@ColonelRelford Alternatively, you could have joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, waited for the collapse, and then stole everything.
Seemed like it worked for the oligarchs.
Looks good.
A few nitpicks, however:
-Paint goof: Shiny tires.
-Wish there was a way to turn off gyros.
-Curious where the HUD came from.
-You forgot to invert the flaps after mirroring. All they do is roll in one direction. Remember, fully-body mirroring is your enemy. It WILL mess things up.
-Some stability issues, but in complete honesty I have zero clue what you could do about that.
-Concerned by the small size of the engine intakes. Possibly flame-out risk?
-Air brake looks awkward not being flush with the body.
-Leg room is taken up by wheels, very uncomfortable.
-Need telepathy to retract landing gear, open canopy.
-Balance is rather heavily impacted by firing missiles. Perhaps consider flaps set to trim to counteract this? Never seen it done myself, so it'd be a new system as far as I've seen.
Other than that, shows promise. First Silver craft, no?
I'm wondering what the unit cost is. Some poking around with component prices leads me to suspect something in the ballpark of $7 million CAD per unit.
Going off some math I conveniently found, I reckon this thing would cost about $20k CAD per day. A fuel load will probably run us something under a grand.
That gun. Minigun? 7.62? How many rounds?
I've seen varying prices on those cheap Interceptor missiles, but a general trends seems to be about $300k a unit. Issue is, I hear the Eel Protectorate's getting a special deal from Graingy for about half that, so we'd best be stingy with the rockets.
Reminds me, what currency are we using?
Regardless of all that, I think this has a lot of promise still. Could definitely help us keep the skies clear while more numerous and cheaper aircraft can do their work. One benefit is the single crew member, which is only one salary as opposed to the dozens that a squadron of cheap fighters would need.
I am, however, concerned greatly by the potential to provoke a greater response from a certain Soian-owned enterprise. A few only will probably go ignored, though.
@TheMouse ... What?
Okay, there's... well, maybe...
Okay.
Grain needs to be funny. They live for it, seemingly. It wouldn't surprise me if internet exposure makes mental connections that they just can't help but crack dumb jokes with.
That or they said something childish like "draw a penis" with that SimplePaints thing.
@TheMouse Oh, goodness, I have no idea, really.
I never paid that close attention. The account had just started out, so it really wasn't attracting much attention and because of that I didn't pay much attention to the moderating. You cold probably ask Grain since they were on the site at a similar time, just not with an account. At least, that's as far as I am aware. I don't believe they had an account before being handed the Graingy account?
Somewhat unrelated, but have they ever slipped up to your knowledge? Gotten a ban or strike or removed craft? Any knowledge there?
@TheMouse In a warped sense, perhaps.
The company probably wanted someone with similarities in mannerisms to prevent too jarring a difference for the account's followers.
@TheMouse Me too. Unfortunately the biggest gun we have is mounted to the oceangoing equivalent of a go-kart.
It's still like 300mm but the platform is a joke.
@HirasawaMY You realize that the ground targets in this game are, in essence, living a sort of Groundhog Day-esque hell where they exist solely to get repeatedly blown up with extreme prejudice by whatever air, land, or sea vehicle happens to show up that time around, yeah?
It's like if Undertale had guided missiles and 226kg bombs.
Written directly in XML, like Andrew intended.
+7MrSilverWolf is basically an archangel at this point.
+4Transmission is horrible in SP.
+4Its basically direct drive. Lots of speed, no torque to speak of.
Google periods.
+3Literally nobody said anything.
+3You might want to wait for someone to comment before doing your "gotcha" next time.
Hoser.
Moments later they were shredded by the propeller like the big guy in Indiana Jones
+3That is most definitely not a fox.
+2I don't know what that is, but a fox ain't it.
I have the strangest desire to microwave it...
Well, you aren't wrong.
+2I break the Platinum chain.
+2@Yish42 Yeah I'm with Grain on this one.
+2That explains so much.
Sir this is a SimplePlanes
+2@Majakalona I don't get it.
+2@Majakalona If it's taken from Grain Guy's 60kg pile of uranium 235 then I'm happy.
+2@ColonelRelford Alternatively, you could have joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, waited for the collapse, and then stole everything.
+2Seemed like it worked for the oligarchs.
Why is it glowing?
+2@Majakalona Bombs away.
+2Wasn’t this thing stolen?
+2I’m not entirely clear on what exactly that person stole and what they modified.
Looks good.
A few nitpicks, however:
-Paint goof: Shiny tires.
-Wish there was a way to turn off gyros.
-Curious where the HUD came from.
-You forgot to invert the flaps after mirroring. All they do is roll in one direction. Remember, fully-body mirroring is your enemy. It WILL mess things up.
