Do you think this thing would be significantly more stable with three rotor blades? I’m not all that great a pilot but I’m having a bit of a hard time with this one... also, if I scale this entire assembly up using fine tuner, will it still function the same?
Thank you :) that really makes me feel good. But honestly, I really don’t have a life. I have a disability that makes leaving the house a difficulty, and having a job is pretty much out of the question (hopefully not forever). So lately I’ve just been spending hours upon hours building planes. Hopefully that will make it seem more reasonable that my output has been what it’s been haha. @XjayIndustrys
Thank you for building this! I will try to do it justice hahaha. By the way, out of curiosity; what is the point of the “activate8” hinge rotator at the base of the rotor? @Leehopard @shipster
Well it’s my understanding that “Le petit mort” means... something specific. So the joke is that this plane is orgasmic (haha) but also it’s quite big. @WarHawk95
Huh.... no, I don’t have any idea, sorry. I am probably not the best person to ask about technical or glitchy things haha. Did you post in the questions forum? @XjayIndustrys
I’m interested in seeing what @DerekSP comes up with, cause the pitch rate is pretty slow... but this thing has great potential, and it looks absolutely fantastic! Very creative and original. I’m impressed! @zoomzoomzoom
You’re the best! Thank you :) you’re a much more advanced builder than I am, but please let me know if there’s any way I can return the favor. @Leehopard
Actually, come to think of it... I don’t know if I have the knowledge to be able to give you meaningful specs... I thought I’d build the shape, weight, and scale of the craft around the rotor assembly. Do you have a set of standard-ish dimensions that you would use if you were building your own small/ultralight heli? :/ @Leehopard
The flight characteristics are too sensitive for my piloting skills... but it looks absolutely fantastic! Love that engine exhaust too. Surprisingly satisfying to land as well :)
@Leehopard hey man, I am tagging you here because I wanted to tell you that I am extremely impressed by and love your rotorcraft and helikits! This one is something I made quite a while ago, and I feel that my building skills have increased a lot since then. I feel I am ready to build my own heli but I am still not skilled enough to build a functioning rotor assembly with swashplate, cyclic/collective etc. I want to build a tiny/ultralight heli, so I wanted to ask you; do you have any 2-blade single rotor helikits? Thank you and keep up the amazing work!!
Looks good man! If you’re looking for feedback: one big thing is that take off is difficult. I would suggest adding flaps, and also moving the main landing gear forward, toward the CoM. Those two things will make it easier to get off the ground. You’ll have to change the landing gear so that it folds toward the tail rather than toward the nose (nice custom landing gear btw!). And finally, you might want to add a pitch trim function. Other than that, it looks cool and flies great! Also, for next time, you might want to tag me/whoever else in the comments section of your post, that’ll make it easier for me to get to it and I think the mods like it better that way... nice plane man, good work! @KerlonceauxIndustries
Yeah it’s the XI. Although I took different bits from different variants of the XI, and also some bits I fudged/made up. Which is why it’s not really a replica, even though I make it clear (through the name or otherwise) that it is practically a rough replica. Actually, that’s what I do with pretty much all my builds haha. I hope one day I will be skilled/creative enough to design my own plane from scratch hahaha. @KerlonceauxIndustries
Hey, by the way; are you still working on that bush plane? How’s it going? You haven’t posted it publicly yet have you? I’d love to see how it’s coming along! @XjayIndustrys
Okay, sweet thank you! That is very helpful. Oh and by the way, I really really love the cockpits you’ve made. That was one of the main reasons I got really into building planes in SP to begin with. It helped me transition from just casually building rudimentary builds to building more serious and intricate builds (especially cockpits, which I feel is an essential part of a great plane). So thank you very much for that! @Sarpanitu
Exactly! You are the first to guess that part! The other part is that it’s based on a Blériot aircraft, which sounds like blurry eyes sorta. Good job! @JelloAircraftCorporation
Yeah I remember the feeling about school... are you in college? @XjayIndustrys
I’m from the U.S. You? @XjayIndustrys
Do you think this thing would be significantly more stable with three rotor blades? I’m not all that great a pilot but I’m having a bit of a hard time with this one... also, if I scale this entire assembly up using fine tuner, will it still function the same?
