Re: [Flightgear-devel] Airplane model

[Erik H. <er...@eh...>]

David Findlay wrote:
> 
> On Sunday 17 June 2001 01:26, David Megginson hit his keyboard with a hammer
> and this was the result:
> > Erik Hofman writes:
> >  > Wouldn't it be time to include a real model of a C172 in the base
> >  > package (and modify the xml files accordingly)?
> >
> > That's something everyone wants, but so far no one has found one
> > that's compatible with open source (i.e. they all say something like
> > "available for private use, but send me e-mail if you want to use it
> > in a commercial app"); in fact, a lot of them are even shareware (cue
> > 1980's nostalgia music).
> >
> > The problem is further complicated by the fact that many of the models
> > available are modified versions of other models (sometimes going right
> > back to MS), so the author is not free to grant us permission anyway.
> 
> Couldn't someone just make one in a 3D modeller?

Most of the models have about 2500 triangles ...
It looks a more sophisticated task than you might think.

Erik