11.3k ThomasRoderick Comments

  • Of Question and Teaser 4.4 years ago

    @Grob0s0VBRa Oh, so "just" archaeotech (whether its original form is considered silica animus is up for debate) corrupted by the ruinous powers, eh?

  • Of Question and Teaser 4.4 years ago

    Ah, that daemon engine, eh?

  • (somewhat) Accurate Ordnance Sizes and Flight Models 4.5 years ago

    @Tang0five Thanks pal! I am planning to release one w/ even more size-accurate bombs one day. And perhaps a few M2 Brownings as well...

  • Hawker P.1027 Cyclone 4.5 years ago

    For a second I thought you are using Wright Cyclone engines...

    +1
  • Bristol Fighter F.2B 4.5 years ago

    @Tang0five The biggest question is why I haven't upvoted them yet or why I haven't followed you when they came out...

    +1
  • Betelgeuse A1 4.5 years ago

    Zhara! Good to see ya 'gain!

  • SKV-14+ 4.5 years ago

    THAT turret, eh?

    +1
  • Off-road motorcycle test 2 4.5 years ago

    Keep up the good work, Kako!

    +1
  • Unstable but Stable 2 4.5 years ago

    @GuyFolk
    up above 90 degrees
    IIRC the cobra is supposed to go beyond 90 degrees...

  • Unstable but Stable 2 4.5 years ago

    @GuyFolk The point is that the braking effect is achieved by the apparent angle of attack (with respect to the airbrake) and the "lift" it generates. Basically speaking, the entire "cobra" schtick, but localized to a small wing surface instead of the entire plane.

  • Unstable but Stable 2 4.5 years ago

    @CenturiVonKikie @GuyFolk
    The in-game drag is still zero, but the fact that it's a wing surface (and thus generating backwards "lift") probably helped a bit. Has seen something similar on some @Greggory005's build.

    +1
  • Unstable but Stable 2 4.5 years ago

    @GuyFolk I mean, for a lot of times you don't quite need a brake to go beyond 90 degrees do ya? Granted, the one I used personally is a small subsonic drone that is only unstable on the yaw axis, and I -bleep-ed up on the anhedral effect and yaw control...

  • Unstable but Stable 2 4.5 years ago

    IIRC you can use clamp functions to prevent the split-brakes from going crazy... Had done something to a tailless design of my own based on some @CenturiVonKikie's design.
    Anyways, just an underqualified noob talking. Take no heed...

  • Lautern Skyly J-2 'Teacher' 4.5 years ago

    Holy... I promise I'll try to learn from this design as much as I can.

  • ATLAS SD-01A Specter (Sparky) 4.5 years ago

    @AtlasMilitaryIndustries Is the entire ATLAS military robotic or do they "just" use those super-fancy AIs as some sort of OP auxiliary (a la Sentou Yousei Yukikaze)?

  • ATLAS SD-01A Specter (Sparky) 4.5 years ago

    @Xx24reminder
    @AtlasMilitaryIndustries
    A robotic/autonomous ace pilot?

  • cursed A-10 WARTHOG 4.5 years ago

    My therapist: the Hindhog isn't real, it can't hurt you
    The Hindhog:

    +2
  • Air-Combat Challenge (1940-1960) [Closed] 4.5 years ago

    Are there any restrictions on the guns and/or cannons?

  • Cannon 4.5 years ago

    Are those... Yamato's guns?

    +1
  • Just a Ordinary FedEx Truck Nothing to see here folks 4.5 years ago

    Special Delivery!

    +3
  • RJ Kestrel MKIV 4.4 4.5 years ago

    @Raptor787 He don't make historical planes, only things that shouldn't fly whatsoever.

    +2
  • Chipolli-Popeli Tatchanawajete.III 4.5 years ago

    To think that even your joke can be such a dieselpunk masterpiece...

    +1
  • Simple Motorcycle 1 4.5 years ago

    Nice ta see ya 'gain, Kako!

    +2
  • Auto-lock missiles - and how to make them 4.6 years ago

    @wonsang802 WE'Z DA ORKZ AN' WE'Z MOIDE FER LOOTIN' AN' WINNIN'!!! WAAAAGGGHHH!!!

    +1
  • VoidFrame Vira 4.6 years ago

    @spefyjerbf Yeah on a second thought without fuel and delta-V concerns nobody's preventing you from thrusting straight up and then circularize... Oberth effect isn't that necessary when the ship have effectively infinite delta-V, right?

