Looks like it needs a new motor. A motor replacement shouldn't be too pricey. I think I paid around $15 for a new gearbox & motor for my Hobbyzone Champ when the engine got banged up pretty good in a crash (motor literally came off from where it was mounted and I had to cut up the cowl and re-glue it back in place). Although the original motor still runs fine, so I haven't replaced it with the new spare yet.
@Mustang51
And about Airline Empires, that's just a standalone free-to-play online airline simulation that isn't connected to FSX in any way. I just integrate my airline from Airline Empires to FSX based on it's stats, routes, & fleet in Airline Empires. Although for now in FSX I'm making it purely as an AI airline, and not an actual virtual airline that other flight-simmers could fly for. But it's a great simulation/game, and it's actually taught me quite a bit on the operations & economics of an airline, and even economics in general. My first 2 attempts at "Rainier Air" actually failed with my airline going bankrupt. It was barely on my 3rd try where I got my airline to generate a self-sustaining profit, and on my 4th play-through where Rainier Air exploded into a giant west coast carrier. My main approach with my airline was to have it be a point-to-point airline with a "luxury economy" where all aircraft in the fleet just have a single economy class, but that one economy class is very high-quality and the in-flight services are even free. The customer's ticket price covers all of that, although it won't be as cheap as other carriers, but the experience, quality, and service is supposed to make up for that. The point-to-point model also means there won't be any hubs customers have to funnel through to get to their destination (unless their starting airport doesn't have a direct route to their destination). As I said earlier, it took me about 2 tries to get this model to be profitable & sustainable, and the aircraft you choose to make up your fleet make a huge difference as well on whether your carrier withers or grows. The Fokker F70 & McDonnell Douglas MD-83 were very good for my airline's mission profile. The Fokker F70 could fly into pretty small airports, but still carry a good number of passengers, and could fly very far. It was also very cheap to buy/lease & operate. Passengers also love the 5-abreast seating configuration that can be found on aircraft such as the Fokker F28/F70/F100, McDonnell Douglas MD-80/90/95 (which is why I chose it over the 737 despite it's age & outdated engines), Boeing 717-200, and more recently the Bombardier Cseries/Airbus A220. But yea its a pretty sweet game & I highly recommend you give it a whack. If you do decide to join, I'm in the "Rδ" world server.
@Mustang51
I also absolutely love it when I see others make their own companies too (I love competition when it comes to businesses & companies; after all it is healthy for the economy). While their isn't a whole lot of people in SP with serious fictional companies, SR2 definitely has a lot more since it has a career mode in development. My main fictional competitors include:
Scout Company (SP; jamesPLANESii)
Martin™ (SP & SR2; Chancey21)
Kell Aerospace (SR2; Kell)
Max-Q Aerospace (SR2; Teague)
Aerojet Mariodyne (SR2; MarioG)
Merso Aerospace (SR2; diegoavion84)
Tronna (SR2; jamesPLANESii)
@Mustang51
Same. I've got a bit of entrepreneurship spirit in me and "Rainier Aviation Group" has become my "fantasy aviation empire", sort of like Evergreen Aviation International, which was a now-defunct aviation group that hosted several sub-divisions and companies that specialized in scheduled routes, charters, military & CIA charters, aircraft maintenance, 747 super tanker water bomber services, as well as a museum & waterpark known as "Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum" and "Wings & Waves Waterpark". The museum is home to the famous "Spruce Goose" and the waterpark has a retired 747-100 on top of it with water slides coming out the sides of it! Also, ironically Evergreen was based in the Pacific Northwest (particularly McMinnville, OR), just like my fictional company, except my HQ is in Moses Lake, WA. Although Evergreen was purely a service-based organization, while Rainier offers both services & produced products. Maybe someday it could happen IRL, but I don't think it would be anywhere near the scale I'm making it fictionally. If I do pursue a real "Rainier Aerospace" company in the future sometime, it would probably be a small drone company that makes quad-copters and long-endurance UAV's that could have civilian & military applications.
