@Thecatbaron tell me about it, dont get me wrong i enjoy the building, but as you say they just keep missing the mark apparently, ive tried shaking it up a bit going from ww1 to modern day but no luck. I dont have much interest in other vehicles hence not many builds that are not aircraft =)
@lastv801 I have a long range medium bomber, 4 different evolutions of my f4, a couple of apc type vehicles and then a load of part built aircraft concepts.
@ThomasRoderick about 4 days ago here, F3F2F1. So having a jet engine producing 100% of the thrust via a reducing gear box and a drive shaft doesnt allow me to say that it is powered by a jet engine? I didnt say it was a jet, i said it was powered by one, which as far as i can see would be correct?
@Tang0five it is indeed, I went through some of my older builds and found the p100, that shape is awesome hence a modern jet version :) look forward to seeing your build.
@asteroidbook345 when you change the direction of rotation the props move backwards or forwards (not the engine, just the props) and thats what isnt in line, the engines themselves have exactly the same co-ords.
@asteroidbook345 good spot, since i copied them from 1 side to the other they should line up..... it flies fine though and they dont fall off so no idea why it shows that.
@Dimkal yeah I wanted something pointy to match the plane, the sr71 has a pointy cockpit so I made something similar, a round cockpit just looked out of place. Rudder was an oversight... oops
@Mmdben bit this isn't one of those planes and it has massive advantages. I hate gear that clashes with doors, this fixes that perfectly, horses for courses and all that.
@Mmdben I disagree, if this was say, a ground attack aircraft or a trainer then I could understand how there would be a conflict between auto gear and flight operability, but, this is a high speed/altitude interceptor. The only time it's going slow is for take off or landing, if it's flying low what's the point of the stealth design?
@NANOMAN no it doesn't :p it lets me sequence rotation and opening/shutting of doors. If your landing at high speed you've got it wrong, if it retracts before your airborne you have overstressed the undercarriage due to speed I.e. you have got it wrong.
@BogdanX thanks bog, it was more like the German f104 zero length launcher, the 104 needed tanks to keep it airborne long enough hence there addition. I did ponder removing them for a second set of sidewinders but I thought that was ott on armament. This link has some nice details and a video.
@DOX they finished their UK display season early to go on tour in America, so they probs wouldn't have been available for Malta anyway was what I meant.
@Thecatbaron tell me about it, dont get me wrong i enjoy the building, but as you say they just keep missing the mark apparently, ive tried shaking it up a bit going from ww1 to modern day but no luck. I dont have much interest in other vehicles hence not many builds that are not aircraft =)
@AtlanticStandard yeah i was thinking of that, but i dont know, its a lot of work for 20 upvotes....
@Mattangi2 that's cos I set it up as a company (see profile) no different to hawker or Martin baker etc :)
@lastv801 here for some examples...
@lastv801 I have a long range medium bomber, 4 different evolutions of my f4, a couple of apc type vehicles and then a load of part built aircraft concepts.
@lastv801 thanks :) I'm struggling with building at present, have over 10 builds incomplete..
@lastv801 nah man that was a one off for the spy special :)
@TheFantasticTyphoon by all means, happy to supply.
+1@CRJ900Pilot thanks. Glad you liked it
@ChiChiWerx that has to be one of my best comments ever, you got power and speed to be the same as i used when configuring it :)
@ThomasRoderick no worries, lots of people missed my F4 by the look of it... =p
+1@ThomasRoderick about 4 days ago here, F3 F2 F1. So having a jet engine producing 100% of the thrust via a reducing gear box and a drive shaft doesnt allow me to say that it is powered by a jet engine? I didnt say it was a jet, i said it was powered by one, which as far as i can see would be correct?
@feanor thanks for the spotlight, can't remember the last time I had one..
+1@ThomasRoderick it's not a replica, it's part of my series of builds from f1-f4. You do realise a turboprop is a jet engine with a gearbox right? :)
+1@BlackhattAircraft you tell me.... I thought it was the best one of my latest posts.
@CptJacobson help yourself, thanks for asking
@EternalDarkness jets :) and tricycle gear, damn, you guessed it...
@Generalkrayt thanks :) wait until you see the F4.
@TheFantasticTyphoon Lucky man, its too far down south for me to get to easily.
+1@CZECHSPACEPROGRAM Tak určitě (if google translate was correct, that should mean sure... =)
@Tang0five quite probably, was looking at some aa missile batteries at Sunderland aircraft museum.
@Chancey21 good job it's ground to ground then :)
+2@Caat2 lol a few months ago they did
@gispet thanks =) An old one this.
@Thecatbaron I've made loads of planes with cockpits :) this is my first for a while though, they add so many parts...
@Megamonster thanks :) bit of everything really, usually start with a real aircraft and just sort of build my own from there.
@Tang0five it is indeed, I went through some of my older builds and found the p100, that shape is awesome hence a modern jet version :) look forward to seeing your build.
@Trainzo it's looks nice, I havnt had a chance to fly it yet, cockpit instrument layout looks great (and v time consuming)
@EternalDarkness it was named after the Spartan general :) where is the place? Google didn't recognise the name..
@asteroidbook345 when you change the direction of rotation the props move backwards or forwards (not the engine, just the props) and thats what isnt in line, the engines themselves have exactly the same co-ords.
@asteroidbook345 good spot, since i copied them from 1 side to the other they should line up..... it flies fine though and they dont fall off so no idea why it shows that.
@Caden313 sorry had to re-post it, forgot to delete a random block that was hanging around outside the build....
@CRJ900Pilot I was going to do boat but decided to go for wat instead.
@Trainzo thanks again trainzo, glad you like it.
@ChiChiWerx good man, bombs or strafing? I have no luck with bomb timings I always end up straddling the target (or missing completely)
@Dimkal yeah I wanted something pointy to match the plane, the sr71 has a pointy cockpit so I made something similar, a round cockpit just looked out of place. Rudder was an oversight... oops
@EternalDarkness yep, Google polikarpov i153 :)
@Tang0five thanks :) I use a couple of small flotation bars hidden in the float, let's me be more flexible on floating position etc
@TheFantasticTyphoon Thanks =)
@Tang0five no doubt, I heard it was going to be vtol and carrier capable right up until the government changed their mind for the 3rd time....
+2@Armyguy1534 help yourself.
@Mmdben bit this isn't one of those planes and it has massive advantages. I hate gear that clashes with doors, this fixes that perfectly, horses for courses and all that.
@Mmdben I disagree, if this was say, a ground attack aircraft or a trainer then I could understand how there would be a conflict between auto gear and flight operability, but, this is a high speed/altitude interceptor. The only time it's going slow is for take off or landing, if it's flying low what's the point of the stealth design?
@NANOMAN no it doesn't :p it lets me sequence rotation and opening/shutting of doors. If your landing at high speed you've got it wrong, if it retracts before your airborne you have overstressed the undercarriage due to speed I.e. you have got it wrong.
@JamesBoA @Chancey21 @Armyguy1534
@Syabil @Mmdben @ACEPILOT109
@FairFireFight what do you mean black circle? It's got hollow ducts from the intake to the engine itself.
@BogdanX thanks bog, it was more like the German f104 zero length launcher, the 104 needed tanks to keep it airborne long enough hence there addition. I did ponder removing them for a second set of sidewinders but I thought that was ott on armament. This link has some nice details and a video.
@DOX they finished their UK display season early to go on tour in America, so they probs wouldn't have been available for Malta anyway was what I meant.
Reds are in America anyway arnt they?