@SimplyPlain Oh great! Sorry, that re-up kinda slipped by me for some reason. Thanks! So, congratulations: for now, you seem to have made the ‚definitive‘ Me-262 on the site! I just love this jet .. it was my first scale model kit that I built with my dad back when I was 7 years old or so.
@SimplyPlain Dude, what black magic did you employ on the cannons?! They work perfectly now. Just cut through that tanker plane like a knife through butter! Is there anything you changed in the XMLs? I tried your full-detail 262 with some of my cannons and some worked fine while others had the exact same issue as your MK108s. Please enlighten me ;-)
@SimplyPlain True that. Thanks for looking into it. I think I haven’t encountered this issue yet. I may try and put one of my semi-customized 30mm cannons that I have tested in A2A combat in there just to see what happens. Then maybe compare the XMLs of the two. I’ll let you know if I find anything.
Definitely the single most beautiful Me-262 on here. Incredible detail. Love how you actually made the MK108s look the part. However, I seem to have trouble hitting anything with them: I’ve tried shooting down the default tanker (which shouldn’t be too hard) and scored what I believed to be a at least a dozen direct hits from a very close 6 o‘clock position. That didn’t seem to bother the tanker at all. I’ve noticed you’ve set the cannons‘ impact damage to 0.1 but even increasing it to 1.0 didn’t do anything. Works fine on ground targets, though! Anyone else experience the same? Any way, just thought I’d check back with you, @SimplyPlain
@Oofsalot Of course it can. Set nozzles to 90 degrees down, throttle up to 100% and off you go! It’s just that controlling it during takeoff has gotten a lot more difficult … which is more realistic … just like the new model.
@Agrelle after flying it for a bit, I can only reiterate: This will be THE definitive Viking on the site for a LONG time! 😉 Also fun: I’ve exchanged the external droptanks for some hard-hitting ordnance and kinda re-enacted part of the S-3‘s role in Desert Storm I, when they just used it as a frontline bomber at times. By the way: Would you be ok with me trying my hand at converting your model into the ES-3A Sea Shadow or a tanker variant? You’d be highly credited, of course!
Can't express how happy I am that someone finally did this awesome plane justice! I've tried myself and failed miserably (then due to lack of experience, now lack of time) and I had always hoped for this to happen. Thank you!!
@Amazingaviator12 Thanks a bunch! It’s very cool to see you guys enjoying this build. I took a lot of inspiration from my understanding of military aviation and tried to make it as believable as possible … well, aside from the completely over-powered laser. 😉
@SpaceXplorer Well, that’s actually easier than ever since the new cockpit parts were introduced in the 1.11 beta. I just picked a cockpit frame, canopy, a seat and some instruments, controls and stuff from the ‚cockpit interior‘ tab and slapped em together. The HUD is my own (very rudimentary) design.
Cool job! Just a little historical background: the manufacturer was called ‚Focke Wulf‘ and parts of that company were later absorbed into EADS/Airbus.
‚Fokker‘ is another aircraft manufacturer, originally from Germany, now based in the Netherlands that‘s (sort of but not really) still in business today.
Hold on now! Your dad’s 150 does a 190kts at sea level?! That is one quick little Cessna! ;-) Just kidding! Very fun to fly and beautifully built indeed.
Great! I always wondered about which code to use fro make the rotator work upon firing the cannon. Now I know. Thanks! Btw: you can simply use two cannons and thus double the ROF! 🙃
@Falkenwut Hey, thanks so much for your suggestions, there are some really helpful things in there. I should mention that this is, obviously, relatively old and I have made some progress since. I have managed to find ways building a working flap design (although I’m still
waaayyy too lazy for building ‚proper‘ custom wings. I simply don’t have a lot of spare time, but whenever I do, I keep tinkering on different designs. I guess I should be uploading some of them to provide a little update on my (small) progress. Anyway thanks again, I appreciate it!
Love your builds as well, especially the modular jet, obviously. Got my own iteration of that in the works as well! Cheers
@Pnicks15 Well, they didn’t. Boeing made 3 prototypes and tried to sell it to the USAAF and Navy, but they didn’t end up acquiring it, even though it had quite impressive capabilities.
