Nice pictures. I myself live under one of the approaches to Belgrade airport, and close to Batajnica air base. I get to see both passenger planes and jet fighters every day. MiG-29, MiG-21, Soko G-4 and J-22 are the most common. Also transport helicopters Mi-17 and scout helicopters Soko Gazela, licence built Aerospatiale Gazelle. Passenger planes I often see include Bombardier-8, Boeing 737, Airbus A-340, and some other smaller liners.
Very cute and aerobatic. I would upvote if I haven't upvoted one almost identical. Also, I suggest establishing a fictional company and giving planes like this names. I often decide whether to upvote or not based on description, and I'm not alone on that.
@PickyPlanes you can post pictures in forums. Make a new post, upload pictures of your plane to imgur.com, and get share links for them by clicking on the little arrow on the picture. You need a fourth link it'll give you. Paste that link after an exclamation mark (!), without space, to your forum. That will make the picture show.
Plane looks good so far, but why post it unfinished? That's what forums with pictures are for. Posting unfinished builds, and then finished versions, is often considered point mining, and is not encouraged in this community.
@Thepilot172 ekranoplan uses the ground effect, making a pocket of high pressure between its wings and the ground. That let's them have better fuel efficiency than planes, but but they usually can't fly higher than a dozen meters. They can also carry more cargo than a conventional plane of the same size.
@MasterLobster thank you. It is based on Orion 20, an actual model of ekranoplan, only one commercially used in the world currently. Of course, I only took the basic idea and most of the layout, removing the V-tail, third engine, reshaping and resizing the rest of thecraft. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@ForeverPie it is often activity that counts, as well as developing techniques. With four posts, you can't expect a lot more. My first four posts scored a total of one upvote originally, with some people upvoting them for fun when I became popular.
@gareth1234 you have to work a lot for points at the beginning. Once you have a follower base, it gets easier. But first you have to attract followers with a bunch of cool builds. I'm not talking four, but more that twenty functional and decently looking planes. Then, as you become better and better at building things, more and more people like them.
Ok, I finally tested it. It flies very well. A bit slow for a jet, but very fun to fly. With takeoff/landing run it has, this plane doesn't even need VTOL. Good job.
Nice craft and nice lore. Looks very bulky, mocking the laws of aerodynamics. Very futuristic. Custom landing gear would suit it far better. Experiment with that please.
Boat works quite well. Too fast and maneuverable. It has realistic performance at around 40% throttle. I understand that iOS still can't edit engine power, but you can at least add that to description.
@TTHHSSSS nah, just an edit to fuselage block that would still behave like a fuselage block, but look concave. Just like with current fuselage blocks, collider wouldn't be affected by the change of corner, and you would adjust the corner manually. That would be a lot easier to implement. I talked to the guy who knows stuff about this.
@RodWan search for more detailed data for the aircraft. It will give you Vmax (maximum velocity) at H0 (Sea level) and Hopt (optimum altitude, maximum speed achievable in level flight). For example, you have mentioned XF-11. Here's an entire operating manual for XF-11
Pretty nice, almost like there really is ground effect. Actually, you are just maintaining the speed at which the craft neither climbs nor descends. Good job balancing it to do that. I used gyroscope and precise trim to make my ekranoplan (not released yet, scheduled for weekend) fly level at very low altitude.
I am not trying to cause an argument. Just stating my opinion on the subject. iOS sucks, good iOS builders rock. Although, iOS doesn't suck as much now that they have a built-in fine tuner.
Nice pictures. I myself live under one of the approaches to Belgrade airport, and close to Batajnica air base. I get to see both passenger planes and jet fighters every day. MiG-29, MiG-21, Soko G-4 and J-22 are the most common. Also transport helicopters Mi-17 and scout helicopters Soko Gazela, licence built Aerospatiale Gazelle. Passenger planes I often see include Bombardier-8, Boeing 737, Airbus A-340, and some other smaller liners.
Very cute and aerobatic. I would upvote if I haven't upvoted one almost identical. Also, I suggest establishing a fictional company and giving planes like this names. I often decide whether to upvote or not based on description, and I'm not alone on that.
@Thepilot172 nope. But if you follow instructions, you can get this thing to fly as if it was in ground effect. Simply, to fly very low.
@ogtopey like this?
@PickyPlanes you can post pictures in forums. Make a new post, upload pictures of your plane to imgur.com, and get share links for them by clicking on the little arrow on the picture. You need a fourth link it'll give you. Paste that link after an exclamation mark (!), without space, to your forum. That will make the picture show.
Eh, anything I should do with it? It just spins out due to vertical stabilizer being in the middle.