Thank you :) that really makes me feel good. But honestly, I really don’t have a life. I have a disability that makes leaving the house a difficulty, and having a job is pretty much out of the question (hopefully not forever). So lately I’ve just been spending hours upon hours building planes. Hopefully that will make it seem more reasonable that my output has been what it’s been haha. @XjayIndustrys
Thank you for building this! I will try to do it justice hahaha. By the way, out of curiosity; what is the point of the “activate8” hinge rotator at the base of the rotor? @Leehopard @shipster
I don’t really have a life haha :( @XjayIndustrys
Thanks man! I have to say, I’ve been putting an unreasonable number of hours into it... @XjayIndustrys
:) thank you very much!! @Trainzo
Well it’s my understanding that “Le petit mort” means... something specific. So the joke is that this plane is orgasmic (haha) but also it’s quite big. @WarHawk95
Does the joke work/make sense about calling it Le Grand Mort? @WarHawk95
Huh.... no, I don’t have any idea, sorry. I am probably not the best person to ask about technical or glitchy things haha. Did you post in the questions forum? @XjayIndustrys
+1Haha well that’s good! Gotta love those historical French planes :) @WarHawk95
This thing is awesome! That is just about the coolest suspension setup I’ve seen on SP
Ahhh. Now I see why you asked if I was French. I hope you weren’t offended by the name of my last plane :/
Haha. Nope, not at all, but I can definitely see why you’d think that :) @WarHawk95
Yeah, that’s a good idea. I should really learn how to do that haha. @ThePilotDude
Thank you man, that really means a lot. Maybe I didn’t take very good photos...? Haha @ThePilotDude
Oh haha word. Might be first and last haha. @XjayIndustrys
1st what? @XjayIndustrys
I’m interested in seeing what @DerekSP comes up with, cause the pitch rate is pretty slow... but this thing has great potential, and it looks absolutely fantastic! Very creative and original. I’m impressed! @zoomzoomzoom
Thanks! :) @aircraftarsenal123
Haha well I guess it is pretty big... thank you :) @XjayIndustrys
Oops I forgot. Thank you! @EternalDarkness
You’re the best! Thank you :) you’re a much more advanced builder than I am, but please let me know if there’s any way I can return the favor. @Leehopard
Actually, come to think of it... I don’t know if I have the knowledge to be able to give you meaningful specs... I thought I’d build the shape, weight, and scale of the craft around the rotor assembly. Do you have a set of standard-ish dimensions that you would use if you were building your own small/ultralight heli? :/ @Leehopard
Ah, okay, cool! Well thank you so much, I’ll get back to you on those specs. @Leehopard
The flight characteristics are too sensitive for my piloting skills... but it looks absolutely fantastic! Love that engine exhaust too. Surprisingly satisfying to land as well :)
Really incredible build. The detail is unbelievable! Especially the interior. Really amazing work!
I love this thing! Fun to fly and looks fantastic! Good work man :)
+1Thank you! :) @Chancey21
@Leehopard hey man, I am tagging you here because I wanted to tell you that I am extremely impressed by and love your rotorcraft and helikits! This one is something I made quite a while ago, and I feel that my building skills have increased a lot since then. I feel I am ready to build my own heli but I am still not skilled enough to build a functioning rotor assembly with swashplate, cyclic/collective etc. I want to build a tiny/ultralight heli, so I wanted to ask you; do you have any 2-blade single rotor helikits? Thank you and keep up the amazing work!!
Yes but I tagged you in a different version that fits all the rules. Thank you btw! :)@MrSilverWolf
+1Wow ok thank you for the exception! I’m going to make a few modifications to my plane to fit the rules then I’ll tag you :) @MrSilverWolf
+1I’ve never entered a challenge before but as it happens I just finished a seaplane. How do I enter??? @MrSilverWolf
+1Thanks guys!!! :) @PointlessWhyshouldi @FastDan
+1Nice sailplane! Looks great, smooth flying, good work!
Looks good man! If you’re looking for feedback: one big thing is that take off is difficult. I would suggest adding flaps, and also moving the main landing gear forward, toward the CoM. Those two things will make it easier to get off the ground. You’ll have to change the landing gear so that it folds toward the tail rather than toward the nose (nice custom landing gear btw!). And finally, you might want to add a pitch trim function. Other than that, it looks cool and flies great! Also, for next time, you might want to tag me/whoever else in the comments section of your post, that’ll make it easier for me to get to it and I think the mods like it better that way... nice plane man, good work! @KerlonceauxIndustries
This plane is truly an iconic SimplePlanes build.
Agreed. This thing is really creative and really well executed. Excellent job. @CrazyCatZe @ThePilotDude
Yeah it’s the XI. Although I took different bits from different variants of the XI, and also some bits I fudged/made up. Which is why it’s not really a replica, even though I make it clear (through the name or otherwise) that it is practically a rough replica. Actually, that’s what I do with pretty much all my builds haha. I hope one day I will be skilled/creative enough to design my own plane from scratch hahaha. @KerlonceauxIndustries
+1I can’t run this build on my machine but I really wish I could because it is magnificent. Really exceptional work.
Hey, by the way; are you still working on that bush plane? How’s it going? You haven’t posted it publicly yet have you? I’d love to see how it’s coming along! @XjayIndustrys
+1Okay, sweet thank you! That is very helpful. Oh and by the way, I really really love the cockpits you’ve made. That was one of the main reasons I got really into building planes in SP to begin with. It helped me transition from just casually building rudimentary builds to building more serious and intricate builds (especially cockpits, which I feel is an essential part of a great plane). So thank you very much for that! @Sarpanitu
+1This thing looks great! Flies really nice, too.
+1Haha yeah. I guess it wasn’t quite as obvious as I thought haha. @JelloAircraftCorporation
Sure! But you shouldn’t consider it a favor; I meant to do so after you showed me your sweet Bush plane but I forgot hahah sorry. @XjayIndustrys
+1I finally got me some famous sweet beans! Thank you :) @RailfanEthan
+1Exactly! You are the first to guess that part! The other part is that it’s based on a Blériot aircraft, which sounds like blurry eyes sorta. Good job! @JelloAircraftCorporation
Ok so you’re saying the part count looks accurate? It doesn’t look like any parts have been doubled in mirroring? Thank you btw :) @AdlerSteiner
thanks man!!! How many points is gold? :/ hahah @XjayIndustrys