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RE: 3D modeling the F-14D Tomcat [#2] - A How-To guide based on 3000hrs project time
holy beejezzzzuss. have you ever watched the show battlestar galactica? They built a fighter by tearing down an existing fighter. They must of done something very similar to this! 3000 hours is a shit ton of time man! The only real way to see if the nose works, is to build one and throw that sucker in a wind tunnel! Good job!
I've worked on models that were thrown in a CFD simulation - THAT is something else. That said the simulation this is for does take into account drag and so on so the model has to be accurate on major surfaces but nothing close to CFD or wind tunnel of course. Also with that kind of stuff you need one solid body which is a whole different animal.
It is a lot of time but I've basically learned blender and 3D modeling alongside so it might be a bit misleading.
The Battlestar Galactica thing you're describing does sound a lot like what I'm doing yes. That's the fate of all military AC builders through cuz we never get the full insight into the actual RL design due to 'classified'. In this case it's even worse because the F-14D data will remain classified for a looong time even though all US NAVY airframes have been almost completely destroyed meaning shredded.
what is your background in? work wise?
I'm a freelancer in head hunting/recruiting for global engineering and logistics/warehousing projects.