Ground Effect is using aerodynamic trickery to create a low pressure zone under the car, in effect «sucking» the car to the ground. Here, I used structural wings with vtol flaps. It is possible with this set up to create negative lift. Try hitting top speed then pushing vtol up. She will fly. As in leave the ground. If you keep vtol down all the way she will stick to the ground. So the ground effect actually works. @DemonSniper8 Thanks for the review! Can I make another?
@ChiChiWerx Many thanks for the reference - I will take a look. I loved "Don't Cry for Me, Sergeant Major" - so this should be right up my alley, as it were...
Thanks for the spot and upvote too - always most welcome!
Dingdingding!@ChiChiWerx I almost wrote something about how AG3 and AG4 were out of action due to Morg's brains making the buttons stick, but I quickly realised that it would have been in pretty poor taste...
@LieutenantSOT Yeah! I looked at the XF15C to get ideas as to how the markings / colourscheme would look. The NATC was new to me so I googled it. I thought it would be perfect for a prototype.
@Kazin Fr fr no 🧢. Seriously, though - thanks! Im actually amazed it has so few parts myself. Especially since there is a working cockpit, flaps, custom landing gear and custom canopy. I really appreciate the upvote and comment 🙏🏻
@Tang0five Ive actually built something for the Star Trek Challenge! Great minds think alike, what? As for being back - agreed on the anime stuff (although I almost finished building the tank from the "drive me closer, I want to hit them with my sword" meme… sorry. But we cant let the kids have the run of the place, can we? Now all we need is the return of our resident Lightning jockey / seat - stick interface Alien and we’re in back in business!
Oh! Before I forget - check out this… (coming soon)…
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/11svukm
@Robomo00119 An IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) is a lightly armoured vehicle that is capable of delivering a squad (max 10) infantrymen to a combat area then further capable of supporting said squad with its on-board weapons systems.
@FeatherWing
Thanks! I played around with having a functional cockpit for the first time with this. It should work in VR, too!
Regarding your advice - you are totally correct. But I never can be arsed with all the "marketing" that comes with posting up a build.
I generally build for myself and dont really care if I get only a few upvotes. Its the folks who download that I really appreciate. The folks who care to drop me a line and let me know if its any good or not are even more appreciated (so many thanks for that!)
Ive started now playing around with making better thumbnails, though (see my 25 part mig 15).
@Tang0five Thanks ever so, old boy.
After a few years of job upheaval and general mind fuckery, my life is approaching something of a period of stability. This is good. It also means that I have time to do the things I enjoy - namely WoT Blitz and Simpleplanes. Glad that youre still here and that you remember me :-)
Can I enter it into the competition? It isnt a successor, but I really didnt want to start messing around with cockpits etc, since it is around 700 parts (many of them moving). Please?
Not meaning to be that guy, but if youre building for the upvotes youre doing it wrong. Build something you want to build. Build something that makes you happy either in the research, the building or in playing around with it afterwards. Building stuff only for the upvote is a fast track to shitsville.
Thanks matey! Its an iPhone 8 that is on its last legs (the battery is currently telling me I need service). So a big improvement over the iPhone6 I used to build on. Hoping to get something a bit sexier soon, though…@Tang0five
@TWDDerSharkmarine Many thanks! I was trying to adhere to the Supermarine design aesthetic as much as possible and let's face it - Supermarine designed some of the best looking fighters of the prop age.
One small update. To make carrier landings easier, set the angle of the tail hook to 45°. Otherwise you need to land an almost perfect 3 pointer to catch the wire.
Cheers! I was really into IL-2 a few years back. Was working with dome guys to get the EE Lightning and the SEPECAT Jaguar into the game. Didnt come to anything, sadly… @Almostbutnotquite
@Tang0five
Howdy. Yeah - its been a while. Hope youre well? Im still pottering around, but the tools here are starting to get a bit beyond my ability… Im just getting to grips with the glass!
Im spotting your lights and upping your votes, sunshine. Lovely stuff.
+1Ground Effect is using aerodynamic trickery to create a low pressure zone under the car, in effect «sucking» the car to the ground. Here, I used structural wings with vtol flaps. It is possible with this set up to create negative lift. Try hitting top speed then pushing vtol up. She will fly. As in leave the ground. If you keep vtol down all the way she will stick to the ground. So the ground effect actually works. @DemonSniper8 Thanks for the review! Can I make another?
+1Looks a little like some errant Gripper locked a Scimitar and a Hunter up overnight in a hangar... nice.
+1If you think that was bad you should have seen the fizzer on Thatcher... @Franticmatty
+1@ChiChiWerx Many thanks for the reference - I will take a look. I loved "Don't Cry for Me, Sergeant Major" - so this should be right up my alley, as it were...
+1Thanks for the spot and upvote too - always most welcome!
Abso-frigging-lutely-bloody-marvel-sodding-lous. I like.
+1My Yak-25 has a playmate...
Dingdingding!@ChiChiWerx I almost wrote something about how AG3 and AG4 were out of action due to Morg's brains making the buttons stick, but I quickly realised that it would have been in pretty poor taste...
+1Crikey! That was quick! I havet even put the description up yet!! Thanks. @CRJ900Pilot
+1Featured? Featured! Im very happy you all like this - it took a wee while to build & keep mobile friendly.
Thanks to all!
Hope you all like the GR.7 as much... ;-)
+1@Dogedogebread13 when is the deadline for submissions? I might make some small alterations first.
Edit: Never mind - I just read your pinned comment.
