I need to really make my wings better to make my planes better and I really only have 3 options
A. Fuselage on front of wing with wing's ailerons on back (Beluga 06)
Pros: Easy to make
Cons: The look doesn't work on all planes
B. Fuselage completely surrounding wing (KA XP-1)
Pros: Easy to make, can fit LG inside
Cons: Not "realistic" because you can't see the ailerons
C. Fuselage with custom ailerons
Pros: Looks incredible, will earn you lots of upvotes
Cons: Takes an incredibly long amount of time to make and is really difficult
I’d suggest what EternalDarkness said along with heading over to BaconAircrafts page and reading this, if you want some good wings, can’t think of a better place to find them
@vcharng Yes designer suite for me, I'm on an older version
@TheKraken3 Ack, you're using android so no designer suite for you...
I suggest using this technique to get custom control surfaces fairly easily. If you want more complex wings, you can find ways to improve that technique or use that technique until you master a better one. If you have any questions regarding the above-mentioned technique, I'll be happy to explain.
Whatever you do, don’t do what I did on the beluga D-6, it’s lazy and doesn’t have a custom airfoil.
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@YourWife I build on mobile and wouldn't want that much detail anyways
@vcharng It's not hard to make the wing itself, but I absolutely HATE how it constantly disconnects and duplicates
take a look on my recent aircrafts like P.1056 and Fw 250, it's not as hard as you think.
if you are not making different colors for the upper and lower surfaces, a wing would usually consist of a total of
Cosmetic wing :up to 7 parts: main inner, main outer, root trailing edge, flap, middle trailing edge, aileron and wingtip
Lifting wing: two parts, one inner wing to be rotated to act as flap, and one outer wing to provide aileron
mechanisms: 3 rotators, for cosmetic aileron, cosmetic flap and actual flap.
so it's 12 parts for a single wing, not too difficult I think.
If you're building a replica, be sure to find its airfoil code. If you're not, still use this method to find something that you can use.
Ex: A-10, NACA-6716 (root), NACA 6713 (tip)
Then use an image of that airfoil using designer suite and make the cross-sectional shape. Be sure to keep the fuselage blocks facing the sides, and you can be able to make a smooth wing that can expand and shrink. I reccomend 10-25 blocks to make the wing smooth. There is math involved, and you might also have to make placeholder fuselage block that has an exact amount for the wing segments thickness (height doesn't have to be concerned with this part).
As for control surfaces, paneling with sideways fuselage blocks should allow for an easy way to create surfaces on the leading or trailing edge. I warn that using wings inside of the moving surface can be unpredictable, and, at times, not as effective as scaling down a wing with it's own control surface and placing it inside the wing.
C
Hard but worth it
@Randomdoggo I'm not lazy I just am not mentally insane enough to deal with the constantly duplicating, edges never aligning, constant disconnecting crap that is custom surfaces
Take a gander at a few of my aircraft
@edensk P A I N