The best time period for fictional aircraft would be the time period that saw the fastest development: the 1920's and 1930's. Crimson Skiesis an excellent example, but not the only one. Even in real life, the sky was filled with larger than life characters. Hollywood stars, European royalty, revolver-toting postmen more similar to cowboys than couriers. It was a crazy, dangerous time.
Oh come on Chancey. There's a Jug on the front page every week. I don't have a problem with people building them out of love, but if you don't even have the motivation to choose, at least choose something that needs attention.
The biggest difference between here and other online games is the almost complete lack of competition. Sure, people try to outdo each other, and there are competition posts all the time, but rarely ever is there hostility.
People here learn from each other, borrowing techniques and innovating on them. It's quite unique, and much more pleasant than an MMO or a shooter.
PS- If the Huey DCS taught me anything, it's that helicopters are outrageously dangerous vehicles and the people who fly them are quite gifted and quite insane. Have you tried the Mig-21?
@jasonboren56 Yeah, the wings are probably too small to provide good lift for low speed. Flaps could help, or lengthening the wings. But thats all nitpicking, this is a very nice looking plane.
A twin-boom Tigercat, huh? Neat idea. The tail is a bit too long but everything else looks great. I especially like how you included air intakes at the wing roots, little details like that go a long way.
@MrTyTheGreat Yes. The problem youll encounter most is the moving parts getting attached to things other than the rotor, making it stop working... or worse. I had one plane where half the cockpit would twist around like a monsterous caterpillar whenever I moved the throttle. Took hours to fix. Test it out everytime you change anything. Save often, and don't overwrite old saves until the whole thing is done.
Oh yeah, and the movement of the different parts makes the plane shudder and wobble, so that's fun too.
@MrTyTheGreat Yes, @doge is absolutely right. Getting the size right is tricky, and getting panels to attach into the plane without bugging out the rotors is tricker. I often attach a block to the panels that I can attach to the plane interior (and then hide) so I don't have to worry about the wrong thing sticking. If that makes any sense. Anyway, good luck.
@RussianAS Yeah, I guess they could have surrounded it with Whirblewinds, but that huge back deck would be an excellent place to put a pair of 88mm dual purpose guns. I wonder if a 500lb bomb could puncture it? Do you have any info on armor thickness?
Add the moving parts last. Rotors are the second-most annoying and buggy things in the game (losing only to the pistons, slightly) and they WILL drive you crazy. The later you add them, the less you will have to redo them and all the stuff around them.
You'd think such an easy target would feature more robust AAA. Hell, many large fighting ships became little more than antiaircraft screens for carriers that were plenty faster than this thing would've been.
@jamesPLANESii The Finns flew a wide variety of antiquated planes, especially old Fokker, Bristol and Morane-Saulnier fighters. But the Buffalo served especially well in the harsh, primitive conditions because it was designed to be a tough navy plane. Sturdy landing gear, short takeoff and landing distance, rugged radial engine, etc.
Eventually they got German aircraft, but it was the rag-tag imports that held the line for the worst of it.
I'm sure you already know this, but the Brewster Buffalo became the most lethal plane of WW2 when the Finns used them against the Red Army. The US pulled them from frontline service almost immediately after entering the war, American pilots called them "flying coffins" but in the hands of the Finnish Airforce thry became the deadliest thing in the sky.
An excellent example of the pilot (not the plane) being the deciding factor in battle.If you decide not to make one, let me know.
I can tell you put a lot into this, and it's good of you to give the other guy credit.
But the sad fact is people don't upvote sucessors very much, too many people just paint a few things another color, call it an "upgraded version" and reupload someone else's work. I can see that is not what you did here, this is a really cool tank you made. I just figured I'd let you know because you're new here and I can see you've got talent.
You need to get into the XML file and modify structural wings to allow control surfaces. If that sounds a bit too complicated, then just steal the wings off of my plane here. I promise they won't wobble and you don't need to credit me or anything. Good luck.
@Andrewtheplane Come on dude, that's great you got some votes but do you really want to see everybody making the same plane over and over again? There are hundreds of awesome planes that have never been made on here and there are thousands of people that keep posting the same thing!
