Bus 3D model project, help request

[banman]

Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

I only discovered this by washing mine. Try that!

1) That's what rains for...

2) It's bigger than an elephant -- I don't have that kinda ambition...

3) The flat-black might come off revealing 50 shades of neon penis' bigger than life...

4) The layer of dirt can only add weight/value when it goes to the scrap yard...

That first cup of coffee in the morning's a beautiful thing...

[Dummiesman]

If you remove the cables that seemingly limit the hood hinge rotation, do the hinges have enough range for the hood to do a complete '180' and fall onto the road in front of it?

Also, how smooth is the bus while driving? Currently in my BeamNG recreation I have some shakes caused when braking+turning and accelerating+turning. I probably need to add some dampening in here.

Here's a couple stop/start runs (also driving a bus backwards so I hit something )

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lLqnLnAdmyo

[banman]

No. The hood (in my case) will start to contact the bumper and the radiator.
Being fiberglass I think it might start cracking from it's own weight at that point or depending on the speed of the opening & drop, break off at the hinges...

And agreed, I don't think the bus would rock side to side so much at 15 to 20 mph.
Without wanting to know for sure -- hitting the jersey barrier looks right.

RE the video above: I hate to sound critical of your awesome work but at 16 seconds in when the wheels turn -- it looks like the rt/ft wheel is floating in formation with the bus rather than attached to the bus...

Still, super fun to watch (and get to help you with) your progress with this!

[Dummiesman]

Originally Posted by banman

No. The hood (in my case) will start to contact the bumper and the radiator.
Being fiberglass I think it might start cracking from it's own weight at that point or depending on the speed of the opening & drop, break off at the hinges...

Ah yeah, the hinge point is above the bottom of the hood so the bottom would come inward and hit the rad.

Originally Posted by banman

Without wanting to know for sure -- hitting the jersey barrier looks right.

It'd probably be fun... If money were no object :P

[banman]

Originally Posted by Dummiesman

SNIP...



It'd probably be fun... If money were no object :P

I shall continue living vicariously through you!

[Native]

With respect to ride, our bus is smooth as long as the road is smooth. Hit anythingat all, and you feel it. I added front air bags to help keep the rocking due to the road down. In general, turning and stopping do not induce rocking. We *did* have a harmonic rocking when going about 12 MPH ... until we changed the tires. There was a worn spot on the passenger side front tire.

[Dummiesman]

Here with yet another question :P

How do the highbeams work? From what I've seen there's only a single bulb in the headlight module.

[Native]

Single bulb, dual filament.

[Dummiesman]

Nice and easy then

On to the next thing on the list:


I've realized that these kind of "plug in" to the mount on the hood. Do the screws stick out below the hood since they're so long, or is the hood thick enough to contain them?

[Native]

Are those the turn signal units?

[Dummiesman]

Originally Posted by Native

Are those the turn signal units?

Yeah, they are.

[Truthseeker4449]

Originally Posted by Dummiesman

If you remove the cables that seemingly limit the hood hinge rotation, do the hinges have enough range for the hood to do a complete '180' and fall onto the road in front of it?

I've done this, though admittedly not with a Freightliner. A 2010 International Durastar hood absolutely will rest on the ground. I think there's enough slope in the older Freightliner hoods to do this too, but I could be wrong.

[Dummiesman]

I've been hard at work doing small details etc. Here's a short drive.
How does it look overall in terms of performance, steering radius, etc.?
Also do the mirrors at least shake a bit going over bumps? On 'my bus' they like to shake around on bumps etc, but the rest of the bus absorbs it.

( Also, scraping, what scraping? I didn't scratch the wheels and bumper at the end ;) )

https://youtube.com/watch?v=l6Li8xjUGw8

[JDSquared]

Originally Posted by Dummiesman

I've been hard at work doing small details etc. Here's a short drive.
How does it look overall in terms of performance, steering radius, etc.?
Also do the mirrors at least shake a bit going over bumps? On 'my bus' they like to shake around on bumps etc, but the rest of the bus absorbs it.

( Also, scraping, what scraping? I didn't scratch the wheels and bumper at the end ;) )

Dude this is so much work and so fun. I can't help but this is my favorite build thread right now.

[Native]

Anothe fine simulation, thank you! One thing I noticed is that your mirror has an unobstruced view. When I look out my mirror, I see only that which shows through the widows in back.


The bus is touch, that was not a scrape, just the bus getting familiar with the curb!

[Native]

Originally Posted by Dummiesman

Nice and easy then

On to the next thing on the list:


I've realized that these kind of "plug in" to the mount on the hood. Do the screws stick out below the hood since they're so long, or is the hood thick enough to contain them?

The bolts in the turn signals protrude through the hood/fender and are held on with nuts.

[Native]

Oh, the moon mirrors attached to the hood do shake a bit with bumps. The side-view mirrors (the ones attached to the bus body) do not.

[musigenesis]

Wow, I've been seeing this thread in the recent threads list for months now but never checked it out. This is fantastic.

[Dummiesman]

Originally Posted by Native

The bolts in the turn signals protrude through the hood/fender and are held on with nuts.

Nice and easy again then

Originally Posted by Native

One thing I noticed is that your mirror has an unobstruced view. When I look out my mirror

Unfortunately that's a limitation of the rendering engine in BeamNG.drive

Originally Posted by Native

The bus is tough, that was not a scrape, just the bus getting familiar with the curb!

This was the aftermath, It'll buff out ;)



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I've got a few more questions again!:

Mudflaps
What kind of material are the rear mudflaps made out of? Visually it looks rubber-y but for physics purposes I'd like to make sure.
Also, how rigid are they? Easily bendable or does it have some resistance?

Hood Indicator Lights
Do these t urn on and glow dimly with the headlights, or only when the indicators are on?

Crash Related
What happens to the engine in a crash? In the FS-65, there's a frame crosmember right under the transmission preventing it from being pushed down.
Does the transmission break away and the engine fall under or something? Currently in my model it kind of just goes right through the body

[EastCoastCB]

Originally Posted by Native

The bolts in the turn signals protrude through the hood/fender and are held on with nuts.

are there two studs per unit or one?