Hey there! This is definitely the most beautiful A-4 build on the site yet. I’m with @TheVexedVortex on this one: please flesh it out at some point and make it THE definitive SimplePlanes A-4!
There is only one gripe I have with this: the flight model. While the roll rate is spot on, pitching and turning is a drag. It feels like flying a school bus loaded with cement! ;-) Am I doing it wrong? For take-off, I followed your instructions (“Use 100% trim nose up + half flaps”), once I’m in the air at a decent airspeed, I neutralize trim and try to maneuver, which I find to be really hard, even when I use trim nose down for level flight. Any suggestions? Thanks!!
@Heganix So…what is the question? You stated that you „perfect the designs“ of other people’s creations … well, I don’t really see any significant changes to the original. In fact, it is pretty much exactly the same. So it’s even more important then to tag the original creator and/or ask for their permission. It’s a simple rule.
Hey, try to make the flaps work by removing the actual wing parts from them and using hidden flaps in front of the CoL instead. The way the flaps are now, they work „backwards“, meaning: they reduce lift when they‘re down, when in reality, they increase lift. It’s an unfortunate flaw in the SP flight model.
This is the best revamp of anything I’ve seen on here so far. Clean, simple (well, simple-looking) and with attention to detail, but not overblown. You even put in actual cannons and modeled them accurately. Nice job!
@CaptFoxworth19 thanks for the heads-up! However, there are countless examples of custom flaps working just fine. Most of them seem to be constructed without any actual wing parts as the flaps, but with fuselage parts only. I can‘t figure out a „formula“ for this to work correctly. Does ist come down to XMLing the drag values? Is there a secret recipe?
Hey guys, is there any clarity on this issue yet? I have the same problem. I am relatively new to building custom wings and all the other control surfaces work fine. But the flaps make my plane pitch down, when I lower them. Any further suggestions would be much appreciated! Check out my build on my profile if you like (it's the only one there). THX!
@SimpleCollector Wow, you get butt-hurt quickly. I suggest you quit going around, trying to order creators to lower part counts and also: „this place is American“ - really? You mean the internet? This site? The SP community? What’s American, mate?
Great stuff! Only criticism I'd be able to put forward is for the description: the livery is of the Bundesmarine, not Kriegsmarine. It used to be called Kriegsmarine when the Nazis were in Power. Today, the "Marine" (official name since 1995) is simply the naval branch of the Germany army, "Bundeswehr". Hence the correct name "Bundesmarine" which was the colloquial name up until 1995.
Never knew the F-20 was supercruise-capable. This is some seriously brilliant work. Great flight model und sleek looks. I just love everything F-5(ish)!
It is, no doubt, one of the two prettiest Me-262s on the entire site. However, there are some quirks in its flight behavior: it has quite severe auto-rotation and it takes forever to actually lift off and the pitch is hard to control. I know that the real-world Me-262 wasn't exactly a STOL fighter but for the sake of flyability maybe give it a little more power and controllability. Other than that: GREAT!
I also find the F-14 very daunting in terms of building one in SP. I think you did a very nice job in getting the proportions and silhouette right. Also the flight characteristics come close to the real thing, from what I can tell. One thing I wondered about: why didn’t you include a gun? Maybe because it wasn’t really featured in Top Gun? Anyway, nice job!!
@SimplyPlain Oh great! Sorry, that re-up kinda slipped by me for some reason. Thanks! So, congratulations: for now, you seem to have made the ‚definitive‘ Me-262 on the site! I just love this jet .. it was my first scale model kit that I built with my dad back when I was 7 years old or so.
+1@SimplyPlain Dude, what black magic did you employ on the cannons?! They work perfectly now. Just cut through that tanker plane like a knife through butter! Is there anything you changed in the XMLs? I tried your full-detail 262 with some of my cannons and some worked fine while others had the exact same issue as your MK108s. Please enlighten me ;-)
+1@SimplyPlain True that. Thanks for looking into it. I think I haven’t encountered this issue yet. I may try and put one of my semi-customized 30mm cannons that I have tested in A2A combat in there just to see what happens. Then maybe compare the XMLs of the two. I’ll let you know if I find anything.
