Hey, cool plane. I like how you stuck with the crazy paintjob Convair gave it in real life.
What always puzzled me about this thing is how they intended to deploy it. You see, flying boats often can't land in the open ocean because of the swells. It's hard to take off or land when the "runway" is made of undulating hills taller than the plane. So did they plan to only use harbors for this thing? If so, wouldn't range be a serious factor?
I want to apologize for doing this. I did it repeatedly before I became aware this was a rule. I wasn't trying to cause trouble and I hope it didn't cause any headaches.
@Highbraker Landing supersonic airplanes has always been difficult. The earliest jets that could break the sound barrier had landing speeds of almost 200 MPH, very dangerous. It has to do with the wings, each wing is only able to work well within a certain speed range. There are various tricks people have used to give faster wings better performance at low speed (flaps, leading edge root extensions,etc) and swing wings like on the F-14 are very effective.
You might call it pog plane, but people who actually had to work with it called it the ensign eliminator. Vought was fond of building planes that went fast, without any consideration for safety: Corsair, Cutlass, and Crusader were all notorious for killing their own pilots.
When you take other peoples work, it needs to be properly linked as a successor or the original builders wont get any points. Ask one of the mods to help.
@Sergio666 Trim is a special control where you move something only a little bit. If the plane is flying crooked, or the nose keeps going down, you can move the trim control and make the plane fly straight.
Make sure that the back half of your plane is angled UP so that when you pull the nose up, the tail stays out of the water. Only the middle of the plane should ever be touching the water.
The plane has to lift its nose before it can take off. CLICK ME
First, you need a large, strong horizontal tail with big, strong elevators because you need extra strength to lift the nose. On a seaplane, you have to keep the engines away from the water, so they end up sitting much too high up to evenly move the plane forward. The high-mounted engines push the nose down, so you need that big tail to pull it back up. Second, keep the tail high up and out of the water. Planes need to tip back on takeoff, and if the back half of the plane is underwater then you won't be able to pull up. Third, use trim! Go into the options for the elevators and make them trimmable. Sea planes never want to fly even, they always pull down or up, so instead of having to pull up or down every 5 seconds, use the trim slider to carefully set the plane so it will fly level. You will still have to mess with the slider every once in a while, but it's much less annoying. Fourth, accelerate slowly. Wings give you control based on your speed, but the propellers will pull your nose down based on how much throttle you give it. That means if you arent going fast, and you slam the throttle to 100%, theres a pretty good chance you will end up pushing the nose into the water or flipping the plane or something. Move the throttle up slowly.
Hey, cool plane. I like how you stuck with the crazy paintjob Convair gave it in real life.
What always puzzled me about this thing is how they intended to deploy it. You see, flying boats often can't land in the open ocean because of the swells. It's hard to take off or land when the "runway" is made of undulating hills taller than the plane. So did they plan to only use harbors for this thing? If so, wouldn't range be a serious factor?
@3 So the grip gives you a point to hold and move around and the control base functions as input. Thanks you
@KfcGaming Oh, I did not know about that
@EngineerOtaku I wasn't talking to you and we aren't acquainted
Just one thumbnail?
why?!
@poinx25tlesswhyshouldi
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I want to apologize for doing this. I did it repeatedly before I became aware this was a rule. I wasn't trying to cause trouble and I hope it didn't cause any headaches.
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Always glad to see stuff you made
Yesssssss
Boeing 707
@FlylarbWebarebear
Press F to pay respects
@Thecatbaron Wait, so in real life it doesnt look right to you? XD
Get help bro. Don't just fall into it, talk to people about it.
This is not how teasers work. Also begging for upvotes is not a good look.
@Highbraker Landing supersonic airplanes has always been difficult. The earliest jets that could break the sound barrier had landing speeds of almost 200 MPH, very dangerous. It has to do with the wings, each wing is only able to work well within a certain speed range. There are various tricks people have used to give faster wings better performance at low speed (flaps, leading edge root extensions,etc) and swing wings like on the F-14 are very effective.
@Highbraker lol, nice!
You might call it pog plane, but people who actually had to work with it called it the ensign eliminator. Vought was fond of building planes that went fast, without any consideration for safety: Corsair, Cutlass, and Crusader were all notorious for killing their own pilots.
H.F.K. is the G.O.A.T.
I love your mashups
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IMGUR wont let you post pics here because lol, but most other things work.
DONT BE BORING
PUT PICTURES IN YOUR TEASER
EVEN IF ITS JUST A RANDOM PICTURE OF YOUR CAT
Wouldnt that stuff roll all over the place whenever the plane moved?
That'll do, pig
@Canso I think you can ask the mods to fix it, I dont think you have to take it down.
Cool
When you take other peoples work, it needs to be properly linked as a successor or the original builders wont get any points. Ask one of the mods to help.
@163926 Awesome job
@rexzion No, the programmer who invented it says gif!
@Sergio666 Trim is a special control where you move something only a little bit. If the plane is flying crooked, or the nose keeps going down, you can move the trim control and make the plane fly straight.
How dare you call into question the wisdom of the party? For this insolence, we are removing all of your social credits. Do not repeat this mistake.
@BSKPlays2009 @Sergio666
Make sure that the back half of your plane is angled UP so that when you pull the nose up, the tail stays out of the water. Only the middle of the plane should ever be touching the water.
The plane has to lift its nose before it can take off. CLICK ME
Here's what I know about making seaplanes in SP:
First, you need a large, strong horizontal tail with big, strong elevators because you need extra strength to lift the nose. On a seaplane, you have to keep the engines away from the water, so they end up sitting much too high up to evenly move the plane forward. The high-mounted engines push the nose down, so you need that big tail to pull it back up.
Second, keep the tail high up and out of the water. Planes need to tip back on takeoff, and if the back half of the plane is underwater then you won't be able to pull up.
Third, use trim! Go into the options for the elevators and make them trimmable. Sea planes never want to fly even, they always pull down or up, so instead of having to pull up or down every 5 seconds, use the trim slider to carefully set the plane so it will fly level. You will still have to mess with the slider every once in a while, but it's much less annoying.
Fourth, accelerate slowly. Wings give you control based on your speed, but the propellers will pull your nose down based on how much throttle you give it. That means if you arent going fast, and you slam the throttle to 100%, theres a pretty good chance you will end up pushing the nose into the water or flipping the plane or something. Move the throttle up slowly.
@Vincent Wait, what?
1 and 4 look the best, but hear me out first
I think you should do #3 because it's the only one where someone can see all the incredible detail you put into the cockpit.
The time it takes to make a plane that looks good in #1 or even #4 is just a fraction of the time it takes to make one with a full cockpit.
@Danieldiaz Hide engines and hide wings inside it, so you can fly it around like a plane for no reason
You should make one that flies
This is very cool. I may actually get back to building!
哈哈，祝你好运
Pointless has beat Simpleplanes!
Good idea
Looking forward to it
@WarThunderPlayer Hmmm, I'm pretty sure it covers your questions in this thread of you do the whole thing. At least, it used to.
Either way, good luck amigo
@Aweyer26 Some very nice work, good job
@WarThunderPlayer I dont know who juannotanalt is, but yer not gettin any reasons from me
@WarThunderPlayer Does this make you a bourgeoisie class-enemy, or am I reading too much into this?
@WarThunderPlayer Does it feel bad?
@WarThunderPlayer I dunno man, have you ever been communismed?
@WarThunderPlayer Simple Planes Builders Commune?