@Zanedavid
I just took the dummy alone and see what the game measured the object as, and sized the dummy until it's measurements matched that of a human in the game. And then I used that dummy as a "standard" when it comes to build size.
@Tacocat16
Wow you saw Draco at Reno? That is too cool man! I went to the Reno Air Races back in 2016. Definitely one of the best airshows on the planet! I had a feeling Mike was going to rebuild Draco (I mean come on, the dude's enthusiasm & spirit is bullet-proof!), although when Chandra & Mike said Draco's damage was worse than they thought (and Draco was considered totaled), I thought that would be the end for Draco. But boy am I glad I'm wrong! :D
@Tacocat16
I think I have a better name for my Pacer: "Dream Chaser"! Sounds better than just Chaser IMO. Plus it is quite literally a dream plane of mine. Here's "Dream Chaser" compared to a Maule M7: Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4
@LeonardoEngineering
Actually your Mozzie would probably beat my Owl in a knife-fight. The Owl would only stand a chance if it can use the AIM-9X or laser turret it will potentially field. One is a nimble little attack fighter, and the other is a border-line A-10 with turboprops.
@Tacocat16
Wow that's so cool! Spokane you say? Sounds like your not too far from my neck of the woods (I live West of the Cascade Mountains). My first flight in a bi-plane was in a New Standard D-25 at the Arlington Fly-In 2 years ago. That was quite a ride; much different than a closed-cockpit aircraft that I'm more used to. By the end of that flight, my face & hair smelled like burnt oil & from the exposed radial engine. ;) The Sherpa is a pretty cool turbine bushplane.
@Tacocat16
That's even rarer than a Wilga or even a Wilga 2000. Maybe a Helio Courier, but definitely not a Stallion. I think there are only 2 or 3 Stallions remaining in the world. There's also a few turbine-converted Couriers, but they don't look nearly as cool, brawny, and raw as a Turbine Wilga 2000 such as Draco. The reason why everyone fell in love with Draco was because it quite literally looked like a monster that was ready to leap at you, with those giant landing gear legs and the crazy suspension it had. A "Patey" Turbine-converted Helio Courier would look pretty cool, and he'd no doubt design his own custom landing gear suspension like he's doing with Scrappy right now, but it just wouldn't look nearly as cool & badass as Draco.
I always enjoyed your high-quality builds. SP too has greatly expanded my knowledge & understanding of aircraft design & engineering, and what is & isn't possible. I'd love to major in Aerospace Engineering as well but I don't want to stay in college/university any longer than 4 years.
Great video! It's a miracle you didn't crash my drone considering how unstable it can be on the pitch axis. There were a couple of moments where you nearly bought the farm with the MQ-125.
Awesome aircraft! I had a similar idea of making a modern Cessna O-2, except it would more modular and an unmanned version would totally ditch the front engine and just have the rear turboprop. I also loved the description & lore you gave this plane!
Love the backstory you gave it! This is one wicked design!
+1Wow this is one daNk sailor
+1@ACEPILOT109
+1Awesome, good to hear!
Dude your builds are incredibly good. I can't believe I haven't seen them until now.
+1Looks like it needs a new motor. A motor replacement shouldn't be too pricey. I think I paid around $15 for a new gearbox & motor for my Hobbyzone Champ when the engine got banged up pretty good in a crash (motor literally came off from where it was mounted and I had to cut up the cowl and re-glue it back in place). Although the original motor still runs fine, so I haven't replaced it with the new spare yet.
