@Strikefighter04 With regard to the suicide attack, this was a serious problem for interceptor pilots from the mid 40's up untill guided missiles became reliable: too much speed. An ME-262 going head to head with a B-24 has a closing speed of over 700 miles an hour. The guns only have an effective range of a few hundred meters, and that distance gets crossed in less than a second. Even from behind, the Messerschmitt will over shoot the Libby by over 200mph, that's not a lot of time to line up a good shot and pull away!
I think the Brits took evasive action. Lancasters may not have been the most maneuverable planes of the war, but in the dark of night you could maybe slip away if you rolled into a steep dive and pulled away in a random direction. Obviously you couldn't get away with it if your bay was full of TNT tho.
@Colonel1J2R3Wolf So if the gyro is turned off, and you're flying striaght up when it turns on, it will automatically pull itself to the maximum pitch/roll? And what are all the other settings?
@jamesPLANESii @TheDepressedPig Yes. The entire crew did an excellent job averting disaster. It's always bothered me that airline staff are so under appreciated. All you ever hear about are the mistakes, security concerns and weather delays. But it's not an easy industry to work in, and there are some amazing people that hold it together.
@winterisstark111 If you use the "scale" tool, there is a checkmark for "engine power." Scale up the engine with "engine power" selected to whatever strength you want (10, for example), then uncheck "engine power" and shrink it back down to normal size (0.1). That should give you a motor 10x as strong as normal.
You should ditch that engine mod and get Finetuner instead. That way you can modify the engine without requirinf other people to install extra software just to fly your plane.
Nice list! The TU-144 benefitted from a bit of industrial espionage, giving the Russians an edge in terms of R&D but in their haste to be "first" the accelerated development meant less time to perfect the production run. The result? Constant midiar system failures and an abysmal safety record. It's a shame, a little more time and they'd have had a real world-winner.
@Megaplanesinc Yes, that's possible. Just as it's possible with normal planes. But think about it this way: how often do you accidentally crash into the water? What if every single time that happened, the game crashed? What if it crashed even more often than that?
I think you'd be better served using wind to power this idea.
Negative friction is not so good for the game because unlike thrust, it doesn't have a top speed. In other words, you continue to accelerate until the game crashes.
@Ilikepotatos Lemme put it this way: my planes don't suck but I haven't been able to make a decent helicopter. The key to making a good chopper in this game is gyroscopes, but I haven't really figured out all the gyroscope settings yet.
@Freerider2142 Yeah, I've been planning out a starship type of craft for some time. If you set a turbojet to 2000x strength but only .01 max throttle input, you should be able to get something that is silently reminscent of a microwarpdrive. Then adding an airbrake with a max value of 5000 should be able to instantly bring the ship to a full stop at any speed.
@PhantomBladeCorp So, fun fact! Stalin actually means steelworker. (Or "man of steel" depending on how sycophantic one is.) So yeah, dude changed his name to sound like a comicbook character. Kinda sad if you really think about it. Also, steelium doesn't make sense.
The F-82? Yeah, but I don't know why they bothered, the P-47N had longer range. I guess 4 eyes are better than 2. It would seem that the second pilot could operate a radar set, so this is what replaced the P-61 for all-weather interception.
@ThePilotDude Yup, takeoff and landing were the worst times. I mean, it always is with any aircraft. But with those 50's jets it was worse because the wings were designed for high speed and didn't have all the fancy slats and swing wings and BLCS and other tricks we use nowadays to make jets easier to control at low speed.
@ThePilotDude Humiliating but very common unfortunately. Thus, my username. I wonder how many German pilots made the same mistake in WW2? A ME-262 would probably crater just as easy as a F-94.
@ThePilotDude Killing yourself in first and second generation jets was surprisingly easy, especially at night up in the mountains. The PO-2 was notorious for slow and low night raids and fighters always had a hard time intercepting them. But yes, quite a humiliation for the USAF.
There was a whole feature film about ultralights back in the 80s. Starring Mak Hamill and Bill Paxton, it was called Slipstream and it was about a postapocalyptic world where everyone got around in ragged ultralights and hot air balloons. Not the best flick ever, but still pretty cool.
@PlanesOfOld Yeah, SP has come a long way, and so have your planes!
@FastDan Thanks!
+1@Strikefighter04 With regard to the suicide attack, this was a serious problem for interceptor pilots from the mid 40's up untill guided missiles became reliable: too much speed. An ME-262 going head to head with a B-24 has a closing speed of over 700 miles an hour. The guns only have an effective range of a few hundred meters, and that distance gets crossed in less than a second. Even from behind, the Messerschmitt will over shoot the Libby by over 200mph, that's not a lot of time to line up a good shot and pull away!
I think the Brits took evasive action. Lancasters may not have been the most maneuverable planes of the war, but in the dark of night you could maybe slip away if you rolled into a steep dive and pulled away in a random direction. Obviously you couldn't get away with it if your bay was full of TNT tho.
+1I really like the camo design!
@TheDepressedPig I hope you feel better, Pig. Depression is... well, they won't allow me to describe it properly on here. I sympathize.
+1@Freerider2142 Don't be sorry, posts like that are what forums were intended for.
@Colonel1J2R3Wolf So if the gyro is turned off, and you're flying striaght up when it turns on, it will automatically pull itself to the maximum pitch/roll? And what are all the other settings?
I would say ~ 2.031 oodles give or take .001 bits.
