@LuKorp actually this was one of the most controllable VTOLs I've flown in SP. Not many players attempt them without some sort of coding aid to make them controllable (and boring). Yours was not boring and flew pretty well, I thought.
Well, it's beautiful nonetheless...how did you do this really thin pieces, like the gear doors and antenna masts? They look like they're less than .25 thick.
Agree with @oDDDynamics, but, if we're going to do some shameless self-promotion, here's more:
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/VA3T85/McDonnell-Douglas-F-4F-Phantom-II-Luftwaffe
I guess you'll have to cut and paste the address into your browser, but this one will go 1400 mph and maneuvers with the best of them.
@cats thanks! Looks like we had similar challenges on both of these projects...yours flies very realistically. I'm going to try and figure out how you did the cockpit, though. Airline style fight decks are almost impossible in SP, so great work there. If they ever get nucs I this game, we should upload them on these planes and remember the bad old days of the Cold War.
The first glitch is that I can't launch any weapons...the weapons show "0x" for the bombs, missiles and rockets. Probably not your fault, but suggest you reload weapons then re-upload a v2 of your plane.
It takes off at around 120 mph, which is good. It's fairly fast and pretty maneuverable. I might reduce the size of the elevator just a tiny bit to reduce the choppy nose track (from stalling) in turns.
Taildragger. Looks cool, but difficult to land. Yours is ok, but still requires a little power to ensure it doesn't nose over.
Try and work with the cockpit a bit, if you color fuse pieces the same as the cockpit, it looks just like a cockpit extension.
Color. Tough one. Military planes tend to be green or grey, which doesn't pop on the screen. You can add little .25 x .25 fuse pieces and embed them in the wings for color highlights.
I like the prop setup, very original.
Fix the weapons, re-upload as a v2, tag me and I'll upvote and Spotlight it.
Bottom line: Good first build, is NOT a slap-together like so many first builds.
@FennVectorCWA thanks and hey, no worries, perhaps someone else will, I just think it's a pretty good build, I had fun building and flying it and I just want others to enjoy a nicely built good flying WWII heavy bomber.
I would do this, but the cockpit on my B-24 is buried so far in the fuse, that I can't dig it out. Plus, saving the other 195 parts as a subassembly glitches out my phone for some reason and the result blows up!
@BogdanX yup, it's "desert pink", that's what they painted them when they flew them out of North Africa in WWII. I knew it would stand out. What I'm totally p.o.'d about is the fact I uploaded this through my PC and I couldn't translate across the screen like I can on my iPhone, so the upload pics look like barf 😡
No, they (B-52, B-1, B-2) do not. They all are pressurized (otherwise the crew would pass out at altitude or suffer decompression sickness over the hours long missions), but they have a couple of canisters for liquids and a chem toilet for solids. I think the B-2 might be a little more advanced, but not by much.
Hold it. But, seriously, when using a "piddle pack", yes, it's complicated and, well, you need to hold it if you're in combat. Any use will be when ingressing prior to the actual combat part or after you've egressed to safety. As for the U-2, you wear the thing the entire time and only have to open the suit valve (push in and turn), then go. The hardest part is learning how to go while seated, as you have that advantage over the piddle pack. But, even then a U-2 pilot wouldn't go if some MiG or SAM was engaging them at the time, they'd just hold it.
No funnel, a piddle pack, such as used in most fighters, is a thick plastic bag with a wide opening superabsorbent sponge in it. U-2 pilots have a "Texas catheter"...it's an external catheter, works the same way, but without the...umm...pain from an actual catheter. That thing is put on when dressing up in the space suit, it stays on the entire time, the plastic tube runs down the leg, out a valve on the suit and into the aircraft's "reservoir", which resides under the floor boards.
Uuuuhhh, bombs? I usually build up a fuse section at some nominal depth, say .25, hook the bombs up using pylons or even sized structural panels work, believe it or not, and resize the fuse bigger and the bombs "submerge" into the your new bomb bay! They do fall out when released, must be the same fortuitous glitch that allows us to see or move through adjacent fuse parts. Have you tried pylons with fuse sections with the lights attached. I'm not sure those would react the same way, but if I were going to try and do it, that's what I would try. Let me know.
