@LimitedShelf568 Yeah, competition for votes is a possibility. Mostly, I think some kinds of builds catch more attention than others, but there are plenty of exceptions. I do not equate upvotes to quality, and I don't mind that only a slim percentage of SP users vote. I played this game for almost a year before I created an account and started uploading and voting. But I do understand the desire to have your creations seen and appreciated. I would say that it's important to upload one at a time, and do what you can to make them stand out. Background mods can help, for example.
There are numerous factors that effect upvotes in addition to time. Foremost is probably photography, if the opening picture doesn't interest people you've already lost them before they even know what you've made. Rather than worryibg about getting the whole thing in frame, consider details that make it stand out, or an angle that really confronts the viewer. Second is recognition, are they familiar with this plane/ship/meme/pony/mech/breakfast cereal? How about you or anyone that's spotlighted it? Builders who make a lot of original creations sometimes struggle to generate interest, but if they can create sometimethibg visually explosive, the shock value can work in their favor ( check out Sleddriver as an example, all his craft are his imagination, but his sense of style has generated a huge buzz around here).
Anyway, to answer your question, weekends are best, probably Atlantic primetime if you want to time it to the hour. The more users online, the more available traffic you'll have. The key is getting past the first 25 or so votes and making it to the front page.
I'd skip the red outline. While regs stated that the it was official, some crews didn't get the memo, didn't have the paint on hand or simply refused to put any red near their insignia (friendly fire concerns? general hatred for the IJN? not sure.)
Whichever you choose, she looks great, and I really like it when skilled builders choose under appreciated planes like this one.
@satanplane LOL I tried sooooooo hard to like SH4, but it just made me miss 3 so much more. I can't get any of them to run these days. I really miss stressing out about all the torpedo math.
@satanplane You'd be surprised how many people on the internet go wild for old German submarines. There haven't been many sims as good as Silent Hunter 3.
@TexJohnston I don't really see the point in recreating the bomb-tube. It was dangerous as hell and the Navy never used it, even for practice. Anyway, youll get better with time, most of the really fancy stuff is just mods anyway. Finetuner and Overloader.
This is so Cool! It's like a Vigilante and a Phantom II got blended together, combining the best and ignoring the worst! It flies well too, how much time did you put into making this thing?
@ChasingHorizon US had better ships. Yamato was big, but BB's didn't win the war, especially not when America can decode your comms and you sport inferior radar. That's not to say Japan didn't have some great ships and great captains, they did.
@SajabAerospace Great! The main visual difference (aside from the camera lenses themselves) is the nose. Foxbat' s nose was designed around a MONSTROUS radar, but such heavy and expensive equipment is unnecessary for ground attack or recon. So the RB features a narrower nose and does not have a large, dark cone of dielectric material at the tip.
Man, I am really excited that more people (you) are taking an interest in this jet. It really was an amazing mix of cutting edge design and wildly outdated equipment. Like some kind of stainless steel monster, designed by mad scientists.
Hitler bit off more than he could chew, America bombed the crap out of almost everyone and Stalin ended up the big winner. Anything else you want to know?
Actually, if you want to learn about a really brutal and fascinating piece of WWII, read about the Winter War in Finland. Finnish pilots, flying outdated aircraft, racked up the highest kill rate in aeronautical history. And that's just the aerial part of the conflict, on the ground it was even more brutal. Ever heard of a Molotov cocktail? Finnish troops invented that name.
Cool! Which Foxbat are you going to do? I made a Foxbat-P, early model interceptor. I've also seen a very good Foxbat-PU two-seat trainer on here somewhere. In my opinion, no one has paid much attention to the Foxbat-RB recon/bomber variant yet, and I would love to see one. Recon missions are super dangerous, and no one ever builds the planes except the Blackbird. Anyway, check mine out, let me know what can be improved, ok?
@SuperSpeedyTurtle You just have to keep practicing. If you see something on here you like, download it and pull it apart to see how it works. That's how I figured stuff out, that and posting questions in the forums.
Before seeing this, I had never considered how well the tools in this game might lend themselves to Art-Deco designs. This is really beautiful work you've done here, thank you for making it.
-EDIT- GREAT VIDEO! That landing was hilarious, but you pulled it off. The pod is a radar jammer, and I am so glad you like the air brakes, they're my favorite part. THANK YOU for featuring my plane.
