A little something I made to test the new update. Uses all three new parts (torpedoes weren't meant to be in 1.6, so I left them out). It flies rather well.
M.Corp Hummingbird is a surveillance drone, capable of being armed with two missiles. It is used by all branches of M.Corp armed forces. Small and nimble, and with decent loitering time, it's great for spying on enemy positions, search operations for the coast guard and navy, dropping supplies to forward positions of the infantry, overseeing the border, spotting targets for the artillery, and even engaging targets on its own.
CONTROLS:
-Throttle to control rotor collective pitch (go up/down);
-Use mouse as joystick on PC. Needs a bit more accurate input than keyboard can give.
Have fun
Specifications
Spotlights
- SimpleFlow 6.8 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 18.1ft (5.5m)
- Length 21.5ft (6.6m)
- Height 8.0ft (2.5m)
- Empty Weight 1,614lbs (732kg)
- Loaded Weight 2,170lbs (984kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 46.188
- Wing Loading 215.1lbs/ft2 (1,050.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 10.1ft2 (0.9m2)
- Drag Points 1565
Parts
- Number of Parts 75
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 284
remake when?
I like it, you should publish it.
@Zyvx thanks.
Had to try it since my phone can handle this one. Flys wonderfully like a chopper. You got many nice looking creations.
cooooooooool
@jamesPLANESii I know. That leaves me with a unique version XD
The designer this is in has updated now so it doesn't have the starry night skybox BTW.
@Blue0Bull of course you can. I wasn't online
@EternalDarkness you could do a Bob Ross style plane build
@Redstreak45 I might stream sometime. I have thought about it.
@EternalDarkness nah man It's fine you haven't sounded sour to me. And you should make some kind of channel where you can vent your frustration and talk about building planes. I would watch the shit out of a podcast with community members and the devs.
@Redstreak45 sorry. I haven't meant to sound sour, but now that I read that comment, I did sound that way. Rotorcraft generally need gentle input, whilst using WASD gives the extreme (maximum) input in an instant. Yes, landing is a bit tricky, because I used stock rotors with throttle governor. That makes it nearly impossible to hover and make a gentle descent. To land, you'll need to practice a bit, and adjust throttle a lot. A bit less throttle to make it go down, then a bit more to make the fall slower. Then, before it starts going up, a bit less throttle, and so on. Also, due to skies digging in on landing, you have to keep the forward speed at almost zero. Better performance are achievable with custom rotors, with which I will be working in a future, after I finish a few quick projects that are meant to have stock rotor (small prop engine). Again, sorry for my previous response.
@EternalDarkness well I am an idiot that makes soooooooo much sense.... consider putting that in the description.
@Redstreak45 use mouse as joystick. I thought that's obvious enough
the gyro freaks the hell out if you don't treat it gently or try to land.
@ChasingHorizon sure does. Took a bit of effort to get the shape just right.
@BogdanX it certainly does. If you adjust it right, it flies like a real helicopter. The stability doesn't feel unnatural, and gyro provides all the pitching and rolling you need, so you don't need VTOL engines.
pretty cool
Noice drone... might make my own...
@SimpleFlow thanks
@EternalDarkness
Really nice though
@EternalDarkness
Ah, my bad
@SimpleFlow torpedo wasn't meant to be in this one, so I left it out. I have corrected the description, as this one uses all three new parts. The description was written for the older version, which is a predecessor to this one. I have changed a few things, and found out that sphere fits better as the nose than hemisphere.
@EternalDarkness
Actually The update has 4 parts
@Yellow no problem