@FishMiner Yeah, Apple has done a great job of marketing itself as a lifestyle instead of a company that assembles 3rd party computer hardware. Just like politics, fewer and fewer people are interested in looking behind the curtain and figuring out how it works.
@Rodrigo110 Antivirus software is a thing. I use it. Anyway, if you feel like buying a Kia for the price of a Porsche, that's not my business. I've owned PC, Mac, and Android devices. As a person who spends his own money, I just wanted to share with you what I know from personal experience. Apple makes expensive devices that are made with low grade hardware, I've been burned enough times. Sorry to offend your religion or whatever.
Apple products are inherantly overpriced and unfriendly to software. Take a look at this game, for instance. How often do we see IOS users asking for people to modify parts and builds for them because their devices do not allow it?
Unaware of their mortality, kids do things that seem dumb, even suicidal to the outside observer. I think most of us do such things, the only difference is we survive to look back and laugh. Either through luck, or caring people who know better, we get older. But not all of us. Being old isn't about aching limbs or outdated fashion, it's about mortality, an an implicit understanding that we can and will die. We come to know this mostly through the quiet passing of older relatives, but also the tragic loss of friends. When you're young, it's important to take big risks. There's too much to learn, too much growing to be done not push the limits on a regular basis. When you're old, you've seen the other side of those limits and you know people who crossed too far.
@MintLynx I would recommend caution about building it. There are a lot of subtle curves and unusual shapes that may be hard to create. However, I would recommend you reading up on early missile subs like the 665 because there are a lot of fascinating designs like this one, and it was the most dangerous period of the cold war.
High on the list of "crazy stuff the Russians made" is my second-favorite commie sub. Project 665, Nato reporting code: 'Whiskey Long Bin' was an early attempt at creating a guided missile platform. The original design was a diesel attack sub based off of the German Type XXI. Somehow, they decided to stack four launchers diagonally, with the business end forming the conning tower. It didn't work out very well, and they were soon replaced, but they look wild as hell.
TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, THE B-36 PEACEMAKER WAS A WW2 ERA AIRCRAFT THAT COULD CARRY SUCH A PAYLOAD BUT TO SAY IT WAS AN EXCEPTION WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. BESIDES, IT DIDN'T ENTER SERIES PRODUCTION UNTILL THE WAR WAS OVER.
That is such a blatantly stupid thing to do. Not only is it ovously a bad idea, but so potentially destructive that you probably violated the terms of service by doing it in the first place. Be smarter, next time you might lose more than some imaginary airplanes.
Your 57 part xml weapon didn't take the front page by storm, so you got on here and declared that the game is dying. That's a bit self serving, don't you think?
@randomusername I think we're going to have to agree to disagree here. I do appreciate you taking the time to explain your ideas to me, and you've been very polite. I just... well, I guess you could say I'm pretty stubborn about this stuff. Anyway, fly safe out there.
@AtlasSP Add 50 pounds to the wing that rises on its own. If it still turns, increase the weight to 100. If it turns the other way, decrease the weight. Keep doing this untill it flies level.
@randomusername I think I'm not explaining this properly. Your planes in this game will only fly level at a very specific speed if you don't use trim. If you go faster than that speed the plane will nose up on its own, if you go slower than that speed it will nose down on its own. Trim lets you fly evenly within a wide range of speeds and a wide range of altitudes in this game. It also lets you control how fast you descend, making landing much easier.
@randomusername It applies to all aspects of flight. So not taxiing, but everything else.
What you're describing below is flying at the exact perfect speed for the wings on your plane. Perfect conditions. The speed of the airflow over the wings perfectly counterbalancing the pull of gravity on the mass of the plane causing it to fly perfectly level.
Not only do such circumstances not exist in the real world (thanks to factors like weather etc.) but even if they did, it would be short lived as fuel is consumed and the mass of the plane changes.
But setting all that aside, having a wing with no trim controls means you have to fly at a specific speed without any deviation whatsoever in order to maintain even altitude and that speed varies depending on air density (again, affected by temperature, weather, and altitude).
The whole point of trim controls, control surfaces, flaps, slats, swing wings, boundary control systems, the point of all that stuff is to allow the plane to be as versatile as possible. To fly as efficiently and handle as capably under as many conditions as possible. It might seem like a small inconvenience to be forced to pull the nose up every few seconds, but in real life such issues could have serious consequences including equipment fatigue and more fuel consumption. In the old days before GPS it could even get you lost.
