Sweet beans as Mr. RailfanEthan likes to say. I think in this context that is a good thing. I also got a hint of Clancy from the description too. Good stuff!
Nah, I think I’ll let her be. If you want to make the prop alteration before you test her then great! But if not, no big deal. Her take off performance is marginal, due to her being over her safe take off weight, you see, but her flight performance is ok-ish, once you drop tanks and start using ordinance. I have two more entries in the works, too! Great challenge. @Dimkal
Many thanks! Im glad that the old girl holds together. Im pretty chuffed with the nozzles myself...@Tang0five
Cheers! This kite was a pita to build. This is actually take three of four. I struggled with the shapes and proportions. I think its still a wee bit off, but good enough is good enough, what? @ChiChiWerx
This isnt so hard to simulate, albeit loosely.
Connect two hinges (ideally with base mesh disabled) together, with the exhaust vane on top. Then set one to «open» on throttle, the other to «close». The one that closes on opening throttle should have more travel and travel faster, the other should have less travel andctravel slower.
You then get exhaust vanes that close on opening the throttle, only to slowly open up slightly again. Not ideal, but it looks cool.
Check my F-15 to see it in practise.
This is nice. The YA-9 competed against the YA-10 and lost. Partly because of politics, partly because of the advantages the YA-10 represented. I seem to remember that the engine placement on the 9 was frowned upon. Low in the airframe as they are, they are exposed to ground fire and debris ingestion. The podded engines in the 10 were looked upon as a better config for the CAS role.
Indeed. As flown by the brave chaps of the RAAF in the Solomons, 1943 onward against the Japs. Which, btw, was my all time favourite campaign in IL-2 1946. @Tang0five
Many thanks! She was a little daunting to build, the part count started to get silly and she handles so much better than her real life counterpart, but hey, do you want realism or do you want fun? ;-) @ChiChiWerx
@Trainzo Many thanks. This was a bit of a bugger to get right (or at least as right as I could make it).
@Tang0five Cheers matey! My favourite bit is the cowl flaps. A bit esoteric, but there you are...
Seriously, though, my plan was to balance this against my FM-2 Wildcat. It is supposed to roll like that because it needs to roll faster than my Wildcat. The main issue I have with her is that she is almost twice as heavy as an actual Zero. @BogdanX
Hva er rysk? Mente du tysk? I så fall, guten tag mein herr! @Minecraftpoweer
Ah. Svensk. Im in Norway, right next door! @Minecraftpoweer
400kr? NOK? DKK? SEK?@Minecraftpoweer
Beans? @RailfanEthan
Abso - bloody - lutely wonderful!
+1And universal balance is restored. @RailfanEthan
But what about the beans? @RailfanEthan
Dont let me stop you! The more the merrier, pluss thos one is not going to set the world on fire and Im sure yours will be much better. @ChiChiWerx
Im in.
@Tang0five Much obliged, old boy!
@mikoyanster Many thanks.
Thank you Mr Werx. @ChiChiWerx
Thanks! I got to the end of the build and thought that it lacked something. The beak and the name were the last things to fall into place. @Carbonfox1
@Dimkal Cheers!
@SledDriver Many thanks!
France became independent from whom? @bang091
+1Very, very nice.
One small issue. The RnoAF penant has its point toward the tail. Totally counter intuitive, I know.
Good fun to fly. Well built, too.
Huh, you did. Sorry! I missed it. I got second prize, too! Yay me! @Sgtk
+2Whats the eta on that result now? @Colonel1J2R3Wolf
Did this contest ever get judged?
Nope. Im from Scotland. So basically whomever England are playing against. Nothing personal to my Southern friends, but it is what it is. @ChiChiWerx
+1Of course my dear fellow. Only the best where you’re concerned.
Oh, and could you kindly pop over to mtbr? I left you a message. @Alien
Sweet beans as Mr. RailfanEthan likes to say. I think in this context that is a good thing. I also got a hint of Clancy from the description too. Good stuff!
Nice. Looks like a burger joint, but handles like a bistro.
Thumbs up, old boy!
Very nice!
Many thanks! Im thinking of revisiting this one soon... @DJS8Corporations
@mikoyanster
Many thanks for the spot!
Nah, I think I’ll let her be. If you want to make the prop alteration before you test her then great! But if not, no big deal. Her take off performance is marginal, due to her being over her safe take off weight, you see, but her flight performance is ok-ish, once you drop tanks and start using ordinance. I have two more entries in the works, too! Great challenge. @Dimkal
+1Surely some mistake? Its got all yellow on it...
Many thanks! Im glad that the old girl holds together. Im pretty chuffed with the nozzles myself...@Tang0five
Cheers! This kite was a pita to build. This is actually take three of four. I struggled with the shapes and proportions. I think its still a wee bit off, but good enough is good enough, what? @ChiChiWerx
This isnt so hard to simulate, albeit loosely.
Connect two hinges (ideally with base mesh disabled) together, with the exhaust vane on top. Then set one to «open» on throttle, the other to «close». The one that closes on opening throttle should have more travel and travel faster, the other should have less travel andctravel slower.
You then get exhaust vanes that close on opening the throttle, only to slowly open up slightly again. Not ideal, but it looks cool.
Check my F-15 to see it in practise.
@carrot2110 Thanks! This was not easy. The Eagle is a bloody complex shape.
I think I have something to enter here... cool challenge.
+1Well, I picked a bad week to build an F-15 it seems. This is awesome.
This is nice. The YA-9 competed against the YA-10 and lost. Partly because of politics, partly because of the advantages the YA-10 represented. I seem to remember that the engine placement on the 9 was frowned upon. Low in the airframe as they are, they are exposed to ground fire and debris ingestion. The podded engines in the 10 were looked upon as a better config for the CAS role.
Very cool build!
+1Indeed. As flown by the brave chaps of the RAAF in the Solomons, 1943 onward against the Japs. Which, btw, was my all time favourite campaign in IL-2 1946. @Tang0five
Many thanks! She was a little daunting to build, the part count started to get silly and she handles so much better than her real life counterpart, but hey, do you want realism or do you want fun? ;-) @ChiChiWerx
Very nice.
@Trainzo Many thanks. This was a bit of a bugger to get right (or at least as right as I could make it).
@Tang0five Cheers matey! My favourite bit is the cowl flaps. A bit esoteric, but there you are...
Most kind. Thanks. @CRJ900Pilot
Good to see you back, CCW. This is a lovely kite.
Domo arigato goseimasu Alien-San. Also do you know how many there are of you on FB? Like trying to find a needle in a pile of needles... @Alien
«Sends planes to the gulag». I loled.
+1Best Zero on SP. Lots of parts, though.
+2@grizzlitn Appreciate the spotlight. Thanks!
Oh stop. You’ll make me blush. @MrDoolittle
+1Many thanks, old boy! Most kind of you. @Tang0five
@mikoyanster
@Sgtk
Cheers for the spotlights!
Thanks! Much appreciated.@mikoyanster
+1Seriously, though, my plan was to balance this against my FM-2 Wildcat. It is supposed to roll like that because it needs to roll faster than my Wildcat. The main issue I have with her is that she is almost twice as heavy as an actual Zero. @BogdanX
+1