@Supercraft888 There's a 3 in there and you failed because you didn't mention just the last number. But I'll give you a cookie and four upvotes then. :D
@Allstar Always a pleasure. I love the design of the F-35 though, it's a shame it's such a bad fighter and I don't see it attacking ground targets like an A-10C either. They've just not taken enough time for development of 5th generation fighters in my opinion. I also love the F-15, though as a kid I was first attracted to the F/A-18 Hornet, which is actually as old as me. Strange that I am attracted to so many things that I later find out to be as old as me. :D The Su-27 and MiG-29 are also very cool. Looking forward to the Suchoi T-50 from the PAK-FA program. It's said to go into production this year. But right at the moment there's nothing better than the Saab JAS 39 Gripen (like that on my Gravatar). Only the Eurofighter Typhoon and F-22 can keep up with that. It looks and flies like it was from the 21st century, but actually it's from the late 4th gen-era and is just 2/3 the price of an F-35A. With the lightweight design it is very agile with just one powerful engine and on wish you can even have the General-Electric F414G EPE with 120 kN of thrust instead of the F414GE-39E with 98 kN of thrust built in. It can load more than it weights and has a very advanced weapon system, also containing the US Link-16-system. I guess I'll make a replica of it soon. :D
@Hyperloop @Allstar The F-35 is basically still in experimental stage. It needs many more fixes and probably a modernisation, as it is pretty old for a fighter jet already, just like the F-22, which was designed in the mid 90's. The development is still going on and the USAF prefers to use A-10Cs and F-22s to do it's job. Many countries who have bought F-35As are dissatisfied and other countries refuse to buy it or reduce the amount of planes they are ordering. The F-35 is below the level of an F-16 in terms of flight capability. It has low acceleration, low climb-rate and low turn-rates compared to modern and also 3rd and 4th generation multirole fighters. Of course the J-31 also isn't perfect, but it is more modern and has higher capabilities due to it's better thrust/weight-ratio and some other optimizations done to the design.
@RyneKuczy @Skua @MediocrePlanes @Shmexysmpilot @Seeras @Quintasoarus @Meawk @CarlosDanger13 @TheGuyWhoFliesToGetHisPie @Allstar @grizzlitn @ChunderDownUndeR @Chemicalau @AnarchistAerospaceIndustries Just mentioning in case you're interested, because the "Newest" page is not working again and the servers are responding quite slowly. :)
I love most of the ideas, but I think this is SimplePlanes, not AdvancedSimulatorPlanes. It would take the devs ages to get all of that running and probably it would have to rely on a different engine, so I don't see many of those things coming, but some are possible. And the thrust reduction due to less air density at high altitude is already simulated. :)
@YummyBaconStripz Copying other's ideas is what humans brought them to where they are now and it's what differentiates them from primates. Also they've done it better than the original F-35, so I respect that! :D
@Chemicalau It's very wobbly and the left landing gear retracts to the wrong side! Also when pitching up it spins. :D Other than that, pretty well done. :)
Update
I'm finished with v.1.2 and also got a changelog for you:
v.1.2
- added AG 3 to jettison all weapons on the external weapon stations
- changed the placement and rotation of slim-intakes and placed more of them
- second VTOL-engine integrated for increased power of booster rockets
- resized the external fuel-tank to be more scale
- got rid of all fuel in the fuselages and put an unlimited fuel-tank inside for better handling and because the second VTOL-engine makes it extremely thirsty
- airbrakes are now controlled with VTOL-controls
- now contains the whole available set of external weapons, which can be placed on the pylons by yourself to get a loadout that fits your specific needs (external fuel-tank is also optional, it has to be attached to the detacher at the bottom of the craft if used)
And also some nice shots:
<- new topspeed with boosters
Will upload it as soon as possible. Currently I have to wait because I've already got all 5 uploads for the day. :D
It looks simply perfect! Maybe makes a good enemy for my MiG-21Bis in dogfighting. :D It looks so cool seeing replicas dogfight, that's where the AI really starts to shine.
