@DankDorito @RussianAS @DrunkenRaider you guys need to give it a rest. It’s extremely unfair and totally uncool to complain how some other creation was not featured on this or any post! And saying, “oh, gee, sorry, I’m not slamming you, just the feature system” doesn’t absolve any of you of being uncool. How would any of you feel if I posted how unfair the feature system is on a post of yours if it happened to be featured?
Ugh. The second of your builds I haven’t been able to fly as for some mod you’ve made—not sure what. I can download it but when I try to progress beyond the designer, it just sits there...mocking me. The other one I had the same problem with was the Fairey P.75 Vietnam special. It’s a shame as I really wanted to fly both. I wonder if there’s anything in common with them both? This is with my iPhone 8, which usually will handle up to 2,000+ parts, but not those two!
Very nice technique. Two more questions for you: First, are you editing the weight of the extra camo panels to zero and editing the drag at all? Second, how do you deal with the fact that the camo panels stick up a little bit above the rest of the build?
The only advice I have for you is on your labeling on your post: It’s not a “joystick”, it’s a stick, control column or control wheel (“joysticks” are what you use on the computer). It’s a flap lever, landing gear lever and rudder pedals. You could also take advantage of XML weight reduction...it’s about 2.5x heavier than the real thing with far more fuel, but you made up for it with increased wing area to lower the wing loading. Other than that super-minor I put, I have nothing else wrt build shape, details, features or flight dynamics. I might have chosen to take a slightly different route on a few minor things (casings...meh, can do without those), but that’s SP and up to the builder’s discretion. Fantastic work here!
You’re part of the new trend: gorgeous 1000+ part builds with full cockpits, realistic wheel wells, working control surfaces and realistic flight characteristics. I better get onboard unless I want to get left behind. Nice work.
Spain had no indigenous aircraft manufacturing capability during the Spainish Civil War (1936-9), but both sides received a lot of help during the conflict. The Republicans were the left-leaning side supported by the Soviet Union, which supplied mostly the Polikarpov I-15 biplane and I-16 (“Rata” in Spanish service) fighter aircraft. The Nationalists, the right wing faction, under Generalissimo Francisco Franco, which eventually won th war, received a lot of help from the Fascist countries, namely Germany and Italy and provided a variety of aircraft, as well as pilots in the form of the Nazi “Condor Legion”. They flew a wide variety of aircraft, Ju-52 transport/bombers, He-51 biplane fighters, He-111 bombers, Ju-87 Stukas and the Bf-109 fighter. Materially, assistance was probably more significant to the Natioanalist side. It was the Condor Legion that bombed the town of Guernica, killing up to 1,000+ civilians, promping world-wide outrage and inspiring Pablo Picasso’s painting memorializing the event.
@RedRoosterII this is a compass. If you download and print out a “blueprint”, such as this one, you can use the compass to measure the part, compare it against the scale, or vice versa. Then you compare the scale in meters and multiply by two to get Simple Plane units.
Completely ridiculous, essentially a Combat Staggerwing, but really fun. I like those WWII style builds that can strafe and kill ground targets...very nice!
One really nice thing is that you actually have the correct sweep on the wing...most airliner builds have a 20 degree sweep, not the correct 35-40 degree sweep.
So...have to ask: how many parts are part of the base model and how many are the camo? Also, what technique did you use for your build? Build the base, then overlay, or what? Looks great either way...too bad it crashes my iPhone 8, which can handle almost 2,000 parts mos of the time.
This is a great build, you’ve adjusted your build style to account for performance, maneuverability and speed. Though not exactly perfect in emulating the D.III in performance, this is close. Plus, it looks great, with great attention to detail. I like it a lot.
@RedRoosterII Well, even with iOS, you can shape aircraft fairly well. One big challenge with iOS is the inability to resize individual components, such as engines. However, if you go to a site such as theblueprints.com, you can download 3-views (“blueprints”) which have a scale on them. Two SimplePlane units = 1 meter. Get yourself a compass, measure individual parts on the “blueprints” and shape the individual parts in SP.
