Watch your heads! Incoming newbie!

[bzm3r]

Hello

I'm a pretty young guy, still got a couple of years to go until I finish my undergraduate structural engineering specialized civil degree in university.

I have an interest in paper/card modeling in general, and light weight, flyable paper aircraft models in particular.

I have only begun digging though, and reading about liftline's (an older member) experiences on this forum has been a great learning opportunity.

Tools/knowledge I'm familiar with:
Mathematics
Very basic electronics
Sketchup
Glue and scissors

Still have a lot of learning to do when it comes to aerodynamics and paper modeling techniques! So tips/books on that would be super.

Anyway, looking forward to getting to know you guys

 

[Zathros]

:welcome1: to the forum! Very glad to have you here. We have a few aspiring engineers. This is a good thing, having you hear, and you modeling your experience into the real world. In case you did not know, you can get a full functioning working copy of Rhino3D for $179. I think as opposed to $1000 dollars! Rhino3D is what I use to mode. A sample of what I do in card modeling in here:

http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=171779

It is a fantastic program and free to try. It is used in many movies, and by NASA to do the Space Shuttle tiles, and by Nike to model sneakers, as a couple of examples of it's users. The list is quite extensive.

http://www.rhino3d.com/

zathros
moderator