Oops now that I think about it, I can’t remember If it was the Diablo or the Countach... although I’m guessing they both have all of those problems. Still, there’s no way it can’t be fun to go cruise around town in one of those, even if only until the novelty of it wore off...? I certainly wouldn’t hesitate if someone handed me the keys! Haha @tylerdeveneuxmusic
Yeah, James May from Top Gear did a review/test drive of the Diablo, one of his favorite cars as a kid, and said it was a case of don’t meet your heroes... super heavy clutch and steering, clunky shifting, uncomfortable, terrible ride, absolutely no visibility. They didn’t have “daily driver” in mind when they built those cars.
Oh, hmmm... I looked it up, and although the Vector W8 was in production from 1989 to 1993, its model years were 1990-1993. So I guess you’d have to ask the challenge host/judge if that would be allowable. If you liked the idea of building that car, of course. @tylerdeveneuxmusic
Oh yeah what a cool car that was! Although the only two things I know about it are that 1) the T in V16T refers to the engine and trans configuration, with the engine (V16) transverse mounted and the trans longitudinal (which would be a cool detail for you to add), making a “T” shape; and 2) something about how the creator/designers were from Lambo and Lambo wouldn’t produce the car so they went off on their own to build it haha. Oh yeah; plus, Cizeta is a compound of the Italian letters “C” and “Z”. Although I can’t remember what that means. Maybe the guys initials or something? You’re right that looks like a tricky build but it would be super cool! Also, on the line of supercars, how about Vector? The W8 is a really funky and awesome car, plus it’s a pretty rectilinear shape, which might lend itself well to SP’s builder? @tylerdeveneuxmusic
Nice work man, looks great, flies great! Just a little tip; if you’re interested in an easy way to add yaw control while hovering, install a gyro with these settings:
Action group — 8 (or all)
Gyroscopic speed — 250%
Gyroscopic stability — 0%
Auto orient — Enabled
Pitch Range — 0%
Roll Range — 0%
Yaw Power — 150-250%
Pitch Input:
Activation Group — None
Input — Pitch
Invert — No
Roll Input:
Activation Group — None
Input — Roll
Invert — None
Yaw Input:
Activation Group — None
Input — Yaw
Invert — No
With these settings, you can give the aircraft yaw control while hovering without the gyro causing auto-leveling or affecting the pitch or roll. You won’t even notice there’s a gyro (except that you’ll have yaw control while hovering haha). If you’re a purist about it and don’t want to use a gyro, there’s other ways to add yaw control that are a little more involved...
Really great detail, really great craftsmanship. Really impressive work. I love the exhaust flames, what a fantastic idea! Works perfectly. Seriously great job man.
It’s my pleasure :) contributions from (and conversations with) builders like you are what make SP and the SP community so incredibly awesome, so thank you to you as well! @Tang0five
I’m back! I’m kinda building... I feel a bit rusty, so I haven’t really started a new plane from scratch yet. I’ve been taking other ppl’s builds and modifying them, just as a way to get back into it, but I haven’t produced anything worth posting. It’s good to be back though! :) @tylerdeveneuxmusic
I was staying with my sister and her husband and new baby out in the campo outside Granada in Nicaragua. No internet, no SP haha :( I suppose I could have kept building offline but I wanted to spend some time away from phones, computers, games, etc. for a while. Although we did watch some movies and shows @Gameboi14
Fantastic! Well built, and I love the simple but effective cockpit! Great work. On an unrelated note; with the 1.8 update, are you going to continue to build rotorcraft with your amazing made-from-scratch rotor assemblies, or are you going to switch to using the ready-made rotors?