I would give a lot if we could have a way of making true semicircles, including semicircular intakes. Additionally, concave shapes. Not sure how possible either of these might be, but I still avoid certain subjects due to these constraints.
Well my iPhone 8 can run around 1,200 parts without too much trouble. My 5 could only handle around 400 parts. Really depends on the individual device.
Well, this is the second build tonight which had four landing gear! Why did you put two nosegear on this build—just curious, did it have something to do with the launch rails?
Oh yeah, mods are not useable with iOS users, so you’re limiting your users a bit when you use mods that way. There is a workaround in those situations: When an iOS user downloads a build with mods, a dialogue box opens which tells the user that they can’t download the build, but then the user can hit the back button, then the forward button and the build will load without the mods.
A fairly original fictional build, I really like the proportions and the swept wing. Next time you might want to play with the CoG a bit to make sure it’s in front of the CoM. Also, you don’t need the unlimited fuel. But nice work, now you have points!
@communisticbanana thank you, glad you like it!
By the way, how did you get the bombs to ripple out so fast? They don’t hang up and they drop as fast as I can hit the button.
A mighty effort!
Very nice.
👍
@DankDorito you really need to learn grace.
@DankDorito @RussianAS @DrunkenRaider you guys need to give it a rest. It’s extremely unfair and totally uncool to complain how some other creation was not featured on this or any post! And saying, “oh, gee, sorry, I’m not slamming you, just the feature system” doesn’t absolve any of you of being uncool. How would any of you feel if I posted how unfair the feature system is on a post of yours if it happened to be featured?
Very nice.
Kewl
Ugh. The second of your builds I haven’t been able to fly as for some mod you’ve made—not sure what. I can download it but when I try to progress beyond the designer, it just sits there...mocking me. The other one I had the same problem with was the Fairey P.75 Vietnam special. It’s a shame as I really wanted to fly both. I wonder if there’s anything in common with them both? This is with my iPhone 8, which usually will handle up to 2,000+ parts, but not those two!
@ShiptyTheLucario hey, you going to upvote this or what?
Ok, three questions: What about wrapping angled camo around round parts? What is your best technique to handle that problem?
Very nice technique. Two more questions for you: First, are you editing the weight of the extra camo panels to zero and editing the drag at all? Second, how do you deal with the fact that the camo panels stick up a little bit above the rest of the build?
Pretty ambitious and cool.
Cool, nice work!
This one is on my “Favorites” list, BTW. But I can’t Spotlight you as you have more points than I do! I’m following now.
The only advice I have for you is on your labeling on your post: It’s not a “joystick”, it’s a stick, control column or control wheel (“joysticks” are what you use on the computer). It’s a flap lever, landing gear lever and rudder pedals. You could also take advantage of XML weight reduction...it’s about 2.5x heavier than the real thing with far more fuel, but you made up for it with increased wing area to lower the wing loading. Other than that super-minor I put, I have nothing else wrt build shape, details, features or flight dynamics. I might have chosen to take a slightly different route on a few minor things (casings...meh, can do without those), but that’s SP and up to the builder’s discretion. Fantastic work here!
Also lands very nicely, realistically. I’m very impressed. This is the ultimate expression of what SP can be.
You’re part of the new trend: gorgeous 1000+ part builds with full cockpits, realistic wheel wells, working control surfaces and realistic flight characteristics. I better get onboard unless I want to get left behind. Nice work.
