Shift based on the sound of the engine. You'll have to keep your music off or turned down, but it is what it is. Don't shift early it's bad for the engine, wait until the engine starts growling a bit, if you shift late it burns a little more fuel but it also helps you accelerate faster and generates more horsepower.
As for power steering, its nice and all but you'll have a better feel of the road without it. Takes a bit of muscle, but in slippery conditions the wheel will turn more easily all of a sudden, telling you that the wheels aren't gripping the road properly.
@CSP27 Fighter bombers are usually designed to be relatively stable. That allows for solid aiming and good low altitude performance and speed. But not always, the A-4 Skyhawk was quite aerobatic and used by stunt teams for quite a while.
The closer the blue COL is to the red COM, less stable your plane will be. The less stable it is, the easier it is to turn but it will be more difficult to fly straight. If the COM and COL get too close, the plane will be too unstable to control at all.
Wing loading also affects agility. A lighter plane turns easier and accelerates faster.
@tsampoy A number of people spent a long time building these trucks for your contest and you derived quite a few points from their work. The least you can do is link their builds and bring them a little appreciation.
@RamboJutter Until recently, there were different planforms. Usually engine placement was the biggest difference (Tail mounted engines, etc.). But it seems the Boeing style (first seen in the B-47 Stratojet) is the only one in use these days for large planes. Older airliners had almost as much variety as millitary planes, especially during the 1940's through the 1960's.
@Oski That sounds pretty bad, but what I meant was a totally new plane using a fresh missile from the toolbar. Ideally you make the plane out of fresh parts also from the toolbar, reason being is your xml files could be messed up.
@Spacedoge12345plane I'm just messing with you. You should probably wikipedia search them and compare that way. Your guess is just as likely to be correct as most everyone else on here.
Congratulations
So many great planes, and a well executed challenge!
+1Shift based on the sound of the engine. You'll have to keep your music off or turned down, but it is what it is. Don't shift early it's bad for the engine, wait until the engine starts growling a bit, if you shift late it burns a little more fuel but it also helps you accelerate faster and generates more horsepower.
As for power steering, its nice and all but you'll have a better feel of the road without it. Takes a bit of muscle, but in slippery conditions the wheel will turn more easily all of a sudden, telling you that the wheels aren't gripping the road properly.
+1I appreciate your use of off topic, but this post would be some much less inane if involved aircraft.
@QuickNils I googled how to format text in simpleplanes, that's how. lol
Use hashtag.
CAPSLOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR AWESOME
@Stellarlabs
+1@CSP27 Yup
@CSP27 Fighter bombers are usually designed to be relatively stable. That allows for solid aiming and good low altitude performance and speed. But not always, the A-4 Skyhawk was quite aerobatic and used by stunt teams for quite a while.
@lowenbrau This is quality work. Detailed, but not with too many parts.
@CSP27 Its just something to consider when building. A design choice.
The closer the blue COL is to the red COM, less stable your plane will be. The less stable it is, the easier it is to turn but it will be more difficult to fly straight. If the COM and COL get too close, the plane will be too unstable to control at all.
Wing loading also affects agility. A lighter plane turns easier and accelerates faster.
No reason. I bet LLama could take some shots for you. He's super-helpful.
+2Sounds kinda braggy, docha think?
Wasn't Albacore a submarine?
@Irobert55 You should definitely check it out. Thoroughly. Not only is it hilariously clever, but it also covers a huge amount of content.
@Mostly ChiChi is not a fanboy. It's okay to disagree with him, but people should be grateful he takes the time to share what he knows.
@Irobert55 Have you considered becoming active on the TV Tropes website? Conversations like this are much more successful there.
@Irobert55 This post is irrelevant to me.
+2Worst P-38 ever.
+4@AviownCorp More than this?
I hate that movie but I am upvoting this anyway because it looks great.
Your planes look good from above. It might be tine to consider how they look from other angles.
A flash of fire falls
+1The samurai and his steed
Petals on spring wind
@tsampoy Very good. Thank you, and congratulations on a successful challenge. You've inspired some good builds here.
@RailfanEthan Yes sir, I do recall the effort you put into those fenders. Very nice work.
@RamboJutter There are hypersonic concepts, but its all pretty far fetched looking.
+1@tsampoy A number of people spent a long time building these trucks for your contest and you derived quite a few points from their work. The least you can do is link their builds and bring them a little appreciation.
Link the builds.
+1@Oski Good man
@Oski Here, I'll link you to something I'm working on. Big time destruction. But you can't repost it, ok?
@DerekSP Move, sure! Control? Maybe.
@Oski Maybe. Sorry it happened to you.
+1@DerekSP It doesn't make the plane move, it amplifies any movement the plane has. Use a Blasto 50, youll see what I mean.
@Ajforever51 Many years of art class.
@Phoza This dude is gonna be a monster as he gets the hang of building stuff on here.
+10@Ajforever51 But constructive criticism is useful, if made carefully. Especially in a game where few people understand the underlying mechanics.
@Phoza No no no. I got it. I just misread it the first time. And it was a good summary.
+1@Phoza I was into the 5th sentence of my response to you calling me a... when I re-read it and realized you actually gave a pretty good summary. lol
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@RamboJutter Until recently, there were different planforms. Usually engine placement was the biggest difference (Tail mounted engines, etc.). But it seems the Boeing style (first seen in the B-47 Stratojet) is the only one in use these days for large planes. Older airliners had almost as much variety as millitary planes, especially during the 1940's through the 1960's.
TLDR
@FastDan Spread the word.
+1@BoganBoganTheMan This is a very impressive looking plane. The cockpit is especially stunning.
I've been working on a "Backfire-C" for several weeks now and I must say that I'm a little jealous how well yours turned out!
The best time to upload is after you've tested how it takes off, flies and lands.
Add 50 pounds to the left wing. If it starts rolling left, make it 25. If it rolls right again, make it 37. And so on, untill its even.
+3@Oski That sounds pretty bad, but what I meant was a totally new plane using a fresh missile from the toolbar. Ideally you make the plane out of fresh parts also from the toolbar, reason being is your xml files could be messed up.
@AverageFishface It is a Sunderland, and he didn't do the hull. Always check the Auto Credit.
@Spacedoge12345plane I'm just messing with you. You should probably wikipedia search them and compare that way. Your guess is just as likely to be correct as most everyone else on here.
+2@Oski Try replacing them with fresh ones from the tool bar. Just in case.
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+2@Oski What kinds of changes did you make in order to create the TOW missile?