@Blue0Bull Hey, would it be possible to remove the auto credit from the W.I.Ps of this build? I didn't intend for them to be accessible by anyone else except myself and ChiChiWerx.
@ALRX Yep, I'm just learning at my pace. Nothing more to it.
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I DO think the single nose wheel might be to blame for the lean on takeoff. Try experimenting and see what it is; it's not the suspension because I made sure those were equal in mass, strength, and dampening.
@Blue0Bull @Inuyasha8215@tsampoy Thanks I hate it lol~
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@DarkMarble1 I really wanna pick up the manga now that I've seen the 80's OVA and the 2000's anime. It's a neat series for war drama and aviation lovers, but all three also tell the basic story differently.
@SparkySparkyTheFiretruck It was a natural evolution. I wanted the space for my usual partial cockpit and realised I would have to hollow out the entire space so I just said screw it; let's go. Turned out alright for first attempt
@Dimkal Well, I play the game my way. Stock wings look fine enough. Yes it veers, but I'm almost 100% certain it's the nose wheel. Several other builds of mine with single nose wheels had tedency to start turning left (COUGHA-4ECOUGH). If you wanna fix it go ahead; lemme know what works.
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I don't really care for the rank. I'm here to have fun. I don't care for any expectations; I'm happy where I am and how I'm doing.
It's very cute size :3
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Tends to wobble with rapid pitch input. Slower rate on the rotators fixes that pretty nicely, but gentle pitch input (best with mouse) is fine. Definitely needs more fuel. I like this :)
@Tomcatbetterthanhornet I mean beyond basic flight testing, drop testing, and weapons testing we gotta do evaluation by the air force, mock combat trials, see all the weapons are working by taking it on a range...
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Lots-lots'o stuff needed to be done y'know?
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Oh and these aren't for sale. Domestic use only pal. Appreciate the sales pitch but I'm gud. Those prices seem WAY too low, you uh...you sure these aren't damaged goods? The FX-41 is at least several hundred million in cost...not including the support infrastructure.
Iz pretty gud. Tomcat is popular on this site for many reasons, so lots o' builds. This one flies smoothly just like the other US fighter builds, and I'm glad the swing wing doesn't affect turning performance (for example my old F-14 became much less agile with the wings swept back).
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In terms of the proportions the engine nacelles seem a bit squished in the front; from the side view there should be some of them interrupting the silhouette of the fuselage lines. Also the landing gear seem too short? The topmost edge of the main wheels should be in-line with the engine nacelles, which would help fix some of the issues with loadout 2. Also the fuselage should slope upwards from just in front of the canopy's back edge, which would again fix the issue with loadout 2 as the Phoenix would be able to ride further from the ground. Still I like the lines and color scheme (I'm weak to the 70's High-Viz pattern), and it even has the early early IRST sensor on the nose instead of the TV camera.
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Sorry to critique. I'm verr picky when it comes to shaping.
@DarkMarble1 Feel free to use it. For rp sake it's only preproduction by 2023, so it isn't quite done with testing and evaluation. So maybe full production a year or so later, if that affects any story beats you got.
The fix I find usually works is increasing the mass of the spring until they behave as normal. Having higher spring and damper probably doesn't hurt either, but it's a lot of experimentation and continuously changing the values of those parameters until it works.
@Liensis The cannons that Mario is able to use belong to the pink bomb-ombs and thus have their image on the door. As a side note the door itself I think is actually a dark red color instead of black, but the lighting and angles make it hard to see here.
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I had SM64 DS growing up, and as that game for the most part was a graphical update of the old game (still had...somewhat similar control and camera, but definitely worse than OG N64) the cannons look basically the same. Still have the pink bomb-omb. This is a neat build :)
@Weebsruinedthiswebsite I mean...I like it. And I'm the owner of the build marble "ruined" with this kitbash.
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Also @DarkMarble1 I got something cooking soon that you might enjoy that's in a similar vein to this (the plane, not the animu stuff :) )
@ChrisChrisThePy Eyy watch da spam fam .-.
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I assumed realistic flight model since I know you're one of the builders that prefers to build lifelike rather than arcade. I'm just tired of seeing another Mihaly Su-30 being built. X)
@Tomcatbetterthanhornet I dunno...I'm feeling the 2020 burnout bad, plus I have too many ideas stored on my computer. I may go back and finish a build that's been sitting around on my computer for a while before moving to the next current project
@CAFMK Honestly I'm waiting for 1.10 to go out of beta before I start messing with glass. However I don't see the need to go back and refit all my current builds with glass parts.