I just read the link and I nearly doubled over with laughter...ok, it's gallows humor, but some things don't change! Still the same problems today, even though we're slightly better at it now through years of experience!
From personal experience, single seat aircraft use "piddle packs", which requires unstrapping from the seat and parachute and carefully using using the pack to catch the liquid. Still others use a UCD, a "collection device", with a tube to a "honey bucket", usually in the floor of the jet. #2 is a no-go, but one's body, unless they eat something that disagrees with them, is usually very smart in making sure you don't need to use the bathroom. In WWII, they had "relief tubes" which they used like any other urinal, stand and go. There's no going doing the bomb run. If the urge hits you in combat, you hold it. As for the chem toilets, you NEVER, EVER, NEVER use them in your airplane!
This is cool, one of a few working floatplanes on the site. Luftwaffe insignia would really make this one stand out...there are many to download from the site. I prefer the ones posted by @thealban. Nice work!
How are people angling the gear, I've seen it a few times and now on this one...? Not XML edited, is it? Also, the markings, how did you manage the angles? Anyhow, ignore the envy, if anyone had thought to build a plane to get 110 up votes, we would have all done it ourselves! 😎👍
@LuKorp actually this was one of the most controllable VTOLs I've flown in SP. Not many players attempt them without some sort of coding aid to make them controllable (and boring). Yours was not boring and flew pretty well, I thought.
@LuKorp here you go, sorry it took so long!
Nice, but no description?
Well, it's beautiful nonetheless...how did you do this really thin pieces, like the gear doors and antenna masts? They look like they're less than .25 thick.
Well, it's official, this is a fighter, thought you didn't do those. It's beautiful...
Agree with @oDDDynamics, but, if we're going to do some shameless self-promotion, here's more:
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/VA3T85/McDonnell-Douglas-F-4F-Phantom-II-Luftwaffe
I guess you'll have to cut and paste the address into your browser, but this one will go 1400 mph and maneuvers with the best of them.
3 upvotes, not bad for a first build, build something else!
Very nice
@FennVectorCWA thanks, I appreciate the support!
@KnightOfAraluen you are correct, very fun to do
@A3 didn't know where to find one, I have one now, thanks!
@ErvenDynamics I did as well, delicious!
@KnightOfAraluen yes, I knew that worked already, very cool. I like the ballistics models in this game
@cats thanks! Looks like we had similar challenges on both of these projects...yours flies very realistically. I'm going to try and figure out how you did the cockpit, though. Airline style fight decks are almost impossible in SP, so great work there. If they ever get nucs I this game, we should upload them on these planes and remember the bad old days of the Cold War.
I would spotlight this, but I don't have the button for some reason (is it because he has more points?). 16 bombs?!?! Fantastic!
Unique subject, excellent execution! You might appreciate my B-47, similar time period.
@AntiSphere can't wait to see it. I just posted a C-47, check it out.
Awesome! Looks sleek, just like the original, glad you finished it.
Nice little prop fighter-bomber, nice first build!
@JovianPat they stink, plus there's just an unwritten rule about no pilot ever wanting to go #2 in their plane if they can avoid it.
@Shmexysmpilot doh! Ok, will try!
@LuKorp yeah, I'm behind, haven't done any for about two weeks, need to make a list, then catch up. You actually are next in line.
Ok, here goes:
The first glitch is that I can't launch any weapons...the weapons show "0x" for the bombs, missiles and rockets. Probably not your fault, but suggest you reload weapons then re-upload a v2 of your plane.
It takes off at around 120 mph, which is good. It's fairly fast and pretty maneuverable. I might reduce the size of the elevator just a tiny bit to reduce the choppy nose track (from stalling) in turns.
Taildragger. Looks cool, but difficult to land. Yours is ok, but still requires a little power to ensure it doesn't nose over.
Try and work with the cockpit a bit, if you color fuse pieces the same as the cockpit, it looks just like a cockpit extension.
Color. Tough one. Military planes tend to be green or grey, which doesn't pop on the screen. You can add little .25 x .25 fuse pieces and embed them in the wings for color highlights.
I like the prop setup, very original.
Fix the weapons, re-upload as a v2, tag me and I'll upvote and Spotlight it.
Bottom line: Good first build, is NOT a slap-together like so many first builds.
@NotYourGrandma I will, standby
@LuKorp I am, you would be #4 in the queue, interested?
