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How to make good Landing Gear

20.8k LieutenantSOT  3.2 years ago

Okay, so before I even start on the B-36 project, I need to get good at landing gears and learn the codes for delays

Do y'all have any tips?


^Here is an image of the gear^
The big hydraulic connected to the wheels goes towards the rear

The Oleo strut is the fluid suspension on the landing gear, the strut on the front is fixed in place

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    3,066 Zue5s

    @LieutenantSOT Oh gosh, this is so mechanically complicated!!!

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    @F104Deathtrap thanks!!

    3.2 years ago
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    Disable suspension on the wheels.
    Multiply the mass of any rotators and anything directly connected to the rotators by 3.
    I like to lower the traction on the wheels, too.

    +2 3.2 years ago
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    I'm gonna try and make it work though lmao

    3.2 years ago
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    @CenturyAerospace yeahhh

    3.2 years ago
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    @LieutenantSOT gonna be hard though with sp’s janky joint physics

    +1 3.2 years ago
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    @KnightOfRen yezz. The best advice

    3.2 years ago
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    41.8k Ren

    just put two "large retractable landing gear" pieces together and you have 4 wheels, ez af

    3.2 years ago
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    @jamesPLANESii good point! Thanks!
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    I might start working on these gear. I want to get them as close to the real thing as plausible. The two joints, and the suspension system. I need it to line up with the bay though, so I can't start yet

    3.2 years ago
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    Mentalise the mechanism and think about why some things are the way they are and if things have to be certain lengths and why,

    +2 3.2 years ago
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    @LieutenantSOT no problem!

    3.2 years ago
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    @asteroidbook345 fair, fair
    Yours does, never said it didn't. I think I understand how to do this now. Thanks

    3.2 years ago
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    @Nerfaddict lmao

    3.2 years ago
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    @LieutenantSOT yeah the real one did but mine works somewhat decently

    +1 3.2 years ago
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    29.9k Nerfaddict

    "haha stock landing gear go brr"
    Nerfaddict after "reading" this

    +4 3.2 years ago
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    @asteroidbook345 posted an image of the B-36's main gear (I'm not too worried about the nose gear lol)

    3.2 years ago
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    @asteroidbook345 okay, cool! Thank you so much
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    I don't want to copy yours lol. Mine is gonna be completely paneled
    But I like your system. The B-36 had a much different system though, so it'll be cool to learn from

    3.2 years ago
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    Look at the gear on mine for a very basic system. It's not the greatest but you know it works

    3.2 years ago