On supersonic jets, the pitch controls are strong. The whole tail moves, and at full deflection it can pull quite a few G's at high speed. Trim allows you to make the subtle changes that permit you to manage your rate of climb or descent. The difference between crashing and landing is how softly you make it happen, a bit of subtlety can really help there.
@randomusername Each wing is designed to provide appropriate amounts of lift within a range of speeds. That range is limited. Supersonic aircraft have to function properly over a huge range of speeds. The most effective way to manage lift is to through angle of attack, and to do that you need trim controls.
Let me put it another way. If the plane constantly wanted to turn left or right, people wouldn't like it. So why would you be ok with a plane rhat always wants to strongly pull up or down?
@ChiChiWerx Mostly just a guide for making believable planes, but also helps make SP planes fly a little better. I wanted to get into explaining AoA and flaps, but I already had a wall of text on my hands.
@AWESOMENESS360 Someone did that in the video, and that airport is on the edge of the ocean.
@ACEPILOT109 That was my first time seeing his clips, he's certainly a credit to FSX.
+2@FishMiner Yeah, Apple has done a great job of marketing itself as a lifestyle instead of a company that assembles 3rd party computer hardware. Just like politics, fewer and fewer people are interested in looking behind the curtain and figuring out how it works.
+2@Rodrigo110 Antivirus software is a thing. I use it. Anyway, if you feel like buying a Kia for the price of a Porsche, that's not my business. I've owned PC, Mac, and Android devices. As a person who spends his own money, I just wanted to share with you what I know from personal experience. Apple makes expensive devices that are made with low grade hardware, I've been burned enough times. Sorry to offend your religion or whatever.
+1Apple products are inherantly overpriced and unfriendly to software. Take a look at this game, for instance. How often do we see IOS users asking for people to modify parts and builds for them because their devices do not allow it?
I just attach airbrakes or parachutes.
+1Unaware of their mortality, kids do things that seem dumb, even suicidal to the outside observer. I think most of us do such things, the only difference is we survive to look back and laugh. Either through luck, or caring people who know better, we get older. But not all of us. Being old isn't about aching limbs or outdated fashion, it's about mortality, an an implicit understanding that we can and will die. We come to know this mostly through the quiet passing of older relatives, but also the tragic loss of friends. When you're young, it's important to take big risks. There's too much to learn, too much growing to be done not push the limits on a regular basis. When you're old, you've seen the other side of those limits and you know people who crossed too far.
+1I remember, welcome back
Enjoy yourself and stay safe. I mean it.
+3@Supernovaboss504 Seriously, do not worry. I just sent you the link because I didn't want you to run outta ideas. I understand.
This is not an airplane, but I will upvote anyway becuz: mod now.
@laserborn88 Sorry, nobody home!
You make [clickable links](with html here)
@Supernovaboss504 Believe it or not, it's no big deal. Good luck with your builds.
How about a WWII era German "Puma" scout car
F
+1RAF CHALLENGE
(posts a Stuka)
+6Sounds legit.
@MintLynx Yeah, even into the 1950's a lot of strange attempts to push the technology as far as it could go.
@MintLynx I would recommend caution about building it. There are a lot of subtle curves and unusual shapes that may be hard to create. However, I would recommend you reading up on early missile subs like the 665 because there are a lot of fascinating designs like this one, and it was the most dangerous period of the cold war.
High on the list of "crazy stuff the Russians made" is my second-favorite commie sub. Project 665, Nato reporting code: 'Whiskey Long Bin' was an early attempt at creating a guided missile platform. The original design was a diesel attack sub based off of the German Type XXI. Somehow, they decided to stack four launchers diagonally, with the business end forming the conning tower. It didn't work out very well, and they were soon replaced, but they look wild as hell.
@laserborn88 Who are you, J Edgar Hoover?
+3GAME OVER MAN
+11Because you skipped the tutorial, that's why.
+3@AWESOMENESS360
TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, THE B-36 PEACEMAKER WAS A WW2 ERA AIRCRAFT THAT COULD CARRY SUCH A PAYLOAD BUT TO SAY IT WAS AN EXCEPTION WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. BESIDES, IT DIDN'T ENTER SERIES PRODUCTION UNTILL THE WAR WAS OVER.
