Intro to Airplane Physics in Unity 3D – 2017 & 2018

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Course Pre-Requisites

Lecture 2: Flight Demo

Chapter 2: Getting Set Up!

Lecture 1: Project Setup

Lecture 2: Prepping the Development Scene

Lecture 3: Prepping the Airplane – Part 1

Lecture 4: Prepping the Airplane – Part 2

Lecture 5: Designing the Code

Chapter 3: Building the Airplane Inputs

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Installing the Completed Project

Lecture 3: Stubbing in the Scripts

Lecture 4: Keyboard Input – Variables & Namespaces

Lecture 5: Keyboard Input – C# Properties

Lecture 6: Keyboard Input – C# Virtual Methods

Lecture 7: Keyboard Input – Using the Input Manager

Lecture 8: Keyboard Input – Creating an Inspector Editor

Lecture 9: Xbox Input – Virtual Methods

Lecture 10: Xbox Input – Updating the Editor

Lecture 11: Xbox Input – Setting the Input Manager

Chapter 4: Creating the Airplane Controller Script

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Stubbing in the Scripts & Code Design

Lecture 3: Creating a Base Rigidbody Controller Class

Lecture 4: Creating the Airplane Controller Class

Lecture 5: Airplane Weight Calculation

Lecture 6: Creating a Menu Option for Automatic Setup

Chapter 5: Building the Airplane Engine Component

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Applying Forces

Lecture 3: Stub in the Scripts

Lecture 4: Hook up the Engine

Lecture 5: Handling the Wheels

Lecture 6: Calculating Force with Animation Curves

Chapter 6: Animating the Propeller

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Stubbing in the Script

Lecture 3: Calculating Degrees Per Second from RPM's

Lecture 4: Propeller Graphics

Lecture 5: Blending the Propellers

Lecture 6: Material Swapping

Chapter 7: Flight Characteristics

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Stubbing in the Script

Lecture 3: Calculating Forward Speed

Lecture 4: Sticky Throttle

Lecture 5: Theory of Lift

Lecture 6: Creating Lift

Lecture 7: Refining Lift with Curves

Lecture 8: Drag

Lecture 9: Angle of Attack

Lecture 10: Handling the Rigidbody

Lecture 11: Pitch

Lecture 12: Roll

Lecture 13: Yaw

Lecture 14: Banking

Chapter 8: Building the Airplane Camera

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Stub in Scripts

Lecture 3: Create a Basic Follow Camera

Lecture 4: Ground Height

Chapter 9: Animating the Control Surfaces

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Stub in the Script

Lecture 3: Coding the Control Surface Script

Lecture 4: Hooking up the Rudder

Lecture 5: Hooking up the Ailerons

Chapter 10: Completing the Wheels

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Rolling and Positiong the Wheels

Lecture 3: Braking

Lecture 4: Steering

Chapter 11: Completing the Flaps

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Animating the Flaps

Lecture 3: Adding Flap Drag

Chapter 12: Ground Effect

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Stubbing in the Script

Lecture 3: Getting the Ground Distance

Lecture 4: Apply the Ground Effect Force

Chapter 13: Airplane Editors

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Update the Airplane Menu Option – Part 1

Lecture 3: Update the Airplane Menu Option – Part 2

Lecture 4: Update the Airplane Menu Option – Part 3

Lecture 5: Update the Airplane Menu Option – Part 4

Lecture 6: Creating a Pop up Window

Lecture 7: Automate the Airplane Components Setup – Part 1

Lecture 8: Automate the Airplane Components Setup – Part 2

Lecture 9: Saving Presets with Scriptable Objects – Part 1

Lecture 10: Saving Presets with Scriptable Objects – Part 2

Lecture 11: Saving Presets witn Scriptable Objects – Part 3

Lecture 12: Saving Presets with Scriptable Objects – Part 4

Lecture 13: Using Airplane Presets

Lecture 14: Airplane Preset Errata – COG Fix

Chapter 14: Airplane Audio

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Setup & Stubbing in the Script