While I appreciate and am very impressed by your work, it’s not the kind of thing I would enjoy making in simpleplanes. If I wanted to make a smooth, flowing aircraft, I would use Fusion360 and actually make the aircraft. I like the simplicity of the simpleplanes style and I think it’s a fun game but I wouldn’t ever bother using scripts for it. But like I said, your stuff is still impressive, I just wouldn’t enjoy making it @SledDriver
I design quadcopters and planes as a hobby, draw detailed blueprints of pretty much any gadget or vehicle in class (usually planes), watch stargate (Star Trek next), constantly think of how I can turn everyday devices into overly complex destructive devices
At this point, I only play simpleplanes for convoy assault. I will play a LOT of both because I love rockets but I also think convoy attacking is fun in simpleplanes
0.5 input, 1 thrust, 0.5 mass will give you an engine with half mass, half thrust and half fuel consumption. Half input means you will only ever reach half of the maximum normal thrust @atgxtg
Glad to hear it! If you haven’t been invited to the discord by tomorrow, I’ll do it myself. @mikoyanster is the only one with admin access to the website so only he can handle the website submissions. I’ll just hand out invites if he’s away for a while @Mostly
A slow, agile plane with lots of missiles and a few small bombs is almost as good if not better than a helicopter in this map. Sounds like cheating but I'm flying at 300-700km/h through ravines while shooting tanks with a machine gun. Definitely not easy
Use the tractor tread. It does NOT make it look like a tractor, it makes it look like a trophy truck (it’s a very, very common off-road tread pattern). The wheel size is perfect for a trophy truck; any bigger and it will be a rockcrawler and have trashy high speed handling
Tried it earlier. Excellent flight characteristics but the suspension is almost non-functional (hinges in the wrong places) and the colour scheme is rather drab. I can barely see anything on the aircraft due to the colours. All in all, it’s a great plane, but I’ll wait for the final version when you fix those small things @XjayIndustrys
If something has less than 300 parts and seems promising, I download and try it out then upvote or ignore depending on performance. If something has over 300 parts but looks incredible, I upvote (unless comments say it flies trash). By the way, I have a PC with some very new, high end parts and some VERY old low end parts so I have weird performance effects. 1 year old graphics card and a 9 year old central processor so the latest phones are better than my PC in certain ways
@RailfanEthan Electric motors have vastly more torque for the same weight and efficiency. Lithium can be safely recycled for use in Li-Al alloys but mining is harmful. There have been multiple advancements towards non-lithium-based batteries that are about to be made publicly available. Battery technology is rapidly progressing towards less flammable, higher energy density products but there is still significant risk. At this point, batteries in cars are just as likely to explode as a fuel tank when you hit it with a truck. Internal combustion engines are woefully inefficient and harmful to the environment. At the current state of technology, we could replace fossil fuels altogether if the decision-makers weren't (long series of expletives).
@Sheeper I tried my best to get it easier to hover by making it hover at ~50% throttle. Unfortunately, simpleplanes is not made for quadcopters so it's very hard to get it flying properly. I have ideas for a better undercarriage but the next version won't come out soon. As for cockpit... I agree but couldn't be bothered fixing it. If you don't want cockpit view, use Freecam (if you're on PC)
Submarine
Sub: below
Marine: water
Space submarine: below water and in space
Water instantly evaporates and disperses in space so therefore this is impossible
@Hyattorama Absolutely. It still flies like trash compared to a 3+ channel aircraft though. Modern receivers and servos kinda make this style redundant but it's still fun to try it out anyway
For it to be truly mobile friendly (40fps and higher on high physics) you’ll have to give it stock landing gear, delete minor aesthetic details, delete Merlin engine and use simple circular fuselages instead of angled mini pieces. Even then it will run slow on most mid-age or mid-performance devices but it would look terrible. In short: don’t bother making it mobile friendly, just make the best stuff you can @RamboJutter
While I appreciate and am very impressed by your work, it’s not the kind of thing I would enjoy making in simpleplanes. If I wanted to make a smooth, flowing aircraft, I would use Fusion360 and actually make the aircraft. I like the simplicity of the simpleplanes style and I think it’s a fun game but I wouldn’t ever bother using scripts for it. But like I said, your stuff is still impressive, I just wouldn’t enjoy making it @SledDriver
+1Go ahead, have fun! @FLYGUY101
+1WOUW! SO DeTALED, U R GoOD
+1I design quadcopters and planes as a hobby, draw detailed blueprints of pretty much any gadget or vehicle in class (usually planes), watch stargate (Star Trek next), constantly think of how I can turn everyday devices into overly complex destructive devices
+1At this point, I only play simpleplanes for convoy assault. I will play a LOT of both because I love rockets but I also think convoy attacking is fun in simpleplanes
+10.5 input, 1 thrust, 0.5 mass will give you an engine with half mass, half thrust and half fuel consumption. Half input means you will only ever reach half of the maximum normal thrust @atgxtg
+1No, it’s never happened to me @aplayer
+1That is seriously weird. Not sure if I’ve had it happen to me in simpleplanes but it looks like the space kraken glitch from Kerbal space program
+1Glad to hear it! If you haven’t been invited to the discord by tomorrow, I’ll do it myself. @mikoyanster is the only one with admin access to the website so only he can handle the website submissions. I’ll just hand out invites if he’s away for a while @Mostly
+1I’ll make a rally version as well fairly soon @GenericWhiteGuy
+110x power and 0.1 input creates a regular power engine with 10x better efficiency. Reducing the input reduces fuel consumption
+1@GenericWhiteGuy @Hyattorama Were you the ones who wanted a floppy rock crawler with independent suspension?
