In real life, deploying the flaps cause 3 things to happen. First, the nose tips down and you have to pull up to counteract it. Second, you get a lot more lift. Third, you get considerably more drag and often have to increase the throttle a bit to maintain speed.
TLDR Trailing edge flaps usually cause the nose to pitch down. It's perfectly normal.
@Kakhikotchauri1 I think it's really cool that you're standing up for Speech Freedom here on the SimplePlanes forums. With all the suffering and injustice in the world, we need more heroes like you. Children will sing songs about you one day, maybe even a statue or something. God speed, hero.
@Formula350 Maximum altitude and maximum speed become increasingly challenged as bypass ratio increases, but there are methods to counter this. For instance, combat aircraft use afterburners (which benefit greatly from bypass air) to increase both altitude and speed.
Obviously extreme bypass engines arent suitable for afterburning, but there may be other design tricks that can assist them in achieving higher speeds.
Cat-Baron not only makes top-notch work, but he's also the classiest guy on here. Always friendly, drama free, and his planes fly even better than they look.
The best time to post a plane is after thorough testing. Be sure to carefully observe all the moving parts both on the ground and in flight.
Then taxi your aircraft, take off, test the cruising speed and the max speed at 50000 and 35000 feet altitude. If all that is satisfactory, test the stall speed and stall recovery.
Finally, and most importantly, land your aircraft. The mark of a good build is the ability to safely land it. I cannot tell you how many garbage builds cant even safely return to earth on here.
@Formula350 Stray shots are a major issue in warfare, particularly explosives. Thankfully, US warplanes almost always used .50 caliber Browning machineguns, which couldn't use explosive ammunition.
However, after the war, the USAF switched to using dumbfire rockets and that did cause some problems when a target drone got loose and the Airforce accidentally set a town on fire trying to bring it down.
@Formula350 I was referring to WW2 era holographic gunsights that could compensate for the turning of the airplane. Normally, when turning hard (which is the same as pulling up) and firing the guns, the bullets seem to "fall" because by the time they reach the distance of the target, the target has moved and your planes nose is pointing in a new direction.
What the special gunsight would do is it would estimate for you how far ahead of the target you needed to aim based on the distance (which the pilot would enter using an adjustable knob) and on how hard the plane was turning (which the gunsight automatically figured out because it had a built in gyroscope).
The result was that when you turned the plane, the crosshairs would move around, accurately showing you where the bullets were going to go when they got to the target.
TLDR: smart gunsight show where bullets go make aim really easy for pilot
@Mostly I've done a bit of digging and come across a well constructed explanation of what you mention. TLDR, the 1903 Wright Flyer used a wooden track as a runway, but not a catapult.
@AN2Felllla Mig-29, F-16, and F-18 were part of a push to develop less expensive alternatives to the Flanker, Eagle, Tomcat etc. Originally, the Soviets planned to keep the Sukhoi plane for domestic use only and export the Fulcrum but with the fall of the USSR, it became financially necessary to export the Flanker as well.
This has basically ruined Mikoyan as their product is considerably inferior to the Flanker series but only slightly less expensive, causing most buyers to skip right over the MiG-29 in favor of the Sukhoi.
@LieutenantSOT The short answer is that history really is this silly sometimes. They hide it most of the time, try to make it look like the leaders always know what they're doing, but the blind lead the blind.
@Mostly His final aircraft, the Demoiselle, is an absolute masterpiece. I am tempted to build one for SP! But the 14 bis was considerably inferior to the Wright designs.
@WarHawk95 You see, what I have done here is called "tempting fate." Tomorrow, an Egyptian Rafale will shoot down an Israeli F-15. The pilot will eject and survive, but the Eagle's 50 year winning streak will be over, and I will be to blame. Terrible, isnt it?
@WarHawk95 You're surprisingly rude for somebody who wants me to take their irrelevant anecdotes seriously. Does this method normally work better for you?
@Rodrigo110 As if I never had fewer points than I do now. As if everyone here never started from zero. What an absurd point of view.
I value downloads over everything else because that is what drives me. The idea that somebody out there is flying my plane. The idea that I can pull some chunk of history out of a book and make it relevant for some kid. Or hundreds of people.
