Seeing one of these in the wild was an unique experience for me. It became very clear that I was nothing more than a very small, short lived part of something unimaginably large and beautiful.
You could use a stretched curved-top block. The old kind from before adjustable fuselage blocks, they smoothe out depending on how they're connected to things, so with the right connection... But you might have to adjust the curve of the front piece to match the curve of the block.
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.
@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.
@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.
@Freerider2142 At first I didn't mind Eve's control scheme because it wasn't very different than the submarine simulators I used to play. The equipment and skills and techniques are all very, very deep too. But eventually I realised that the ships were just window dressing for an economy simulator, and I just don't have the right attitude for business.
@QingyuZhou Yeah. That Huey blew my mind! Building such a distinctive shape from both inside and out was very impressive. This one here is great as well, XD
AGM-84 "Harpoon" It entered service in the late 70's.
Anyway, guided missiles go back to the 50's, yes. But it is important to keep in mind that none of them worked as they do in this game. Heads up display (or almost any display at all!), target selection, look down shoot down, 360° scanning, the list goes on and on. I'm pretty sure you know all this stuff, but it's fun for me to talk about it with someone. Anyway, good luck with your idea.
Is there a designer mod that puts photos in the background, because I would love to use blueprints in the builder instead of having to carefully measure the pixels of blueprint images.
@AdlerSteiner You can XML mod structural (non flappy) wings to have control surfaces. You can also XML mod wings so that they no longer have wing physics (and don't cause problems, or have lift).
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.
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 should invest the 5 dollars on the stock market. I don't recommend tech stocks as they are having a very rough month indeed, but snoop around a bit and you're bound to find something on the rise. Spread the money out a bit and in 2 or 3 months I'm sure you'll have the other 5 dollars you'll need to cover taxes and fees, leaving you with a 7 dollar target. Cheers!
@Phoza Short nosed biplanes are tough because the COM needs to be well ahead of the COL. That alone would be no problem except the front landing gear is right below the COL, meaning your plane will faceplant on the ground if you move too much mass too far forward.
Just looking at the pics, it seems to me your tail is too small, which means SP moves your COL forward, which makes the plane unstable, which is made worse because (again) your tail is too small.
Nose-up does not necessarily mean lift, it could lead to a stall and you certainly don't want your nose pointing upward in a stall.
That said, nose-up is usually a lot more comfortable to manage than nose-heavy. That's probably why we almost never see seaplanes on here. People have a tough time building good seaplanes with a decently high center of lift.
@communisticbanana Ok, ok, I've had my fun. Yes, it's a pretty good B-17. Judging by the chin, you were going for the "G" model, which was late-war. I'd recommend a natural aluminum paint for that, because the USAAF asked Boeing to stop painting them in October of '43 (only a couple months after they started making the G). But of course individual units still painted their planes if they wanted to, plus it's your build. Anyway, cheers!
PZL M15 "Belphegor"
You're welcome
+1Seeing one of these in the wild was an unique experience for me. It became very clear that I was nothing more than a very small, short lived part of something unimaginably large and beautiful.
+1Good job identifying the birb but there was also a rather large building in there.
+1@IanTheCuberGamer Sorry, I don't play Warthunder. But yeah, good build.
+1You could use a stretched curved-top block. The old kind from before adjustable fuselage blocks, they smoothe out depending on how they're connected to things, so with the right connection... But you might have to adjust the curve of the front piece to match the curve of the block.
EDIT: Outstanding work, btw
+1@FastDan Thanks!
+1I 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.
+1@TheDepressedPig I hope you feel better, Pig. Depression is... well, they won't allow me to describe it properly on here. I sympathize.
+1@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@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.
+1@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.
+1PZL M15 "Belphegor"
+1@Caveman999 The shiny bright bit that hangs around the light.
+1I love this question because the answer is so simple! You should build the PZL M15 "Belphegor"
+1@Freerider2142 At first I didn't mind Eve's control scheme because it wasn't very different than the submarine simulators I used to play. The equipment and skills and techniques are all very, very deep too. But eventually I realised that the ships were just window dressing for an economy simulator, and I just don't have the right attitude for business.