@Chancey21 is right, you should definitely do a seaplane version with custom wings! If you get stuck on how to create a good airfoil shape, just tear apart some of Chancey’s planes to see how he builds it. I like how you used the small rotators and separate wing parts to make the control surfaces, rather than doing it the conventional way. Pretty creative! My intuition tells me you’ve already got the makings of a top builder inside you. Keep it up! ;) @Cardboard
Ahh haha gotcha. Yeah that Chancey21 doesn’t mess around! Looking forward to it, thanks man! Maybe that will give me sufficient time to brush up my building skills in order to build a worthy craft :) @BaconAircraft
Hey man, I don’t know where to post this question, so here is where I’ll ask. Do you have an easy install version of that Garmin GX touch? Absolutely fantastic display, I’d love to put it in one of my builds! :)
Cool! Where are those engines exactly? I can’t seem to find them... I’ve been tinkering with the plane (undoubtedly just making it fly worse lol oh well whatevs). Also, do you have an easy install version of that Garmin? Or presumably BaconAircraft does... @Chancey21
Say, can you explain to me a little bit about the prop wash effect; what causes it and what are the symptoms? I looked it up online and the explanation I found didn’t make sense to me when applied to a pusher-prop setup, like in this case.... :/
Oh and also, if you’d be willing to explain a bit about how you built this plane and what you did to achieve prop wash, I would be so so grateful! :)
Do I understand correctly that you used blocks of varying sizes, rescaled back to the same dimensions, to get slightly different curves from ‘smooth’ and ‘curved’?
Seriously, what are the odds? And within like two hours no less! Are you sure you don’t have ESP or something? Haha ;) Dude it’s so good to hear from you!!! @Chancey21
Do you have a link to that? @gunsou03
Cool! Is this a WIP or no?
Well built, good flyer, nice work! :)
+1Oops now that I think about it, I can’t remember If it was the Diablo or the Countach... although I’m guessing they both have all of those problems. Still, there’s no way it can’t be fun to go cruise around town in one of those, even if only until the novelty of it wore off...? I certainly wouldn’t hesitate if someone handed me the keys! Haha @tylerdeveneuxmusic
+1Yeah, James May from Top Gear did a review/test drive of the Diablo, one of his favorite cars as a kid, and said it was a case of don’t meet your heroes... super heavy clutch and steering, clunky shifting, uncomfortable, terrible ride, absolutely no visibility. They didn’t have “daily driver” in mind when they built those cars.
+1Word. I wonder how they compare in terms of driving experience. @tylerdeveneuxmusic
+1Well it certainly shows/paid off :) @Mattangi2
Fantastic work. Love the driver’s display/car settings screen.
Oh dang oh well. Still, the Cizeta is a great pick. @tylerdeveneuxmusic
+1Oh, hmmm... I looked it up, and although the Vector W8 was in production from 1989 to 1993, its model years were 1990-1993. So I guess you’d have to ask the challenge host/judge if that would be allowable. If you liked the idea of building that car, of course. @tylerdeveneuxmusic
+1Oh yeah what a cool car that was! Although the only two things I know about it are that 1) the T in V16T refers to the engine and trans configuration, with the engine (V16) transverse mounted and the trans longitudinal (which would be a cool detail for you to add), making a “T” shape; and 2) something about how the creator/designers were from Lambo and Lambo wouldn’t produce the car so they went off on their own to build it haha. Oh yeah; plus, Cizeta is a compound of the Italian letters “C” and “Z”. Although I can’t remember what that means. Maybe the guys initials or something? You’re right that looks like a tricky build but it would be super cool! Also, on the line of supercars, how about Vector? The W8 is a really funky and awesome car, plus it’s a pretty rectilinear shape, which might lend itself well to SP’s builder? @tylerdeveneuxmusic
Nice work man, looks great, flies great! Just a little tip; if you’re interested in an easy way to add yaw control while hovering, install a gyro with these settings:
Action group — 8 (or all)
Gyroscopic speed — 250%
Gyroscopic stability — 0%
Auto orient — Enabled
Pitch Range — 0%
Roll Range — 0%
Yaw Power — 150-250%
Pitch Input:
Activation Group — None
Input — Pitch
Invert — No
Roll Input:
Activation Group — None
Input — Roll
Invert — None
Yaw Input:
Activation Group — None
Input — Yaw
Invert — No
With these settings, you can give the aircraft yaw control while hovering without the gyro causing auto-leveling or affecting the pitch or roll. You won’t even notice there’s a gyro (except that you’ll have yaw control while hovering haha). If you’re a purist about it and don’t want to use a gyro, there’s other ways to add yaw control that are a little more involved...
Wow. Well it definitely shows! @WIZARD2017
Really great detail, really great craftsmanship. Really impressive work. I love the exhaust flames, what a fantastic idea! Works perfectly. Seriously great job man.