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Once 1.10 is public I'll start using those on all future builds instead of the glass outline I've stuck to.
@DarkMarble1 I promised you...what, a couple months ago, that I would get this done? I'm really just fulfilling what I set out to do lol
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Now you should have the appropriate F-14 to do your RP stuff with.
Same deal as the F-18; smooth handling, good model (so many lights lol), and low part count so pretty much any user can download and fly it.
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@ReinMcDeer I started using the activation groups for my flaps, but that comes with the disadvantage that they're either on or off (unless you do some funky tree stuff to get intermediate positions). Still it frees up VTOL for other uses and Trim for...trim. :) I see where you're coming from though and that's fine.
@MemeLordMASTERMEMES That I am. It's on my profile as "F-14A (1982) REMASTERED," along with two unlisted variations.
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I've been cool with him using my builds for his stuff, and so far he's been pretty good about at least mentioning I was the creator when he does. (His Pimp my Tomcat challenge for instance.)
Well it's nice to see my F-14 get this much mileage. :)
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Some of the carrier stuff was fun and cheeky, and I see his customized version of my F-14 made a cameo too.
I usually prefer flight handling that's more grounded (haha) and realistic, but this is smooth for a plane with more arcade-like agility and speed. Build looks good without the need for tons of detail parts. I would have the flaps on VTOL or an activation group instead of Trim (save that for the trim control), but I see why you did it for the cobra.
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Bombs could use a shorter delay than the default. More useful for the convoy mission and such.
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Overall I like this. Nice and simple Hornet with smooth handling. :)
I've seen the 2004 CG TV Anime and bits of the original hand animated OVA series (I think 90's). It's kind of a fun series; I'd describe it as Top Gun but with Japanese storytelling, though that probably doesn't do it justice. Aircraft lovers will recognize quite a few of the jets used in the series; Crusaders, Tomcats, Phantoms, Skyhawks, a Tiger II, MiG's, etc. I'd recommend trying it out if you're into anime.
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Now to download the map :)
Well it appears my F-14 has been Ace Combat Superplane-ified with this one. I like how the vertical tails are set up like the X-02 and the engine exhaust are similar to the ADF and ADFX. COFFIN cockpit is kewl. I dunno what happened with the kink in the fuselage by the front cockpit but okie lol.
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Control wise it should have been tweaked for less sensitive pitch control to get rid of that wobble. Readjusting the balance between CoM and CoL would help too. Also I'm firmly in the camp that doesn't really enjoy crazy speed and acceleration, but I won't knock the build for that. Just isn't my thing - especially with the need for gentle pitch inputs from the pilot (AKA the player).
Holy crap, this is such a wicked re-imagining of my F-14. I see we're getting our good ol' Mecha fix with this one, which is awesome.
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Sadly my laptop probably couldn't run this build comfortably so I can't actually try it out, but I seriously like what you have going here. :)
@ChrisPy ...Wait...seriously? That sounds derpy as heck. X)
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I suppose I could adjust the tailplanes to have a funky tree that pitches down when the brakes are pressed.
@Nerfaddict The blueprint I used had cutaways for the fuselage, so I used those to form a "core" for the build. UNFORTUNATELY the cutaways were smaller than the rest of the views, so another thing to adjust on the real build.
@JSwannyGaming148 It's already almost full size so I'm gonna figure out the missiles. Though somewhere in the build I lost 3ft from the length so that needs to be fixed
@Blue0Bull Hey, would it be possible to remove the auto credit from the W.I.Ps of this build? I didn't intend for them to be accessible by anyone else except myself and ChiChiWerx.
@ALRX Yep, I'm just learning at my pace. Nothing more to it.
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I DO think the single nose wheel might be to blame for the lean on takeoff. Try experimenting and see what it is; it's not the suspension because I made sure those were equal in mass, strength, and dampening.
@Blue0Bull @Inuyasha8215@tsampoy Thanks I hate it lol~
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@DarkMarble1 I really wanna pick up the manga now that I've seen the 80's OVA and the 2000's anime. It's a neat series for war drama and aviation lovers, but all three also tell the basic story differently.
@Tomcatbetterthanhornet I have so many ideas I wanna do lol~
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Maybe. :)
@SparkySparkyTheFiretruck It was a natural evolution. I wanted the space for my usual partial cockpit and realised I would have to hollow out the entire space so I just said screw it; let's go. Turned out alright for first attempt
@ALRX Well I'm just trying to follow what advice I was given. It's not as sprightly as my usual style but I intentionally wanted to do that.
