video of me building this engine
Info:
This is a very rudimentary plane designed to demonstrate the capabilities of piston engines in SimplePlanes, it is very slow and somewhat difficult to maneuver, but it's a lot of fun. In the future, I plan to make more planes revolving around these engines, a two engine design would be much more stable and torque less when taking off. Until then, I hope you enjoy this prototype.
Controls:
If you forget the controls, check craft instructions.
VTOL= FlapsTrim= Prop pitchThrottle= Engine speedFireGuns= Starter (Use with throttle to start engine)Pitch,Roll,Yaw, &Brake= Normal flight controls
how to fly:
- Start putting up the
throttlewhile holding space barfireguns - Next start at default prop pitch, and then slowly increase moving
trimup as the speed increases. - At this point, you should be able to
pitchup a little bit and takeoff (Note: When increasing prop pitch, there's a very strong clockwise torque on the plane, you will have to adjustrollto counteract this force.) - Once you're flying, set the prop pitch to its maximum and you can adjust the flaps
VTOLto use as trim. (Note: Climbing is slow, if you pitch up too steeply, it will stall.)
Enjoy!
Specifications
Spotlights
- VenusLancer 10 months ago
- Johnnyynf 10 months ago
- 52 10 months ago
- DatFiat126Guy19 10 months ago
General Characteristics
- Created On Mac
- Wingspan 88.3ft (26.9m)
- Length 47.5ft (14.5m)
- Height 30.0ft (9.1m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 4,779lbs (2,168kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.352
- Wing Loading 5.1lbs/ft2 (24.9kg/m2)
- Wing Area 938.0ft2 (87.1m2)
- Drag Points 4087
Parts
- Number of Parts 86
- Control Surfaces 11
- Performance Cost 538
@ChamDel78 Yes, I gave it lots of lift since it flys so slow. Although I don't think it climbs great.
AYO
It flies so well, even slow
@Belloaka That’s ok
I will add it to my favourites so I won’t forget it
@ChamDel78 Oh sorry, I'm glad you found it in the end.
u forgot to tag me, but that’s okay 👌
Silly :)
@Graingy yeah, and awesome :)
mechanical things are so silly :)
@Johnnyynf Yes, if I can download the limitlessspin mod that would open up many possibilities. Thanks for the heads up.
take a look on my piston engine and corresponding planes such as this
And try with limitlessspin because there's spin limit in this game that prevents things to spin fast
@Quercon These pistons only have two settings, moving in from the opposition and moving out from the in position so you can get this rotational motion with 180° of offset between the pistons, but if you offset them at some different angle, they will not work as far as I know. And the reason they fail at higher p.m. is probably because the rotors just won't let you spin any faster than a certain speed, which is kind of a sp bug. I set the piston speed to the maximum rotor speed so they shouldn't go too fast.
build really nice, though you need to offset the second piston a little, because engine tends to stall at higher rpm
@VenusLancer Yeah, the mechanical concept builds are some of my favorites.
long time i haven't seen builds like that