+1Definitely the single most beautiful Me-262 on here. Incredible detail. Love how you actually made the MK108s look the part. However, I seem to have trouble hitting anything with them: I’ve tried shooting down the default tanker (which shouldn’t be too hard) and scored what I believed to be a at least a dozen direct hits from a very close 6 o‘clock position. That didn’t seem to bother the tanker at all. I’ve noticed you’ve set the cannons‘ impact damage to 0.1 but even increasing it to 1.0 didn’t do anything. Works fine on ground targets, though! Anyone else experience the same? Any way, just thought I’d check back with you, @SimplyPlain
Cheers!
+1The hell is wrong with you???@FairFireFlight
You realize that you actually built a MiG-29 and that a real-life Su-34 is an entirely different animal?
+2@Oofsalot Of course it can. Set nozzles to 90 degrees down, throttle up to 100% and off you go! It’s just that controlling it during takeoff has gotten a lot more difficult … which is more realistic … just like the new model.
+1@Chillybaconface you’re making it sound like the old Vertigo wasn’t at least loosely based on the Harrier
+1Just discovered this - getting pretty excited for it! We're in desperate need of a good F-14 that's up to 1.11 standards.
@Agrelle after flying it for a bit, I can only reiterate: This will be THE definitive Viking on the site for a LONG time! 😉 Also fun: I’ve exchanged the external droptanks for some hard-hitting ordnance and kinda re-enacted part of the S-3‘s role in Desert Storm I, when they just used it as a frontline bomber at times. By the way: Would you be ok with me trying my hand at converting your model into the ES-3A Sea Shadow or a tanker variant? You’d be highly credited, of course!
Can't express how happy I am that someone finally did this awesome plane justice! I've tried myself and failed miserably (then due to lack of experience, now lack of time) and I had always hoped for this to happen. Thank you!!
+1@Rakoval500k Good Point! Missed that one. Fixed now.
@CC1010 Video proof! ;-P
@MRpingouin Thanks, man! Although I’d probably say: what this deserves more of is work 😉 But really glad you like it already!
+2@Amazingaviator12 Thanks a bunch! It’s very cool to see you guys enjoying this build. I took a lot of inspiration from my understanding of military aviation and tried to make it as believable as possible … well, aside from the completely over-powered laser. 😉
@MarbleXLazuli @Amazingaviator12 @Falkenwut Thanks so much for spotlighting this, you guys!! Also thanks for all the upvotes so far!
+2@SpaceXplorer Well, that’s actually easier than ever since the new cockpit parts were introduced in the 1.11 beta. I just picked a cockpit frame, canopy, a seat and some instruments, controls and stuff from the ‚cockpit interior‘ tab and slapped em together. The HUD is my own (very rudimentary) design.
@Falkenwut Hey thanks! That actually means a lot coming from you.
+1Cool job! Just a little historical background: the manufacturer was called ‚Focke Wulf‘ and parts of that company were later absorbed into EADS/Airbus.
‚Fokker‘ is another aircraft manufacturer, originally from Germany, now based in the Netherlands that‘s (sort of but not really) still in business today.
+1Hold on now! Your dad’s 150 does a 190kts at sea level?! That is one quick little Cessna! ;-) Just kidding! Very fun to fly and beautifully built indeed.
+1Absolutely gorgeous!
+1This looks very promising. You definitely got the shape and dimensions down pretty much perfectly! Keep it up!
+4Great! I always wondered about which code to use fro make the rotator work upon firing the cannon. Now I know. Thanks! Btw: you can simply use two cannons and thus double the ROF! 🙃
@Falkenwut Hey, thanks so much for your suggestions, there are some really helpful things in there. I should mention that this is, obviously, relatively old and I have made some progress since. I have managed to find ways building a working flap design (although I’m still
waaayyy too lazy for building ‚proper‘ custom wings. I simply don’t have a lot of spare time, but whenever I do, I keep tinkering on different designs. I guess I should be uploading some of them to provide a little update on my (small) progress. Anyway thanks again, I appreciate it!
Love your builds as well, especially the modular jet, obviously. Got my own iteration of that in the works as well! Cheers
+1This is so cool!! Truly a fresh idea, thanks for making this!
+1What is this - a 15G fighter??
@Pnicks15 Well, they didn’t. Boeing made 3 prototypes and tried to sell it to the USAAF and Navy, but they didn’t end up acquiring it, even though it had quite impressive capabilities.
