\'ll create something that\'s not gorgeous and amazing, and we are all going to be very confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameraguy34 Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 You\'ve got to be more careful, Nova - one of these days you\'ll create something that\'s not gorgeous and amazing, and we are all going to be very confused Nah he is just planning ahead. He has made parts designed to explore and colonize planets that don\'t exist yet =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GroundHOG-2010 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Nah he is just planning ahead. He has made parts designed to explore and colonize planets that don\'t exist yet =PSort of. More like leading trends, but anyway. Basicly, from my outside in perspective, he is trying to do something different to everyone else. Example, Vangard is a shuttle, and apart from C7, was the first shuttle type vehicle. What happened next, well, everyone did spaceplanes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 Lateral engine testing is going okay-ish, currently they have to be perfectly balanced or else you cannot land without destroying yourself horribly. Eventually I\'m going to need to make a plugin that adjusts the thrust per-engine based on the center of gravity of the vessel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultrasquid Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I ran across this little morsel that, in light of your recent design efforts, I figured might interest you:http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-buckliball-avenue-foldable.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GroundHOG-2010 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Lateral engine testing is going okay-ish, currently they have to be perfectly balanced or else you cannot land without destroying yourself horribly. Eventually I\'m going to need to make a plugin that adjusts the thrust per-engine based on the center of gravity of the vessel...... *all the info goes over my head and out the window* \'looks good\'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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