@Orangeillini88 It was not my first planned entry actually. My previous work was pretty handy but I thought it was not "special" enough I thought. So everything was start all over again. Until I planned to make a plane that could be a navy drone with folding function it was one day later. And until I planned that it should take off from a platform, it took another day. There were prototypes and prototypes I made. Until I thought I could put it in a suitcase, it was the third day. And you see it was sort like an evolution actually. The hardest part was the idea.
@Insertname Yes, one is finished actually. But I'm not very satisfied with the performance since the engine power was enough to human but it seemed AI wanted more. I'm refining it by improving wings right now. Hope it helps.
@FireNut58 I get it! Actually there are tutorials on making planes. When you enter the game go to [PLAY]. And you can see a doctorial hat logo on the left of the top banner. Click it you'll find built-in tutorials. Beside them I have some suggestions on tuning your plane:
Press [Space] to show/hide CoM/CoL/CoT in the editor. They respectively stand for Center of Mass/Center of Lift/Center of Torque.
CoM could be tuned by fuselage's "Fuel" and "Deadweight" options.
CoL could be tuned by wing's position, size, and shape.
The lift of a wing could also be tuned by "Airfoil" option, but this option don't affect CoL so far as I know.
CoT is determined by the position of engine.
If you make a plane that engine is on the front, a stable alignment is Head-CoT-CoM-CoL-Tail.
If you make a plane the engine is on the rear, a stable alignment is Head-CoM-CoL-CoT-Tail.
@FireNut58 I think your idea is very practical for this mission. But I also think the design may somewhat break the immersion. Because though this car is fictional, I still want it to be "life realistic". So I'm sorry that I am not planning to make it this version. But I won't stop you to take this car as a beginning to realize it. Other than that, I have favorated a work made by other member. It's a very nice truck, it have parachutes, and it even have other functions. Highly recommend it to you!
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/jN8HqW/Final-Military-Truck
@Sarpanitu Thank you for the review! I'm surprised it could get this high score! Really appreciated! By the way, what does "build-off" exactly mean in the challenge? I googled it but couldn't get an exact definition.
@Tully2001 I have to admit at the first glance on the reference plane I recognized the blue fuselage as sleek cockpit either until my mouse touched it. Nice work : )
@Tully2001 It was actually this one. Since it's the only legal scaled part, I cherished it very much and never have changed it. It is safe and sound : )
@Stingray I'm actually pretty satisfied with its speed around 2000mph, the islands and clouds move like I'm watching a time-lapse film and yet everything is totally controllable : )
@Insertname Thanks for the spotlight!
@jamesPLANESii Thank you : )
@Insertname Thank you! The VTOL needs some time to get used to it : )
@TTHHSSSS Thank you for the upvote, the spotlight and your kind words!
@Insertname Here it is : )
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/29L44b/Fighter-Drone-Falcon
@Insertname Why not. Do whatever you wish as long as you have fun with it : )
@Stingray Thank you!
@Orangeillini88 It was not my first planned entry actually. My previous work was pretty handy but I thought it was not "special" enough I thought. So everything was start all over again. Until I planned to make a plane that could be a navy drone with folding function it was one day later. And until I planned that it should take off from a platform, it took another day. There were prototypes and prototypes I made. Until I thought I could put it in a suitcase, it was the third day. And you see it was sort like an evolution actually. The hardest part was the idea.
@FeirAamir Thanks! Here is Mk. 2 https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/xl8vYm/Spy-Drone Fixed all bugs. I think you could play with it even happier : )
@FeirAamir Thank you!
@Insertname Yes, one is finished actually. But I'm not very satisfied with the performance since the engine power was enough to human but it seemed AI wanted more. I'm refining it by improving wings right now. Hope it helps.
@Insertname No problem! Very nice aircraft!
@xXxMLGDOGE603xXx So let's try it after a while. Good luck!
@xXxMLGDOGE603xXx Still ping good, can not connect. Quite sad.