@humangrenade What was you? o.O
Well, now that the T3000 and fixed pitch angles on nudged engines will work...I'll get back to designing something faster. :) But first my little baby (MiG-21Bis) needs some care...and more power...and better hidden air intakes. :D
@ChunderDownUndeR I thought it would be easier to build catapults in SP. That ball doesn't want to fly anywhere. :/ Even with two x8 VTOL-engines and 2 VTOL-nozzles powering the catapult.
@RyneKuczy @Skua @MediocrePlanes @Shmexysmpilot @Seeras @Quintasoarus @Meawk @CarlosDanger13 @TheGuyWhoFliesToGetHisPie @Allstar Thanks for the support and bringing me up to silver! :) This is my best revision of the MiG-21Bis so far. I hope you like it! More versions with some different loadouts will come, but for today I have reached my maximum of uploads. Also don't forget to check out the dogfighting version! :)
@Seeras Der Bomber sieht doch voll beschissen aus von der Seite, aber ich wollte nicht tausend Jahre an dem Teil arbeiten, weil er eh nur seine Aufgabe erfüllen soll. Ein richtig geiler Bomber von mir müsste schon deutlich mehr können und auch noch größer sein. :D Das Highlight sollen die lenkbaren Bomben sein.
@Seeras Wieso nicht? Pitch auf "Auto" stellen und alles ist gut. :D So habe ich das Teil auch schon erfolgreich getestet, glaube ich. Ich kann ja gleich nochmal nachschauen, ob er so funktioniert.
@Authros The fuel loss isn't calculated in SimplePlanes. For me it pitches down when swept forwards and pitches even more down when swept backwards, where it doesn't really react to my pitch controls anymore. I've put the CoM back myself and now it works wonderfully. :)
@TheGuyWhoFliesToGetHisPie I'd really like that! Thanks! :D I have a fixed version in my pocket though, which can go full pitch now without bugging into weird rolling and also I mounted the missiles on pylons now, so they don't explode occassionally on launch. The gun was also modded to be more like a real cannon of a fighter jet, so higher muzzle velocity, more realistic caliber and weight of the grenades and higher rate of fire. Other than that I can offer a dogfighting version, a ground attack version and a ground attack anti-SAM version. They just have different loadouts. No external fuel-tank, 2x Interceptor mid- to long-range AtA-missile, 2x Guardian short-range AtA-missile for the dogfighting version // 2x rocket-pods (14 rockets), 6x 250 lbs bombs for the ground attack version // 2x rocket-pods (14 rockets), 6x Inferno AtG-missiles for the ground attack anti-SAM version. The Infernos don't lock up btw., that definitely has to get fixed. I also tried them on other aircraft, they just don't lock up in the current version of SP. :D
Wo hast du die Sterne mit weißem Hintergrund her? Die brauche ich auch! :D
@Supercraft888 @RedstoneArmory Ran out of cookies, got you some tasty pie instead! :D P.S. The cookie was a lie
@Supercraft888 :)
@DelphFoxFan That's what you get for fully reading a description. :D
@RedstoneArmory :)
Victory my ass with that single-prop design. :D
@Supercraft888 There's a 3 in there and you failed because you didn't mention just the last number. But I'll give you a cookie and four upvotes then. :D
And thanks for the upvotes @RedstoneArmory and @ChunderDownUndeR ! :)
@RedstoneArmory You can have a yellow cookie then.
@RedstoneArmory Upvotes don't count. I don't give upvotes for upvotes. :D Read the description firmly and you'll know what I mean.
