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Modeling smoothly blended fuselage and vertical tail

Modeling smoothly blended fuselage and vertical tail

Modeling smoothly blended fuselage and vertical tail

(OP)
I want to create an aircraft empennage which is blending in with the vertical tail as illustrated by the following picture.


I tried doing something similar but the surface isn't smooth as shown by the attache picture with zebra stripes.


What am I doing wrong?

Ideally, I want to model an empennage like this one.

RE: Modeling smoothly blended fuselage and vertical tail

Don't you want to control surface with more sections? Try to add more sections and see where this will bring you. Run connect checker and post a screen.

RE: Modeling smoothly blended fuselage and vertical tail

(OP)
The only sections that I nee4d to control most critically are the vertical tail airfoil sections.

The image I posted isn't intended to be reflection of an actual aircraft though, I just used ovals for the sections because they were quick to make.

And the reason I used the sections and guide curves like I did was because, as in the first picture, I wanted the fuselage to blend into the vertical tail surface smoothly.

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