Starship dimensions.

[wbnc]

So with a new gadget on my program I can actually determine the exact size of a starship as I am drawing it up. To my surprise I discovered that a ship that looks aesthetically pleasing is oddly close to dimensions needed by adjusting it's scale such as one meter per unit of length etc.

it also lets e have an idea of how the various components would actually hold up...since I can use the scaling system to figure out what it's dimensions would be, which gives me an idea of whether or not they would hold together if used as I imagine them....


so now it seems I have the means to balance cool looking versus structurally sound without guess work . and You guys get to have ships that actually have the proper dimensions and volume for the specs they are given ...oh heck...means I gotta go do my other designs and see how many of them have paper thin wings, and bits that would fold the second they get a stress load on them.

I wonder how other ships stack up...guess I need to go find models for them and see

Trivia..probably already known...
using a model of an x-wing, and adjusting the scale to reach the proper dimensions listed the fighter comes out as a 30 ton ..well 26-27 ton fighter...which allows you to actually reverse engineer the design pretty well.

 

[cavebear]

If I may ask, what program are you using to build your ships in?

 

[wbnc]

If I may ask, what program are you using to build your ships in?

I use bender, for about a month now ...yeah so still learning... one of the settings allows you to assign measurements to each..unit on the grid...which then gives you dimensions for an object.

using these setting you can also adjust a line, or segment to an exact length such as 10 meters if you have the scale set to meters. so if I want a fighter to be of a certain tonnage now i can figure up the rough dimensions ahead of time.

Probably already known to long time users but it's new and nifty to me.

 

[Infojunky]

Trivia..probably already known...
using a model of an x-wing, and adjusting the scale to reach the proper dimensions listed the fighter comes out as a 30 ton ..well 26-27 ton fighter...which allows you to actually reverse engineer the design pretty well.

30 dtons?!? Back of the envelope from Wookiepedia I get around 10 dtons.....

 

[cavebear]

If I may ask, what program are you using to build your ships in?

I use bender, for about a month now ...yeah so still learning... one of the settings allows you to assign measurements to each..unit on the grid...which then gives you dimensions for an object.

using these setting you can also adjust a line, or segment to an exact length such as 10 meters if you have the scale set to meters. so if I want a fighter to be of a certain tonnage now i can figure up the rough dimensions ahead of time.

Probably already known to long time users but it's new and nifty to me.

Thank you. I've had Blender on my computer but have yet to spend any time learning it yet. Kinda comes with the territory of having a 4 year old around all the time

 

[wbnc]

Trivia..probably already known...
using a model of an x-wing, and adjusting the scale to reach the proper dimensions listed the fighter comes out as a 30 ton ..well 26-27 ton fighter...which allows you to actually reverse engineer the design pretty well.

30 dtons?!? Back of the envelope from Wookiepedia I get around 10 dtons.....

hmmmmm...ahhhh refining procedure.........

main hull 12.5 x2.157x2.311=62.310 cubic meters = 4.45Dton
engine sections=4.473x2.375x1. 14.216 1dton x4 engines =4 dton
wings= 3.198x5.513x 0.058 ( 58cm) =14.9 ,1 ton x4 wings =4 tons

main body and drives 8.45 Dton
wings minus cannon= 4 Dton

around 12 tons, give or take due to the shape of the hull...


So had to change the way I was working with the model to get the numbers....

Of course you know I had to vivisect a poor defenseless X-wing for this..I got starfighter guts all over the keyboard, the A-wing fighter wet himself...The tie fighter is over in the corner. Smoking cigarette and talking about the futility of life, and how they are all doomed to die....I didn't know that TIE were french???

 

[cavebear]

The tie fighter is over in the corner. Smoking cigarette and talking about the futility of life, and how they are all doomed to die....I didn't know that TIE were french???

Freedom TIE's... :mrgreen:

 

[Condottiere]

Being Buddhist, they'll reincarnate until they achieve Nirvana.

 

[wbnc]

Being Buddhist, they'll reincarnate until they achieve Nirvana.

Ya gotta wonder where they accumulated all the bad karma to lower them so far down the food chain..

 

[Infojunky]

hmmmmm...ahhhh refining procedure.........

main hull 12.5 x2.157x2.311=62.310 cubic meters = 4.45Dton
engine sections=4.473x2.375x1. 14.216 1dton x4 engines =4 dton
wings= 3.198x5.513x 0.058 ( 58cm) =14.9 ,1 ton x4 wings =4 tons

main body and drives 8.45 Dton
wings minus cannon= 4 Dton

around 12 tons, give or take due to the shape of the hull...


So had to change the way I was working with the model to get the numbers....

Of course you know I had to vivisect a poor defenseless X-wing for this..I got starfighter guts all over the keyboard, the A-wing fighter wet himself...The tie fighter is over in the corner. Smoking cigarette and talking about the futility of life, and how they are all doomed to die....I didn't know that TIE were french???

See I knew you would get there, Starfighters where born to be in pieces....

 

[wbnc]

hmmmmm...ahhhh refining procedure.........

main hull 12.5 x2.157x2.311=62.310 cubic meters = 4.45Dton
engine sections=4.473x2.375x1. 14.216 1dton x4 engines =4 dton
wings= 3.198x5.513x 0.058 ( 58cm) =14.9 ,1 ton x4 wings =4 tons

main body and drives 8.45 Dton
wings minus cannon= 4 Dton

around 12 tons, give or take due to the shape of the hull...


So had to change the way I was working with the model to get the numbers....

Of course you know I had to vivisect a poor defenseless X-wing for this..I got starfighter guts all over the keyboard, the A-wing fighter wet himself...The tie fighter is over in the corner. Smoking cigarette and talking about the futility of life, and how they are all doomed to die....I didn't know that TIE were french???

See I knew you would get there, Starfighters where born to be in pieces....

quite literally at times. 20 million price tag. Life expectancy of a hardy mayfly....

 

[Hopeless]

Given the size of their carriers and the fact they have access to Separatist Vulture Drones why haven't they tried mass producing TIE Drones?

No pilot unless they're necessary which isn't likely given they have no shields and designed to be cheap, mass produced seems a mite silly to even bother manning them when they could be overseen aboard their mother ship so no loss of pilot and the drone can be replaced both cheaply and easily whilst your standard Rebel pilot might be a lot less interested in picking a fight if your opponent has no problem ramming you since they won't actually die whilst they will...

Sorry wrong thread for this I know!

 

[Condottiere]

I did design one with solar panelled wings, but I think the ten gee acceleration would probably rip them off.