+2I like it! Good honest bomber with great handling and nice details.
+1@2Papi2Chulo Thanks for replying! I’ll try my hand at faster airspeeds. 😉
Hey there! This is definitely the most beautiful A-4 build on the site yet. I’m with @TheVexedVortex on this one: please flesh it out at some point and make it THE definitive SimplePlanes A-4!
There is only one gripe I have with this: the flight model. While the roll rate is spot on, pitching and turning is a drag. It feels like flying a school bus loaded with cement! ;-) Am I doing it wrong? For take-off, I followed your instructions (“Use 100% trim nose up + half flaps”), once I’m in the air at a decent airspeed, I neutralize trim and try to maneuver, which I find to be really hard, even when I use trim nose down for level flight. Any suggestions? Thanks!!
@Heganix So…what is the question? You stated that you „perfect the designs“ of other people’s creations … well, I don’t really see any significant changes to the original. In fact, it is pretty much exactly the same. So it’s even more important then to tag the original creator and/or ask for their permission. It’s a simple rule.
Dude, this is @AWESOMENESS360 s build. Give credit or bust! Or how about asking nicely, if you can use it? Jeez.
+1Jundroo should make you their head of marketing. It’s perfect!
+7Now that’s innovative and believable at the same time. Love it! I’d also love for someone to make that turret track targets autonomously.
+1Hey, try to make the flaps work by removing the actual wing parts from them and using hidden flaps in front of the CoL instead. The way the flaps are now, they work „backwards“, meaning: they reduce lift when they‘re down, when in reality, they increase lift. It’s an unfortunate flaw in the SP flight model.
Probably manufactured by SpaceX
+2This is the best revamp of anything I’ve seen on here so far. Clean, simple (well, simple-looking) and with attention to detail, but not overblown. You even put in actual cannons and modeled them accurately. Nice job!
@ShootsPlanes That he did. ;-)
@ShootsPlanes How so? It clearly didn't despite having seen action.
@SimplyPlain Right you are! This is a little gem right there.
@EternalDarkness You made my day! Thank you so much, this has been driving me mad! :-)
@CaptFoxworth19 thanks for the heads-up! However, there are countless examples of custom flaps working just fine. Most of them seem to be constructed without any actual wing parts as the flaps, but with fuselage parts only. I can‘t figure out a „formula“ for this to work correctly. Does ist come down to XMLing the drag values? Is there a secret recipe?
Snuck in an extra barrel there, didn‘t ya?! Who wants a measly GAU-7 after all?
JK. ;-)
Hey guys, is there any clarity on this issue yet? I have the same problem. I am relatively new to building custom wings and all the other control surfaces work fine. But the flaps make my plane pitch down, when I lower them. Any further suggestions would be much appreciated! Check out my build on my profile if you like (it's the only one there). THX!
@SimpleCollector Wow, you get butt-hurt quickly. I suggest you quit going around, trying to order creators to lower part counts and also: „this place is American“ - really? You mean the internet? This site? The SP community? What’s American, mate?
Great stuff! Only criticism I'd be able to put forward is for the description: the livery is of the Bundesmarine, not Kriegsmarine. It used to be called Kriegsmarine when the Nazis were in Power. Today, the "Marine" (official name since 1995) is simply the naval branch of the Germany army, "Bundeswehr". Hence the correct name "Bundesmarine" which was the colloquial name up until 1995.
Also, with that experience of yours, I just have to ask: Will you do a proper T-38 at some point? That is sorely missed here so far!
Never knew the F-20 was supercruise-capable. This is some seriously brilliant work. Great flight model und sleek looks. I just love everything F-5(ish)!
It is, no doubt, one of the two prettiest Me-262s on the entire site. However, there are some quirks in its flight behavior: it has quite severe auto-rotation and it takes forever to actually lift off and the pitch is hard to control. I know that the real-world Me-262 wasn't exactly a STOL fighter but for the sake of flyability maybe give it a little more power and controllability. Other than that: GREAT!
I also find the F-14 very daunting in terms of building one in SP. I think you did a very nice job in getting the proportions and silhouette right. Also the flight characteristics come close to the real thing, from what I can tell. One thing I wondered about: why didn’t you include a gun? Maybe because it wasn’t really featured in Top Gun? Anyway, nice job!!