@Dimkal Well, I play the game my way. Stock wings look fine enough. Yes it veers, but I'm almost 100% certain it's the nose wheel. Several other builds of mine with single nose wheels had tedency to start turning left (COUGHA-4ECOUGH). If you wanna fix it go ahead; lemme know what works.
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I don't really care for the rank. I'm here to have fun. I don't care for any expectations; I'm happy where I am and how I'm doing.
@ValtTeck Sure but maybe not that extreme lol :)
It's very cute size :3
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Tends to wobble with rapid pitch input. Slower rate on the rotators fixes that pretty nicely, but gentle pitch input (best with mouse) is fine. Definitely needs more fuel. I like this :)
As a fan of SW/WW, this pleases me. :3
+1@Tomcatbetterthanhornet I mean beyond basic flight testing, drop testing, and weapons testing we gotta do evaluation by the air force, mock combat trials, see all the weapons are working by taking it on a range...
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Lots-lots'o stuff needed to be done y'know?
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Oh and these aren't for sale. Domestic use only pal. Appreciate the sales pitch but I'm gud. Those prices seem WAY too low, you uh...you sure these aren't damaged goods? The FX-41 is at least several hundred million in cost...not including the support infrastructure.
Strike Witches you say? >:)
+1Iz pretty gud. Tomcat is popular on this site for many reasons, so lots o' builds. This one flies smoothly just like the other US fighter builds, and I'm glad the swing wing doesn't affect turning performance (for example my old F-14 became much less agile with the wings swept back).
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In terms of the proportions the engine nacelles seem a bit squished in the front; from the side view there should be some of them interrupting the silhouette of the fuselage lines. Also the landing gear seem too short? The topmost edge of the main wheels should be in-line with the engine nacelles, which would help fix some of the issues with loadout 2. Also the fuselage should slope upwards from just in front of the canopy's back edge, which would again fix the issue with loadout 2 as the Phoenix would be able to ride further from the ground. Still I like the lines and color scheme (I'm weak to the 70's High-Viz pattern), and it even has the early early IRST sensor on the nose instead of the TV camera.
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Sorry to critique. I'm verr picky when it comes to shaping.
@DarkMarble1 Mind if I tag you in an unlisted post?
@Inuyasha8215 Thanks :)
+1@Shippy456 Thanks :)
@DarkMarble1 Feel free to use it. For rp sake it's only preproduction by 2023, so it isn't quite done with testing and evaluation. So maybe full production a year or so later, if that affects any story beats you got.
The fix I find usually works is increasing the mass of the spring until they behave as normal. Having higher spring and damper probably doesn't hurt either, but it's a lot of experimentation and continuously changing the values of those parameters until it works.
+1Man this looks so smooth already!
+1@Liensis The cannons that Mario is able to use belong to the pink bomb-ombs and thus have their image on the door. As a side note the door itself I think is actually a dark red color instead of black, but the lighting and angles make it hard to see here.
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I had SM64 DS growing up, and as that game for the most part was a graphical update of the old game (still had...somewhat similar control and camera, but definitely worse than OG N64) the cannons look basically the same. Still have the pink bomb-omb. This is a neat build :)
@Weebsruinedthiswebsite I mean...I like it. And I'm the owner of the build marble "ruined" with this kitbash.
+1.
Also @DarkMarble1 I got something cooking soon that you might enjoy that's in a similar vein to this (the plane, not the animu stuff :) )
Hey look it's an attempt at a scientifically accurate dromaeosaur! As a casual fan of paleontology that makes me very happy :3
+3@ChrisChrisThePy Eyy watch da spam fam .-.
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I assumed realistic flight model since I know you're one of the builders that prefers to build lifelike rather than arcade. I'm just tired of seeing another Mihaly Su-30 being built. X)
I just hope it ain't an Ace Combat 7 livery. I've had my fill of Sol Squadron colors on Su-30's.
@Tomcatbetterthanhornet I dunno...I'm feeling the 2020 burnout bad, plus I have too many ideas stored on my computer. I may go back and finish a build that's been sitting around on my computer for a while before moving to the next current project
Alright I'm not gonna lie this combination looks badass. I love the colors on the Navalized version too
@CAFMK Honestly I'm waiting for 1.10 to go out of beta before I start messing with glass. However I don't see the need to go back and refit all my current builds with glass parts.