Thanks man! Glad to be back :)
Are you working on anything right now? @tylerdeveneuxmusic
Truly a spectacular build. I hope one day I will have the skills to build a swashplate/rotor assembly from scratch...
Excellent
+1It’s my pleasure :) contributions from (and conversations with) builders like you are what make SP and the SP community so incredibly awesome, so thank you to you as well! @Tang0five
+1Really incredible work. How many hours do you think you spent on this in total?
Great work, I love it!
Very nice work, I love it!
I’m back! I’m kinda building... I feel a bit rusty, so I haven’t really started a new plane from scratch yet. I’ve been taking other ppl’s builds and modifying them, just as a way to get back into it, but I haven’t produced anything worth posting. It’s good to be back though! :) @tylerdeveneuxmusic
+1Sure man! @JelloAircraftCorporation
Yep!! :) @JelloAircraftCorporation
I love the ADI too that is fantastic!
So cool!
Hey congrats on platinum! @CRJ900Pilot
I was staying with my sister and her husband and new baby out in the campo outside Granada in Nicaragua. No internet, no SP haha :( I suppose I could have kept building offline but I wanted to spend some time away from phones, computers, games, etc. for a while. Although we did watch some movies and shows @Gameboi14
Can’t wait to see them! @Leehopard
Fantastic! Well built, and I love the simple but effective cockpit! Great work. On an unrelated note; with the 1.8 update, are you going to continue to build rotorcraft with your amazing made-from-scratch rotor assemblies, or are you going to switch to using the ready-made rotors?
Lol agreed @Cardboard
Hahaha @ICANTFLY
@Chancey21 is right, you should definitely do a seaplane version with custom wings! If you get stuck on how to create a good airfoil shape, just tear apart some of Chancey’s planes to see how he builds it. I like how you used the small rotators and separate wing parts to make the control surfaces, rather than doing it the conventional way. Pretty creative! My intuition tells me you’ve already got the makings of a top builder inside you. Keep it up! ;) @Cardboard
+2Fantastic plane, excellent craftsmanship, I love it!
+1Perhaps it’s just that you can’t fly...? @ICANTFLY @Cardboard
+1That’s commitment right there! @BaconAircraft
+1Ahh haha gotcha. Yeah that Chancey21 doesn’t mess around! Looking forward to it, thanks man! Maybe that will give me sufficient time to brush up my building skills in order to build a worthy craft :) @BaconAircraft
+1Oh ok word. Well, is there any chance you’d temporarily post it/them/one as unlisted? I’m curious to see what you’ve come up with :) @Chancey21
Edit: oops never mind you already answered hahaha.
+1Hey man, I don’t know where to post this question, so here is where I’ll ask. Do you have an easy install version of that Garmin GX touch? Absolutely fantastic display, I’d love to put it in one of my builds! :)
One more question; now that we’ve got v.1.8, are you going to try your hand at building any rotorcraft?
+1Yeah I’ve got discord, although I’ve used it for a grand total of about 10 mins so far haha. @Chancey21
+1Cool! Where are those engines exactly? I can’t seem to find them... I’ve been tinkering with the plane (undoubtedly just making it fly worse lol oh well whatevs). Also, do you have an easy install version of that Garmin? Or presumably BaconAircraft does... @Chancey21
+1Say, can you explain to me a little bit about the prop wash effect; what causes it and what are the symptoms? I looked it up online and the explanation I found didn’t make sense to me when applied to a pusher-prop setup, like in this case.... :/
Oh and also, if you’d be willing to explain a bit about how you built this plane and what you did to achieve prop wash, I would be so so grateful! :)
I think this is maybe my favorite plane that you’ve built.
+1Nice man! My favorite 1.8 heli to fly so far :)
+1Ridiculously cool, as usual. Good job man.
Sigh. Don’t you ever get bored/tired of being so damn good at this?
+2Do I understand correctly that you used blocks of varying sizes, rescaled back to the same dimensions, to get slightly different curves from ‘smooth’ and ‘curved’?
+1What a truly incredible plane. Just amazingly good. Good lord.
+3Seriously, what are the odds? And within like two hours no less! Are you sure you don’t have ESP or something? Haha ;) Dude it’s so good to hear from you!!! @Chancey21
+1