Since I have some extra time in holiday, I figured I could bite the bullet and make the other ornithopter with it.
So here's the other ornithopter from the movie DUNE.
I might make the Harkonnen ornithopter if given time. Big maybe still. I also got better at doing shapes again, or hopefully. Still rusty.
Controls:
AG 1: Engine control
VTOL up: Wings
Trim up: Doors
Throttle: Liftoff (86% hover)
AG 2: Guns
AG 3: Lights
Landing gear
WASD Controls
Specifications
Spotlights
- MAHADI 2.4 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 2 airplane(s)
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 21.8ft (6.6m)
- Length 116.6ft (35.5m)
- Height 24.2ft (7.4m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 28,936lbs (13,125kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 3.494
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.008
- Wing Loading 207.3lbs/ft2 (1,012.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 139.6ft2 (13.0m2)
- Drag Points 28807
Parts
- Number of Parts 613
- Control Surfaces 4
- Performance Cost 2,563
@laSoul
High i have been working on one actually, but for some reason, even the ornithopter is perfectly symmetrical, simpleplanes says fuk you and just decides that one side is producing way more foward thrust than the other, and just SPINS.simplepleans doesnt really like high RPM for some strange reason
@Wellidowner You'll need two things
1: The hinge rotator which moves at the extremely high rpm, feel free to copy paste the command inside mine.
2. A seccond rotator, this time connected to a real wing, only that every time it moves upward, the wing has to face vertically, and when it's flapping down, it has to face horizontally.
A gyroscope should be able to hold the balance, specially with at least 4 wings on the craft.
In order:
Hinge goes up- wing faces vertically
Hinge goes down- wing faces horizontally
If you want to counteract the angular thrust of the rotator, make the front and back wings rotate in the opposite direction.
Is it possible to make a dune style high RPM ornithopter, that doesnt rely on engines?
I am really trying at the moment
Please give me a real reason I’m really confused @jamesPLANESii
Does it seriously?! @laSoul
@RC1138Boss It means @jamesPLANESii knows the entire script of Shrek 1, 2 and 3
@RC1138Boss Because I'm awesome
How come you are green? @jamesPLANESii
Interesting
DUNE!?
again Dune rocks!
Good job.
I was planning to build this once I finished my me262 but you beat me
Really nice in the visuals, and it flies well....when the wings don't break themselves. I think you should have taken collisions off the wings because they have a severe tendency to hit eachother and break.
in my opinion the best in the movie
Oh gee I need to watch dune
@DeezDucks Nostalgic in a way
Now that's a name I haven't seen in eons
This is a really cool build. I wish I was able to spotlight it.