Beats my P-732 on the second half. I gotta improve it again. :D
The wurst plane I have ever flown. And the plainest wurst I have ever flown. :(
@Allstar I'll mention you in the comments of it, if that is not a problem for you. :)
@Allstar Always a pleasure. I love the design of the F-35 though, it's a shame it's such a bad fighter and I don't see it attacking ground targets like an A-10C either. They've just not taken enough time for development of 5th generation fighters in my opinion. I also love the F-15, though as a kid I was first attracted to the F/A-18 Hornet, which is actually as old as me. Strange that I am attracted to so many things that I later find out to be as old as me. :D The Su-27 and MiG-29 are also very cool. Looking forward to the Suchoi T-50 from the PAK-FA program. It's said to go into production this year. But right at the moment there's nothing better than the Saab JAS 39 Gripen (like that on my Gravatar). Only the Eurofighter Typhoon and F-22 can keep up with that. It looks and flies like it was from the 21st century, but actually it's from the late 4th gen-era and is just 2/3 the price of an F-35A. With the lightweight design it is very agile with just one powerful engine and on wish you can even have the General-Electric F414G EPE with 120 kN of thrust instead of the F414GE-39E with 98 kN of thrust built in. It can load more than it weights and has a very advanced weapon system, also containing the US Link-16-system. I guess I'll make a replica of it soon. :D
@Mod Yes, it seems they fixed it or the traffic went down. :)
@Allstar I guess that sums it up. :) But I still think the F-35 is one of the worst nightmares a fighter-jet pilot could have.
@Baldovino My new MiG-21Bis v.1.2 also only got one or something. The earlier versions had 20+ and 5 upvotes when the page worked. @AndrewGarrison
@Hyperloop @Allstar The F-35 is basically still in experimental stage. It needs many more fixes and probably a modernisation, as it is pretty old for a fighter jet already, just like the F-22, which was designed in the mid 90's. The development is still going on and the USAF prefers to use A-10Cs and F-22s to do it's job. Many countries who have bought F-35As are dissatisfied and other countries refuse to buy it or reduce the amount of planes they are ordering. The F-35 is below the level of an F-16 in terms of flight capability. It has low acceleration, low climb-rate and low turn-rates compared to modern and also 3rd and 4th generation multirole fighters. Of course the J-31 also isn't perfect, but it is more modern and has higher capabilities due to it's better thrust/weight-ratio and some other optimizations done to the design.
@RyneKuczy @Skua @MediocrePlanes @Shmexysmpilot @Seeras @Quintasoarus @Meawk @CarlosDanger13 @TheGuyWhoFliesToGetHisPie @Allstar @grizzlitn @ChunderDownUndeR @Chemicalau @AnarchistAerospaceIndustries Just mentioning in case you're interested, because the "Newest" page is not working again and the servers are responding quite slowly. :)
I love most of the ideas, but I think this is SimplePlanes, not AdvancedSimulatorPlanes. It would take the devs ages to get all of that running and probably it would have to rely on a different engine, so I don't see many of those things coming, but some are possible. And the thrust reduction due to less air density at high altitude is already simulated. :)
@YummyBaconStripz Copying other's ideas is what humans brought them to where they are now and it's what differentiates them from primates. Also they've done it better than the original F-35, so I respect that! :D
@Chemicalau It's very wobbly and the left landing gear retracts to the wrong side! Also when pitching up it spins. :D Other than that, pretty well done. :)
The chinese guys are the only ones who could make an F-35 fly well. :D
@royalnoob Maybe I could make it land on water with float-blocks. It's very lightweight, so it doesn't need many of them. :D
@RyneKuczy @Skua @MediocrePlanes @Shmexysmpilot @Seeras @Quintasoarus @Meawk @CarlosDanger13 @TheGuyWhoFliesToGetHisPie @Allstar @grizzlitn @ChunderDownUndeR @AnarchistAerospaceIndustries
Update
I'm finished with v.1.2 and also got a changelog for you:
v.1.2
- added AG 3 to jettison all weapons on the external weapon stations
- changed the placement and rotation of slim-intakes and placed more of them
- second VTOL-engine integrated for increased power of booster rockets
- resized the external fuel-tank to be more scale
- got rid of all fuel in the fuselages and put an unlimited fuel-tank inside for better handling and because the second VTOL-engine makes it extremely thirsty
- airbrakes are now controlled with VTOL-controls
- now contains the whole available set of external weapons, which can be placed on the pylons by yourself to get a loadout that fits your specific needs (external fuel-tank is also optional, it has to be attached to the detacher at the bottom of the craft if used)
And also some nice shots:
Will upload it as soon as possible. Currently I have to wait because I've already got all 5 uploads for the day. :D
Cheers! :)
@Chemicalau With enough thrust you could even make a tank fly, but it won't last for long. :D
@Chemicalau We would need something like a center of drag for such designs, otherwise it's close to impossible. :D
@DeezDucks Trainers tend to be more agile. And it has weapons. Nothing speaks against a dogfight. :D
It looks simply perfect! Maybe makes a good enemy for my MiG-21Bis in dogfighting. :D It looks so cool seeing replicas dogfight, that's where the AI really starts to shine.
