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General Category => Unofficial F/A-18 Acceleration Pack board => Topic started by: fael097 on December 17, 2010, 12:25:33 am

Title: need some photo references of a hornet air brake
Post by: fael097 on December 17, 2010, 12:25:33 am

sup guys
im just posting here because im desperated, and i know that this forum is about the hornet, well not general subject, but many of you know the hornet, so here it goes

im modeling a f-18 hornet (see WIP here: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=43&t=934286 (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=43&t=934286)) and i need pictures of the "hole" where the air brake fits in. i can find quite a few pics of the air break up, but absolutely none of its hole. ive been through aircraft resource center website, saw like 30 walkaraounds, but none show pictures of it, also google, and major search engines. so if anyone have any pics of it, or can show me the path, i'd appreciate

thanks in advance!

Title: Re: need some photo references of a hornet air brake
Post by: SpazSinbad on December 17, 2010, 02:32:15 am

NATOPS is always a good reference for some items but not always sure if any NATOPS Drawings are 100% accurate in detail - I'll look for a graphic. All the Hornet NATOPS for free download here:

http://publicintelligence.net/u-s-navy-f-18-natops-flight-manuals/

Title: Re: need some photo references of a hornet air brake
Post by: fael097 on December 17, 2010, 02:49:11 am

nice, lots of precious information in there! thanks mate
but unfortunately, no drawings for the speedbrake

i'll keep searching, let me know if you find anything :)

Title: Re: need some photo references of a hornet air brake
Post by: micro on December 17, 2010, 08:58:05 am

Another route you might consider is referencing a model. Hasegawa makes a super-detailed Hornet and I'd be willing to put money that their board bay is accurate. http://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=HSG%2007203 Just an idea.

Title: Re: need some photo references of a hornet air brake
Post by: fael097 on December 17, 2010, 12:09:05 pm

yeah micro, ive considered that, but i really need photos, as im going to texturize, and model even the smaller parts, that a scale model, even the most accurate, wont reproduce, like piston joint details etc.

thanks mate

Title: Re: need some photo references of a hornet air brake
Post by: fael097 on December 17, 2010, 02:31:33 pm

i dont have FSX installed right now, so maybe someone could take a screenshot of the fsx hornet's airbrake deployed? from top-behind, appearing the hole thing, please!
if possible, zoomed, good resolution :)

probably captain sim guys had some references to make that.

thanks in advance

Title: Re: need some photo references of a hornet air brake
Post by: micro on December 17, 2010, 10:16:39 pm

Looks like they just made a hole in the shape of the board. Not detailed at all.

Title: Re: need some photo references of a hornet air brake
Post by: fael097 on December 18, 2010, 08:57:47 pm

yeah, i noticed the same when i installed fsx.
looks like they didnt have references aswell lol

guess ill have to make up something