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CTX-09 Monarch Coastal-Defence System

19.1k CheeseTruffles  1.8 years ago
6,064 downloads


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Introducing the newest addition to anti-ship warfare: the CTX-09 Monarch Coastal-Defence System.

The hallmark of the weapon system is the CTA-07 Empress Heavy Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile; not only capable of speeds above Mach 6 with an operational range of 600 kilometres, but also utilises a 2-stage, low-altitude launch system, ensuring it remains below enemy radar for the entire journey.



Instructions and Notes:

AG3 will activate 4 screens in the rear. They measure the vehicle pitch, roll, heading to target, and also provide launch and status information.

The missile is extremely picky on how it wants to fire. For example, if the vehicle is moving, or you're facing down on an incline, or the launch tube is still in motion, the missile will not launch properly.

Top left is the pitch-roll indicator. You should aim for the green crosshair to be within the small red square to launch safely. Alternatively, if the green crosshair is within the large red square, you can activate outriggers and use the VTOL and Trim sliders to adjust your angle (this can be a little buggy).

Top right is the heading indicator, and simply shows your aim towards the target. The missile is not very manoeuvrable and you'll ideally launch facing within 20* (green area) of the target.

Bottom left holds launch information for the player, or more commonly, reasons why you should NOT launch. It does not actually stop you from launching though, it's just a suggestion.

Bottom right is a status indicator on the deployment progress of the outriggers or missile.

Pitch and roll is your regular forward/back and steering. In addition, Throttle is cruise control (though any input from pitch will override it), and make sure to use yaw instead of roll when at high speeds to prevent flipping.

AG8 stows/deploys the cabin ladder. However, it automatically comes up when you start moving.

The missile's "rotation" mechanism uses no gyroscopes—it is done entirely with VTOL nozzles, Funky Trees, and headaches.

I also added window wipers and physics to the antennae. Why? Why not?




Controls:
[Pitch: Throttle]
[Roll: Steering]
[Yaw: High-speed Steering]
[Throttle: Cruise Control]
[AG-1: Deploy Outriggers]
[AG-2: Deploy Missile]
[AG-3: Activate Screens]
[AG-4: Window-wipers]
[AG-5 Lights]
[AG-6: Left Indicator]
[AG-7: Right Indicator]
[AG-8: Stow Ladder]
[VTOL: Adjust outrigger roll]
[Trim: Adjust outrigger pitch]



Inspired by the Russian Bastion system.

Don't forget your indicators when changing lane—Enjoy!

Demonstration/Promo Video

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 14.6ft (4.4m)
  • Length 83.7ft (25.5m)
  • Height 23.6ft (7.2m)
  • Empty Weight 42,645lbs (19,343kg)
  • Loaded Weight 42,645lbs (19,343kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.047
  • Wing Loading N/A
  • Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
  • Drag Points 28852

Parts

  • Number of Parts 938
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 3,569
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    1,618 Ashdenpaw1

    Wildest shit ever

    one month ago
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    @CheeseTruffles 🤔

    7 months ago
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    The USS Beast you see in the video is actually a user-created replica I manually spawned in. There's no detection range limit for custom spawn vehicles @CrestelAeronautics

    7 months ago
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    How did you get it to launch from snowstone to hit the USS Beast?

    +1 7 months ago
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    135 ATERO250

    Don't let Kim Jon un see this

    9 months ago
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    me a mobile player: sees high part count
    me at first: scared
    realises im using my new phone
    oh wait that is gonna run smoothly on high everything on settings

    1.4 years ago
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    45 Arandom

    @CheeseTruffles Oh okay because I was using mobile.

    1.4 years ago
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    @Arandomdownloader High, but with my pc, all physics settings work

    1.4 years ago
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    45 Arandom

    @CheeseTruffles What physics did you use?

    1.4 years ago
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    45 Arandom

    @CheeseTruffles I did download it on my PC it works but I didn't check my physics I think it was medium.

    1.4 years ago
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    @Arandomdownloader Try using high physics settings

    1.4 years ago
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    45 Arandom

    I got a problem with this when I try to launch the cruise missile it points at me can you tell me why?

    +6 1.5 years ago
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    Cool

    1.5 years ago
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    309 imunsure

    I will use this to nuke Wright airport from Avalanche.

    LONG RANGE MISSILE ATTACK

    Edit: cannot manually control the missle :sad_emoji:

    +1 1.6 years ago
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    1,689 IndesterSion

    @CheeseTruffles Thank you for this! I will be experimenting with this later

    1.7 years ago
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    @IndesterSion I'm actually just using the (relatively) new variable-setters feature. It's the (x) icon in the bottom right, near the overload button. You can create a custom input (ie. "stage1"), and set it to: "currentAngle>10?1:Activate2". Then, you can paste "stage1" into the inputs of rotators, piston, etc. and they will act as if you had pasted "currentAngle>10?1:Activate2" into their inputs. This is useful if you have many objects that use the same input, as instead of manually editing the inputs of 8 pistons, you can edit the input in the variable setter and it will automatically apply to all 8.

    1.7 years ago
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    1,689 IndesterSion

    I have torn this thing down to the bare structure, trying to find out what triggers the stages for the missile, when all the inputs just say "stage(1,2,3)" there is no indication that Activate2 is activating it, yet somehow it works. I don't get it. I understand that as someone who barely understands FT at all and is dealing with a very complicated FT build is going to leave me confused, but I figured I could just look for answers by looking at XML, but I guess not. Is there something I'm missing? did you go into the code and do something? I want answers to this question plz

    1.7 years ago
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    4,217 Lake

    Ok @CheeseTruffles

    1.8 years ago
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    Giphy and ImgBB @Lake

    1.8 years ago
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    4,217 Lake

    The pictures and the GIFs at the description

    +1 1.8 years ago
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    You mean the three main images at the top of the page, or the pictures/gifs in the description?@Lake

    +1 1.8 years ago
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    4,217 Lake

    What image importer did you use?

    1.8 years ago
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    it works well on smartphones

    +2 1.8 years ago
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    0 Natno

    Same here with me

    1.8 years ago
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    I use high, but it appears to work for me on the other modes too @offiry

    1.8 years ago
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