Fokker G-1 project

What software is being used for the 3D design? Is it Maya or something similar?

He is using Catia v4. IIRC this is one of two major software packages that are used in the aeronautical industry.

Good on you guys.Best of luck for your projects and please keep us up to date.They may not be the most popular but historically they are priceless.There are many 3d programs out there to be used.AutoCad Inventor,Solidworks,Proengineering,Prodesktop,Cadia,3Dmax and probably a few more.Believe me it takes hours of work to produce these designs but it makes life so much easier in the manufacturing phase when you know the parts are going to fit straight up.Plus most CNC machines can be run off a 3D program,Lazer cutters,lathes,milling machines,Rapid prototyping etc.And yes working drawings can be made off them. 😉

Hei,

Attached 2 photos from what I built with drawings made by Pim Pouw.
It’s my own project but the help of Pim made it a lot eassier to get so far, I hope I can start next spring with a part of the wooden fuselage. If there is anyone who knows were I might be able to find an air cylinder for the Dunlop brakes, please do let me know.

Best regards,

Mathieu

This is a huge project. I hope they can get there step by step. It may be a little bit early to ask, but are they going to use the Bristol Mercurey engine or another ‘modern’ type.

Anyway, it’s an amazing job! 🙂

Stieglitz

Cees

that is one very interesting, impressive and ambitious project! What software is being used for the 3D design? Is it Maya or something similar? Can the program output working drawings, or do those have to then be extrapolated from the 3D model?

I would love to see the tailplane construction, but I could not find the link.

Thanks for posting this, very cool.

cheers & good luck

greg v.

Good luck to him. I would like to see some photos of what he has made so far though.

You are looking at it Ollie.

From your reply I gather that you think that nothing much has been accomplished so far. It’s a bit difficult to make something from scratch without proper construction drawings don’t you think? There is also a link to the Fokker G-1 Foundation where there are some pics of the tailplane construction made so far. Try walk walking without legs, very difficult you know. 😎

Cheers

Cees

Good luck to him. I would like to see some photos of what he has made so far though.

Hi Ben,

Yes but he states that his is 50% finished. The drawings were destroyed so like the Stirling, this will have to be reconstructed before the airframe can be built but some parts still survive in Holland including a complete tailboom and the rest is made of wood. Perhaps a nice project for Glynn Powell.

Cheers

Cees

Not seen that before Cees thanks- cripes he’s got a job ahead of him there!

TT