    +1
  • CD-UH.4 Stray Tern 4.6 years ago

    Congratz Rez!

    +2
  • VoidFrame Vira 4.6 years ago

    @spefyjerbf Pretty sure you ain't gonna reach high orbit if you can't even get to LEO...
    Also, delta-V means something else: it means the change in the spacecraft's velocity after expending the entire fuel load - and a impulse-craft should, in theory, have an infinite delta-V as long as the reactor power holds.

  • VoidFrame Vira 4.6 years ago

    Suddenly realized that this voidframe can't really go into orbit even before the Grounding: 15,000 mph = 6705m/s < 7900m/s... So was it RIDs back then or was it something like "not my fault this thing starts to disintegrate"?

  • L.S.R. Barbican H.B. Mk I 4.6 years ago

    Would probably be a pain to land given the placement of the gears, but the general shape is good. Also, the bomb sight is SICK! In general, a textbook example of good dieselpunk design.

    +1
  • Boba Fett Ver1.5 4.6 years ago

    @frogbot4000 And now imagine if their weapons have the muzzle velocity higher than that of a baseball...

  • Elmland II Ver1.0 - Galactic Empire Cosmic Destroyer 4.6 years ago

    Itano circus much?

    +1
  • ZEON SEALANTH Ver3.0 4.6 years ago

    duck

    +1
  • Boba Fett Ver1.5 4.6 years ago

    Vode An.

    +1
  • Boba Fett Ver1.5 4.6 years ago

    @frogbot4000 General Kenobi...

  • Heat Gauge Prototype 4.6 years ago

    @Grroro

  • Sweeper Mx1 4.6 years ago

    @spefyjerbf Exactly. That said, a high-spread, high-hitbox sort of weapon can lock down an entire airspace without fail - if perhaps a bit laggy for low-end devices. Basically, give the bullets the hitbox of the intercipias, and watch the fireworks. I might mention something about integrating the technology of this and the intercipias in a future CIWS build. Its code name? Grid Fire.

    +1
  • Sweeper Mx1 4.6 years ago

    @spefyjerbf Ofc I was exaggerating a bit when I said rebuilding it, but you either go full intercipias or you go for accurate barrage. Something with a small hitbox, low projectile speed, and Xtreme spread isn't hitting anything beyond pointblank.
    In case anyone's wondering, my standards of "good CIWS" is "to be able to accurately shoot down ATGMs", so I guess I might have been a bit too harsh on it...

  • Sweeper Mx1 4.6 years ago

    @spefyjerbf Pretty sure even FT codes can't save something like this... Trust me, I tried. Not without rebuilding it from ground up at least.

  • Sweeper Mx1 4.6 years ago

    Given this thing's effective range of around 5 meters, I'm formally declaring this plasma pumpjack to be an energy shield instead of a CIWS system...

  • Heat Gauge Prototype 4.6 years ago

    @UsualPiooneer Good! Machine guns, auto cannons, plasma repeaters.... as long as your weapon is a continuous-fire one with a boolean input you can use it. For cannons, just change the FireGuns to FireWeapons and you're all set.

  • Heat Gauge Prototype 4.6 years ago

    @spefyjerbf The point is that you won't be adding to the heat gauge after you overheated. And it will start cooling from a set "max" right after you release the firing mechanism. And compared to those used on Edgecrusher's "Orbidyn CFC-MR" flak cannons, this thing is much more reliable and straightforward. The rotary cannon in this prototype is my prototype plasma CIWS derived from the Intercepias Prototype CIWS.

  • Heat Gauge Prototype 4.6 years ago

    @MinyLynx Am I the only one on this 'site to turn turret elevation mechanisms into heat gauges?

  • Heat Gauge Prototype 4.6 years ago

    @Spefyjerbf

  • Meet The Skeletor, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 4.6 years ago

    Oi, ol' Grobs, zoggin' gud job!

  • FS-04 REYBATZEN Mk.6 Type-SA-2 4.6 years ago

    @Grroro Bonus point for both of you guys are hafus, read his bio.

    +1
  • FS-04 REYBATZEN Mk.6 Type-SA-2 4.6 years ago

    @Grroro True. This guy's so underrated.

    +1
  • Detachable Cockpit Experiment: GCP-MR Zombie 4.6 years ago

    Shouldn't it be called something like "Revenant" or "Graveriser", though?
    ...Or I will shoot it down with my peashooter.
    Yes, that's a Plants vs Zombies reference.

  • LAF e40 Echostar 3k trophy 4.6 years ago

    'Grats Greggios!

    +1