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Today, I finally crested the mountain that is this sim... The Estes OLYMPUS (7293)
The sim is done using OR 22.02, so no PBT was needed for air fins. The only error message is concerning the PBT needed to get the motor retainer properly placed. Adding a transition would "cut off" the backside of the rocket, leading to the wrong appearance (and perhaps drag calculation?). I know that the retainer looks to be too big in the image above... It's an optical illusion. The fins cut off the view of the top and bottom of the body tube, making the retainer look like it's bigger than it really is. The difference is obvious when you look at it from the back end.
Due to the lack of ability for OR to give a proper appearance for metallic paints on flat parts, I opted to use red instead of the metallic copper or gold called out in the instructions for the fins and nosecone/payload section. The face card makes it look like the fins and nosecone are reddish anyways. The markings are based on actual scans of the decals included in the kit. The face card makes the the name decal appear to be larger than it actually is. As there are only six lightning bolts for the fins, I opted to place them on the fins you'd be looking at from the sides and front of the rocket. I omitted the Estes logo and 2nd name decal in the sim.
I want to give special thanks to JimZ for the scans used*. Bernard Crawley for proofing the work. And a very special "Thank You" to Tim Egan for the physical sample.
Thanks Guys!
*My sample is in a box after my move, and hard to reach.
If you find any errors, or have feedback, please use my new feedback thread. Please follow the link to and direct your questions, or comments to it or send me a PM. However, please feel free to add Likes to these posts if you want. They are appreciated and give me an idea of what people like. Thanks!
The sim is done using OR 22.02, so no PBT was needed for air fins. The only error message is concerning the PBT needed to get the motor retainer properly placed. Adding a transition would "cut off" the backside of the rocket, leading to the wrong appearance (and perhaps drag calculation?). I know that the retainer looks to be too big in the image above... It's an optical illusion. The fins cut off the view of the top and bottom of the body tube, making the retainer look like it's bigger than it really is. The difference is obvious when you look at it from the back end.
Due to the lack of ability for OR to give a proper appearance for metallic paints on flat parts, I opted to use red instead of the metallic copper or gold called out in the instructions for the fins and nosecone/payload section. The face card makes it look like the fins and nosecone are reddish anyways. The markings are based on actual scans of the decals included in the kit. The face card makes the the name decal appear to be larger than it actually is. As there are only six lightning bolts for the fins, I opted to place them on the fins you'd be looking at from the sides and front of the rocket. I omitted the Estes logo and 2nd name decal in the sim.
I want to give special thanks to JimZ for the scans used*. Bernard Crawley for proofing the work. And a very special "Thank You" to Tim Egan for the physical sample.
Thanks Guys!
*My sample is in a box after my move, and hard to reach.
If you find any errors, or have feedback, please use my new feedback thread. Please follow the link to and direct your questions, or comments to it or send me a PM. However, please feel free to add Likes to these posts if you want. They are appreciated and give me an idea of what people like. Thanks!
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