@Flightsimulator Actually, the US uses antique computer equipment for our ICBM inventory. Many of the programs come on floppy discs only. It's terrifying to think about, but hey, that's nuclear war for you.
@Botfinder Hard drives have nothing to do with memory. Hard drives are for storage. This guy needs to pick up some decent RAM sticks (theyre not expensive), assuming it wasn't VRAM that he ran out of (which would mean he needs a new GPU which is very expensive).
@QingyuZhou No, my initial reaction has been omitted. Anyway, we have more important matters to discuss than my failed attempts at humor.
Air yachts. You seem to have done a very good job with this one. The interior is immaculate, and the exterior looks like it was straight out of FSX. Very well done. But what next? I have a suggestion, it might be a bit of a challenge but I think you'll find it interesting.
I present to you the Consolidated/Landseaire Flying Yacht with a range of thousands of miles, a complete kitchen, bunks, living room, bay windows and the ability to land almost anywhere.
Give the photos a browsing, even if you decide not to build one, it still might give you a few ideas.
The best time period for fictional aircraft would be the time period that saw the fastest development: the 1920's and 1930's. Crimson Skiesis an excellent example, but not the only one. Even in real life, the sky was filled with larger than life characters. Hollywood stars, European royalty, revolver-toting postmen more similar to cowboys than couriers. It was a crazy, dangerous time.
+1Oh come on Chancey. There's a Jug on the front page every week. I don't have a problem with people building them out of love, but if you don't even have the motivation to choose, at least choose something that needs attention.
@TheDepressedPig Pig! Are you back again? Why do you keep leaving?
The biggest difference between here and other online games is the almost complete lack of competition. Sure, people try to outdo each other, and there are competition posts all the time, but rarely ever is there hostility.
People here learn from each other, borrowing techniques and innovating on them. It's quite unique, and much more pleasant than an MMO or a shooter.
PS- If the Huey DCS taught me anything, it's that helicopters are outrageously dangerous vehicles and the people who fly them are quite gifted and quite insane. Have you tried the Mig-21?
@CoolPeach Are car engine sounds different from the jets and props? The old set massive power but only 1% max throttle trick won't work?
@jasonboren56 Yeah, the wings are probably too small to provide good lift for low speed. Flaps could help, or lengthening the wings. But thats all nitpicking, this is a very nice looking plane.
+2You just seemed like you deserved an upvote, thats all.
Interesting
A twin-boom Tigercat, huh? Neat idea. The tail is a bit too long but everything else looks great. I especially like how you included air intakes at the wing roots, little details like that go a long way.
@MrTyTheGreat Yes. The problem youll encounter most is the moving parts getting attached to things other than the rotor, making it stop working... or worse. I had one plane where half the cockpit would twist around like a monsterous caterpillar whenever I moved the throttle. Took hours to fix. Test it out everytime you change anything. Save often, and don't overwrite old saves until the whole thing is done.
Oh yeah, and the movement of the different parts makes the plane shudder and wobble, so that's fun too.
@MrTyTheGreat Yes, @doge is absolutely right. Getting the size right is tricky, and getting panels to attach into the plane without bugging out the rotors is tricker. I often attach a block to the panels that I can attach to the plane interior (and then hide) so I don't have to worry about the wrong thing sticking. If that makes any sense. Anyway, good luck.
@RussianAS Yeah, I guess they could have surrounded it with Whirblewinds, but that huge back deck would be an excellent place to put a pair of 88mm dual purpose guns. I wonder if a 500lb bomb could puncture it? Do you have any info on armor thickness?
Add the moving parts last. Rotors are the second-most annoying and buggy things in the game (losing only to the pistons, slightly) and they WILL drive you crazy. The later you add them, the less you will have to redo them and all the stuff around them.
You'd think such an easy target would feature more robust AAA. Hell, many large fighting ships became little more than antiaircraft screens for carriers that were plenty faster than this thing would've been.
@RamboJutter Yeah, strange how so many cargo planes load through the nose. Maybe it's to keep the CoG from falling too far back.
PZL M15 BELPHEGOR
@jamesPLANESii The Finns flew a wide variety of antiquated planes, especially old Fokker, Bristol and Morane-Saulnier fighters. But the Buffalo served especially well in the harsh, primitive conditions because it was designed to be a tough navy plane. Sturdy landing gear, short takeoff and landing distance, rugged radial engine, etc.
