Comments on: Verticopter: Blender Designed Vertical Aircraft

By: Model Aircraft

Model Aircraft — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:13:46 +0000

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By: TheNightFly

TheNightFly — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:37:53 +0000

This will be a spectacular aircraft if it works well.

No, it’s not like a plate of cookies balanced on a finger. It’s more like a plate spinning on your finger, without the cookies.

By: Olaf

Olaf — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:12:00 +0000

I see they integrated the turbines in the tail, very nice. And they added big canards.

I’m looking forward to seeing this thing fly IRL (in real life).

The render is OK but I bet you can do a lot better with Indigo or Yafray.

By: NathanKP

NathanKP — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:29:14 +0000

Wild! The visualization is really good! It looks like the wave of the future. NathanKP - Imagination Manifesto

By: Daniel Klaue

Daniel Klaue — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:09:55 +0000

In case you’re referring to the shadows, the plane is in a hangar, and hangars have many lamps on the roof. The multiple shadows you see would be caused by these multiple lamps.

The reflection is an indication of the floor’s material, and was attained through the new “gloss” setting in Blender’s reflection engine. Click on the link below to see a picture that shows similar lighting/reflective conditions in a real hangar.

http://www.arinc.com/images/pr_amoc_hangar_large.jpg

Note the multiple shadows, and the diffused reflection of this plane. The Verticopter has a blue underbelly, and therefore stands out more in its reflection than the plane in the picture above. The white plane’s reflection hardly stands out in contrast to the white floor.

By: maddog

maddog — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:00:41 +0000

Huh, what’s about the ugly reflections under the plane?? :-(

By: AD-Edge

AD-Edge — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:57:29 +0000

The article has been updated with a more detailed and better looking render of the Verticopter!

By: Olaf

Olaf — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:57:59 +0000

@Daniel Klaue: wihy don’t you just attempt a hover inside a gym or something?

By: tyrant monkey

tyrant monkey — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:48:23 +0000

@Daniel Klaue what are you using to drive the RC prototype? does an engine in a similar power to weight ratio exist for a full scale prototype, this seems very interesting. good luck with this

By: banor

banor — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:01:15 +0000

Wow, amazing… pretty cool.

Thanks Alex!
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