18.8k F104Deathtrap Comments

  • How to deal with auto yaw while flying? 6.8 years ago

    @CoolPeach It's always better to get the problem at its root, but if the root can't be found, this solution should prevent hairloss or aneurisms.

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  • How to deal with auto yaw while flying? 6.8 years ago

    I get this problem from time to time. The easiest way to fix it is to ignore the cause completely. I just make a small vertical fin and hide it inside the vertical tail, then I rotate it by very small amounts until it cancels out the yaw problem. It creates a little extra drag, but nothing bad.

    You don't need to make the fin very big, only like 1×1 block depending on the size of the plane and the size of the problem. As for rotation, it's usually very fine: 0.72° 1.45° etc.

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  • Importing custom colors 6.8 years ago

    @T8flightcrafts No, not IOS Apple is the devil.

  • it's been a long time 6.8 years ago

    I remember you. You were very active back then. Welcome back

  • NEW GRAVITAR!!! 6.8 years ago

    @ThePilotDude I like to think of the Corsair as an advanced fighter. The biggest US aces flew Corsairs. I think if you could survive long enough to learn how to really fly her, she was the most lethal navy fighter of the 1940's for sure.

  • NEW GRAVITAR!!! 6.8 years ago

    @HistoricBirds @ThePilotDude While I am just messing with you, I do feel that way. The Corsair was a true monster of the skies. Anazing speed, agility and climb. Even good at ground attack. But she was also a moster to her own crews. Vought always sacrificed safety to make the fastest plane possible, qnd the pilots paid for it in blood. Simply gunning the throttle was enough to send a Corsair into a spin, combined with non-existant forward visibility and terrible low speed handling the Navy had to refuse her.

    Then look at the Hellcat. She couldn't crack 400mph and was even sluggish in a turn at first. Slow, stubby, nobody ever says "My favorite is the Hellcat." But she was the backbone of the whole US Navy! More pilots became aces flying a Hellcat than any other plane in the war! Not Messerschmitts, not even P-51's, but the Hellcat. Why? Because she was tough to kill and easy to fly. Leroy Grumman was a Navy pilot, and he cared deeply about them. He invited top aviators to help him design the Hellcat. He had 200 pounds of armor protecting the pilot, and raised the cockpit up rediculously high to see over the nose. In short, Grumman designed the Hellcat to bring her pilots back alive.

    Do not get me wrong, I love the Corsair but I'd rather live in a F6F than die in a F4U.

  • Rotator help. 6.8 years ago

    You need to attach moving parts last.

  • Bus Teaser! 6.8 years ago

    Strikey, you have upped your game!

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  • NEW GRAVITAR!!! 6.8 years ago

    @ThePilotDude F6F > F4U

  • Suggestions for Dogfighting 6.8 years ago

    @IssaIwan I think this is an excellent idea for a mod, because I think it would tremendously benefit a segment of the playerbase. There are some pretty clever modders around here, maybe they could cook something up.

    As for making planes that fly right, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE 100% Why in the hell would someone spend weeks building a gorgeous plane and then not bother to make it fly? What is wrong with these people? It's sickening.

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  • SIMPLEROCKETS 1.0 6.8 years ago

    Wat?

  • New designation system 6.8 years ago

    @BlackhattAircraft Nice work. Simple, clear, unmistakable.

  • Suggestions for Dogfighting 6.8 years ago

    For all that to work the 5 or 6 people who work at Jundroo would have to spend their time building a fairly sophisticated AI that only a few people would use. That means virtually no other new content whatsoever. Not to mention us the users would have to start building planes that fly realistically (something only about 3% of us actually pay attention to).

    Or you could march yourself over to the mod section, pickup the Multiplayer mod and make some new friends on here. That sounds like a win-win to me.

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  • vietnam from f104deathtrap 6.8 years ago

    I hope you enjoy it

  • I need a light fighter bomber 6.8 years ago

    @hobbitfrog Remove all the letters from it. The plane only has 430 parts, without the lettering you can drop it under 350 I bet.

  • Any tips for camouflage? 6.8 years ago

    @BlackhattAircraft I sure will

  • Loop in a glider IN REAL LIFE omg what how do you do a loop in a plane with no engine??? 6.8 years ago

    @Chancey21 I was so triggered, then I looked closer.

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  • Phantom cars changes for 2019 'a new direction' 6.8 years ago

    "Oh boy, I hope he lists a bunch of stuff he hasn't built yet and doesn't post any interesting pictures," said no one.

