@ChiChiWerx i think my planes are underrated because i tend to make them as realistic as possible and thus they are heavy, hard to fly and have a lot of controls) but thanks a lot for you words))
@MethaManAircraft - fell free to ask if you need help with making landing gear doors. I also found how to make doors that open and close back each time you lower or retract landing gear
Yes there is a way to do it: @vonhubert is really best at it and has helped me figure it out. Check out his Bison. Be sure to upvote him...he’s very underrated, but IMHO, one of the most skilled builders on the site. Basically it involves stacking two rotators, one powered, the other floppy on top of each other. These will move the doors. Then once you’ve placed the rotators and doors and adjusted them, you need to use one shock per door, supported on both ends by floppy rotators, which pushes against the doors during extension and retraction. The shocks will absorb the floppy rotation range during retraction, delaying door closing. During extension, the shocks will immediately push the doors open, as they are stacked with floppy rotators and allow them to get out of the way of the extending gear. Hint: you need to XML mod the shocks to between x35 and x75 power to get the proper effect. Also, turning collision off on all parts also helps. It can take awhile and sometimes it’s frustrating, but once you figure it out it works. I’m still working on my own build, but am away from my PC this week so it’s not complete.
@ChiChiWerx update
I have also been trying to replicate the delay in custom landing gear doors but failed to find any efficient way! How did you do it?
@MethaManAircraft ahh, yes. My French is a little rusty. I’m building something similar. Not a Vautour, but same role, time period. Also building custom gear...no way to avoid it, with sequenced gear doors which actually open ahead of the lowering gear and close behind the retracting gear. Yours has a bomb bay as well, correct? I’ll say, that engine nacelle landing gear will be a trick to replicate, can’t wait to see what you come up with.
@ChiChiWerx i think my planes are underrated because i tend to make them as realistic as possible and thus they are heavy, hard to fly and have a lot of controls) but thanks a lot for you words))
@MethaManAircraft - fell free to ask if you need help with making landing gear doors. I also found how to make doors that open and close back each time you lower or retract landing gear
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/aMc37w/Convair-CV-880-Preview-0-8-with-Tu-104-nose
Yes there is a way to do it: @vonhubert is really best at it and has helped me figure it out. Check out his Bison. Be sure to upvote him...he’s very underrated, but IMHO, one of the most skilled builders on the site. Basically it involves stacking two rotators, one powered, the other floppy on top of each other. These will move the doors. Then once you’ve placed the rotators and doors and adjusted them, you need to use one shock per door, supported on both ends by floppy rotators, which pushes against the doors during extension and retraction. The shocks will absorb the floppy rotation range during retraction, delaying door closing. During extension, the shocks will immediately push the doors open, as they are stacked with floppy rotators and allow them to get out of the way of the extending gear. Hint: you need to XML mod the shocks to between x35 and x75 power to get the proper effect. Also, turning collision off on all parts also helps. It can take awhile and sometimes it’s frustrating, but once you figure it out it works. I’m still working on my own build, but am away from my PC this week so it’s not complete.
@ChiChiWerx update
I have also been trying to replicate the delay in custom landing gear doors but failed to find any efficient way! How did you do it?
@MethaManAircraft ahh, yes. My French is a little rusty. I’m building something similar. Not a Vautour, but same role, time period. Also building custom gear...no way to avoid it, with sequenced gear doors which actually open ahead of the lowering gear and close behind the retracting gear. Yours has a bomb bay as well, correct? I’ll say, that engine nacelle landing gear will be a trick to replicate, can’t wait to see what you come up with.
@MethaManAircraft uhh -30 seconds... Nice plane btw
@ChiChiWerx correct spelling is Vautour but you are correct. fuselage is now completely done, wing will be much quicker.
Vantour?
sorry pic don't seem to work...