@jamesPLANESii @TheDepressedPig Yes. The entire crew did an excellent job averting disaster. It's always bothered me that airline staff are so under appreciated. All you ever hear about are the mistakes, security concerns and weather delays. But it's not an easy industry to work in, and there are some amazing people that hold it together.
+1@jamesPLANESii Frankly, I haven't heard anything about the copilot. I am sure they deserve some credit, though.
@Megaplanesinc It's your choice, dude. I'm just sharing what I know.
@Megaplanesinc "beefy ipad"
lol
@Botfinder Navy actually. The Airforce wouldn't take her, their loss, lol.
@winterisstark111 If you use the "scale" tool, there is a checkmark for "engine power." Scale up the engine with "engine power" selected to whatever strength you want (10, for example), then uncheck "engine power" and shrink it back down to normal size (0.1). That should give you a motor 10x as strong as normal.
+1You should ditch that engine mod and get Finetuner instead. That way you can modify the engine without requirinf other people to install extra software just to fly your plane.
+1Nice list! The TU-144 benefitted from a bit of industrial espionage, giving the Russians an edge in terms of R&D but in their haste to be "first" the accelerated development meant less time to perfect the production run. The result? Constant midiar system failures and an abysmal safety record. It's a shame, a little more time and they'd have had a real world-winner.
@Megaplanesinc Yes, that's possible. Just as it's possible with normal planes. But think about it this way: how often do you accidentally crash into the water? What if every single time that happened, the game crashed? What if it crashed even more often than that?
I think you'd be better served using wind to power this idea.
Negative friction is not so good for the game because unlike thrust, it doesn't have a top speed. In other words, you continue to accelerate until the game crashes.
@Ilikepotatos Lemme put it this way: my planes don't suck but I haven't been able to make a decent helicopter. The key to making a good chopper in this game is gyroscopes, but I haven't really figured out all the gyroscope settings yet.
Helicopters are very challenging. You should try, but don't be too hard on yourself if it doesn't come together as easily as your other aircraft.
@Freerider2142 Well, it's good to hear that the warm feeling in your heart isn't the result of coronary disease or some sort of microwave weapon.
You're frontpage-famous now!
And of course, the PZL M15 "Belphegor"
+2@Freerider2142 Yeah, I've been planning out a starship type of craft for some time. If you set a turbojet to 2000x strength but only .01 max throttle input, you should be able to get something that is silently reminscent of a microwarpdrive. Then adding an airbrake with a max value of 5000 should be able to instantly bring the ship to a full stop at any speed.
Since it is a warpdrive capable starship, you could be excused for making it accelerate and stop unnaturally fast...
@Saikanadian Good man
@PhantomBladeCorp So, fun fact! Stalin actually means steelworker. (Or "man of steel" depending on how sycophantic one is.) So yeah, dude changed his name to sound like a comicbook character. Kinda sad if you really think about it. Also, steelium doesn't make sense.
+1The link! It's dead, Jim.
It crashes the game if you touch water, it also crashes the game if you aren't careful about limiting your maximum speed somehow.
PZL M15 "Belphegor"
+1@PhantomBladeCorp Stalin mostly just beat up on his own dudes, but I can see your point.
Wait. Why would the airforce need a snorkle?
@WaffleCakes Awwwww shhhhhh... shoot. Thats awesome. Thank you very much!
@WaffleCakes Quadruple Apache, actually. The Mustang ran on Merlins, the P-38 and the Apache both had crummy old Allison V-12's.
@Chancey21 I was just thinking that!
The yellow ball needs to be the same height as(or slightly below) the red ball.
The red ball needs to be in front of the blue ball.
The easiest way to make it work is to keep the wings as far back as possible and the nose relatively heavy. But dont overdo it.
The F-82? Yeah, but I don't know why they bothered, the P-47N had longer range. I guess 4 eyes are better than 2. It would seem that the second pilot could operate a radar set, so this is what replaced the P-61 for all-weather interception.
@ThePilotDude Yup, takeoff and landing were the worst times. I mean, it always is with any aircraft. But with those 50's jets it was worse because the wings were designed for high speed and didn't have all the fancy slats and swing wings and BLCS and other tricks we use nowadays to make jets easier to control at low speed.
@Bearclaw189 The Skyknight? Oh, I have to agree, I just love Douglas aircraft.
@ThePilotDude Humiliating but very common unfortunately. Thus, my username. I wonder how many German pilots made the same mistake in WW2? A ME-262 would probably crater just as easy as a F-94.
@ThePilotDude Killing yourself in first and second generation jets was surprisingly easy, especially at night up in the mountains. The PO-2 was notorious for slow and low night raids and fighters always had a hard time intercepting them. But yes, quite a humiliation for the USAF.
@Bearclaw189 Starfire was just a Shootingstar modified with 2 seats and radar. Definitely wasn't a Meteor.
@Bearclaw189 Click the link, dude.
@Minecraftpoweer Ya, I woulda linked to the wiki but you have to dig and dig to get to it. The reddit does link to the wiki tho
@Strikefighter04 Unblocked, sorry bout that.
@GermanWarMachine Crap, I did but no idea why. I'll pull him off ASAP
@GermanWarMachine As they said on reddit PO-2 IS 2 OP.
Stole my haircut. Wtf
There was a whole feature film about ultralights back in the 80s. Starring Mak Hamill and Bill Paxton, it was called Slipstream and it was about a postapocalyptic world where everyone got around in ragged ultralights and hot air balloons. Not the best flick ever, but still pretty cool.