But does it fly? :D
@humangrenade What was you? o.O
Well, now that the T3000 and fixed pitch angles on nudged engines will work...I'll get back to designing something faster. :) But first my little baby (MiG-21Bis) needs some care...and more power...and better hidden air intakes. :D
@MediocrePlanes If you still need a tester or need a tester in the future, just ask me! :)
@ChunderDownUndeR I thought it would be easier to build catapults in SP. That ball doesn't want to fly anywhere. :/ Even with two x8 VTOL-engines and 2 VTOL-nozzles powering the catapult.
Ground attack versions are coming tomorrow. You'll love bombing and shooting rockets with it! :D
@ChunderDownUndeR That's not a problem for my idea. I'll get to work then! :)
@ChunderDownUndeR Are modded engines allowed? :D
I've already got an idea for this. :D
@RyneKuczy @Skua @MediocrePlanes @Shmexysmpilot @Seeras @Quintasoarus @Meawk @CarlosDanger13 @TheGuyWhoFliesToGetHisPie @Allstar Thanks for the support and bringing me up to silver! :) This is my best revision of the MiG-21Bis so far. I hope you like it! More versions with some different loadouts will come, but for today I have reached my maximum of uploads. Also don't forget to check out the dogfighting version! :)
Is carrying it on a plane alowed? :D
@Authros I'm on PC with maximum settings, so it's probably more accurate then. But the physics shouldn't change actually. :)
I went silver! :D
Really? Nobody wants guided bombs? :(
@Seeras Bei mir macht es 0 Unterschied. :D
@Seeras Der Bomber sieht doch voll beschissen aus von der Seite, aber ich wollte nicht tausend Jahre an dem Teil arbeiten, weil er eh nur seine Aufgabe erfüllen soll. Ein richtig geiler Bomber von mir müsste schon deutlich mehr können und auch noch größer sein. :D Das Highlight sollen die lenkbaren Bomben sein.
@Seeras Wieso nicht? Pitch auf "Auto" stellen und alles ist gut. :D So habe ich das Teil auch schon erfolgreich getestet, glaube ich. Ich kann ja gleich nochmal nachschauen, ob er so funktioniert.
We even have a clip showing all of it's wowful awesomeness! Maneuverability (roll) of the XB-2 has been improved in the final version.
@Authros The fuel loss isn't calculated in SimplePlanes. For me it pitches down when swept forwards and pitches even more down when swept backwards, where it doesn't really react to my pitch controls anymore. I've put the CoM back myself and now it works wonderfully. :)
@Seeras Alles klar, das hört sich gut an. Sollen die Updates auch mal öffentlich machen. Haben ja schon extrem viel gefixt. :D
@Seeras Haben die auch die T3000 mit fixed pitch getestet?
@TheGuyWhoFliesToGetHisPie I'd really like that! Thanks! :D I have a fixed version in my pocket though, which can go full pitch now without bugging into weird rolling and also I mounted the missiles on pylons now, so they don't explode occassionally on launch. The gun was also modded to be more like a real cannon of a fighter jet, so higher muzzle velocity, more realistic caliber and weight of the grenades and higher rate of fire. Other than that I can offer a dogfighting version, a ground attack version and a ground attack anti-SAM version. They just have different loadouts. No external fuel-tank, 2x Interceptor mid- to long-range AtA-missile, 2x Guardian short-range AtA-missile for the dogfighting version // 2x rocket-pods (14 rockets), 6x 250 lbs bombs for the ground attack version // 2x rocket-pods (14 rockets), 6x Inferno AtG-missiles for the ground attack anti-SAM version. The Infernos don't lock up btw., that definitely has to get fixed. I also tried them on other aircraft, they just don't lock up in the current version of SP. :D