Number of posts : 8291 Age : 50 Location : Cagnes sur mer France Registration date : 2009-07-29
Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Sat 15 Jun 2013 - 10:55
Jason, you're just a depressing guy for the beginners with 3D.
Alessio Campigotto Racing Legend
Number of posts : 1249 Age : 27 Location : UK Registration date : 2011-12-29
Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Sat 15 Jun 2013 - 11:27
I was worried this project had gone cold, those models are excellent!
Jason White Racing Legend
Number of posts : 14725 Age : 47 Location : Ferndale, MI USA Registration date : 2011-12-25
Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Sat 15 Jun 2013 - 11:48
@Alessio: it was on the back burner for a bit because I was busy with so many other things (teaching, admin stuff, etc) I'm hoping to get an optimized version of the Eagle-Offy with driver figure on the FTP so David or whoever else wants to can start the physics process. In the meantime, the models are progressing Very glad to hear you guys like the results.
David Jundt Racing Legend
Number of posts : 2647 Age : 35 Location : Binningen, Switzerland Registration date : 2012-07-14
Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Sat 15 Jun 2013 - 20:16
They look good:)
Gonna call the Coyote "Will E." then:hihi:
John Fuqua2 Rookie
Number of posts : 14 Age : 61 Location : N.C. USA Registration date : 2013-06-06
Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Sat 15 Jun 2013 - 20:40
Yes, this will be awesome when finished, the good thing about the 73' Coyote is with just a few 3D tweaks you can have A.J.'s car from 74' to 78', matter of fact you could model the years 73' to 79' and have something for rFactor no one else has ever done, each year in that era brought many dfferent inovations, but that's getting ahead, 73' is fine, keep going Jason, great work, this is going to be epic.
Jason White Racing Legend
Number of posts : 14725 Age : 47 Location : Ferndale, MI USA Registration date : 2011-12-25
Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Sun 16 Jun 2013 - 22:30
Made a lot of progress on the McLaren today.
This is the McLaren M16A; there will be two of these in the mod: Roger McCluskey and Salt Walther. The rest will be M16B and C versions, which have slightly different bodywork.
John Fuqua2 Rookie
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Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Sun 16 Jun 2013 - 23:46
Looking great Jason, of course we all know how it turned out for Salt Walther's car.....ugh.
Jason White Racing Legend
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Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Mon 17 Jun 2013 - 14:28
This is probably the clearest footage of the Salt Walther crash that exists; shot by a fan with a Super 8 camera. Still hard for me to believe that he not only survived this accident, but came back to race in 1974. A truly lucky man.
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Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Mon 17 Jun 2013 - 21:38
Looking forward to this!
Jason White Racing Legend
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Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Mon 17 Jun 2013 - 23:09
McLaren M16B in progress (main differences from the M16A are the modest engine cover and an air extractor bulge on the nose). Two of these will appear in the mod --> #86 Al Loquasto (pictured below) and #89 John Martin.
John Fuqua2 Rookie
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Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Mon 17 Jun 2013 - 23:16
Awesome work Jason, keep going !, can't wait to drive these cars at Indy
David Jundt Racing Legend
Number of posts : 2647 Age : 35 Location : Binningen, Switzerland Registration date : 2012-07-14
Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Mon 17 Jun 2013 - 23:52
Now that one rear view mirror looks interesting
Carl Larrad Racing Legend
Number of posts : 6751 Age : 59 Location : Swindon , UK Registration date : 2008-12-20
Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Mon 17 Jun 2013 - 23:58
I Was thinking the same thing a mirror that small and that high with vibration would probably be near useless .... Interesting ....
