As it is the same build revamped, I will just omit this plane, and make that one the "true" plane. If you upload an entirely new aircraft I will give you a second score
Fascinating. The name and explosion scale is obvious, 0.8 = 250, meaning 1 explosion scale = 312.8 pounds on average, or 142 kilograms
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Also, that makes no sense! Based on the laws of physics, all objects move the same speed falling unless there is drag involved. Assuming only gravity exists in a simulation, you could drop a million pound brick, a Boom 25, a missile, and a gun, and they should all hit the ground at the same time
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-9.8 m/s^2 acceleration down is constant for everything
Note: I gave you 3 points for the requirements to even it out, as I believe this deserves more points, and to even it out because my grading scale is bad at making better looking planes get a better score lol
Alrighty mate, here's the time for your grade!
As with everyone else, these are subject to change, and I will say why I graded it what way after the score
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Speed: 7/10
Maneuver: 9/10
Realism: 13/15
Requirements: 25/30
Carrier: 15/15
Tactical: 9/10
Looks: 3/5
Opinion: 4/5 Total:85/100
It was pretty nice in terms of speed! A wee bit slow, but hey its okay! I did deduct points because the minimum speed was 400 knots, but its okay!
That maneuverability... my lordy it was smooth XD. The pitch fought me sometimes though, but I got it to work in the end
Realistically, this aircraft is really good! I like the design, the thrust is realistic to the era enough, realistically the engines are still too powerful, but y'know what, I made a rule where you could, so I won't argue lol
The requirements are all splendid, minus the underspeed
Carrier is probably the smoothest of all the aircraft thus far lol
Tactically it is great! The armament is powerful, and the bombs are good! But I've found them rather inadequate, actually. I did allow up to 2000 lbs per bomb, so you could have increased them, but its okay! They still worked great
Looks-wise, of the three approved entries, I marked this 2nd place, obviously the propfan looks the most amazing, like dear god I can't even make a plane look that good, but this plane is really nice!! I just wish it had some markings on it, even text ones
And my opinion, this plane is dope! I love it! I flew around and messed around. I originally planned on my tests being structured and stuff, but they mostly are just me blowing random things up, doing something structured, and then bombing something else. This plane took care of the USS Tiny well lol, and handled a few stop and go landings. All in all, a great contender! This is second place so far!! Thanks for your entry mate!
@GhostHTX Hey no worries! This is absolutely splendid dude!
Probably lol! It's all good though! You are in first!
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Also, is the mistake that it says "XF2J-1" on the plane in the picture, but XF2J-2 on the title and release?
Also, forgot to add this, and I am so sorry I'm filling up your comment section lol, I'll delete some of these if you want to, but I loved the cockpit and all the little details, its awesome!
@Geekpride Apologies for the delay, I just returned home
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Ofc!! Its all good, dude!! Hey, that's fair! You made a great aircraft for the challenge and I appreciate that!
Sick!! Please do! I'd love to see it! And in the future if you ever want tips or helps building just lmk, I am always here. You could tag me on an unlisted or whatever lol
I feel like the grades are really close to each other XD
I intentionally made it so that the big part is meeting the requirements, but I will absolutely give planes that look better and function better or have cool things more points, and if necessary, I might start adding bonus points!
Alright! Time for the grade!
I'll put my reasonings and comments afterwards, but alas, here we are!
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Speed: 9/10
Maneuver: 10/10
Realism: 13/15
Requirements: 23/30
Carrier: 15/15
Tactical: 10/10
Looks: 5/5
Opinion: 5/5 Total:90/100
Reasonings:
Alright, now for the speed, I will get to this more in a minute, but it is amazing! Surprisingly fast 'lil guy, and it suits great speed for the punch!