I would try this out, but I literally just built one for the Wunderwaffen challenge.
Sorry! Im a wee bit late! Goering got donut dust all over the cockpit…
@Dogedogeman1 Mobile most certainly does have Krakabloa.
@LieutenantSOT Yeah! I looked at the XF15C to get ideas as to how the markings / colourscheme would look. The NATC was new to me so I googled it. I thought it would be perfect for a prototype.
Bonus points to the man, woman, person, camera, tv that spots the mistake in the picture / title.
@Kazin Fr fr no 🧢. Seriously, though - thanks! Im actually amazed it has so few parts myself. Especially since there is a working cockpit, flaps, custom landing gear and custom canopy. I really appreciate the upvote and comment 🙏🏻
@dINE Thanks! Im partial to them myself.
@Tang0five Ive actually built something for the Star Trek Challenge! Great minds think alike, what? As for being back - agreed on the anime stuff (although I almost finished building the tank from the "drive me closer, I want to hit them with my sword" meme… sorry. But we cant let the kids have the run of the place, can we? Now all we need is the return of our resident Lightning jockey / seat - stick interface Alien and we’re in back in business!
Oh! Before I forget - check out this… (coming soon)…
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/11svukm
@Tang0five An upvote, a comment and a spotlight, no less! Youre too kind!
What would you say to a C(GR) version of this? You know - a gunship…
@HoshimachiSuiseiMyBeloved
‘Ercules, innit?
@MAHADI True. Im on an old iPhone X, though - it makes the thumbnails look kinda crappy…
@FirstFish83828 Yeah - she rides low. You should pump the motor output to max and see how good she does drifts and donuts around the race track ;-)
Oh - I wasnt complaining for extra points (10 is enough, Im happy) - I just didnt get around to writing the description fully out yet.
@FirstFish83828 10/13? I can dig it.
Did you check out the (half finished) interior? I was planning on making a gunner position, but my iphone started slowing down…
@Robomo00119 An IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) is a lightly armoured vehicle that is capable of delivering a squad (max 10) infantrymen to a combat area then further capable of supporting said squad with its on-board weapons systems.
Think Marder, Warrior, or BMP.
Note - an IFV is not an APC or an MBT.
Just saw this and would like to enter. Any chance of getting an extension?
Meh. Upvotes are overrated. I prefer uplifting comments.
@ThomasRoderick
Im affraid I broke 4, 7, and 8… only a little, though…
Must we build a replica? Or will you accept an original design, provided it follows the 1900-1960 design aesthetic / technical limitations?
@FeatherWing
Thanks! I played around with having a functional cockpit for the first time with this. It should work in VR, too!
Regarding your advice - you are totally correct. But I never can be arsed with all the "marketing" that comes with posting up a build.
I generally build for myself and dont really care if I get only a few upvotes. Its the folks who download that I really appreciate. The folks who care to drop me a line and let me know if its any good or not are even more appreciated (so many thanks for that!)
Ive started now playing around with making better thumbnails, though (see my 25 part mig 15).
@Tang0five Thanks ever so, old boy.
After a few years of job upheaval and general mind fuckery, my life is approaching something of a period of stability. This is good. It also means that I have time to do the things I enjoy - namely WoT Blitz and Simpleplanes. Glad that youre still here and that you remember me :-)
Hi! I have a model that I started building about a year ago - just uploaded it now -
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/4Yx5U0/BAE-Broadsword-FGR-1
Can I enter it into the competition? It isnt a successor, but I really didnt want to start messing around with cockpits etc, since it is around 700 parts (many of them moving). Please?
Exactly! @MrBeast2000
Good man. Looking forward to it! @Alien
Bloody nora! There’s a blast from the past! How the devil are you old bean? @Alien
Me, If I remember correctly? @ChamDel7
A nice wee challenge, this. Im in.
Cromwell. The correct answer is always Cromwell. Unless its Comet. Or Centurion. Or Conqueror.
I must admit that I had to google that. It looks like Iron Man built a 1930s floatplane racer. This is a good thing. @MemrWii
Not meaning to be that guy, but if youre building for the upvotes youre doing it wrong. Build something you want to build. Build something that makes you happy either in the research, the building or in playing around with it afterwards. Building stuff only for the upvote is a fast track to shitsville.
Hmmm - I might have something for this challenge, then… @MemrWii
Quick question - what is your stance on flying boats? (Asking for a friend ;-) )
Yeah - I looked to the b-25, b-26 and the Mistubishi G4M as inspiration. @BittyJupiter360
Thanks matey! Its an iPhone 8 that is on its last legs (the battery is currently telling me I need service). So a big improvement over the iPhone6 I used to build on. Hoping to get something a bit sexier soon, though…@Tang0five
Thanks! @Walvis
Sure! Its an infinite rotator with fuselage parts. @Bobyo
@TWDDerSharkmarine Many thanks! I was trying to adhere to the Supermarine design aesthetic as much as possible and let's face it - Supermarine designed some of the best looking fighters of the prop age.
One small update. To make carrier landings easier, set the angle of the tail hook to 45°. Otherwise you need to land an almost perfect 3 pointer to catch the wire.
@RAF1 No problem at all - this was fun!
Cheers! I was really into IL-2 a few years back. Was working with dome guys to get the EE Lightning and the SEPECAT Jaguar into the game. Didnt come to anything, sadly… @Almostbutnotquite
@Tang0five
Howdy. Yeah - its been a while. Hope youre well? Im still pottering around, but the tools here are starting to get a bit beyond my ability… Im just getting to grips with the glass!