Eventually they got German aircraft, but it was the rag-tag imports that held the line for the worst of it.
I'm sure you already know this, but the Brewster Buffalo became the most lethal plane of WW2 when the Finns used them against the Red Army. The US pulled them from frontline service almost immediately after entering the war, American pilots called them "flying coffins" but in the hands of the Finnish Airforce thry became the deadliest thing in the sky.
An excellent example of the pilot (not the plane) being the deciding factor in battle.If you decide not to make one, let me know.
@ThunderscreechEngineering True, and more creepy.
Find airplane you like. Tear it apart.
@Gravity You can't see the image?
Eye watering detail. How many hours do you think you spent on this beautiful bird?
+1Why not simply use a sphere? It would be smoother and save about a dozen parts.
I can tell you put a lot into this, and it's good of you to give the other guy credit.
But the sad fact is people don't upvote sucessors very much, too many people just paint a few things another color, call it an "upgraded version" and reupload someone else's work. I can see that is not what you did here, this is a really cool tank you made. I just figured I'd let you know because you're new here and I can see you've got talent.
+1@SlideWhistle That terms has been around a lot longer than the jerks of the internet. And it fits an air superiority fighter just fine.
@SuperSix Yes she is
@ShiptyTheLucario C:\Users[USERNAME]\AppData\LocalLow\Jundroo\SimplePlanes\AircraftDesigns
Remember to swap [username] with whatever your wndows username is, and don't include the brackets.
Sorry dude. I feel for you.
You need to get into the XML file and modify structural wings to allow control surfaces. If that sounds a bit too complicated, then just steal the wings off of my plane here. I promise they won't wobble and you don't need to credit me or anything. Good luck.
@KingHandspider No.
You clearly spent some time studying the real thing, the shape is very, very good!
@Andrewtheplane Come on dude, that's great you got some votes but do you really want to see everybody making the same plane over and over again? There are hundreds of awesome planes that have never been made on here and there are thousands of people that keep posting the same thing!
PZL M-15 "Belphegor"
PZL M15 "BELPHEGOR"
Disable the weapon or deselect air or ground targets.
PZL M15 "Belphegor"
@merasmusthewizard You lucky, lucky man. I bet the cars last a lot longer, too. Without all that rain and salt to slowly devour everything into rust.
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@roop298 There have been a few ornithopters that work quite well on here, but it's not easy building one. This glider is a good start.
@TheWhistlingDeath Oh, FIFI is much more interesting than the other ones! She can actually FLY! She's one of only two that can, the other being "Doc."
@TheWhistlingDeath Maybe you saw Bockscar at Wright-Patterson in Ohio?
@TheWhistlingDeath Air and Space Museum, Udvar Hazy Center. Seeing little kids asking their parents about that big silver plane made my skin crawl.
+1@TheWhistlingDeath Same. Creepy.
@ZHUAREVONI Yeah, she looks great... until you realize she's 20 feet tall. Then the fear sets in.
+51930's Pylon Racers
Planes are are sleek, flashy and fun to fly but also feature simple controls and surprising agility.
@Flightsimulator Actually, the US uses antique computer equipment for our ICBM inventory. Many of the programs come on floppy discs only. It's terrifying to think about, but hey, that's nuclear war for you.
@Botfinder Hard drives have nothing to do with memory. Hard drives are for storage. This guy needs to pick up some decent RAM sticks (theyre not expensive), assuming it wasn't VRAM that he ran out of (which would mean he needs a new GPU which is very expensive).
The link is dead, Jim.
+4@QingyuZhou No, my initial reaction has been omitted. Anyway, we have more important matters to discuss than my failed attempts at humor.
Air yachts. You seem to have done a very good job with this one. The interior is immaculate, and the exterior looks like it was straight out of FSX. Very well done. But what next? I have a suggestion, it might be a bit of a challenge but I think you'll find it interesting.
I present to you the Consolidated/Landseaire Flying Yacht with a range of thousands of miles, a complete kitchen, bunks, living room, bay windows and the ability to land almost anywhere.
Give the photos a browsing, even if you decide not to build one, it still might give you a few ideas.
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