Cinematic Aircraft Rig

Animating aircraft in Unreal Engine can be tricky. Sure, you can key the transform of them or animate them on a rig rail, and call it a day!

What’s Included:

• Animate any flying vehicle effortlessly: Planes, helicopters, drones, gliders, hot air balloons, parachutes, spaceships, rockets, you name it!

• Animate on a spline path or fly freely.

• Add any number of propellers, rotors, and blades.

• Add any number of wheels.

• Add any number of ailerons, elevators, and rudders, all auto-animated.

• Simulate turbulence with adjustable roll, pitch & height vibration.

• Perform barrel rolls, vertical loops & more.

• Real-time visual feedback in editor & sequencer, no simulation required.

Spline Path Blueprint:

• Aircraft follow a custom spline blueprint

• Key movement using “distance traveled”

• One-click reverse or close the path

• Auto-loop if the distance exceeds the spline length

Demo Content Included:

• A Plane rig and a hot air balloon rig with exclusive meshes

Technical details

Features:

• Custom static mesh support

• Physics-free animation system

• Supports all aircraft types

• Spline-based or free flight

• Auto-animated:

  • Propellers

  • Wheels

  • Ailerons, elevators, rudders

• Add custom parts

• Roll, pitch, and yaw controls

• Turbulence simulation

• Barrel rolls & vertical loops

• Real-time editor preview

Number of Blueprints: 2

Input: N/A

Network Replicated: No

Supported Development Platforms:

• Windows: Yes

• Mac: Yes

Documentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1o2HtfFRcfl0OxVm9nFyhwkO5pys-gL4PxZPyV1sfzfI/present#slide=id.p1

DISCLAIMER: This blueprint system is designed for animation and offline rendering workflows with the "Movie Render" pipeline. If you want to use it in games or real-time workflows, please do it at your discretion.