Short: Imagine traces Architecture: generic ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DeltaClipperPics_iff DeltaClipperPics_gif ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author: Wayne Haufler Software Used: Imagine 2.0 (Impulse) DPaint IV Format: IFF HAM non-overscanned Contents -------- -rw-r--r-- 1 haufler 96352 Jan 24 03:35 pic.0001 -rw-r--r-- 1 haufler 96300 Jan 24 05:10 pic.0005 -rw-r--r-- 1 haufler 90552 Jan 24 07:06 pic.0010 -rw-r--r-- 1 haufler 92584 Jan 24 09:22 pic.0015 -rw-r--r-- 1 haufler 94030 Jan 24 11:37 pic.0020 -rw-r--r-- 1 haufler 90298 Jan 24 14:01 pic.0025 -rw-r--r-- 1 haufler 88284 Jan 24 16:36 pic.0030 -rw-r--r-- 1 haufler 88302 Jan 24 19:14 pic.0035 -rw-r--r-- 1 haufler 88346 Jan 24 21:44 pic.0040 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is every fifth frame in a short 50 frame (but 3Meg) animation of the launch of the future Delta Clipper spaceship, or DC-Y. While I was home sick one week, I improved on my crude model of the Delta Clipper rocket model, adding pivotable payload bay doors, payload bay box and rails, pivotable control surfaces, and retractable landing legs. None of which move in the animation. It is also now realistically colored, with a brushmap containing a U.S. flag, and SDI logo and a McDonnell Douglas logo, all drawn by yours truly in DPaint IV. I also modeled the exhaust plume, though probably not very realistically, using a variant of the Apex newsletter's Flame Technique using Essence textures. To try this technique was most of my reason for doing this project. The lighting could have been much better; the logos look washed out. The launch is against a blue sky with white clouds (sort of). This sky object took forever to render. The format is in non-overscanned HAM IFF (Amiga). (I forgot to overscan). SO WHAT IS IT? The Delta Clipper is an exciting reusable SSTO (Single-Stage-To-Orbit- And-Return) space transportation system being developed by McDonnell Douglas for the SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative). Though it is not classified, it also has not been very publicized. To quote the brochure "Delta Clipper's robust vehicle design, streamlined ground turnaround, and autonomous flight operations are the keys to reliable, low-cost routine space transportation." It is different in that it will launch AND land vertically, much like the rockets in old science fiction stories. Believe It Or Not! It also promises to open space up to private industry, dropping the cost to orbit dramatically. We will see, the funding may not be there, but I am hopeful. CREDITS; Most of the textures used in the enclosed pics are from the Essence package by Steve Worley. I highly recommend this package. I used cylindbricks on the vehicle, blobf on the sky, and variant of the Apex newsletter's Flame Technique for the exhaust plume. These are images rendered by me, Wayne Haufler. They were all done with Imagine 2.0 on a 25Mhz A3000. All of the images are Copyright (C) 1993 by Wayne Haufler, but are freely distributable as long as a copy of this README is included with them. All rights (except for distribution with the previous requirement) are reserved. Wayne is a long time member of the Imagine mailing list and the founder and virtual host of the GodlyGraphics mailing list. __ \\ /\\ /\\ //_ Wayne A. Haufler [Christian/SW Engineer/XWindows/Amigan] \/--\// \//__ haufler@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov McDonnell Douglas-Houston // Hobby: "Computer Animations For Christian Endeavors"