Very cool idea. Really is twitchy - dunno if its me being special but I can't keep it upright for long. I think if you upscaled the whole thing then it might be more stable.
@Mkenz well where do I start lol. OK. Stress ball - unless I make it insanely big it just breaks. Really think its a no goer - hay maybe a week down the line I'll have a bolt of inspiration. We have a new YAW trainee - he is showing real promise. He has some quirky ideas - some seem to work.
Love your essays - its nice to speak to someone who seems to take a genuine interest - so thanks so much for that.
Finally - where's your next plane? Gonna make a bigger one ?
I managed to solve the balance prob: move the 2 front landing gears 1 block forward. Scrap the front single gear. Then make the wings your landing gear is attached to flat bottom. And your main wings flat bottom. When you get up to speed it isnt as nose heavy then. All the best - nice plane.
@Mkenz a stress ball that moves or just a ball? I dunno - ive seen from a couple inventions that balls Dont fare too well. Also we both know that the fingers snap very easily :-) Did you wanna take a look? Putting a static ball to grab onto shouldn't be too hard.
Actually flies pretty decent for such a large Marge. If you make 2 of your rear stabs semi-symetric it will solve that nose rising problem. All the best.
Not trying to self promote - but I did something kinda similar with my "Ascalon" - except the pitch control was done from the front instead of back. Found it to be a tad smoother.
The versions are defo improving. We just need to get a bit better pitch now - roll is ridiculously good. Also on a side note - your rear stabs aren't the same size/shape ! Somehow you've got away with it - usually that kind of thing causes the plane to roll.
Still just as impractical :-) as with the previous - love the stunt ability of this - chuck it into a stall roll then just glide out of it. At one point I had it hovering - so much fun
@Mkenz lol. I did a trial run before this plane where all I did was download one of toads planes and ripped all the wings off so your just left with the frame. Then add your own wings - you be surprised how quickly and different it turns out.
@hypnotoad a lot of my recent planes - the ones where I've put design first - I've really struggled to get them to fly nice / be balanced. Well you saw that the plane before this one I never managed to truly balance it - so I cheated and added manual TRIM :-). This one however has been one of my easier builds. It all just seemed to fall into place. So I can't give you any tips I'm afraid - it's a dark art!
@Mkenz your flight sounded like A LOT of mine :-) and I'm not entirely sure how it flies :-D - I was surprised how well it flew from early on when I was making it. Usually I battle at the end to get it flyable - but the whole big wing thing seems to help.
@hypnotoad no pink? Look closer. I snuck a tiny amount in :-) I would be so honoured to do a paint job for you - but I do like your schemes. And I do owe this to you - the main wings I learnt from you so thanks so much.
@Mkenz as you know - replicas aren't my thing - how's about a Cessna with water pontoons?
@Mkenz ma?
Nice looking but pitch is too bouncy. Fair play for putting so many engines on :-)
PS. The handlebar control.thing is genius.
Very cool idea. Really is twitchy - dunno if its me being special but I can't keep it upright for long. I think if you upscaled the whole thing then it might be more stable.
It is a lot better. I like the whole ripped up wing design you got going on.
@Mkenz OK cool will take a ride
@CmdrAlex @Zing2000 glad you like the looks - didn't mean to go hypnotoad on this but god dam his system seems to work dam well
@DragonCreations lol woops - changed for a smaller word :-D
@hypnotoad the usual thanks. Appreciate your support and kind words as always.
@JacobHardy64 thanks so much for your support.
@Mkenz well where do I start lol. OK. Stress ball - unless I make it insanely big it just breaks. Really think its a no goer - hay maybe a week down the line I'll have a bolt of inspiration. We have a new YAW trainee - he is showing real promise. He has some quirky ideas - some seem to work. Love your essays - its nice to speak to someone who seems to take a genuine interest - so thanks so much for that. Finally - where's your next plane? Gonna make a bigger one ?
Gonna have a tinker if that's cool
Badass as hell
Looks really cool!
Glad you dug my old plane out :-)
Pitch is much better than it has been - still.liking you using the 3rd dimension :-)
Better
I managed to solve the balance prob: move the 2 front landing gears 1 block forward. Scrap the front single gear. Then make the wings your landing gear is attached to flat bottom. And your main wings flat bottom. When you get up to speed it isnt as nose heavy then. All the best - nice plane.
Lol I like it. Feel up to a fried egg? :-D
@Mkenz you got any ideas how to do that? Been racking my brains and I cant
@Mkenz a stress ball that moves or just a ball? I dunno - ive seen from a couple inventions that balls Dont fare too well. Also we both know that the fingers snap very easily :-) Did you wanna take a look? Putting a static ball to grab onto shouldn't be too hard.
I do appologise
@Mkenz of course! Had fun with that
@Bravon lol thanks - getting harder and harder to get noticed these days!
Actually flies pretty decent for such a large Marge. If you make 2 of your rear stabs semi-symetric it will solve that nose rising problem. All the best.
Not trying to self promote - but I did something kinda similar with my "Ascalon" - except the pitch control was done from the front instead of back. Found it to be a tad smoother.
Using rotators to move the control surfaces definitely works. Nice
I love that when I first took off - pretty much the whole rear of the plane got knocked off......but it still flew more or less fine :-)
@Mr0Muncher my pleasure.
The versions are defo improving. We just need to get a bit better pitch now - roll is ridiculously good. Also on a side note - your rear stabs aren't the same size/shape ! Somehow you've got away with it - usually that kind of thing causes the plane to roll.
@Mkenz sorry I'm here dude! Will have a fly now. What's the idea?
Does look good and flies pretty good. A little more pitch would be nice.
Really unusual looking plane. I like it.
@Mkenz make it longer I reckon
Still just as impractical :-) as with the previous - love the stunt ability of this - chuck it into a stall roll then just glide out of it. At one point I had it hovering - so much fun
@Mkenz na tomorrow now for me buddy. I check fairly regularly
Nice! Defo probs be using this too.
@Mkenz UK dude 2200 right now
@Mkenz Nice! Try and get rid of some drag if you can. I have semi OCD about unnecessary drag.
@Mkenz and pink for the win :-)
So much fun! You can make it tumble easily - which is normally a bad thing. However unusually you can pull this one back - therefore its a stuntplane!
@Mkenz lol. I did a trial run before this plane where all I did was download one of toads planes and ripped all the wings off so your just left with the frame. Then add your own wings - you be surprised how quickly and different it turns out.
@Mkenz well as long as @hypnotoad doesn't sue us for copyright- you should be fine to crack on mate :-D
@hypnotoad a lot of my recent planes - the ones where I've put design first - I've really struggled to get them to fly nice / be balanced. Well you saw that the plane before this one I never managed to truly balance it - so I cheated and added manual TRIM :-). This one however has been one of my easier builds. It all just seemed to fall into place. So I can't give you any tips I'm afraid - it's a dark art!
@Mkenz your flight sounded like A LOT of mine :-) and I'm not entirely sure how it flies :-D - I was surprised how well it flew from early on when I was making it. Usually I battle at the end to get it flyable - but the whole big wing thing seems to help.
@hypnotoad no pink? Look closer. I snuck a tiny amount in :-) I would be so honoured to do a paint job for you - but I do like your schemes. And I do owe this to you - the main wings I learnt from you so thanks so much.
Came to give you your 5 stars - but this is actually worth 5 regardless. Love it
@PK @Joffahsanno so glad you guys like - thanks
@hypnotoad - I know its not spikey enough to be a true toad - so think of it as a child friendly toad? :-)