@CRJ900Pilot Hmmm, I'll check that out later today. That may have come from when I copy-pasted into the challenge post so it would register as a predecessor. You might need to re-attach and re-nudge the rotor and door. If I can find the problem on my end, I'll post a fix for you later today.
@EternalDarkness The F104 and F105 were both extremely fast at low altitude, thanks to low drag and high wing loading. I've found that in Simpleplanes, you usually have to choose between realistic performance up high or down low. For my Foxbat, it was up high. For the Thud, it had to be down low. I am very pleased that you like it.
@ChiChiWerx I had modded the mass of the rotors and it messed them up, after changing them to 10x mass, the problem was lessened, and now the gear works great. As for the speed I think I used like 5x or something, I modeled the performance off of low altitude (mach 1.1 @ sea level) and just ignored the high altitude stuff. Thuds flew low and fast, flying high would just make you SAM bait over North Vietnam.
The long awaited sequel to your Bear, awesome!
@LimitedShelf568 Yeah, competition for votes is a possibility. Mostly, I think some kinds of builds catch more attention than others, but there are plenty of exceptions. I do not equate upvotes to quality, and I don't mind that only a slim percentage of SP users vote. I played this game for almost a year before I created an account and started uploading and voting. But I do understand the desire to have your creations seen and appreciated. I would say that it's important to upload one at a time, and do what you can to make them stand out. Background mods can help, for example.
There are numerous factors that effect upvotes in addition to time. Foremost is probably photography, if the opening picture doesn't interest people you've already lost them before they even know what you've made. Rather than worryibg about getting the whole thing in frame, consider details that make it stand out, or an angle that really confronts the viewer. Second is recognition, are they familiar with this plane/ship/meme/pony/mech/breakfast cereal? How about you or anyone that's spotlighted it? Builders who make a lot of original creations sometimes struggle to generate interest, but if they can create sometimethibg visually explosive, the shock value can work in their favor ( check out Sleddriver as an example, all his craft are his imagination, but his sense of style has generated a huge buzz around here).
Anyway, to answer your question, weekends are best, probably Atlantic primetime if you want to time it to the hour. The more users online, the more available traffic you'll have. The key is getting past the first 25 or so votes and making it to the front page.
This thing looks great, but the real joy is flying it! I love how you took the time to make her fly like a real plane.
I'd skip the red outline. While regs stated that the it was official, some crews didn't get the memo, didn't have the paint on hand or simply refused to put any red near their insignia (friendly fire concerns? general hatred for the IJN? not sure.)
Whichever you choose, she looks great, and I really like it when skilled builders choose under appreciated planes like this one.
@satanplane LOL I tried sooooooo hard to like SH4, but it just made me miss 3 so much more. I can't get any of them to run these days. I really miss stressing out about all the torpedo math.
@satanplane You'd be surprised how many people on the internet go wild for old German submarines. There haven't been many sims as good as Silent Hunter 3.
@TexJohnston I don't really see the point in recreating the bomb-tube. It was dangerous as hell and the Navy never used it, even for practice. Anyway, youll get better with time, most of the really fancy stuff is just mods anyway. Finetuner and Overloader.
This is so Cool! It's like a Vigilante and a Phantom II got blended together, combining the best and ignoring the worst! It flies well too, how much time did you put into making this thing?
A great tribute to one of the most innovative ships ever devised.
The livery is quite striking, reminds me of TRON. I like it.
Nice!
Man, you got this thing looking real good. Especially the nose and the twin-tail. The time you put out into this thing really shows, awesome work!
You make great builds, remarkably quickly! Sometimes you'll have 2 or 3 on the front page in the same week and I think to myself, "How does he do it?"
Now that we have gyros to keep things from flipping, why not try building an airship?
Legos?
Gonna do a Sikorsky Skycrane? They're pretty neato.
@ChasingHorizon US had better ships. Yamato was big, but BB's didn't win the war, especially not when America can decode your comms and you sport inferior radar. That's not to say Japan didn't have some great ships and great captains, they did.
Do an old sub chaser. Maybe a WW2 Japanese design. Something that worked long and tirelessly, and never got the credit it deserved.
