So, as many of you who participate in roleplays here on this wonderful site know, I usually choose Japan as my faction. My newest project is an experiment with custom landing gear. There is one issue with balance on the ground, the ground clearance, and the doors don't always like me. I cannot provide a picture, but it does have the apparatus of a strike plane/fighter. Any suggestions on fixes and/or ideas on armaments?
@DragonAerotech Once more, that is to get a feel for her maneuverability and stability to see what she excels in. It works well as a balanced, so it'll have some infernos and guardians in its final loadout. Along with the guns you suggested (just built them into the new wings) and some bombs.
@TehNewDucky Oh okay, sorry about that! I thought you were in General360s alternate WW2 RP and didn't see you were on iOS. I wish that Mac would reconsider their policy for games like this one but they're hard headed. Last I knew they were still fighting with the Feds over their privacy policies even...
And dang, that bird is loaded to the nines!! All you need now is the toilet bomb to finish off her loadout!!
@DragonAerotech So the "beta" version is out, and it is covered in weapons to get a feel for what should be the final result. It's a WWIIII RP, so weapons being too advanced isn't an issue. Also, I build on iOS so I can neither nudge nor XML mod.
Hmm ... I'd say, primary armament would be 30 mm Type 5 Autocannons, stats are easily modded in XML, and from there you could go with 250 Lb. bombs, or rocket pods, but that could be boring. You could create tube-style recoilless rifles or rockets under the wings with rescaled missiles or even 250 Lb. bombs if the tube is nudged down over a working base, modded/rescaled detacher and the weapon in question. If working with missiles, since its a period RP, just make sure you don't turn on your' guidance just see to it that the rocket motor activates with the same AG as the detacher. This idea also works with your' balance issue as you can nudge the barrel assembly over the weapon assembly wherever the extra weight will help. Clearance shouldn't be a problem as a 0.18 thick piece of fuselage in the wing will allow you to mount the barrel directly to the wing or forgoing that - directly to the fuselage.
If its a matter of clearance with gear doors, while I have no experience with it on SPs, there are a couple of options from history. The Ju-86 had part of its gear door hinged to protrude away from the bottom of the oleo leg opposite from the wheel. I'm sure you can find pics online. On the other hand you could have a secondary set of gear doors on the wing assemblies that simply are retracted over the wheel after the gear is back in place to counter for that clearance?
@SkrillEclipse @PINK the "beta" plane is out now, with its minor (and fatal) bugs.