Elite / Frontier Space superiority fighter

Kenny 10 Bellys

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I know it's not Elite related (yet), but I had a bit of spare time the past couple of afternoons, so I knocked up a little space fighter to pass the time. It's based on a little fighter shape I saw in the background of a friends picture, and I thought it would make an interesting ship. Here's a couple of pics.



 

SuperG

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I imagine it more as a slick submarine. To much flipper or subtle airlerons. Wich doesn't hint to a space craft. Except to only visible main engines. But I see also a air/water intake?
 

Kenny 10 Bellys

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Yess, it could easily pass as a fancy submarine as well. The yellow/black colouring also adds to that impression, and I made the interior of the engines look a bit like impellers as well. It started life as a space ship in the back of a friends painting though, so it's a space ship first.
 

SuperG

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Your design just look very real for a submarine vessel. I think such thing is been made something similair not excact.

Just like lot of space games, design missile with airlerons wich make no sense in space because it can track a enemy in atmosfere but not in space. there it will be unguided. Solution would be trust vector. but not as agile compared to trusters working there force on the center mass.

By the way I also of opnion that startrek enterprise design are so weak they break wenn doing full main trust. Or the chassies wobles and bent like the wings of a airplane. Because it isn't a strong design. Just like the remake cylon fighters.
 

Kenny 10 Bellys

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I think in Star Trek they get around the problem of weak designs by saying that they are reinforced by a 'structural integrity field'. This means they can put their massive engines on the end of thin stalks and claim it's fine.

I'm going to try some underwater pictures with this model and see how it looks.
 

Geraldine

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I don't see why it can't be both Kenny, afterall, a spacecraft has to maintain an internal atmosphere as does a submarine. Remember the Moray Starboat from Elite? It matters little to the crew of such a craft if the outside is a hard vacuum or deep water. The hull of the craft would still need to be sturdy enough to handle both, although some kind of dual propulsion may be necessary.
 

steve tyler

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Thats lookin really great Kenny. nice clean modelling and design... all it needs is textures. At least ya know, markings (warnings, stripes, rescue, ID number etc... ) and some weathering to make it look a little bit used. I like the little details like the steps, and the intake grilles.
 

steve tyler

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Geraldine said:
I don't see why it can't be both Kenny, afterall, a spacecraft has to maintain an internal atmosphere as does a submarine. Remember the Moray Starboat from Elite? It matters little to the crew of such a craft if the outside is a hard vacuum or deep water. The hull of the craft would still need to be sturdy enough to handle both, although some kind of dual propulsion may be necessary.
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kinda true, but not really.. since if you're trying to maintain an atmosphere of pressure inside the craft, if its in vacuum its trying to expand, and if its underwater its being crushed. you really don't need much of anything to hold an atmosphere.. so aircraft, lunar landers etc, are quite flimsy compared to a submarine, which has a much thicker and stronger hull. Spacecraft though, if they're built for a rapid re-entry at orbital speeds, or higher, might need tougher hulls to withstand the high dynamic pressures of high speed atmospheric flight. but yeh, given enough engineering, no reason why it can't do all of this. a submersible to orbital vehicle might be very useful.
 
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