If you ever update this you should consider removing the outer cannon barrels as the four-cannon armament was only used by Mk.VC spitfires and no Mk.IXs! Good plane overall :)
I don't feel all that enthused to get involved with the community from time to time. It seems the focus is on personal recognition and advancement when surely it should be about building detailed, interesting planes that are fun, realistic or otherwise entertaining to fly!
@ChiChiWerx I scaled the actual wings (not the fuselage wings) to be extremely thin, which means the flaps visually deflect very little. They're contained within the fuselage wings. :-)
@ZeroKiller3 keep an eye on my profile, the 47mm-armed Vickers P will be up soon.
@ChiChiWerx I agree. While the argument could be made for quality vs quantity, in reality posting a lot of low-quality work isn't really gonna cut it from what I've seen of the SimplePlanes ranking system. If you want consistent upvotes, you need followers. Lots of designs with very few upvotes will not get you the level of exposure you need to benefit from this system because you just won't pick up any followers!
@ChiChiWerx I don't think it's necessarily true that upvotes come with numbers. It's been my experience that you don't need many creations to get quite a few.
@Waffellord2025 Hi mate - a radial engine is when the cylinders are arranged in a radial pattern around a central crankshaft, e.g. Tempest II with a Bristol Centaurus engine. Inline or V engines are mounted down the length of the crank, e.g. Tempest V :-)
It's come to my attention that there is one "errant" shape in the cylinders of the engine. If you zoom in and grab it you can delete it without really affecting anything - sorry about that!
This thing looks like a lot of fun - I'll need to check it out when I get home! Looks to be a very accurate reproduction of the real thing... maybe time for a little update now we have fuselage intakes though? ;-)
Thanks very much for the kind comments everyone :-)
I am really glad you're all enjoying this little plane. It's a real favourite of mine thanks to its ridiculously light weight and subsequent maneoverability! The rudder is a little overpowered at high speeds but this allows it to still function effectively at low speed - the flight regime that I felt should be most concentrated on in a plane like this!
@WeeBabySeamus Thanks very much! I'm not too creative with names so I just use my own online, haha. If I'm honest I was inspired by the Bushplane in 1.5 beta into creating this little thing - I noticed the Bushplane was a little on the large size for what it was so I started reading up on Carbon Cub cabin widths and prop diameters! Thanks again :-)
@CRJ900Pilot Make sure to push them full forwards using 4 & 5! If you don't want reversing capability you can switch them to auto in the XML and let them take care of themselves :)
@MikuKat Thanks, I have no idea how that happened! It's a very simple plane by design. Perhaps not many people have made sailplanes before? I'm new to the game!
If you ever update this you should consider removing the outer cannon barrels as the four-cannon armament was only used by Mk.VC spitfires and no Mk.IXs! Good plane overall :)
+1Nice job, looks like you got it down :)
@Luuk2909 Go for it mate.
Flying boats without a doubt.
I don't feel all that enthused to get involved with the community from time to time. It seems the focus is on personal recognition and advancement when surely it should be about building detailed, interesting planes that are fun, realistic or otherwise entertaining to fly!
Sorry for the brief outage tonight guys.
After a brief outage due to PC upgrading (and subsequently a new IP), 81.159.51.240 is now online. Thanks!
@AntiSphere I apologize, I was upgrading my PC and inadvertently forgot to bring the server back up when I was done. It's up now!
New IP is 81.159.51.240
81.159.50.92 still chugging away...!
@FlipposMC Yes, server still up!
81.159.50.92 ran stable all night and is still up now. I don't plan on taking it down anytime soon!
Should have a server running now on 81.159.50.92
Great representation!
@ChiChiWerx I scaled the actual wings (not the fuselage wings) to be extremely thin, which means the flaps visually deflect very little. They're contained within the fuselage wings. :-)
@ZeroKiller3 keep an eye on my profile, the 47mm-armed Vickers P will be up soon.
Thanks for the kind comments everyone!
Check out the Screenshots here!
Lovely job.
@ChiChiWerx I will do when it's finished, don't worry! Currently it's just under a foot longer than the real thing, which needs serious attention.
@MechWARRIOR57 Cheers!
Dakka dakka!
Excellent job!
Just do your research, pay attention to detail and do your very best and people will like your designs :)
This is a really good start - don't call it "finished" yet! Add detail! :-)
It's great to see how this aircraft has developed over time.
I have two planes on the first page and I'm silver :P
@ChiChiWerx Now that's sound advice :)
@ChiChiWerx I agree. While the argument could be made for quality vs quantity, in reality posting a lot of low-quality work isn't really gonna cut it from what I've seen of the SimplePlanes ranking system. If you want consistent upvotes, you need followers. Lots of designs with very few upvotes will not get you the level of exposure you need to benefit from this system because you just won't pick up any followers!
@ChiChiWerx I don't think it's necessarily true that upvotes come with numbers. It's been my experience that you don't need many creations to get quite a few.
@Stevoaviation What did you have in mind?
@Waffellord2025 Sure thing mate!
@Waffellord2025 Hi mate - a radial engine is when the cylinders are arranged in a radial pattern around a central crankshaft, e.g. Tempest II with a Bristol Centaurus engine. Inline or V engines are mounted down the length of the crank, e.g. Tempest V :-)
Thanks everyone for the comments and upvotes!
It's come to my attention that there is one "errant" shape in the cylinders of the engine. If you zoom in and grab it you can delete it without really affecting anything - sorry about that!
This thing looks like a lot of fun - I'll need to check it out when I get home! Looks to be a very accurate reproduction of the real thing... maybe time for a little update now we have fuselage intakes though? ;-)
Thanks very much for the kind comments everyone :-)
I am really glad you're all enjoying this little plane. It's a real favourite of mine thanks to its ridiculously light weight and subsequent maneoverability! The rudder is a little overpowered at high speeds but this allows it to still function effectively at low speed - the flight regime that I felt should be most concentrated on in a plane like this!
@WeeBabySeamus Thanks very much! I'm not too creative with names so I just use my own online, haha. If I'm honest I was inspired by the Bushplane in 1.5 beta into creating this little thing - I noticed the Bushplane was a little on the large size for what it was so I started reading up on Carbon Cub cabin widths and prop diameters! Thanks again :-)
Great job!
@Mudkip Thanks very much!
Screenshots of this plane pulling off some crazy landings while it was in development here: http://imgur.com/a/4CKwM
Very nice work mate!
Nice plane, but only about 3/4 the size of a real widebody! :P
@Kristianbrooks You need to advance the prop pitch as I set out in description.
@CRJ900Pilot Make sure to push them full forwards using 4 & 5! If you don't want reversing capability you can switch them to auto in the XML and let them take care of themselves :)
Would love to see this with a slightly more realistic set of pylons! Great work :)
Nice use of rotated hull pieces!
@MikuKat Perhaps this is a good time to ask @WeeBabySeamus if we can have thermals and ridge lift in the game for soaring! :D
@MikuKat Thanks, I have no idea how that happened! It's a very simple plane by design. Perhaps not many people have made sailplanes before? I'm new to the game!
Excellent Meteor!
@Clawsome It's not easy! You can also reduce the fuel load a little bit :)
@Clawsome Cheers. Rotation speed is 75mph with stock engine power! You can't get it to that speed without the flap and trim tweaks above though.
It's not supposed to be fast, it has the real-life power and weight of a DHC-2 :)
Really excellent work. Standout.
Wow, fantastic work!
Excellent!