@PlaneFlightX thanks for the suggestion! If it doesn’t add too many parts, I’ll probably do that. (although it does add up to 44 fan blades) Also, the sound of the propeller is definitely a little out of place on a GE90.
Very cool! I’ve flown on the 717 many times and I think it’s a great aircraft. It’s unfortunate that your plane will be for non-mobile players only, but I understand that these kinds of projects are a lot of work.
Also, what livery do you plan to put on this plane?
@KendJello one way you could improve performance is by setting the “calculate drag” XML attribute to false on most parts. The performance cost won’t go down, but it should give the game an easier time with the physics simulation.
Amazing plane btw! Very few airliners have such a detailed cockpit and a beautiful livery/exterior as well.
@NaziParty Er… I haven’t touched it in a few months. The main thing that held it back from being released last summer was the artificial horizon. If I find a way to solve those problems and people seem to want the plane, I would consider working on it in the first half of this year.
@GalacticaAsia thanks for the advice and sorry for taking so long to reply. I originally had a similar setup to your A330 where the back was weighted to cause the tilt. I have since added a spring and piston per the advice of PlaneFlightX and it works pretty nicely. I’ll definitely be looking out for your control base method when you post it though. Sounds interesting!
Nice detailed aircraft. I appreciate that you took the time to make all the gear doors open to have the gear retract into an actual opening in the aircraft. (Most people don’t do this) The aircraft is a bit tricky to handle, but a little bit of XML could fix that. Overall, cool build!
@fleia262 here is the link to a pdf Boeing published. On page 20/21 there are ortho drawings of the -200 and -300. They helped me a lot with getting the basic shape of the aircraft, but you may need to find pictures of you want to have more detail. Also, this is the link if you want other Boeing models. I haven’t checked these, but they should have decent drawings. Hope this helps!
Cool! I actually just started making a 777-200 a couple of weeks ago. If you would like some blueprints for the basic shape, I’d be glad to give them to you.
Nice job! I was wondering when someone would finally make a successor the Stationair. The instrument lighting is something I didn’t expect, but it looks quite good in the cockpit you made. 👍
@Soardivision160th Overload is used to edit XML and it can be done on mobile. In the editor just select a part, click the overload icon on the bottom, and change the 1 on the right of “massScale” to a 0.
fyi: It might take a while to do all the parts of your plane, so I would focus on the larger ones first.
@PlaneFlightX thanks for the suggestion! If it doesn’t add too many parts, I’ll probably do that. (although it does add up to 44 fan blades) Also, the sound of the propeller is definitely a little out of place on a GE90.
+1Very cool! I’ve flown on the 717 many times and I think it’s a great aircraft. It’s unfortunate that your plane will be for non-mobile players only, but I understand that these kinds of projects are a lot of work.
Also, what livery do you plan to put on this plane?
Thanks @AnomalyYeet! Nice challenge and glad you liked the plane.
I approve of the detailed engines and gear.
Maybe try this: Pitch = -1 ? 1 : 0
or… Pitch < 0 ? : 0
@JosephT here is a link to a guide for taking screenshots
[EDIT]
Okay wait… here is a link to actually making screenshots. The other one is slightly different.
Nice plane, but it needs instructions
+1@KendJello one way you could improve performance is by setting the “calculate drag” XML attribute to false on most parts. The performance cost won’t go down, but it should give the game an easier time with the physics simulation.
Amazing plane btw! Very few airliners have such a detailed cockpit and a beautiful livery/exterior as well.
+1Great level of detail, inside and out!
+1@NaziParty Er… I haven’t touched it in a few months. The main thing that held it back from being released last summer was the artificial horizon. If I find a way to solve those problems and people seem to want the plane, I would consider working on it in the first half of this year.
+1@GalacticaAsia thanks for the advice and sorry for taking so long to reply. I originally had a similar setup to your A330 where the back was weighted to cause the tilt. I have since added a spring and piston per the advice of PlaneFlightX and it works pretty nicely. I’ll definitely be looking out for your control base method when you post it though. Sounds interesting!
+1Nice detailed aircraft. I appreciate that you took the time to make all the gear doors open to have the gear retract into an actual opening in the aircraft. (Most people don’t do this) The aircraft is a bit tricky to handle, but a little bit of XML could fix that. Overall, cool build!
+1@PlaneFlightX– Thanks, that works quite well! I should have known by now that your SWL-120 has a similar feature.
+1@fleia262 here is the link to a pdf Boeing published. On page 20/21 there are ortho drawings of the -200 and -300. They helped me a lot with getting the basic shape of the aircraft, but you may need to find pictures of you want to have more detail. Also, this is the link if you want other Boeing models. I haven’t checked these, but they should have decent drawings. Hope this helps!
+1Cool! I actually just started making a 777-200 a couple of weeks ago. If you would like some blueprints for the basic shape, I’d be glad to give them to you.
+1Nice job! I was wondering when someone would finally make a successor the Stationair. The instrument lighting is something I didn’t expect, but it looks quite good in the cockpit you made. 👍
Is that Tinkercad? Great models btw
Thank you!
Hi @Vincent, could you please make this post a successor to this (https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/YbIuoU/Christmas-Challenge-OPEN) challenge? Thank you
+1@PlaneFlightX oh yeah… thanks :)
@Bellcat Thanks! Yep, in real life that hat would be a bit disruptive.
Awesome job!
Yay, it has the wonky engine cowlings
Great build!
+1Thanks for the suggestions! I’ll definitely consider them.
Great startup sequence! The cockpit is well detailed.
+1L-1011?
Thank you @Phoebe and @PlaneFlightX for your help!
I have a pretty stable altitude/vs system working now, just have some work on the heading stuff.
This is the link to the plane for PlaneFlightX.
@PlaneFlightX,
+1If you have time, could you help?
I love SP physics :)
2024? Veeery long term
+1Love the start up stuff, keep up the good work!
gween is cool because twees are gween
+1@DARZAVIATIONOFICIAL Thank you! And congratulations to the other participants!
+1@Soardivision160th Overload is used to edit XML and it can be done on mobile. In the editor just select a part, click the overload icon on the bottom, and change the 1 on the right of “massScale” to a 0.
fyi: It might take a while to do all the parts of your plane, so I would focus on the larger ones first.
It looks like you need to make the plane lighter with xml. Try aim for around 75000 lbs.
edit: maybe actually around 120,000 lbs. due to the size of your plane.
Hmm, that’s interesting
@X99STRIKER Yes, the screenshots are from a small turboprop I’m working on.
Looks like a pod racer
@PlaneFlightX
+1Thanks, that’s very helpful!
https://www.simpleplanes.com/About/Rules
hehe
+3Thanks everyone!
Cool! T
+1I wish you luck on the livery :)
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+1Great plane! It’s detailed without being overly complex
Looks great so far! T
Very Nice!
+1Oh no, not trig
+1First ship I’ve downloaded in a while and I can’t stop shooting the ai planes with the CIWS. Great build!
+1