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H.M.A.S. Charmount

2,736 DerpyCookie17  4.3 years ago

Hello!
Recently, I’ve taken a liking to messing around with ships in SP, and now, after dissecting a simplistic one, I’ve decided to make my own, and here it is! First off, I am aware that it flies the French flag, but has the Australian “HMAS”, this is because I wanted to put a flag on her but couldn’t be bothered to make an Australian one. Second, I have tried to fix some of her quirks, but it’s still not perfect, it’s my first ship after all. Third, she is mostly idiot-proof, but there are some common sense rules... like... don’t launch the torpedoes when tubes are pointing at your own ship? Lastly, she has been equipped with some level of detail, but it’s not too much. Mainly because I’m on an older mobile device which kinda lacks in the performance department, therefore if I had out everything I wanted to on her, as in more windows, men on the deck etc, my tablet would’ve died
Right, with that out of the way;

Controls

AG1, launch rear left torpedo tube
AG2, rear right torpedo tube
AG3, forward, central torpedo tube
AG4, rear, central torpedo tube
VTOL, aim torpedo tubes
VTOL, aim gun turrets
Trim, vertical gun aiming
Roll+Pitch, manual control of A-A guns,
change cameras mode to switch to, main cannon shell tracking and A-A aiming. The A-A camera has no crosshair, but when you fire the bullets they have that yellow tracer, so it should be fine.
Throttle + Yaw controls ship. She has no reverse, so be careful. To make up for this, she can turn on the spot quite quickly, without any forward speed required.

Extra

Smoke funnels work,
Class of ship, This is a destroyer, for those who aren’t aware, destroyers are the second lightest of the 5 main classes, these being, in order of lightest to heaviest; Torpedo boat, Destroyer, Cruiser, Battleship, Aircraft carrier.
Traits specific to Torpedo boat- light, usually very thin to no armor plating. Generally armed with 2-4 torpedos and a few 50 Cal.’s, they’re mainly patrol boats, high speed.
Destroyer- generally thin armor, light, rapid-firing guns, and torpedo’s, or in some cases anti submarine warfare equipment. For a ship, their speed and maneuverability is really good, and some have radar/sonar systems.
Cruisers- Cruisers are split into light, and heavy. Light cruisers tend to have thin armor, and rapid firing average-small guns. Some cruisers are armed with torpedoes, and some have radar/sonar systems. Heavy cruisers either have thicker armor, or heavier guns, but it’s hard to have both and still have a cruiser.
Battleships- out of the 5, battleships have the thickest armor and largest guns. Guns usually are slow firing and hard hitting, very few battleships in history have been armed with torpedoes. They are slow, and maneuver only slightly better than a brick.
Carriers- pretty straight forward. USS Beats and USS Tiny are two examples.

I forgot to add smokescreen maker, there might be a MK.II coming soon, so yeah!

I lied this is my third ship but the first one was a floating block with guns and the second was a space ship :P, so it’s my first WWII proper ship

Oh right
One more thing

This puppy can take out every ship in the game, if you’re skilled enough to avoid them firing at you

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 10.0ft (3.1m)
  • Length 69.4ft (21.2m)
  • Height 17.8ft (5.4m)
  • Empty Weight 32,238lbs (14,623kg)
  • Loaded Weight 54,241lbs (24,603kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.517
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.368
  • Wing Loading 188.7lbs/ft2 (921.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 287.5ft2 (26.7m2)
  • Drag Points 8031

Parts

  • Number of Parts 435
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 1,859
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    Hey, I built the MK.II, here’s the link if you want it: @Noname918181 @ACEPILOT109
    https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/O9310z/H-M-A-S-Westfield

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    1,653 Theful1941

    @DerpyCookie17 Ok

    4.3 years ago
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    Nice! @TheBlyatful1941 So, how do you wanna do it? How about you make the basic plane and I’ll add details and other things, I was thinking dual engine. If you agree, when you’re done upload it as unlisted and tag me in it’s comments

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    1,653 Theful1941

    @DerpyCookie17 excellent!

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    @TheBlyatful1941 I’d say the WWII aircraft, what do you say about a torpedo bomber?

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    1,653 Theful1941

    @DerpyCookie17 A super modern interceptor or a ww2-styled aircraft

    4.3 years ago
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    @TheBlyatful1941 cool! Now comes the part I didn’t plan, what do we do lol

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    1,653 Theful1941

    @DerpyCookie17 Of course

    4.3 years ago
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    @TheBlyatful1941 (hopefully wrote it right), read your bio, I’m interested in doing something together, what do you think? Let me know!

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    @Noname918181 as I said, there might be a mk2 coming at some point. Only thing is I can’t rly make it a flak cannon. Just a cannon :/
    Oh right! I saved the hull, with no super structure or weapons, so if anyone wants to have that for any use whatsoever, let me know!

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    It's a nice ship, could use a flak cannon on the center for more defensive capabilities. Other than that it's pretty good

    +1 4.3 years ago