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
@Tang0five cheers! They were a royal pain in the posterior to do. You see, they would randomly connect to the surrounding parts, making the control surface immobile at best and one time, at worst, causing the whole kite to open up like a break barrel shot gun upon deploying flaps. Oh what a laugh that was...
Ok, Im struggling here. Can you try logging into MTBR.com (mountain bike website) and sending me a PM? I have the same username, only with a _ between the Ghost and the HTX... Sorry for the faffing around... @Alien
Cheers me old mucker! Have fun with her. Oh, and for better performance, try drainkng all fuel from her and filling up the main fuselage behind the cockpit only. I gave her a wee bit too much fuel, you see... @Tang0five
@Tang0five @Alien
Many thanks, gents.
Oh, Alien, I couldnt get the number you sent to work on FB. Only a bunch of weird posts showed up... I promise that I respected the spaces...
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
+1Thats why she has trim and a stick that moves gradually from left to right. ;-) @BogdanX
+2Yes, she could be doing with losing a few pounds... @AnoniMosu
+1@Tang0five cheers! They were a royal pain in the posterior to do. You see, they would randomly connect to the surrounding parts, making the control surface immobile at best and one time, at worst, causing the whole kite to open up like a break barrel shot gun upon deploying flaps. Oh what a laugh that was...
Many thanks! @ChiChiWerx
This is very, very cool.
+1Ok, Im struggling here. Can you try logging into MTBR.com (mountain bike website) and sending me a PM? I have the same username, only with a _ between the Ghost and the HTX... Sorry for the faffing around... @Alien
Sexy is what I do. @MrDoolittle
+2Cheers me old mucker! Have fun with her. Oh, and for better performance, try drainkng all fuel from her and filling up the main fuselage behind the cockpit only. I gave her a wee bit too much fuel, you see... @Tang0five
+2The colour pallette in Simple Planes is long overdue an update, I feel. With an option to alter opacity. @jamesPLANESii
Very nice my dear fellow.
@Tang0five @Alien
Many thanks, gents.
Oh, Alien, I couldnt get the number you sent to work on FB. Only a bunch of weird posts showed up... I promise that I respected the spaces...
Most kind of you, old chap. @Alien
Very nice. Flies very well and looks stunning. And whats a couple of exploding ailerons between friends?
Tip top, old boy, tip top.
+1Very nice concept. I like this a lot.
+1Cheers very much! @Tang0five
Absolutely lovely! And a bloody shame she was never realised in reality!
The original Colonial Viper or the little blocky fighter thing from Space Invaders. @Scottydoestuff
Many thanks. @Roswell
This is very, very nice.
Oh, and thanks to @Minecraftpoweer for the nice guns with recoil
Any feedback is appreciated! This is my first tanky thingy...
@poopatron71 many thanks!
@yoshicraze cheers!
AA support inbound. We are Oscar Mike. Rodger.
Im glad you liked it. It is my first attempt at an airliner.
Awesome! Thanks!
Excellent! @Sgtk
Any word, old boy? @Sgtk