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Hello there!

Welcome back to the SimplePlanes Weekly! It’s been awhile and I’m glad to finally be back in the swing of things. We’ve got a great interview with belugasub, plus the first-ever review of a SimpleRockets2 creation.

SimplePlanes News:

• A tournament for the Yeti Scramble course is now open!
• Not only is hfusiwjf29 returned to building, his legendary P-51D-30 Mustang has become the first upload to reach 1,000 upvotes, 15,000 total points for that one single build. It’s severely outdated after 4 years, but it’s still a smashing build.
• Similarly, CjrLdy‘s Antonov An-225, second most upvoted plane and my personal favorite, has equalized at 420 upvotes. If you don’t know what that’s means, you’re not old enough to be here. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go 420.
  

Teaser of the Week:

otayahiromo8211 is building a Mitsubishi J8M Shusui.
This craft was reverse engineered from a Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, and one prototype was tested before Japan’s surrender in WWII.
Komet is not the accurate name for this plane, but the German Komet is better known than the Shusui.

Meme of the Week:

By yours truly.

Reviews:

EF-45H Gecko HAF, by Dimkal

Quite obviously, this plane looks amazing. Fuselage and wing shape is very beautiful, and the paint combination is nice. The custom landing gear are also good, and the gear bay doors look really smooth when they open and close. And of course, the decals are impressive.

With all that having been said, the flight mechanics are too complex for their own good. Yes it’s realistic, and yes the effort that went into making it is astounding. But for SimplePlanes, it’s a bit much. If this were in a flight simulator then it’d fit right in. But its near-impossible to remember all the activation groups. I’m not saying that it’s bad, far from it. It’s just too much.

Dimkal deserves every one of the 25k points he’s been gotten from this plane and all the other incredible planes he’s made in the past. But for a casual player, it’s not much fun to fly. But again, astounding job.

Kirov Airship, by FishMiner

Have you ever seen something and thought: “this is going to be great no matter what?” This is one of those things.

The design is very unique and well executed. It has a cool sound to it, as well as a scary face on the front. It’s got a modest supply of bombs, but it can drop them all at once to unleash your wrath upon the enemies of the Motherland. The turret is awesome because you can shoot yourself with it. You can also do a sick 360° in mid air. This thing is ridiculously fun to use.

Villager Helicopter, by Homemade

If you remember this you deserve a veterans account. Or as villager number 9 would say, “HURNERJERSER”

Jokes aside, it flies decent enough, and the actual construction is good. Now, let’s go report on the latest pillager raid as we sip on some regen potions.

Just press 1, by pedro16797

What is presumably SR2’s first fully automated rocket, the “just press 1” (catchy name) does exactly what it’s supposed to. It will be very exciting to see where this concept may go in the future.

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Interview with belugasub:

belugasub, godfather of SimplePlanes memes and talented builder sits down with Awsomur in an SPW exclusive interview

First of all, where did you get a name like belugasub from? What does it mean?

• Well when I was a kid I loved seeing Beluga whales in the aquarium, and I also loved submarines, so as a tribute I made this name. It’s actually like 6 years old now

You’ve made some very nice planes over your time, including a Sopwith and a BF 110. What makes a plane good, and what are the challenges you’ve faced making them?

• Hmmmmm, I can’t really talk about what makes planes good, as I never advanced above the mid tier of building them so I’ll say what I believe the requirements are of a decent creation:

  1. Accurate shape, this is easy thanks to designer suite,
  2. Custom... everything, custom gear, canopy, wings, just everything.
  3. Detail, little markings on planes can go a long way in terms of presentation. Although small they makes the build look complete and well made.

• The challenge I personally faced making replicas was the motivation to build. And probably others but I’m tired and don’t wanna try remember

You were the father of the ducc meme a few months back. What did it feel like to be the creator of what is now a chapter in the website’s history? Also, kväck.

• feels good man

• as a side note, not many people realise that along with the Duck meme, I also unleashed the "Halloe" meme which is still around in people profile pics.

Have you obtained all the goldfish crackers yet?

• Ok this is quite a deep, personal question that brings a lot of emotion I think I’ll skip to prevent crying on an interview.

Anything else?

• id like to dedicate this paragraph to Goldfish crackers. They are not sold where I live and that makes me very sad. please send me some. thanks

belugasub is cool

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A special thanks to belugasub for letting me interview him. With that, this week’s edition of the SimplePlanes Weekly comes to an end. Happy flying!

-The Awsomur