Master Series He 115 scratch build

[Whit Armstrong]

Also, for anybody who's interested, I could teach you how to design planes like this. If you are, just say so.

 

[Whit Armstrong]

Wing is done. It looks a lot nicer than the one I had earlier, and this one will actually work .

 

[Whit Armstrong]

Here's a pretty cool inside view:

Fusion has this really cool tool called section analyses where you can see a cutaway view of the model. It's been really helpful for showing the hollowness and things like that.

 

[Flitedesign 3d]

Looks promising, good job

 

[Whit Armstrong]

Looks promising, good job

It'll look even more promising when I actually get a chance to make it real (I was informed that there were no Dollar Trees near here, so I had to order it online)! Thanks!

 

[whackflyer]

Also, for anybody who's interested, I could teach you how to design planes like this. If you are, just say so.

You should make some videos on how to design in Fusion. I have Fusion but the learning curve is pretty large and I want some direction.

 

[Whit Armstrong]

Wing is done (for real this time). I had to redo the leading edge to make it actually work in foam.

 

[Whit Armstrong]

You should make some videos on how to design in Fusion. I have Fusion but the learning curve is pretty large and I want some direction.

I came from blender, and fusion was a breeze compared to that. (Blender is more useful in most categories though)

I was probably predisposed to think that Fusion was easier, but I will make a tutorial, but probably not a video one. (unless I figure out how to do a video)

 

[whackflyer]

I came from blender, and fusion was a breeze compared to that. (Blender is more useful in most categories though)

I was probably predisposed to think that Fusion was easier, but I will make a tutorial, but probably not a video one. (unless I figure out how to do a video)

Awesome! I'll be watching.

 

[Whit Armstrong]

Awesome! I'll be watching.

I might not be able to do it very soon, as I still have to learn how to meshmixer these skins into autocad (I was going to use Inkscape, but it's not very good at exact measurements and things like that)

 

[Whit Armstrong]

I might not be able to do it very soon, as I still have to learn how to meshmixer these skins into autocad (I was going to use Inkscape, but it's not very good at exact measurements and things like that)

It will still work in Inkscape if that's the program you're comfortable with; it will just be done differently. P.S. I can show you how to get dark mode on Inkscape.

 

[Whit Armstrong]

Looks promising, good job

I'm new to Fusion, so it's probably really obvious how to do this, but how would I make a cutout for the wing? (Combine cut won't work, because I need multiple target objects)

 

[Whit Armstrong]

Here are some pictures:

 

[Flitedesign 3d]

Here are some pictures:
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You cant cut multiple targets at once, you need to repeat the combine cut for each target separately

 

[Flitedesign 3d]

I came from blender

Interesting, I have wanted to learn blender for a long time, just dont have the time and motivation to start climbing the mountain

 

[Whit Armstrong]

You cant cut multiple targets at once, you need to repeat the combine cut for each target separately

thanks!

 

[Whit Armstrong]

Interesting, I have wanted to learn blender for a long time, just dont have the time and motivation to start climbing the mountain

It's tough, but with the 2.8 releases, they've been working on making it easier to use. When I started, the UI was horrible. If you want to start learning it, now's the time.

I originally picked it up to design planes for X Plane simulator, but I mostly use it for making assets for my videogames now.

I'm sure it could be used for airplane design, but Fusion is better at that kind of thing. I'd only use Blender when accurate scale and measurements aren't crucial.

 

[Flyingshark]

It's tough, but with the 2.8 releases, they've been working on making it easier to use. When I started, the UI was horrible. If you want to start learning it, now's the time.

I originally picked it up to design planes for X Plane simulator, but I mostly use it for making assets for my videogames now.

I'm sure it could be used for airplane design, but Fusion is better at that kind of thing. I'd only use Blender when accurate scale and measurements aren't crucial.

You fly X-Plane too?!? Cool! (I used to fly it more regularly, and I've made a few sceneries on the X-Plane forums.)

 

[Whit Armstrong]

You cant cut multiple targets at once, you need to repeat the combine cut for each target separately

Thanks, I cut the wing, and I'm going to make a sketch of the general shape and use that to cut the fuselage.

I made a sketch slightly larger than the wing hole, and cut away the fuselage with that.

 

[Whit Armstrong]

You fly X-Plane too?!? Cool! (I used to fly it more regularly, and I've made a few sceneries on the X-Plane forums.)

Nice! My dad got it so he could get some simulator hours towards his commercial license. (he's not actually going to fly commercial, but it helps with some things that I don't know) I started playing with it, and tried to make some planes with "plane Maker" I was horrible at it, though I could probably do it now. I realized that I was going to have to use Blender for it, so I got it and started using it. As my first 3d software, I didn't realize that there were easier alternatives, and that's good because then I wouldn't have stuck with it. Now, I think that it's the best 3d program there is (Fusion is better for cad stuff, as I've said) If I hadn't, I probably wouldn't be designing this plane today.

Also, what's strange is that there are 2 models of this exact plane on the xplane forums. Two! I can hardly believe it for such an obscure plane.