@SajabAerospace Great! The main visual difference (aside from the camera lenses themselves) is the nose. Foxbat' s nose was designed around a MONSTROUS radar, but such heavy and expensive equipment is unnecessary for ground attack or recon. So the RB features a narrower nose and does not have a large, dark cone of dielectric material at the tip.
Man, I am really excited that more people (you) are taking an interest in this jet. It really was an amazing mix of cutting edge design and wildly outdated equipment. Like some kind of stainless steel monster, designed by mad scientists.
Hitler bit off more than he could chew, America bombed the crap out of almost everyone and Stalin ended up the big winner. Anything else you want to know?
Actually, if you want to learn about a really brutal and fascinating piece of WWII, read about the Winter War in Finland. Finnish pilots, flying outdated aircraft, racked up the highest kill rate in aeronautical history. And that's just the aerial part of the conflict, on the ground it was even more brutal. Ever heard of a Molotov cocktail? Finnish troops invented that name.
Cool! Which Foxbat are you going to do? I made a Foxbat-P, early model interceptor. I've also seen a very good Foxbat-PU two-seat trainer on here somewhere. In my opinion, no one has paid much attention to the Foxbat-RB recon/bomber variant yet, and I would love to see one. Recon missions are super dangerous, and no one ever builds the planes except the Blackbird. Anyway, check mine out, let me know what can be improved, ok?
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/07td22/MiG-25P-Foxbat-A-FINAL
Don't sweat it Tex, this one is more realistic.
WOW!
@SuperSpeedyTurtle You just have to keep practicing. If you see something on here you like, download it and pull it apart to see how it works. That's how I figured stuff out, that and posting questions in the forums.
@BaconRoll Yeah, it does
@SuperSpeedyTurtle it just takes time, don't sweat it
@Baconartor9000 10/10 Would die again!
@Benjaminair Thank you very much!
@ChaMikey Not really, but the rest of us had fun WATCHING. LOLOLOL
@ChaMikey Thanks man! Trying to get this thing to VTOL is hilarious, sometimes I force guests to try to fly it.
VIGI, HELL YEAH! Recon planes like this are so cool, and this one probably had the most dangerous job of all!
This is... wow.
Before seeing this, I had never considered how well the tools in this game might lend themselves to Art-Deco designs. This is really beautiful work you've done here, thank you for making it.
@TexJohnston I'm glad you noticed! I try to choose under-appreciated planes that were important for their time. Welcome to S-P!
@Franticmatty Thanks! You got a YT channel?
-EDIT- GREAT VIDEO! That landing was hilarious, but you pulled it off. The pod is a radar jammer, and I am so glad you like the air brakes, they're my favorite part. THANK YOU for featuring my plane.
@CRJ900Pilot https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/9njshN/F-105D-Thunderchief-fix There it is. Good catch!
@Ian1231100 Lol
@planelover400 @Tang0five @helilover03 Thanks fellas, I'm glad you enjoy it.
@CRJ900Pilot Hmmm, I'll check that out later today. That may have come from when I copy-pasted into the challenge post so it would register as a predecessor. You might need to re-attach and re-nudge the rotor and door. If I can find the problem on my end, I'll post a fix for you later today.
@Zerokiller3 Me too! My favorite of the Century Series.
@EternalDarkness The F104 and F105 were both extremely fast at low altitude, thanks to low drag and high wing loading. I've found that in Simpleplanes, you usually have to choose between realistic performance up high or down low. For my Foxbat, it was up high. For the Thud, it had to be down low. I am very pleased that you like it.
@NativeChief1492 Sure thing! Take all the time you want, heaven knows I took forever myself.
@Ian1231100 @phanps Thank you!
These canard jets always look like spaceships to me. Beautiful work.
@MasterLobster @TMach5 @DeezDucks Thanks guys, I hope you enjoy flying it.
@CRJ900Pilot HEY thanks man!
@ChiChiWerx I had modded the mass of the rotors and it messed them up, after changing them to 10x mass, the problem was lessened, and now the gear works great. As for the speed I think I used like 5x or something, I modeled the performance off of low altitude (mach 1.1 @ sea level) and just ignored the high altitude stuff. Thuds flew low and fast, flying high would just make you SAM bait over North Vietnam.
@NativeChief1492 Yeah, I'd love to see what you can come up with.
@Shmexysmpilot I think I can make it work, I was able to land it even without goofing around with the landing gear. Thanks again.