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Re: P-38 contest entry
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Hey Dan, great fighter as always. What amazes me about your style is that it always looks so clean. There is something about your work that is ‘essential’ (meaning, of the essence) - it reminds me of 1950’s style space fighters. Very good stuff.

I gotta step outta line and say I don’t like the wing-tip landing gear. You’ve used it a few times - and ive never really accepted it as making sense. Those wing pieces are the thinnest part of the MOC, and they hold the weight of everything else? I’d rather see more typical landing gear, as it seems to make more sense. I’m also interested in how you would incorporate the gear and still keep the clean look.

Looking forward to the next creation!

-Lenny



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  Re: P-38 contest entry
 
(...) Ya, but doesn't the Devastator (the first plane you fly with, at least in the demo) have mid or tip wing rudders (underneath) which also have landing gear in them? So it's not totally unreasonable(1). Besides maybe the wings are made of (...) (21 years ago, 21-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
  Re: P-38 contest entry
 
(...) Thanks! (...) That's the problem-- I'd have to sacrifice the clean look for more realistic landing gear. I tried a few different landing gear configurations on the underside of each fuselage but it lost the smoothness. So I'd rather stick with (...) (21 years ago, 21-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)

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  P-38 contest entry
 
(URL) Greetings! Here's my entry for Jon's contest: (URL) Enjoy! --Dan (21 years ago, 21-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)  

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