+1T
+1@Mustang51
+1And about Airline Empires, that's just a standalone free-to-play online airline simulation that isn't connected to FSX in any way. I just integrate my airline from Airline Empires to FSX based on it's stats, routes, & fleet in Airline Empires. Although for now in FSX I'm making it purely as an AI airline, and not an actual virtual airline that other flight-simmers could fly for. But it's a great simulation/game, and it's actually taught me quite a bit on the operations & economics of an airline, and even economics in general. My first 2 attempts at "Rainier Air" actually failed with my airline going bankrupt. It was barely on my 3rd try where I got my airline to generate a self-sustaining profit, and on my 4th play-through where Rainier Air exploded into a giant west coast carrier. My main approach with my airline was to have it be a point-to-point airline with a "luxury economy" where all aircraft in the fleet just have a single economy class, but that one economy class is very high-quality and the in-flight services are even free. The customer's ticket price covers all of that, although it won't be as cheap as other carriers, but the experience, quality, and service is supposed to make up for that. The point-to-point model also means there won't be any hubs customers have to funnel through to get to their destination (unless their starting airport doesn't have a direct route to their destination). As I said earlier, it took me about 2 tries to get this model to be profitable & sustainable, and the aircraft you choose to make up your fleet make a huge difference as well on whether your carrier withers or grows. The Fokker F70 & McDonnell Douglas MD-83 were very good for my airline's mission profile. The Fokker F70 could fly into pretty small airports, but still carry a good number of passengers, and could fly very far. It was also very cheap to buy/lease & operate. Passengers also love the 5-abreast seating configuration that can be found on aircraft such as the Fokker F28/F70/F100, McDonnell Douglas MD-80/90/95 (which is why I chose it over the 737 despite it's age & outdated engines), Boeing 717-200, and more recently the Bombardier Cseries/Airbus A220. But yea its a pretty sweet game & I highly recommend you give it a whack. If you do decide to join, I'm in the "Rδ" world server.
@Mustang51
+1I also absolutely love it when I see others make their own companies too (I love competition when it comes to businesses & companies; after all it is healthy for the economy). While their isn't a whole lot of people in SP with serious fictional companies, SR2 definitely has a lot more since it has a career mode in development. My main fictional competitors include:
Scout Company (SP; jamesPLANESii)
Martin™ (SP & SR2; Chancey21)
Kell Aerospace (SR2; Kell)
Max-Q Aerospace (SR2; Teague)
Aerojet Mariodyne (SR2; MarioG)
Merso Aerospace (SR2; diegoavion84)
Tronna (SR2; jamesPLANESii)
@Mustang51
+1Same. I've got a bit of entrepreneurship spirit in me and "Rainier Aviation Group" has become my "fantasy aviation empire", sort of like Evergreen Aviation International, which was a now-defunct aviation group that hosted several sub-divisions and companies that specialized in scheduled routes, charters, military & CIA charters, aircraft maintenance, 747 super tanker water bomber services, as well as a museum & waterpark known as "Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum" and "Wings & Waves Waterpark". The museum is home to the famous "Spruce Goose" and the waterpark has a retired 747-100 on top of it with water slides coming out the sides of it! Also, ironically Evergreen was based in the Pacific Northwest (particularly McMinnville, OR), just like my fictional company, except my HQ is in Moses Lake, WA. Although Evergreen was purely a service-based organization, while Rainier offers both services & produced products. Maybe someday it could happen IRL, but I don't think it would be anywhere near the scale I'm making it fictionally. If I do pursue a real "Rainier Aerospace" company in the future sometime, it would probably be a small drone company that makes quad-copters and long-endurance UAV's that could have civilian & military applications.
Wow your truly a master when it comes to simplicity!
+1@LeonardoEngineering
+1r/whoosh
Nice quote though lol
@Zanedavid
+1I just took the dummy alone and see what the game measured the object as, and sized the dummy until it's measurements matched that of a human in the game. And then I used that dummy as a "standard" when it comes to build size.
Bell Lawyers: "Allow us to introduce ourselves!"
+1@Tacocat16
+1Wow you saw Draco at Reno? That is too cool man! I went to the Reno Air Races back in 2016. Definitely one of the best airshows on the planet! I had a feeling Mike was going to rebuild Draco (I mean come on, the dude's enthusiasm & spirit is bullet-proof!), although when Chandra & Mike said Draco's damage was worse than they thought (and Draco was considered totaled), I thought that would be the end for Draco. But boy am I glad I'm wrong! :D
@Tacocat16
+1I think I have a better name for my Pacer: "Dream Chaser"! Sounds better than just Chaser IMO. Plus it is quite literally a dream plane of mine. Here's "Dream Chaser" compared to a Maule M7:
Photo 1
Photo 2
Photo 3
Photo 4
Since when was a 747 a tail-dragger?