Plane looks good so far, but why post it unfinished? That's what forums with pictures are for. Posting unfinished builds, and then finished versions, is often considered point mining, and is not encouraged in this community.
@A3 thanks. I'm not sure.
@Gavib mostly on F-20 Tigershark in terms of design
@Marine @SuperGamaPro201 I'm glad you like it
@Thepilot172 ekranoplan uses the ground effect, making a pocket of high pressure between its wings and the ground. That let's them have better fuel efficiency than planes, but but they usually can't fly higher than a dozen meters. They can also carry more cargo than a conventional plane of the same size.
@CommanderSword those two were quite unrealistic. I didn't have as much skill back then. And yeah, it's a simplified M.Corp coast guard livery.
@Fishbowl1121 engines are on the front to avoid splash from the pontoons. That was taken from Orion 20 ekranoplan produced in Russia.
@KerlonceauxIndustries thanks
@TheLatentImage I'm glad you like it. Now I know it's really good.
@GermanWarMachine you can try :)
@Liquidfox thank you
@MasterLobster thank you. It is based on Orion 20, an actual model of ekranoplan, only one commercially used in the world currently. Of course, I only took the basic idea and most of the layout, removing the V-tail, third engine, reshaping and resizing the rest of thecraft. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@ForeverPie it is often activity that counts, as well as developing techniques. With four posts, you can't expect a lot more. My first four posts scored a total of one upvote originally, with some people upvoting them for fun when I became popular.
@gareth1234 you have to work a lot for points at the beginning. Once you have a follower base, it gets easier. But first you have to attract followers with a bunch of cool builds. I'm not talking four, but more that twenty functional and decently looking planes. Then, as you become better and better at building things, more and more people like them.
Ok, I finally tested it. It flies very well. A bit slow for a jet, but very fun to fly. With takeoff/landing run it has, this plane doesn't even need VTOL. Good job.
Nice craft and nice lore. Looks very bulky, mocking the laws of aerodynamics. Very futuristic. Custom landing gear would suit it far better. Experiment with that please.
Looks cute. Remind me to test it later please, I'm not on my PC now.
It great. Good job on the cockpit.
Boat works quite well. Too fast and maneuverable. It has realistic performance at around 40% throttle. I understand that iOS still can't edit engine power, but you can at least add that to description.
Don't apologise for not uploading. Quality > quantity. The boat looks very nice. I'll test it now.
Looks very nice. Maybe add some moving parts, like swing wings or loading ramp.
@TTHHSSSS nah, just an edit to fuselage block that would still behave like a fuselage block, but look concave. Just like with current fuselage blocks, collider wouldn't be affected by the change of corner, and you would adjust the corner manually. That would be a lot easier to implement. I talked to the guy who knows stuff about this.
@RodWan search for more detailed data for the aircraft. It will give you Vmax (maximum velocity) at H0 (Sea level) and Hopt (optimum altitude, maximum speed achievable in level flight). For example, you have mentioned XF-11. Here's an entire operating manual for XF-11
Looks cute
@Mrwhiskers85 it is new. I never saw anyone do this. It emulates ground effect better than anything I ever saw.
@GermanWarMachine I know. Like hunting an elephant with a bb gun.
@Alienbeef0421 some of them, yes.
Click here for the ekranoplan
@Oski Tiny2 is dicoverable? I didn't notice that. Maybe if I land on it?
Pretty nice, almost like there really is ground effect. Actually, you are just maintaining the speed at which the craft neither climbs nor descends. Good job balancing it to do that. I used gyroscope and precise trim to make my ekranoplan (not released yet, scheduled for weekend) fly level at very low altitude.
@EpicPigster1 congrats on that
Start at Yager final approach and take heading 345. Have "Air to ground" active so they get marked when you are close enough.
Why don't you just make a single top quality one?
Wings are too long. Other than that, very nice build. Especially given your rank.
Very cute. I like it.
Go to "Stuff", "Blog", and open the latest one. It's the update log. It's all there.
Very nice. I think you are the first one to make something like this.
Finally, units I can compare to real life without having to calculate. Thanks for making this, m8.
No problem @Cedy118
Looks gr8. I r8 8/8 m8.
@ColonelStriker try beer. Gather some friends and have a few, if you are of the appropriate age.
Too OP. Plz nerf.
Just kidding, it's cool.
@ColonelStriker for me, it was getting more friends. Alcohol helps a bit too, but don't overdo it.
You put # in front of it.
I am not trying to cause an argument. Just stating my opinion on the subject. iOS sucks, good iOS builders rock. Although, iOS doesn't suck as much now that they have a built-in fine tuner.