@PlaneFlightX Check out this airplane, it uses the new flight module you wanted. Cruise speed is around 550 mph, and VTOL down will simulate flaps down so that you can cruise at 210 mph.
If you want to use pistons in landing gear, you have to keep the mass of your build very low. If your build is heavier than a few thousand pounds, pretty much the only moving part you can use in landing gear is hinge rotators (not joint rotators).
@lilsniper334 If you start in the air, you can't just throttle up right away. You need to let it nose down, drop until it reaches at least 150 mph, then throttle up.
@FGW2014 Here's a version that works better. AG3 to enable hover mode, pitch/roll/yaw to maneuver in hover mode, throttle up and disable AG3 to fly like an airplane.
@PlaneFlightX I've uploaded a fixed version here. There were a bunch of things wrong with that build, most of all that wings and engines were attached to rotators. If you want to use rotators in a build, especially attached to structural parts like wings and engines, you better keep the mass of the build very low or you'll get the nasty wobbly-build problem.
To fix it, first I replaced all the rotators and pistons with fuselage blocks. Then I set the mass of every part in the build to zero, and finally I installed one of my flight modules. I haven't made an "airliner" flight module yet so the performance is not quite realistic if that's what you're looking for, but it handles well.
@Belloaka Symmetry is optional, the main benefit is build quality -- you get that machine-like precision with every shape instead of the rough approximation that handmade builds can achieve.
@Physoman What's with you kids these days? This is your first interaction with me, and your opening line is "I DARE YOU." Learn some manners, then talk to me, kid.
@grizzlitn Believe it or not, "swing wing" is the colloquial term for variable-geometry aircraft. And that toy is ridiculous, who came up with that idea? And more importantly, how do you know of it?
@TheFinalWitchingHour No offence, but that's a very strange question. If I can think of a better way to do something, I use it. I'm pretty sure most people act the same way.
@Thefuriouschicken I just never thought to install some, but you could easily do that yourself...
@Belloaka Thanks :)
@Thecatbaron More like MiG-21 put on some muscle.
@Treadmill103 For some reason, I really enjoy flying through the bridges with this one, at the slowest speed possible.
@Ergi Use the X-ray mod, everything will become clear.
@Treadmill103 Try the low-speed (flaps down) mode :)
Thanks, @BuiltBionixInd10
@PlaneFlightX Check out this airplane, it uses the new flight module you wanted. Cruise speed is around 550 mph, and VTOL down will simulate flaps down so that you can cruise at 210 mph.
If you want to use pistons in landing gear, you have to keep the mass of your build very low. If your build is heavier than a few thousand pounds, pretty much the only moving part you can use in landing gear is hinge rotators (not joint rotators).
@BoiBoicleetus69 It's just a bunch of airbrakes.
@lilsniper334 If you start in the air, you can't just throttle up right away. You need to let it nose down, drop until it reaches at least 150 mph, then throttle up.
Thanks, @SquattingGopnik
@Zanedavid Thanks.
@lilsniper334 "Just flips around and crashes"? It flies very well for me, and I suppose for everyone else.
@MarkMarabi Thanks, but you probably don't want to swear on this website. Check the rules.
@Belloaka Relax, it was a joke.
@BornToBeBurned I just think outside the box, I guess.
Thanks, @Belloaka :) What did you blow up with this?
Thanks, @jeckogecko
@FGW2014 Here's a version that works better. AG3 to enable hover mode, pitch/roll/yaw to maneuver in hover mode, throttle up and disable AG3 to fly like an airplane.
@FGW2014 No trouble. I just tried again and it still doesn't work, with physics on high or low. Tried starting in air, it just spins end over end.
@FGW2014 Cute build, but I couldn't get it to take off.
@PlaneFlightX I've uploaded a fixed version here. There were a bunch of things wrong with that build, most of all that wings and engines were attached to rotators. If you want to use rotators in a build, especially attached to structural parts like wings and engines, you better keep the mass of the build very low or you'll get the nasty wobbly-build problem.
To fix it, first I replaced all the rotators and pistons with fuselage blocks. Then I set the mass of every part in the build to zero, and finally I installed one of my flight modules. I haven't made an "airliner" flight module yet so the performance is not quite realistic if that's what you're looking for, but it handles well.
Thanks, @CRJ900Pilot
Thanks, @Thefuriouschicken
Thanks, @ArchibaldBalence, glad you like it :)
Thanks, @Treadmill103. I've never liked the F-18 but it does have some nice curves...
@AzureCorp Glad you think so :)
@BuiltBionixInd10 Thanks :)
@AzureCorp Thanks.
@Belloaka Thanks :)
@HeavyC22 You're welcome. This is actually really well made.
@Physoman All right, it's all good.
@Physoman Well, maybe consider how something might come across before you say it next time?
@Triggerstrider1 More like a MiG-21 with variable-sweep wings. A baby Tomcat is a good idea, though...
@Snowdog I can make you a smaller version with fewer parts if you like.
It's actually really impressive that you were able to make an unusually-shaped aircraft fly so well. Nice work.
@Belloaka Symmetry is optional, the main benefit is build quality -- you get that machine-like precision with every shape instead of the rough approximation that handmade builds can achieve.
Love it. Looks like a mix between a Do-335 and an A-10.
@Physoman What's with you kids these days? This is your first interaction with me, and your opening line is "I DARE YOU." Learn some manners, then talk to me, kid.
@Snowdog Surely that's a problem with your device, not this build?
@Belloaka All the calculations are done by my own software. Before you ask, no, that's not the reason I don't build accurately-sized replicas.
Thanks, @asteroidbook345
@grizzlitn Believe it or not, "swing wing" is the colloquial term for variable-geometry aircraft. And that toy is ridiculous, who came up with that idea? And more importantly, how do you know of it?
@switdog08 Realism, schmealism...
@Aeromotive Indeed :)
@FireFast212 Simple is beautiful, right?
@CalebRepublic Nyet problema, comrade.
@TheFinalWitchingHour No offence, but that's a very strange question. If I can think of a better way to do something, I use it. I'm pretty sure most people act the same way.
@TheFinalWitchingHour I'm not sure what you're asking.