Military AI Works

I was browsing around Project Opensky's website the other day and came across this beauty. They did an excellent job.













Boeing has 2 of them in service now and is in the process of making a 3rd one( if it isn't already in service), to carry parts for the 787 Dreamliner. I've seen them at KPAE and KBFI



I took that picture last summer at KPAE.

Paul

PS. If you download it you'll have to adjust the payload and fuel because it's to heavy to takeoff before she reaches the end of the runway.

Cool, nice find!

I would like to find it in AI model. I get them here at KCHS regularly. They are going to have one on display at the Charleston AFB open day on the 26th April. It is a beutiful aircraft.

I am not a modeller so please allow this question:

Is it hard for a modeller to convert his flyable aircraft to an AI one? I know a bit about the LOD's and sure there may be a different *.air file needed. Would it be easier to create a new model from scratch instead of converting the flyable one? (No, I am not going into modelling - just want to understand the modellers a bit better )

You cannot convert a User model into an AI model. For a start you are looking at a model that has possibly 30000 polys to one with less than 4000. It is not simply a factor of ammending some small details, you would need to create a completely seperate model. Also User models are usually 1LOD and AI models are multi LOD and usually have many different animations and the usual control surfaces dont work.

I could elaborate more but I'd go on all day about it.

Nick

This is becoming quite a regular visitor at Prestwick nowadays sharing the ramp with the more prevalent AN124. Weird looking thing though.

Hopefully one of the TFS or AIA or even PAI modelers will produce this in an AI format.

That would be great if they did. But I'm not holding my breath for it because there's only 3 right now. There are more Airbus Belugas and they've been around alot longer and no ones made an AI version of one of those.

There is a AI Beluga by Mehlin Rainer at avsim ai_airbus_beluga.zip along with a paint kit paintkit_ai_beluga.zip

Paul