Alberto Ibañez Racing Legend
Number of posts : 16788 Age : 121 Location : International Simracing Organisation Registration date : 2010-09-17
Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Tue 18 Jun 2013 - 8:39
IIRC the chaparral sports cars / Canams featured a similar one. And there was another closed prototype, can't remember which now, that even featured a window on the roof to allow looking at the high mirror
The utility of the mirror is questionable, but at those speeds it was just possibly used for a very quick check/glance. If it was bright there was no other car on the rear quarter, if it was dark there was one. Lack of radio/spotter must have been quite frightening in those days, at such speeds Situational awareness of those guys would rank alongside that of fighter pilot aces
Richard Coxon Racing Legend
Number of posts : 16590 Age : 37 Location : Sheffield, England Registration date : 2012-06-29
Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Tue 18 Jun 2013 - 10:31
do you mean the Ferrari 512 S, That had a window to see the mirror on top of the car, And yes must have been bloody frightening racing at those speeds with no outside help (Spotter) .
Great work Jason, You'll make a lot of people very happy when you get this up and running!
Jason White Racing Legend
Number of posts : 14725 Age : 47 Location : Ferndale, MI USA Registration date : 2011-12-25
Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Thu 20 Jun 2013 - 22:30
McLaren M16C with the streamlined engine cover. There will be four of these in the mod: #5 Gary Bettenhausen, #7 Johnny Rutherford, #12 Bobby Allison and #15 Peter Revson. Still need to revise some engine details and make some proportional adjustments here and there.
The factory McLaren entries (#7 and #15) used the asymmetrical engine cover shown here. A slightly different kind of cover was on the Penske entries (#5 and #7)
John Fuqua2 Rookie
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Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Fri 21 Jun 2013 - 0:08
Awesome Jason, keep up the good work, and thanks for keeping us updated on your progress.
Jason White Racing Legend
Number of posts : 14725 Age : 47 Location : Ferndale, MI USA Registration date : 2011-12-25
Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Fri 21 Jun 2013 - 23:26
Thanks John Still refining the M16C engine cover and cockpit shape; this version is more of a straight shot to the rear wing and the front of the cockpit is rounder, based on what I've seen in video research. Almost there I think... The C engine cover was not used in all cases, as the image below illustrates...
Mike Becnel Racing Legend
Number of posts : 4741 Age : 56 Location : Sugar Land, TX, USA Registration date : 2012-06-24
Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Sat 22 Jun 2013 - 0:28
Are you making these things from scratch as fast as you are posting them Jason? If so...umm...holy $hI+!!! Awesome!
Jason White Racing Legend
Number of posts : 14725 Age : 47 Location : Ferndale, MI USA Registration date : 2011-12-25
Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Sat 22 Jun 2013 - 2:00
@Mike: I lost a lot of time on this project last year because of other commitments, so I am double timing it now! LOL. Still a long way to go, though. Parnelli, Atlanta, Kingfish and '70 Eagle yet to model. Plus the pace car...
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Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Sat 22 Jun 2013 - 12:06
Wow Jason, just awesome.
Luigi Mennella Rookie
Number of posts : 15 Age : 54 Location : Italy Registration date : 2013-06-23
Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Sun 23 Jun 2013 - 8:10
@ Jason the accuracy of your cars is awesome ... Which software do you use??
Ben Paulet Racing Legend
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Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Sun 23 Jun 2013 - 11:53
Luigi Mennella wrote:
@ Jason the accuracy of your cars is awesome ... Which software do you use??
He use Alias from Autodesk.
Luigi Mennella Rookie
Number of posts : 15 Age : 54 Location : Italy Registration date : 2013-06-23
Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Sun 23 Jun 2013 - 17:11
Ben Paulet wrote:
Luigi Mennella wrote:
@ Jason the accuracy of your cars is awesome ... Which software do you use??
He use Alias from Autodesk.
thanks for the info I did a lot of work with ZModeler including this: http://historicsimracing.123.st/t1845-1974-eagle-755-f5000-driven-by-james-hunt?highlight=eagle in real work already I use AutoCAD (Autodesk) ... maybe I have to try to learn this program too ...
Alessio Campigotto Racing Legend
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Subject: Re: 1973 USAC Indy mod WIP Thu 27 Jun 2013 - 17:43
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Sat 15 Jun 2013 - 10:55
Very glad to hear you guys like the results.