@xXxMLGDOGE603xXx I'm on 1.5.3.3.
@Orangeillini88 Thanks for the compliments!
@xXxMLGDOGE603xXx Let's try this later. Don't work too hard.
@SimpleEric Maybe we can try this on the next release of the mod.
@xXxMLGDOGE603xXx Sorry that currently I can't host a server because every conncetion from outside seems blocked on my current network environment.
@xXxMLGDOGE603xXx I can ping but still can't connect. Maybe I just met a bug.
@xXxMLGDOGE603xXx Got a dozen of failed attempts now.
@xXxMLGDOGE603xXx We have a problem! It says failed to connect.
@xXxMLGDOGE603xXx Coming!
@xXxMLGDOGE603xXx Thanks for the upvote and the invitation! Do you have a server?
@xXxMLGDOGE603xXx : )
@FireNut58 I get it! Actually there are tutorials on making planes. When you enter the game go to [PLAY]. And you can see a doctorial hat logo on the left of the top banner. Click it you'll find built-in tutorials. Beside them I have some suggestions on tuning your plane:
Press [Space] to show/hide CoM/CoL/CoT in the editor. They respectively stand for Center of Mass/Center of Lift/Center of Torque.
CoM could be tuned by fuselage's "Fuel" and "Deadweight" options.
CoL could be tuned by wing's position, size, and shape.
The lift of a wing could also be tuned by "Airfoil" option, but this option don't affect CoL so far as I know.
CoT is determined by the position of engine.
If you make a plane that engine is on the front, a stable alignment is Head-CoT-CoM-CoL-Tail.
If you make a plane the engine is on the rear, a stable alignment is Head-CoM-CoL-CoT-Tail.
Hope these notes helps. Good luck!
@Unstable It's my pleasure! Really glad you like it : )
@Unstable Thanks for the upvote!
@FireNut58 Tutorial on which things exactly? I'll try what I can to describe it.
@FireNut58 I think your idea is very practical for this mission. But I also think the design may somewhat break the immersion. Because though this car is fictional, I still want it to be "life realistic". So I'm sorry that I am not planning to make it this version. But I won't stop you to take this car as a beginning to realize it. Other than that, I have favorated a work made by other member. It's a very nice truck, it have parachutes, and it even have other functions. Highly recommend it to you!
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/jN8HqW/Final-Military-Truck
@Sarpanitu Okay, I'll keep an eye on your decision.
@SteadfastContracting Thank you for the upvote! Very glad you like it : )
@Orangeillini88 Thanks for the upvote!
@Sarpanitu Thank you for the review! I'm surprised it could get this high score! Really appreciated! By the way, what does "build-off" exactly mean in the challenge? I googled it but couldn't get an exact definition.
@mikoyanster Never built one plane with this engine before. Time for a try! I'm in : )
@Tully2001 Thank you for your understanding!
@Tully2001 Thank you for the invitation! But I think I have to finish my work at the moment. Sorry about this!
@Tully2001 No problem!
@Tully2001 I have to admit at the first glance on the reference plane I recognized the blue fuselage as sleek cockpit either until my mouse touched it. Nice work : )
@flyingsteve88 No problem! By the way, only the first three tagged member could receive your message in a single comment post.
@Tully2001 It was actually this one. Since it's the only legal scaled part, I cherished it very much and never have changed it. It is safe and sound : )
@Tully2001 Yes, indeed : )
@Tully2001 Thanks for the upvote!
@UnknownNate Thanks for the upvote!
@mikoyanster Thanks! Your plane's maneuverability and beautiful appearance impresses me as well : )
@Stingray Sounds cool!
@grizzlitn Thank you for the upvote and the spotlight!
@Stingray I'm actually pretty satisfied with its speed around 2000mph, the islands and clouds move like I'm watching a time-lapse film and yet everything is totally controllable : )
@mikoyanster Thank you for the compliments : )
@hopotumon Thanks for the upvote!