Points dont matter to me. All I care about is doing a good enough job that people want to fly the plane.
@PoinX25tlessWhyShouldI Right now I am constructing a 12th century Norman castle. It's very time consuming, mining all the stone and cutting the timber, refining the iron ore and that's all aside from actually building the bloody thing. At least I've got the moat dug. But the whole project could take quite some time, and I dont see any aeronautical engineering getting done in the meantime.
In real life, such planes are usually controlled by computers that automatically activate brakes in the wing tips. If it were up to the pilot, he'd be so busy keeping the nose pointed forward that he wouldn't have time to do anything else!
For SimplePlanes, you have two options that others have already mentioned: you can install a hidden tail (by using XML/Overload to shrink down a full-size tail) or you can learn Funkytrees and use it to control a pair of air brakes like in real life.
In real life, deploying the flaps cause 3 things to happen. First, the nose tips down and you have to pull up to counteract it. Second, you get a lot more lift. Third, you get considerably more drag and often have to increase the throttle a bit to maintain speed.
TLDR Trailing edge flaps usually cause the nose to pitch down. It's perfectly normal.
+1@jamesPLANESii How would retreating blade stall cause pitch-up?
+1@Kakhikotchauri1 I think it's really cool that you're standing up for Speech Freedom here on the SimplePlanes forums. With all the suffering and injustice in the world, we need more heroes like you. Children will sing songs about you one day, maybe even a statue or something. God speed, hero.
+1Is there a report feature? It looks like this clown has "misappropriated" quite a bit of other people's hard work.
+1@Formula350 Maximum altitude and maximum speed become increasingly challenged as bypass ratio increases, but there are methods to counter this. For instance, combat aircraft use afterburners (which benefit greatly from bypass air) to increase both altitude and speed.
Obviously extreme bypass engines arent suitable for afterburning, but there may be other design tricks that can assist them in achieving higher speeds.
+1Is it possible to make custom looking VR controls, or do we have to use the specific throttle, stick, lever, switch and button parts?
Reason being is I'm working on a WWII aircraft and none of the default parts look anything like the throttle from the real plane.
+1W.N.P. is da G.O.A.T.
+1SEE YA!
+1Nice job, meatman!
+1I am really impressed with this one. You managed to squeeze a mighty fine looking bird out of only 156 parts, a real treat for all the mobile users.
+1All hail our new Canadian overloard!
+1Sukhoi Flankers, every single day.
+1O god
+1Amazing work
+1Very cool
+1@Kangy Not me, WNP
+1@FabioGalvao5679 I dont think so, but you should be able to make something like that by attacking multiple parts together
+1@FabioGalvao5679 Not only will this open up cockpits for low-part-count users, but it will certain shapes so much better
+1He couldn't bring the world into SP, so he brought SP into the world!
+1These are the sketchiest screenshots I've ever seen! It doesn't even have a 3-view. Why?
+1Cat-Baron not only makes top-notch work, but he's also the classiest guy on here. Always friendly, drama free, and his planes fly even better than they look.
+1The best time to post a plane is after thorough testing. Be sure to carefully observe all the moving parts both on the ground and in flight.
Then taxi your aircraft, take off, test the cruising speed and the max speed at 50000 and 35000 feet altitude. If all that is satisfactory, test the stall speed and stall recovery.
Finally, and most importantly, land your aircraft. The mark of a good build is the ability to safely land it. I cannot tell you how many garbage builds cant even safely return to earth on here.
Thanks for reading!
+1Best A5 in the whole, wide... front page
+1What a great looking plane, and mobile-friendly too! Awesome.
+1@Formula350 Stray shots are a major issue in warfare, particularly explosives. Thankfully, US warplanes almost always used .50 caliber Browning machineguns, which couldn't use explosive ammunition.
However, after the war, the USAF switched to using dumbfire rockets and that did cause some problems when a target drone got loose and the Airforce accidentally set a town on fire trying to bring it down.
