Curtis Olson wrote: > Now that we have a jeep and a snowplow in the FlightGear fleet (and the > possibility of creating other interesting surface vehicles) I feel > strongly that we need a nice 3d model of a ramp in the Models/ > directory. This would be the sort of ramp that Evel Knievel would use, > not some other sort of ramp. My plan would be to setup the ramp > somewhere for launch, then put a recover ramp on the other side, park a > 747 in the middle and see if I can jump it with the snow plow. > > I'd suggest making the ramp 2 lanes wide ... so about 6-8 meters wide. > Maybe a 10-15 degree incline? If the incline is too steep and we hit > the ramp too hard, it will generate a "crash" due to excessive gear > compression. So we have to find a good balance with the ramp slope. > Then if it was rather large we could sink it or raise it up depending on > how far we wanted the snowplow to sail in mid-air and what sorts of > things we were attempting to jump. > > Is there anyone out there who would be willing to build a nifty looking > 3d ramp model for me and maybe paste a cool texture or two on it so it > looks sweet? A separate ring of fire that could be placed in the middle > wouldn't hurt either. > > This would be purely for fun and silliness (and maybe to demo the > interesting physics capabilities of our surface vehicles.)
There's a harrier ski jump ramp in the models database. You'll find one at Yeovilton (EGDY), and you can of course add extras wherever is convenient for you. It's certainly fun driving the jeep over it. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
