Thanks for helping me yall, I've been wanting to get back into SP after my long break and I think im going to do it by making an X-15

Download fuselage decal and boom

Make good looking plane for people to like

yes

put detail into it
some of my planes look like they don't have much detail but parts on them are
like on my boeing 337 the wings are hyper realistic as well as my 887
use more parts to detail your planes

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

@F104Deathtrap remove my eyes

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@banbantheman People are looking for help in this thread, maybe you could make funny jokes in a different one?

@rexrexThezion That decision is up to you.

To me, a good plane looks great and flies great. If I can't land it, if it loses control in a turn, if it's unnaturally fast or slow, then it doesn't fly well.

Good looking planes have 3D wings, realistic custom landing gear that works properly. Custom cockpits are nice, but not necessary. Markings, decals and lettering are nice, but not necessary. It has to be visually believable. The parts have to make sense.

realistic and artistic are two different thingies
its good to draw a fine line between the two just to be consistent unless youre me
for realistic, study the facets and commonalities of real world examples
for artistic just go ham my man and find some wild shape that looks rlly cool and do it

wha t is a plane exa ctly

This is a link to one of Savage's tutorials. He's posted a few and they're all good. He's one of the all time greats and very generous with his skills/knowledge.

This is EternalDarkness' tutorial on how to make good wings.

This is a guide to XML, the language of simpleplanes that controls what we build. It was put together by the Simple Planes Masters Chat community and is the single most important thing you need to learn.

This is Snowflake0s guide to FunkyTrees, the special features that can allow you to make incredible moving parts.

Build something unique and cool. From my experience, military fighters are the most popular. So start with something kinda simple, but that looks nice. Check some of Inuyahsa’s planes as an example of a place to start.

@rexrexThezion what is plane

@F104Deathtrap what are good planes

Download good planes, tear them apart to see how the parts fit together. There are tutorials posted by SavageMan and EternalDarkness and Snowflake0s. I will send you the links once I find them.

What kind of plane are you building now

First you wanna use fuselages to create designs