+1@Formula350 I was referring to WW2 era holographic gunsights that could compensate for the turning of the airplane. Normally, when turning hard (which is the same as pulling up) and firing the guns, the bullets seem to "fall" because by the time they reach the distance of the target, the target has moved and your planes nose is pointing in a new direction.
What the special gunsight would do is it would estimate for you how far ahead of the target you needed to aim based on the distance (which the pilot would enter using an adjustable knob) and on how hard the plane was turning (which the gunsight automatically figured out because it had a built in gyroscope).
The result was that when you turned the plane, the crosshairs would move around, accurately showing you where the bullets were going to go when they got to the target.
TLDR: smart gunsight show where bullets go make aim really easy for pilot
+1@Mostly I've done a bit of digging and come across a well constructed explanation of what you mention. TLDR, the 1903 Wright Flyer used a wooden track as a runway, but not a catapult.
If you fast forward to 15:45 this video sums it up nicely.
+1Nice work
+1@AN2Felllla Mig-29, F-16, and F-18 were part of a push to develop less expensive alternatives to the Flanker, Eagle, Tomcat etc. Originally, the Soviets planned to keep the Sukhoi plane for domestic use only and export the Fulcrum but with the fall of the USSR, it became financially necessary to export the Flanker as well.
This has basically ruined Mikoyan as their product is considerably inferior to the Flanker series but only slightly less expensive, causing most buyers to skip right over the MiG-29 in favor of the Sukhoi.
+1@LieutenantSOT The short answer is that history really is this silly sometimes. They hide it most of the time, try to make it look like the leaders always know what they're doing, but the blind lead the blind.
+1Broseidon, lord of the brocean.
+1@Mostly His final aircraft, the Demoiselle, is an absolute masterpiece. I am tempted to build one for SP! But the 14 bis was considerably inferior to the Wright designs.
+1Have you considered 3D wings and tail surfaces?
+1@RajkoGavrilovic Josip Broz Tito, well said.
+1@WarHawk95 I virtually saved all of Tamriel from Alduin the World-Eater.
+1@WarHawk95 You see, what I have done here is called "tempting fate." Tomorrow, an Egyptian Rafale will shoot down an Israeli F-15. The pilot will eject and survive, but the Eagle's 50 year winning streak will be over, and I will be to blame. Terrible, isnt it?
+1@WarHawk95 You're surprisingly rude for somebody who wants me to take their irrelevant anecdotes seriously. Does this method normally work better for you?
+1Beware of huns in the sun!
+1@MrSilverWolf I said "sports cars," not all sports cars. lol
+1Has about the same speed and gas mileage as a sports car, but you dont have to worry about cops or red lights. Nice.
+1@Rodrigo110 As if I never had fewer points than I do now. As if everyone here never started from zero. What an absurd point of view.
I value downloads over everything else because that is what drives me. The idea that somebody out there is flying my plane. The idea that I can pull some chunk of history out of a book and make it relevant for some kid. Or hundreds of people.
Points dont matter to me. All I care about is doing a good enough job that people want to fly the plane.
+1One of my favorite designers was behind this one, Alexander Kartveli. Probably the most under rated engineer of his time. You did a great job with it!
+1I hate that you did such an amazing job building such a terrible plane. But your skill is undeniable.
+1Brilliant
+1@PoinX25tlessWhyShouldI Right now I am constructing a 12th century Norman castle. It's very time consuming, mining all the stone and cutting the timber, refining the iron ore and that's all aside from actually building the bloody thing. At least I've got the moat dug. But the whole project could take quite some time, and I dont see any aeronautical engineering getting done in the meantime.
+1This is the coolest, most original thing I've seen on here all year!
+1OH NO!
So anyway...
+1:|
You get to make the rules, bub.
+1Looks good, cant wait
+1In real life, such planes are usually controlled by computers that automatically activate brakes in the wing tips. If it were up to the pilot, he'd be so busy keeping the nose pointed forward that he wouldn't have time to do anything else!
For SimplePlanes, you have two options that others have already mentioned: you can install a hidden tail (by using XML/Overload to shrink down a full-size tail) or you can learn Funkytrees and use it to control a pair of air brakes like in real life.
+1