JAS 39 Gripen for Lockon

[VireVolte_tigrou]

Since many times, I often complain some simmers about the absence of this nice little fighter. So, tired of waiting, I decided to begin the modelisation of this plane !

 

After some unsuccesful tries in mesh editing, I decided to use NURBS surfaces to model general shapes.

And it works nicely :

 

 

The great advantage of NURBS is you can finely built shapes and adjust number of faces with one parameter (useful when creating LoDs...).

 

 

 

 

(to be continued)

[Cpt Stark]

yeah :)

 

good work tigrou :)

and good luck :)

[Kuky]

good luck with modeling.... it's looking promising

[Sir_Troooper]

Hey Tigrou! :)

 

Its looking very nice, keep it up my friend. ;)

[VireVolte_tigrou]

Thank you ! ;)

 

I continue :

the aft fuselage has been transformed into mesh, then wings built by extrusion...

 

... and rudder :

 

 

 

(I'm looking for a genuine giant Pick Szalami... ;) )

 

(to be continued)

[mibsk]

wickeeed !!!

[Renato71]

Nice work so far! I hope you will be able to complete this model as a fully flyable DCS addon :D

[Szelma]

Good luck:thumbup:

[shaggy]

Great work bro!

[VireVolte_tigrou]

Nice work so far! I hope you will be able to complete this model as a fully flyable DCS addon :D

I don't know if there will be enough polys ! :D It should be kept under 15.000 faces.

 

An over view with both wings and rudder. Wingtips pylons had been re-designed too.

[Alfa]

Looks nice! :)

[Cpt Stark]

I don't know if there will be enough polys ! :D It should be kept under 15.000 faces.

 

ouch

 

15k faces, seems to be poor

I think 30k faces will be better for the first LOD ;) (between 0 and 30/60 meters)

you will be able to detail gears, pilot, cockpit with a better quality

 

then, 15k faces will be good for second LOD :)

[Kuky]

How many LOD stages is LockOn allowing? I guess the more the better the transittion from high poly model to dot on the screen...

[Cpt Stark]

I don't know if there is a limit

I just know that Rafale 3D model is 4 LODs ;)

 

but I think that 4 or 5 LODs should be good

 

25/30k poly for LOD0

15k for LOD1

10k for LOD2

5k for LOD3

2k for LOD4

 

for exemple ...

 

some real 3D modeler should confirm :)

[OldCrow]

Very nice! Finally someone stepping up for the job! Keep it up!:thumbup:

[RvEYoda]

Dont forget 20 dps sustained/30 dps instantaneous rate, (at least what i read somewhere)

but awful low TWR and crap climb rate. Though sources are rare, and some say it's actually

much much worse :P

Also should have significantly smaller visual and RCS than mig29.

(engine hidden for reduced RCS, effectively 1/10 of older f-16 RCS)

Then you have to decide if you want to model the new AESA variant (not yet in production)

or the classic C model :P

Edited September 29, 2008 by =RvE=Yoda

[VireVolte_tigrou]

C model ! ;)

 

Don't forget I can easily modify shape and increase number of faces...

[eurofor]

Brilliant! Great work!

[Vekkinho]

Way to go Tigrou!

[VireVolte_tigrou]

Flaps and ailerons on the way. ;)

 

 

[Vekkinho]

What stock LOFC model are U gonna replace?!

[siniraag]

looking good!

[VireVolte_tigrou]

What stock LOFC model are U gonna replace?!

 

My first choice go to F-15, cause armament and engine have american origins...

[VireVolte_tigrou]

Working now on airbrakes :

 

 

[shaggy]

man you work fast ! great work! if you need any help with translating swedish or so, then jsut let me know.