CAPSLOCK IS AUTOPILOT FOR AWESOME!
@RailfanEthan lololol
@RailfanEthan Hey, some guy was asking about train collabs earlier. I was tempted to mention you, but no one likes getting volunteered.
@TheOtherBaconEggs BUILD a PC instead.
FIFY
+2It only makes the explosion look bigger, it doesn't increase the splash damage radius.
That is such a blatantly stupid thing to do. Not only is it ovously a bad idea, but so potentially destructive that you probably violated the terms of service by doing it in the first place. Be smarter, next time you might lose more than some imaginary airplanes.
Hail Satan.
Why do we need to know this?
+1How dare you talk about minecraft like that!
+6Was this really necessary?
Your 57 part xml weapon didn't take the front page by storm, so you got on here and declared that the game is dying. That's a bit self serving, don't you think?
+5Another beautiful bipe from the biplane king!
+1It's beautiful. I'm serious, this is very impressive work. But please, do things that make you feel good, not stuff that drains you. Ok?
@jamesPLANESii Aft CoG, that's scary!
STOP USING THE ANNOUNCEMENT TAG FOR RP CRAP
+1Part Damaged
+8Me. All the points are for me.
Give them to me and you will come to no harm.
+9@randomusername I think we're going to have to agree to disagree here. I do appreciate you taking the time to explain your ideas to me, and you've been very polite. I just... well, I guess you could say I'm pretty stubborn about this stuff. Anyway, fly safe out there.
+1@BaconRoll Understandable. Don't be too hard on yourself.
+1@AtlasSP Add 50 pounds to the wing that rises on its own. If it still turns, increase the weight to 100. If it turns the other way, decrease the weight. Keep doing this untill it flies level.
@AtlasSP Were you using structural wings or rhe regular kind?
@randomusername I think I'm not explaining this properly. Your planes in this game will only fly level at a very specific speed if you don't use trim. If you go faster than that speed the plane will nose up on its own, if you go slower than that speed it will nose down on its own. Trim lets you fly evenly within a wide range of speeds and a wide range of altitudes in this game. It also lets you control how fast you descend, making landing much easier.
+3I think you really nailed it with this one. Tremendously realistic.
@randomusername It applies to all aspects of flight. So not taxiing, but everything else.
What you're describing below is flying at the exact perfect speed for the wings on your plane. Perfect conditions. The speed of the airflow over the wings perfectly counterbalancing the pull of gravity on the mass of the plane causing it to fly perfectly level.
Not only do such circumstances not exist in the real world (thanks to factors like weather etc.) but even if they did, it would be short lived as fuel is consumed and the mass of the plane changes.
But setting all that aside, having a wing with no trim controls means you have to fly at a specific speed without any deviation whatsoever in order to maintain even altitude and that speed varies depending on air density (again, affected by temperature, weather, and altitude).
The whole point of trim controls, control surfaces, flaps, slats, swing wings, boundary control systems, the point of all that stuff is to allow the plane to be as versatile as possible. To fly as efficiently and handle as capably under as many conditions as possible. It might seem like a small inconvenience to be forced to pull the nose up every few seconds, but in real life such issues could have serious consequences including equipment fatigue and more fuel consumption. In the old days before GPS it could even get you lost.
On supersonic jets, the pitch controls are strong. The whole tail moves, and at full deflection it can pull quite a few G's at high speed. Trim allows you to make the subtle changes that permit you to manage your rate of climb or descent. The difference between crashing and landing is how softly you make it happen, a bit of subtlety can really help there.
+2@randomusername Each wing is designed to provide appropriate amounts of lift within a range of speeds. That range is limited. Supersonic aircraft have to function properly over a huge range of speeds. The most effective way to manage lift is to through angle of attack, and to do that you need trim controls.
Let me put it another way. If the plane constantly wanted to turn left or right, people wouldn't like it. So why would you be ok with a plane rhat always wants to strongly pull up or down?
@Spitfirelad05 It's absolutely based off of it. But if you look up the revised "II" version, it looks much different.
@ChiChiWerx Mostly just a guide for making believable planes, but also helps make SP planes fly a little better. I wanted to get into explaining AoA and flaps, but I already had a wall of text on my hands.
@JohnnyBoythePilot I'd rather not say. People should be proud of whatever they build.