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How do I build a working Ekranoplan?

2,356 CoolNameHere  2.7 years ago

I have been wanting to build one but I can’t stop it from drifting in the water and spinning out. And I don’t know how to make it hover.

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    @BomberBoy2 np

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    2,356 CoolNameHere

    @asteroidbook345 Thank you so much for the spotlight!

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    @BomberBoy2 Great!

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    2,356 CoolNameHere

    @asteroidbook345 took me i while but I finally finished the Ekranoplan!

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    @BomberBoy2 cool

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    2,356 CoolNameHere

    @asteroidbook345 Ok thank you. As soon as I’m done with that I’m gonna share it!

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    Don’t scale the whole part or it’ll throw everything out of whack

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    @BomberBoy2 just make the rotor diameter really small and the power really high until it works properly

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    2,356 CoolNameHere

    @asteroidbook345 I am trying to make the helicopter rotor invisible but then make Ekranoplan won’t do the ground effect. How do I fix that?

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    @BomberBoy2 great! Tag me if you upload it!

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    2,356 CoolNameHere

    I might make it look better tomorrow then share it, and when I share it I hope you see it!

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    2,356 CoolNameHere

    @asteroidbook345 Thank you, for the last few minutes I have been building a Ekranoplan. I got it hovering above the water now!

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    Oh and just make the collective tied to the throttle input and have the governor engage at 0% so increasing throttle doesn’t do anything

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    @BomberBoy2 depends on weight and speed, just fiddle with it until it feels right

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    2,356 CoolNameHere

    @asteroidbook345 I have one more question now, what should I set the ground effect and translational lift too? Any specific numbers you recommend?

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    @BomberBoy2 no problem

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    2,356 CoolNameHere

    @asteroidbook345 Thank you so much!

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    @BomberBoy2 go to the top menu, scroll down till you get to the scalars page, and then change the numbers with the right attributes

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    2,356 CoolNameHere

    @asteroidbook345 How do I do that stuff in overload?

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    Maybe I’ll just upload my old one that I just made work as a tech demonstrator

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    You have to use helicopter rotors for the ground effect (go into overload and make groundEffect lower than translationalLift, which should be pretty high) and a vertical stabilizer for the rudder

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    4,222 Chickendude

    I use pistons, Same as Submarine piston, but inverted, you can watch the tutorial how to make working submarine, then you going to know how to make hovering vehicle, or ekranoplan

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