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Simple Scatter Missile Pod

455 JaphetSkie  4.0 years ago

A 26-part weapon, made by yours truly. I'm pretty sure someone made a similar weapon like this before.


It's a 138 Kg missile pod that fires 4 Multirole Guardians at once. Each pod contains 16 XML-modded Guardian missiles, and thus it can be fired 4 times before it depletes the stored munitions.

It works by attaching multiple (4 in this case) missiles in a detacher, with each missile angled by 15° outwards, and delay the missiles' ignition by a half second, to make the "spread" effect.
Its maximum range is 15 kilometers, and with a targeting angle of 90°.

"But JaphetSkie, why even bother building this if missiles can achieve the same results?"

My answer: Weight. A standard missile weighs around 90-100 kg, and it's a single munition with specific use. With this weapon, you can fire multiple times at both ground and air targets, with just as much weight as a single standard missile.

Well, that and splitting missiles are cool.

Here's a demonstration (it was rushed, so the quality is bad. Notice how the missile count decreased by 4.):


Notes

  • The missiles have a maxSpeed value of 5000, but their maxForwardThrustForce value is just 50. Meaning, it'll have to pick up speed.

  • Not recommended in close engagements (if target is less than a couple hundred meters away) and low-altitude dogfighting (less than 100-200m above ground or sea level).

  • It's an effective fleet-killer. It takes one missile volley to down a destroyer (both modern and WW2) and two volleys to sink a carrier (USS Tiny, never tried it on Beast).

  • Do not attach the pods to pylons. They tend to inch away from the pylon when the plane is making hard turns. If you want to use it for your own builds, grab it by the structural wing attached to it.

  • If you're using a potato device, use only 2 pods, at most. My Oppo A5S went lagging at 8 pods attached to a Wasp, in High Physics setting (a whopping total of 128 missiles).

  • If you're patient and diligent enough, you can modify the firingDelay values of the Guardians stored within the pod and make it rain missiles, Macross style. It's fun, believe me.


Enjoy!

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 1.6ft (0.5m)
  • Length 3.3ft (1.0m)
  • Height 3.3ft (1.0m)
  • Empty Weight 305lbs (138kg)
  • Loaded Weight 305lbs (138kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading 227.1lbs/ft2 (1,109.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1.3ft2 (0.1m2)
  • Drag Points 261

Parts

  • Number of Parts 27
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 150