+1That was quick! @randomusername
+1Awesome! It would seem the rock bouncer craze is reappearing
+1And it even has double wishbone suspension :D no more detailed trucks with no suspension :D
+1A slow, agile plane with lots of missiles and a few small bombs is almost as good if not better than a helicopter in this map. Sounds like cheating but I'm flying at 300-700km/h through ravines while shooting tanks with a machine gun. Definitely not easy
+1Use the tractor tread. It does NOT make it look like a tractor, it makes it look like a trophy truck (it’s a very, very common off-road tread pattern). The wheel size is perfect for a trophy truck; any bigger and it will be a rockcrawler and have trashy high speed handling
+1@Kakofrutaka I’m glad to see you’re making very nice rock bouncers! I never do that much detail
+1I suggested it and EternalDarkness implemented it quite recently
+1Can’t wait to try it out!
+1@TheBlueRobotProduct thanks for getting me to 10K!
+1Tried it earlier. Excellent flight characteristics but the suspension is almost non-functional (hinges in the wrong places) and the colour scheme is rather drab. I can barely see anything on the aircraft due to the colours. All in all, it’s a great plane, but I’ll wait for the final version when you fix those small things @XjayIndustrys
+1If you have overload, type in "damperMultiplier" and increase the value by 10x until it stops wobbling. Too much will slow it down @cheese99
+12nd page of highest rated of all time in 3 days
+1I totally agree. While an airfoil shaped wing would have higher polygons, it would be a lot less than using separate fuselage blocks
+1Very nice
+1If something has less than 300 parts and seems promising, I download and try it out then upvote or ignore depending on performance. If something has over 300 parts but looks incredible, I upvote (unless comments say it flies trash). By the way, I have a PC with some very new, high end parts and some VERY old low end parts so I have weird performance effects. 1 year old graphics card and a 9 year old central processor so the latest phones are better than my PC in certain ways
+1Well said
+1@RailfanEthan Electric motors have vastly more torque for the same weight and efficiency. Lithium can be safely recycled for use in Li-Al alloys but mining is harmful. There have been multiple advancements towards non-lithium-based batteries that are about to be made publicly available. Battery technology is rapidly progressing towards less flammable, higher energy density products but there is still significant risk. At this point, batteries in cars are just as likely to explode as a fuel tank when you hit it with a truck. Internal combustion engines are woefully inefficient and harmful to the environment. At the current state of technology, we could replace fossil fuels altogether if the decision-makers weren't (long series of expletives).
+1Do high-performance R/C quadcopters count? How about R/C planes?
+1Do a VTOL bomber so you can learn something new. Look up experimental aircraft on Wikipedia and try to modify something to work with your style
+1Define "mobile friendly"
+1Do you want <200 parts or <500 parts?
Not in overload, no. It's part of the colour code in the XML files but there is a colour editor mod that will do all that in-game
+1There is a damper XML attribute
+1Looks pretty ghetto but fun
+1It's fine for unrealistic aircraft but don't do it for a replica or semi-realistic aircraft.
+1@Phoza sure. It's a good looking craft so I appreciate it
+1I think suspension performance is more important than looks so I go with separate wheels
+1@Sheeper I tried my best to get it easier to hover by making it hover at ~50% throttle. Unfortunately, simpleplanes is not made for quadcopters so it's very hard to get it flying properly. I have ideas for a better undercarriage but the next version won't come out soon. As for cockpit... I agree but couldn't be bothered fixing it. If you don't want cockpit view, use Freecam (if you're on PC)
+1The launcher is neat
+1@jamesPLANESii Not always the case
+1Submarine
+1Sub: below
Marine: water
Space submarine: below water and in space
Water instantly evaporates and disperses in space so therefore this is impossible
@Ephwurd @Razor3278 What type of landing gear would you recommend?
+1I’ve got quite a few 4-6 channel foam aircraft (3D, sport and combat) and a couple of quads :) man I love RC @Hyattorama
+1@Hyattorama I'll try to remember. I've just got to finish 2 detailed aircraft before then though
+1@Hyattorama Absolutely. It still flies like trash compared to a 3+ channel aircraft though. Modern receivers and servos kinda make this style redundant but it's still fun to try it out anyway
+1Did you export the 3D file of it and then change the textures in another program? It looks pretty good!
+1@GenericWhiteGuy You're very welcome. I love this thing
+1That’s immediately what I thought lol @RamboJutter
+1For it to be truly mobile friendly (40fps and higher on high physics) you’ll have to give it stock landing gear, delete minor aesthetic details, delete Merlin engine and use simple circular fuselages instead of angled mini pieces. Even then it will run slow on most mid-age or mid-performance devices but it would look terrible. In short: don’t bother making it mobile friendly, just make the best stuff you can @RamboJutter
+1