M-60 Patton
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2.1 years ago
"Don't be a fool America"
Introducing the M60 Patton
M60 Patton Description
The M60 is an American second-generation main battle tank. It was officially standardized as the Tank, Combat, Full Tracked: 105-mm Gun, M60 in March 1959. Although developed from the M48 Patton, the M60 tank series was never officially christened as a Patton tank. The US Army considered it a "product-improved descendant" of the Patton tank's design.[The design similarities are evident comparing the original version of the M60 and the M48A2. It has been sometimes informally grouped as a member of the Patton tank family. The United States fully committed to the MBT doctrine in 1963, when the Marine Corps retired the last M103 heavy tank battalion. The M60 tank series became America's primary main battle tank during the Cold War, reaching a production total of 15,000 M60s. Hull production ended in 1983, but 5,400 older models were converted to the M60A3 variant ending in 1990.
Controls
AG1: Night Vision
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Notes:
All credits go to the original owners
Tank Model is not accurate to the real ones
Background Vehicles
UH-1
M103
Specifications
Spotlights
- pancelvonat 2.1 years ago
- Marulk 6 months ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 2 airplane(s) +154 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 12.7ft (3.9m)
- Length 30.7ft (9.4m)
- Height 12.7ft (3.9m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 52,841lbs (23,968kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading N/A
- Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
- Drag Points 5138
Parts
- Number of Parts 122
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 600
@lewishasnoiq Can I use this
@EthanGoBrr1312 tracks are not mine but ye sure you can
Can I borrow the tracks sometime? I will credit you ofc
@Adilan ye sure feel free, just give credit
Hey @lewishasnoiq,can I borrow your M60 for my tank design?
@lewishasnoiq
You're welcome ;)
I'm still trying to figure it out myself also. (emphasis on "trying," lol)
Weight of the vehicle and number of wheels affect the performance quite a bit, so I can't just copy-paste them from a heavy tank to a light armor, but I still don't quite know how exactly it works.
@Kendog84 thanks for the info :) ive tried to replicate your wheels but i couldnt wrap my head around it so i just free balled it and came out with this. the wheels were probably the difficult part because it slipped alot but with the extra info you gave i might be able to fix the slip thing when stationary :)
If you want more info on resizable wheel oddities about traction and slipForwardExtremum and stuff, search for "Extremum" on the site. There are some useful forum posts discussing that.
Oh also, Traction values are multiplier of these (forward and sideways respectively).
Quoting @JumpingJack from this forum post (https://www.simpleplanes.com/Forums/View/1179745/Did-I-Find-A-Bug-Drifting-problem-on-car):
Nice tank and Huey, happy to see this style of resizable wheel based tracks on more builds:)
Noticed the wheels do the weird slip thing when stationary though, you can tweak the slipForwardExtrenum and Asymptote value in XML if you want to make that stop and maybe even low-physics proof the tank.
In short, heavier the load on each wheel (ie heavier the vehicle), higher the values need to be.
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Here's the settings of the wheels of my tank (M103), it probably won't work on your tank without changes, so tweak the values and find the sweet spot if you gonna try this.
-Forgot the reasons, but Asymptote should be higher than Extremum.
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-I kinda forgot why I've increased wheel mass, but I think it had to do with the weight of the tank (58,600kg). Larger wheel mass maybe made it act less weird (ie less slip thing when stationary) especially on Low Physics mode, but I'm not sure. Extremum and Asymptote need to be higher though if the wheel mass is larger. Wheels will do the slip thing otherwise.
-I've noticed that wheels/tank won't be able to go over obstacles if the spring is too weak, probably regardless of wheel size or the damper value.
@lewishasnoiq i'll add the tracks when i have the time and i will just tag you if its an unlisted post
@DISHWASHER2005 feel free to just give credits
@lewishasnoiq i need permision to add tank tracks (not mod) like this vid here
@EthanGoBrr1312 thats because i have alot of time, but class works are slowly piling up so i havent been posting as often
Bro makes the best creations in so little time
Hey cool tank i like it
Why is it that I break my keyboard when I see a - in-between the letter and number of almost every US tank :<