They're both great, upload one then the other a couple of days later!
@Insertname thanks!
@DisferGoatzFAILURE plane post
Plane post
By the way everyone...it's CONSOLIDATED, not "consolidared"
CONSOLIDATED
@Gestour yeah, just saw that, that stinks!
@FennVectorCWA thanks and hey, no worries, perhaps someone else will, I just think it's a pretty good build, I had fun building and flying it and I just want others to enjoy a nicely built good flying WWII heavy bomber.
I would do this, but the cockpit on my B-24 is buried so far in the fuse, that I can't dig it out. Plus, saving the other 195 parts as a subassembly glitches out my phone for some reason and the result blows up!
@FennVectorCWA thank, thank you very much, I appreciate it!
@thealban and @Stampede check this out!
@BogdanX yup, it's "desert pink", that's what they painted them when they flew them out of North Africa in WWII. I knew it would stand out. What I'm totally p.o.'d about is the fact I uploaded this through my PC and I couldn't translate across the screen like I can on my iPhone, so the upload pics look like barf 😡
@Gestour now that's a brilliant idea! I need to try that one out.
No, they (B-52, B-1, B-2) do not. They all are pressurized (otherwise the crew would pass out at altitude or suffer decompression sickness over the hours long missions), but they have a couple of canisters for liquids and a chem toilet for solids. I think the B-2 might be a little more advanced, but not by much.
That was WWII, I refer strictly to modern-day aircraft. I think the WWII funnels required some aim...
Hold it. But, seriously, when using a "piddle pack", yes, it's complicated and, well, you need to hold it if you're in combat. Any use will be when ingressing prior to the actual combat part or after you've egressed to safety. As for the U-2, you wear the thing the entire time and only have to open the suit valve (push in and turn), then go. The hardest part is learning how to go while seated, as you have that advantage over the piddle pack. But, even then a U-2 pilot wouldn't go if some MiG or SAM was engaging them at the time, they'd just hold it.
No funnel, a piddle pack, such as used in most fighters, is a thick plastic bag with a wide opening superabsorbent sponge in it. U-2 pilots have a "Texas catheter"...it's an external catheter, works the same way, but without the...umm...pain from an actual catheter. That thing is put on when dressing up in the space suit, it stays on the entire time, the plastic tube runs down the leg, out a valve on the suit and into the aircraft's "reservoir", which resides under the floor boards.
Uuuuhhh, bombs? I usually build up a fuse section at some nominal depth, say .25, hook the bombs up using pylons or even sized structural panels work, believe it or not, and resize the fuse bigger and the bombs "submerge" into the your new bomb bay! They do fall out when released, must be the same fortuitous glitch that allows us to see or move through adjacent fuse parts. Have you tried pylons with fuse sections with the lights attached. I'm not sure those would react the same way, but if I were going to try and do it, that's what I would try. Let me know.
I just read the link and I nearly doubled over with laughter...ok, it's gallows humor, but some things don't change! Still the same problems today, even though we're slightly better at it now through years of experience!
From personal experience, single seat aircraft use "piddle packs", which requires unstrapping from the seat and parachute and carefully using using the pack to catch the liquid. Still others use a UCD, a "collection device", with a tube to a "honey bucket", usually in the floor of the jet. #2 is a no-go, but one's body, unless they eat something that disagrees with them, is usually very smart in making sure you don't need to use the bathroom. In WWII, they had "relief tubes" which they used like any other urinal, stand and go. There's no going doing the bomb run. If the urge hits you in combat, you hold it. As for the chem toilets, you NEVER, EVER, NEVER use them in your airplane!
It must have been very tedious to build up that cockpit, did you use nudge and how did you do the gear? Very nice work!
Aaaahhhh, I get it now, cool.
This is cool, one of a few working floatplanes on the site. Luftwaffe insignia would really make this one stand out...there are many to download from the site. I prefer the ones posted by @thealban. Nice work!
Folding wings, neat! So was the JN23 replaced by a type with a tail gunner?
How are people angling the gear, I've seen it a few times and now on this one...? Not XML edited, is it? Also, the markings, how did you manage the angles? Anyhow, ignore the envy, if anyone had thought to build a plane to get 110 up votes, we would have all done it ourselves! 😎👍