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Airfoil, Leading Edge & Trailing edge shapes.

5,795 DragonAerotech  8.3 years ago

I think one of the matters that confuses builders is the lack of airfoil shape being reflected in the graphics - not to mention unless we are extremely skilled and demonstrate incredible patience and skill we'll wind up with birds with slab sided leading edges and trailing edges, can anything be done about that with the current graphics?

I noticed some of those really skilled builds and kudos to their creators but have you looked at the weights of those things? A North American P-51D someone recently created, one of the most true to form replicas I've seen to date on SimplePlanes (high praise to that creator!), weighs more than twice as much as a fully loaded P-51D in real life - and all that came with were six wing guns and two drop tanks!

Aside from my earlier mention of a single tail wheel option, retractable or non-retractable made in an earlier posting, is it possible for a customized masking system to be added for more creative markings and paint-on insignia rather than careful application of weight inducing parts? Just a thought, even if that option is far off in the future~ ^_^

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    37.7k Decrepit

    nice wording that, i agree and the devs need to see it.

    8.3 years ago
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    131 prymz

    i think this is a neat idea. the wing shap should correspond to the shape set in the settings when editing a wing.

    8.3 years ago
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    @AeroEngineering Sweet! I look forward to it!! :D

    8.3 years ago
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    Your not the first person who has mentioned airfoil shapes. the devs have some pressureto implement that

    8.3 years ago