+1@LeonardoEngineering
+1Actually your Mozzie would probably beat my Owl in a knife-fight. The Owl would only stand a chance if it can use the AIM-9X or laser turret it will potentially field. One is a nimble little attack fighter, and the other is a border-line A-10 with turboprops.
But what if an Owl eats the mosquito? ;)
+1Big oof. Looks like the Iron Golem is out of a job.
+1@Tacocat16
+1Wow that's so cool! Spokane you say? Sounds like your not too far from my neck of the woods (I live West of the Cascade Mountains). My first flight in a bi-plane was in a New Standard D-25 at the Arlington Fly-In 2 years ago. That was quite a ride; much different than a closed-cockpit aircraft that I'm more used to. By the end of that flight, my face & hair smelled like burnt oil & from the exposed radial engine. ;) The Sherpa is a pretty cool turbine bushplane.
@jamesPLANESii
+1Even better! 😂😂😂 We could put those two phrases on the front and back of the shirt!
There should be a shirt that says "I Like My Wings T H I C C"
+1@Tacocat16
+1That's even rarer than a Wilga or even a Wilga 2000. Maybe a Helio Courier, but definitely not a Stallion. I think there are only 2 or 3 Stallions remaining in the world. There's also a few turbine-converted Couriers, but they don't look nearly as cool, brawny, and raw as a Turbine Wilga 2000 such as Draco. The reason why everyone fell in love with Draco was because it quite literally looked like a monster that was ready to leap at you, with those giant landing gear legs and the crazy suspension it had. A "Patey" Turbine-converted Helio Courier would look pretty cool, and he'd no doubt design his own custom landing gear suspension like he's doing with Scrappy right now, but it just wouldn't look nearly as cool & badass as Draco.
@Thelegitpilot13
+1OH that makes much more sense now.
@Thelegitpilot13
"Sapanish"?
+1This is the cutest F-4 Phantom I've ever seen.
+1The NXCub is like a reborn Piper Tri-Pacer -Only better
+1T
for Testificate man!
+1@TheFantasticTyphoon
+1I'd say 400-600 MPH. It can go transonic at higher altitudes.
@Viper3000ad
T
+1F
We lost a legend today.
+1Also
F
+1Your brother trolled you good! XD
+1I always enjoyed your high-quality builds. SP too has greatly expanded my knowledge & understanding of aircraft design & engineering, and what is & isn't possible. I'd love to major in Aerospace Engineering as well but I don't want to stay in college/university any longer than 4 years.
+1That awkward moment when the Chinese copy-cat of the Yak-52 looks more like an original design than this American bootleg Yak.
Noice plane!
+1Noice
+1I think you should continue it; just work on it bit by bit whenever you have time.
+1@Zoomzoom999
+1Ikr? 2.7k to go! :D
F I N A L L Y !!!
About time SP received some proper turret controls!
+1Woohoo 4th place! Thx for the challenge!
+1Great video! It's a miracle you didn't crash my drone considering how unstable it can be on the pitch axis. There were a couple of moments where you nearly bought the farm with the MQ-125.
+1Awesome aircraft! I had a similar idea of making a modern Cessna O-2, except it would more modular and an unmanned version would totally ditch the front engine and just have the rear turboprop. I also loved the description & lore you gave this plane!
+1@RussianAS
+1@Nobodygood
Thanks!
@Sgtk
+1@yoshicraze
@asteroidbook345
Thanks for them sweet updoots!
@SodiumChloride
+1@AaronSonAirCrafts
@JettStorm
Thx my dudes!
@VVarperro02
+1Thanks!
I've made a sharp-delta-winged paper plane once that was literally a flying needle.
+1Wallaby boi
+1MURRRRRPHHHH DONT LET ME LEAVE MURPH
+1@QuickNils
+1Cause it came from Area 51