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Once 1.10 is public I'll start using those on all future builds instead of the glass outline I've stuck to.
@LucasNicky lol, this is more along the lines of ground pounding. Not much S P E E D going on here.
+1@DarkMarble1 I promised you...what, a couple months ago, that I would get this done? I'm really just fulfilling what I set out to do lol
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Now you should have the appropriate F-14 to do your RP stuff with.
The PSM is strong with this one, indeed.
+1Same deal as the F-18; smooth handling, good model (so many lights lol), and low part count so pretty much any user can download and fly it.
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@ReinMcDeer I started using the activation groups for my flaps, but that comes with the disadvantage that they're either on or off (unless you do some funky tree stuff to get intermediate positions). Still it frees up VTOL for other uses and Trim for...trim. :) I see where you're coming from though and that's fine.
@Voskhod Don't you dare try to start that here! XD
@MemeLordMASTERMEMES That I am. It's on my profile as "F-14A (1982) REMASTERED," along with two unlisted variations.
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I've been cool with him using my builds for his stuff, and so far he's been pretty good about at least mentioning I was the creator when he does. (His Pimp my Tomcat challenge for instance.)
Well it's nice to see my F-14 get this much mileage. :)
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Some of the carrier stuff was fun and cheeky, and I see his customized version of my F-14 made a cameo too.
I usually prefer flight handling that's more grounded (haha) and realistic, but this is smooth for a plane with more arcade-like agility and speed. Build looks good without the need for tons of detail parts. I would have the flaps on VTOL or an activation group instead of Trim (save that for the trim control), but I see why you did it for the cobra.
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Bombs could use a shorter delay than the default. More useful for the convoy mission and such.
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Overall I like this. Nice and simple Hornet with smooth handling. :)
I've seen the 2004 CG TV Anime and bits of the original hand animated OVA series (I think 90's). It's kind of a fun series; I'd describe it as Top Gun but with Japanese storytelling, though that probably doesn't do it justice. Aircraft lovers will recognize quite a few of the jets used in the series; Crusaders, Tomcats, Phantoms, Skyhawks, a Tiger II, MiG's, etc. I'd recommend trying it out if you're into anime.
+3.
Now to download the map :)
@Ouroboros I've done that with my builds before too. I've forgotten an occasional feature in my rush to get the project done.
@Notaleopard I did. That one is gonna be even worse for my computer lol
Aww hecc, I was gonna make one of these eventually too.
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Y e'rry1 gotta steal my ideas lol
Well it appears my F-14 has been Ace Combat Superplane-ified with this one. I like how the vertical tails are set up like the X-02 and the engine exhaust are similar to the ADF and ADFX. COFFIN cockpit is kewl. I dunno what happened with the kink in the fuselage by the front cockpit but okie lol.
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Control wise it should have been tweaked for less sensitive pitch control to get rid of that wobble. Readjusting the balance between CoM and CoL would help too. Also I'm firmly in the camp that doesn't really enjoy crazy speed and acceleration, but I won't knock the build for that. Just isn't my thing - especially with the need for gentle pitch inputs from the pilot (AKA the player).
Holy crap, this is such a wicked re-imagining of my F-14. I see we're getting our good ol' Mecha fix with this one, which is awesome.
+1.
Sadly my laptop probably couldn't run this build comfortably so I can't actually try it out, but I seriously like what you have going here. :)
Right on :)
+1@HawkerAviation Oh hush hush, you :)
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Tis only the precursor to greater things in the future...
@psychoslayer Tried that, doesn't work that well. I've found a much better system for doing spoilerons on my recent F-14 and F-1 fighters.
@DimitriIqbal91 Not right now. This was just me dipping my foot into the water, so to speak. Eventually there will be an F-22, but not now.
@AccilianMilitaryAircraft Love me sum AC planes :3
+2Now THIS is an interesting reimagining of my F-14. :) Gives off anime-like superplane vibes, and it's low part count too. I'll have to try it out.
+1@ChrisPy ...Wait...seriously? That sounds derpy as heck. X)
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I suppose I could adjust the tailplanes to have a funky tree that pitches down when the brakes are pressed.
@Nerfaddict The blueprint I used had cutaways for the fuselage, so I used those to form a "core" for the build. UNFORTUNATELY the cutaways were smaller than the rest of the views, so another thing to adjust on the real build.
@JSwannyGaming148 It's already almost full size so I'm gonna figure out the missiles. Though somewhere in the build I lost 3ft from the length so that needs to be fixed