I present to you; A SPHERE! However, this is no ordinary sphere, this 'special' sphere has a built-in gyroscope to stabilize it's flight, making this one of the easiest to fly VTOL creations on this site!
CONTROLS:
Throttle: Engage gyroscope
VTOL: Accent/decent rate. (VTOL engine)
Insert/edit from 4 years later me.
Dumbass learned conservation of angular momentum by playing with SP rotators....
CONCEPT:
While editing my E-Fan, i realized something... The 2 high speed rotators controlling the electric props made the aircraft incredibly stable on the Z axis. I wondered "why?" and dug deeper...
It seemed that adding rotators (contra-rotating) at a high movement speed on a single axi with an object (with mass) attached to it in a symmetric manor somehow stabilizes that axis
Therefore, theoretically adding 2 rotators contra-rotating on all 3 axis (XYZ) allows an aircraft to behave super stable under the game's physics. This allows something stupid (like this sphere) to fly super steady and also not needing stabilizers.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Successors 3 airplane(s) +49 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 12.3ft (3.7m)
- Length 11.9ft (3.6m)
- Height 8.2ft (2.5m)
- Empty Weight 5,586lbs (2,534kg)
- Loaded Weight 5,586lbs (2,534kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.413
- Wing Loading N/A
- Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
- Drag Points 4192
Parts
- Number of Parts 145
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 635
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Oh no im the 102nd upvoter
I just upvoted ITS NOW OVER 100 UPVOTES
This is certainly a genius design though@BaconAircraft
Indeed. Back then, gyroscopes like these were one of a kind. @plane918273645
Yeh you could now build this with like less than 10 parts
@Thomasj041 this became more obsolete
@KSPFSXandSP Yeah lol
Also, I think this has been slightly outdated by the latest update.........
Heh heh... @KSPFSXandSP
@Maxwell1 That is an AWFUL pun.....groans in pain
Your sphere of influence has gotten bigger lately... don't you think?
Made a post about it a few days ago. @Daviwavy
Can you give me just the gyroscope?
omg that ball can fly!? Can I use it to make a helicopter or something like that?
In want to put this in a 3D plane and use it like an as3x system (if you know what as3x is)@BaconAircraft
Hey, Bacon. Not sure if you were aware of this, but Bearded no longer uses his. tag. He uses a Gmail now(beardedplanes@gmail.com) to get user creations. AAAAAAANyway, I love it! Nice build!
how do you get internet out there? @saturn28 is it that gold looking shiny thingamajig??
o wow @saturn28 it's a baby so tiny
@saturn28 go now and do that thing and make moons
@saturn28 you can make yourself with this
@Mijmaj a super circle!
so you made a circle?
@Pilotmario Sure! Just remember to credit. Also, if you cant get it to mount properly, tag me on an unlisted, ill help out! :D
I may use this system in order to create stabilized guns.