+1@QingyuZhou Yeah. That Huey blew my mind! Building such a distinctive shape from both inside and out was very impressive. This one here is great as well, XD
+1You've got skill
+1Wings and tail are too small, but the plane still looks great because you got all the textures and shapes looking right. Very cool.
+1You built this whole thing from scratch?
+1AGM-84 "Harpoon" It entered service in the late 70's.
Anyway, guided missiles go back to the 50's, yes. But it is important to keep in mind that none of them worked as they do in this game. Heads up display (or almost any display at all!), target selection, look down shoot down, 360° scanning, the list goes on and on. I'm pretty sure you know all this stuff, but it's fun for me to talk about it with someone. Anyway, good luck with your idea.
+1Is there a designer mod that puts photos in the background, because I would love to use blueprints in the builder instead of having to carefully measure the pixels of blueprint images.
+1@Kerbango That does look addictive.
+1@AdlerSteiner You can XML mod structural (non flappy) wings to have control surfaces. You can also XML mod wings so that they no longer have wing physics (and don't cause problems, or have lift).
+1@Freerider2142 Not that Hurricane, this one. If I had to pick a WW2 fighter I'd go with the Corsairs big brother, the Jug.
And yes, Eve is the most insidious time vampire ever devised.
+1@Freerider2142 Same! Second only to the Hurricane. I miss Eve sometimes, but good lord does that game become a second job.
+1Brutor Tribe!
+1@rbiemer And thus, you demonstrate thevmost important virtue for success, tenacity.
+1Have you been posting planes a lot? The site only allows 3 per day.
+1Skull Island
+1Shoot everyone, if that fails then try stabbing them.
+1@Chancey21 Yeah, I'd be like "Up yours 104, I spent a long #$%@ time getting it right and it's beautiful" if I were in your shoes XD
+1The 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.
+1Eye watering detail. How many hours do you think you spent on this beautiful bird?
+1I 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@TheWhistlingDeath Air and Space Museum, Udvar Hazy Center. Seeing little kids asking their parents about that big silver plane made my skin crawl.
+1You should invest the 5 dollars on the stock market. I don't recommend tech stocks as they are having a very rough month indeed, but snoop around a bit and you're bound to find something on the rise. Spread the money out a bit and in 2 or 3 months I'm sure you'll have the other 5 dollars you'll need to cover taxes and fees, leaving you with a 7 dollar target. Cheers!
+1This replica is awesome, this description is awful. Don't sell yourself short.
+1STUG LIFE
+1@Phoza Short nosed biplanes are tough because the COM needs to be well ahead of the COL. That alone would be no problem except the front landing gear is right below the COL, meaning your plane will faceplant on the ground if you move too much mass too far forward.
Just looking at the pics, it seems to me your tail is too small, which means SP moves your COL forward, which makes the plane unstable, which is made worse because (again) your tail is too small.
+1This tank SUCKS!
+1Nose-up does not necessarily mean lift, it could lead to a stall and you certainly don't want your nose pointing upward in a stall.
That said, nose-up is usually a lot more comfortable to manage than nose-heavy. That's probably why we almost never see seaplanes on here. People have a tough time building good seaplanes with a decently high center of lift.
+1Nice build! Feeling better?
+1@Strikefighter04 Thats pretty cool! And sad. But mostly cool.
+1@communisticbanana Ok, ok, I've had my fun. Yes, it's a pretty good B-17. Judging by the chin, you were going for the "G" model, which was late-war. I'd recommend a natural aluminum paint for that, because the USAAF asked Boeing to stop painting them in October of '43 (only a couple months after they started making the G). But of course individual units still painted their planes if they wanted to, plus it's your build. Anyway, cheers!
+1@ThomasRoderick Agreed. Hitler was a fool to build capital ships for commerce raiding. Those boats could have been dozens (hundreds?) of uboats.
+1OH MY GOD, IT'S A MIRAGE!
+1I'm tellin yall it's a sabotage!
@JamesPlanesii (Shakes tiny fist in futility) You've won this round, but I'll be back! Muahahahahahaha!
+1You just want my sweet, sweet spotlights and got jealous of the 17 people ranked lower than me.
+1Yeah, I really don't want the airplane I'm riding in to do that.
+1