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  • Battle of Britain memorial flight! 6.8 years ago

    Kinda weird that you're doing the Battle of Britain with English bombers and no German bombers.

  • Any tips for camouflage? 6.8 years ago

    @HistoricBirds You can create uneven camo shapes along fuselage blocks by using fuselage inlets and modifying the inlet angle. You can also create interesting patterns by placing identically shaped (but differently colored) objects in the exact same place and then rotating one of them a tiny bit.

  • Any tips for camouflage? 6.8 years ago

    @BlackhattAircraft Furthest west I've been is Utah.

  • Lancaster B.II 6.8 years ago

    Berlin won't know what hit it. Good job!

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  • Loop in a glider IN REAL LIFE omg what how do you do a loop in a plane with no engine??? 6.8 years ago

    If JamesPlanesII can do it, then JamesPlanesI can do it better!

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  • Favourite plane ever? 6.8 years ago

    Hard to choose. Maybe a Saunders-Roe Princess?

  • Any tips for camouflage? 6.8 years ago

    @BlackhattAircraft Groovie

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  • Any tips for camouflage? 6.8 years ago

    @BlackhattAircraft The last all-original airworthy survivor is in Chino, California. All the others are cobbled together from parts of a variety of aircraft.

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  • Can you remove the green crosshair 6.8 years ago

    Proto is right, just use a camera

  • B29 delayed , virus hit me 6.8 years ago

    @Tully2001 Do you really want to know? :)

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  • Any tips for camouflage? 6.8 years ago

    @BlackhattAircraft lol, there's only 2 left in real life (and only one with a real Nakajima engine). I meant on here.

    I did the math once, there's a P-51 posted on here almost once a day on average.

  • Any tips for camouflage? 6.8 years ago

    @BlackhattAircraft I don't see many Zekes, considering how important they were.

  • Any tips for camouflage? 6.8 years ago

    @GhostHTX XD

  • Posting time 6.8 years ago

    @mojoyup Sure thing, you got talent. I'm looking forward to stuff you'll build.

  • Posting time 6.8 years ago

    @mojoyup There are numerous 3D backgrounds available. They're all mods and usuqlly have the word "Builder" in them.

  • Any tips for camouflage? 6.8 years ago

    @BlackhattAircraft What's your big 4? To me, it's just 3: Spitfire, Mustang, Messerschmitt.

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  • Posting time 6.8 years ago

    @mojoyup Details are important. Include them. I see you are building on a windows platform and that you have quite a lot of potential, but you're struggling to get more than a handful of votes. The answer is details. People upvote stuff that looks exciting. Are you using Finetuner and Overload mods? If not, get them. Download a few builder background mods too, to make your screenshots look exciting. See if you can include more fine details like panel seams, gauges and decals. I like your work, it shouldn't take much more effort to get you on the front page.

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  • Posting time 6.8 years ago

    @ThePilotDude thanks

  • Any tips for camouflage? 6.8 years ago

    @ThePilotDude It's just a joke. You can only build what you want to build. You can't decide not to be thirsty. To know the Spit is to love her.

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  • Posting time 6.8 years ago

    Worrying about when to post a plane is like worrying about what color paper napkins come with the hamburger you ordered: maybe you should be thinking harder about the hamburger.

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  • I have a question about a build 6.8 years ago

    People don't upvote repeat posts, that's just how it is. If you want it to be popular, you gotta do it right the first time.

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  • Need an XML mod. 6.8 years ago

    Download a plane that doesn't have this problem. Tear the wings off. Put the wings on your plane. You're welcome.

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  • Any tips for camouflage? 6.8 years ago

    Do we need another Spitfire? Has it been 3 hours already?

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  • I’m back 6.8 years ago

    A rusty 1992 Camaro up on cinder blocks, surrounded by tall grass and weeds.

  • One thing I think should be added in SP 6.8 years ago

    I don't see why you couldn't do that with the tools we have on hand.

  • Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless 6.8 years ago

    @TitanIncorporated Thanks!

  • Help 6.8 years ago

    Finetuner

  • what plane is this? 6.8 years ago

    @HistoricBirds Cheers

  • what plane is this? 6.8 years ago

    Looks like a Fairchild C-119. There aren't very many twin-boom cargo planes, and even fewer that saw large scale production, so it's a pretty safe bet it's an old Flying Boxcar

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  • Should I change my Fighter designation system? 6.8 years ago

    @BlackhattAircraft It's important to be pragmatic, choose something that works. Don't just be different for it's own sake.