-Some stability issues, but in complete honesty I have zero clue what you could do about that.
-Concerned by the small size of the engine intakes. Possibly flame-out risk?
-Air brake looks awkward not being flush with the body.
-Leg room is taken up by wheels, very uncomfortable.
-Need telepathy to retract landing gear, open canopy.
-Balance is rather heavily impacted by firing missiles. Perhaps consider flaps set to trim to counteract this? Never seen it done myself, so it'd be a new system as far as I've seen.
Other than that, shows promise. First Silver craft, no?
I'm wondering what the unit cost is. Some poking around with component prices leads me to suspect something in the ballpark of $7 million CAD per unit.
Going off some math I conveniently found, I reckon this thing would cost about $20k CAD per day. A fuel load will probably run us something under a grand.
That gun. Minigun? 7.62? How many rounds?
I've seen varying prices on those cheap Interceptor missiles, but a general trends seems to be about $300k a unit. Issue is, I hear the Eel Protectorate's getting a special deal from Graingy for about half that, so we'd best be stingy with the rockets.
Reminds me, what currency are we using?
Regardless of all that, I think this has a lot of promise still. Could definitely help us keep the skies clear while more numerous and cheaper aircraft can do their work. One benefit is the single crew member, which is only one salary as opposed to the dozens that a squadron of cheap fighters would need.
I am, however, concerned greatly by the potential to provoke a greater response from a certain Soian-owned enterprise. A few only will probably go ignored, though.
I'll be in contact.
+2The M2 medium called, it wants its machine guns back.
+2More like going off to war and finding out you've been cheated on.
+2A weapon to surpass Metal Gear
+2You see this sticker with the word “Gold” written on it?
+2That means the chunk of copper I slapped it on is real pure gold!
GOOD LORD that thing is long
+2The landing gear puts a Tu-95 to shame
Bloody Barbie doll, that thing is.
The inside of that jet better be E for Everyone, or I swear to all-!
+2@Majakalona Well, the pearl sprinkles suck hard.
+1Very, very hard.
Ow.
@Majakalona You ever made a ginger bread house before?
+1@Majakalona @Eggplant You're both wrong.
+1They're those horrible pearl sprinkles that break your teeth and kill your gums.
For finally getting back to me.
+1@TheMouse That is 2030% in-character for them. I am experiencing negative surprise right now.
+1@TheMouse ... What?
+1Okay, there's... well, maybe...
Okay.
Grain needs to be funny. They live for it, seemingly. It wouldn't surprise me if internet exposure makes mental connections that they just can't help but crack dumb jokes with.
That or they said something childish like "draw a penis" with that SimplePaints thing.
@Graingy Sure you will.
+1@TheMouse Oh, goodness, I have no idea, really.
+1I never paid that close attention. The account had just started out, so it really wasn't attracting much attention and because of that I didn't pay much attention to the moderating. You cold probably ask Grain since they were on the site at a similar time, just not with an account. At least, that's as far as I am aware. I don't believe they had an account before being handed the Graingy account?
Somewhat unrelated, but have they ever slipped up to your knowledge? Gotten a ban or strike or removed craft? Any knowledge there?
@Graingy Oh, well, in that case please get out.
+1@TheMouse In a warped sense, perhaps.
+1The company probably wanted someone with similarities in mannerisms to prevent too jarring a difference for the account's followers.
@TheMouse They're a jerk. They love taunting people. This is no different.
+1@TheMouse Me too. Unfortunately the biggest gun we have is mounted to the oceangoing equivalent of a go-kart.
+1It's still like 300mm but the platform is a joke.
@HanakoSan I think you misunderstand how depth charges work.
+1Cannons. You're thinking of cannons.
@Majakalona I have not the means nor the intent.
+1That looks scarily realistic
+1Well isn't that just a shame.
+1That looks easy to make into a fabric patch.
+1@TheMouse Great timing, I came back to check on yesterday's post.
+1It's Mckenzie, not Mackenzie
@Guywhobuildsstuff Not much directly tied to you here, but I may as well alert you anyways.
+1What
+1If only I hadn't cut ties with Graingy.
+1They'd definitely have something of that sort.
I know they would.
@Graingy 'Bout right, sand.
+1876 comments, 762 upvotes.
+1Dang.
@Graingy joy.
+1@Graingy y?
+1@HirasawaMY You realize that the ground targets in this game are, in essence, living a sort of Groundhog Day-esque hell where they exist solely to get repeatedly blown up with extreme prejudice by whatever air, land, or sea vehicle happens to show up that time around, yeah?
+1It's like if Undertale had guided missiles and 226kg bombs.