Spain had no indigenous aircraft manufacturing capability during the Spainish Civil War (1936-9), but both sides received a lot of help during the conflict. The Republicans were the left-leaning side supported by the Soviet Union, which supplied mostly the Polikarpov I-15 biplane and I-16 (“Rata” in Spanish service) fighter aircraft. The Nationalists, the right wing faction, under Generalissimo Francisco Franco, which eventually won th war, received a lot of help from the Fascist countries, namely Germany and Italy and provided a variety of aircraft, as well as pilots in the form of the Nazi “Condor Legion”. They flew a wide variety of aircraft, Ju-52 transport/bombers, He-51 biplane fighters, He-111 bombers, Ju-87 Stukas and the Bf-109 fighter. Materially, assistance was probably more significant to the Natioanalist side. It was the Condor Legion that bombed the town of Guernica, killing up to 1,000+ civilians, promping world-wide outrage and inspiring Pablo Picasso’s painting memorializing the event.
Nice, nailed the camo and the bomb system!
How does the DC-3 fly?
@Winstonlharambe sooo...the trim doesn’t trim the aircraft? Check your sources, the F13 had trim, nearly every aircraft built has had trim.
No trim?
@RedRoosterII this is a compass. If you download and print out a “blueprint”, such as this one, you can use the compass to measure the part, compare it against the scale, or vice versa. Then you compare the scale in meters and multiply by two to get Simple Plane units.
I didn’t realize the original airplane was so slow, but it is fun to fly and easy to land.
Completely ridiculous, essentially a Combat Staggerwing, but really fun. I like those WWII style builds that can strafe and kill ground targets...very nice!
You’ve got my upvote!
One really nice thing is that you actually have the correct sweep on the wing...most airliner builds have a 20 degree sweep, not the correct 35-40 degree sweep.
Ok, amazing. But I almost missed it altogether because the screenshot doesn’t pop out unless you actually pause to take a look!
Lands quite easily as well, that’s a surprise. On my list of favorites!
Nice build, nice camo, exceptional work on the gear, flies very well.
Well, the rudder is reversed, but I’ve never seen any other Hs.123, ever, on the site.
Looks great, but, geez, I hope you’re going to do a little weight reduction, it’s half a million pounds full up!
So...have to ask: how many parts are part of the base model and how many are the camo? Also, what technique did you use for your build? Build the base, then overlay, or what? Looks great either way...too bad it crashes my iPhone 8, which can handle almost 2,000 parts mos of the time.
This is a great build, you’ve adjusted your build style to account for performance, maneuverability and speed. Though not exactly perfect in emulating the D.III in performance, this is close. Plus, it looks great, with great attention to detail. I like it a lot.
@RedRoosterII Well, even with iOS, you can shape aircraft fairly well. One big challenge with iOS is the inability to resize individual components, such as engines. However, if you go to a site such as theblueprints.com, you can download 3-views (“blueprints”) which have a scale on them. Two SimplePlane units = 1 meter. Get yourself a compass, measure individual parts on the “blueprints” and shape the individual parts in SP.
@RedRoosterII are you on PC or iOS?
I would give a lot if we could have a way of making true semicircles, including semicircular intakes. Additionally, concave shapes. Not sure how possible either of these might be, but I still avoid certain subjects due to these constraints.
Well my iPhone 8 can run around 1,200 parts without too much trouble. My 5 could only handle around 400 parts. Really depends on the individual device.
Wunderbar!
Well, this is the second build tonight which had four landing gear! Why did you put two nosegear on this build—just curious, did it have something to do with the launch rails?
Oh yeah, mods are not useable with iOS users, so you’re limiting your users a bit when you use mods that way. There is a workaround in those situations: When an iOS user downloads a build with mods, a dialogue box opens which tells the user that they can’t download the build, but then the user can hit the back button, then the forward button and the build will load without the mods.
A fairly original fictional build, I really like the proportions and the swept wing. Next time you might want to play with the CoG a bit to make sure it’s in front of the CoM. Also, you don’t need the unlimited fuel. But nice work, now you have points!
Neatly built, nice details, interesting look. Still with the unlimited fuel...is this thing nuclear or electrically powered?
Super cool.
Based on the Tu-16 or it’s descendent, the H-6.
Looks great, a bit slow in turn, but a nice build.
Gorgeous
Very nice, again. Forgiving to fly and land, like the real airplane.