Maneuverability I had no discrepancies with, she flies great, and is very smooth and realistic, actually
Realistically, it looks real, and it flies real, but the idea of an inducted turbofan in the mid 40s is the only reason I deducted 2 points. Don't get me wrong, I love all of this and I adore it, but I have to grade fairly
Now the Requirements are your greatest deduction... here's why: Everything is up to par and amazing except, ironically, the speed. The maximum speed for a "pure jet" allowed is 550 knots (1019 kilometers/hour for you), and honestly this is borderline because I know that this is supposed to be a pure jet technically, as it is an inline inducted fan, but I also have to call this a propfan on par with the requirements, which brings it down to 500 knots, or 926 kmh. Anyways, I spent 5 minutes in a climb roughly 3 degrees above the horizon line, and I managed to accelerate until I reached 601 knots, where it peaked, which is roughly 1113 kmh, quite a bit above the limit. But, because it is below the speed of sound, I will still allow it, albeit with a deduction of points to make up for this, and it still places you far ahead in first anyways, and I doubt anyone will come as high
Carrier needs no explanation, she works beautifully and landings are great
Tactically, I love the pylons, and it can carry a great load and still land and fly fine
Looks... hot damn shes gorgeous
My Opinion is that I love it!! This is exactly what I was hoping people would submit, cool custom designs that feature this era, and you did it! That's a real challenge, I could have told you to make any aircraft from a large war, like say WW2, and you could pick a plane, but I gave you requirements and you still made a beautiful design that suits the needs. Congrats! You are in first place mate
And on that note, these grades will be subject to change and as of right now you are the vision for how I will grade other planes as they hopefully continue to come in! Have a good day, mate! And thanks again! (Totally didn't save the aircraft to mess around with it later)
Alright, now for your score:
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Speed: 7/10
Maneuverability: 5/10
Realism: 8/15
Requirements: 29/30
Carrier Operation: 10/15
Tactical: 8/10
Looks: 2/5
My Opinion: 3/5 Total:72/100
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Now, my reasoning:
The speed was okay, but I feel like it was a bit underpowered with the piston engine, and the prop is pretty small in comparison to the aircraft itself
The maneuverability is decent, but the aircraft has no trim or flaps to help, which I'll get back to in a second
Realistically, this aircraft would probably be horrible in most situations, especially as a fighter, although, this plane does look pretty badass and I like that!
Requirements-wise, I do not see anything wrong! I only deduct one point because I feel like the propeller should be larger, and the landing gear are a tad short, but still functional
Carrier-wise, everything is okay, but it is impossible to land without airbrakes, or flaps to aid in deceleration, because no matter what the aircraft either stalls and then slams down, or it brakes so hard that it nose dives once the hook catches and blows up
Tactically, it would work well! You can attach bombs, I really like how you made it optional, I find that really cool, and the guns are nice! The 8x .50 cal machine guns were pretty underpowering in my tests though
Looks-wise, as much as I like the design, and I'm sorry to say this, but it is pretty gnarly-looking construction-wise. I feel like the fuselage wings and the lack of fuselage-based control surfaces look weird, and the gap between the body of the wing and rotator looks a little weird too. Sorry, I don't mean to dig into you on that, but it's part of the grade so I have to say it. This is definitely an amazing build though!
And finally, my opinion. I feel like this aircraft has a ton of potential! I feel like the design is really cool and honestly I'd love to draw it and build it myself, because damn this is a cool idea.
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Man, I'm sorry. I suck at criticism lol. I love your build, but it's part of the grading scale so I have to do it, and I'd at least rather have you know why. And just a note, you grade most likely will change as more aircraft enter the challenge, either better or worse, as I get more to compare it to.
@Stanmich Absolutely! In fact, I expect and prefer it to the in-game guns!
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0.01 in XML for the barrel diameter is equal to 5 m, just a tip. So 0.04 is 20mm
Just a note! I have now changed the maximum propeller power for propjets, and I have also increased the maximum thrust per pound force for the PURE JET ONLY. This is to maintain balance, although you still can add afterburner to both!
@GhostHTX hey!! That's an amazing question! I'm so glad you're interested! I'm sad not many people have seen this lol
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So I explained that terribly... Basically, if you had a 2,000 HP engine, both propellers that are there to generate thrust can be 2,000. And yeah!! That's fine! You can have decorative props! I am also going to increase the max HP to ~3,500 I think, as some aircraft from this era used the Pratt & Whitney Corncob, which supplied around this much
You're right though lol
SP physics are weird, and enough have raised the question. I will not raise this number any higher though, as this is 1946 after all
@Brencool35 ooh, okay!! Sounds awesome!! Please do! I want to see her when she's all done!
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Okay!! Cool, cool, that's what I figured. Nice!!
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Glad I could help!! Yeah, it's weird 😂
I dunno
I have to say, the plane is gorgeous!!
I have a few critiques besides the issue you're asking about:
1. You should add trim to the elevators, the plane will be difficult to fly without it (you just add "+ (Trim/2)")
2. The elevators need to move an extra 5 degrees, or the wings need to be larger in them, unless you're going for the underpowered jet feel, which I'm all for, but it still feels damn near impossible to stay in the air because you can't stop holding the pitch control, as there is no Trim
3. The fuselage itself is gorgeous! My only critique is that you should slice the grey parts from the green so it doesn't make those clipping glitches
4. The issue you asked about, the auto roll
I'm on high graphics and physics, and it seems all fine to me! The plane stays level perfectly fine, it just drops from the sky. If you're talking about auto yaw, the plane does veer a bit to the right for me, but that's fine, it's only like 1 degree every 20 seconds, easily managed. The only thing I can think of is the nose gear needs to have a counter weight, or a second wheel or something to keep it straight. Other than that, it's fine to me!
This is so cool!! (I'll pretend it's American 😉)
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After careful consideration...
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Approved
+1OH. The leaderboard is just for the current standings
+1@SPAircraftOfficial you have quite a bit! Exactly a month as of today, I'll probably close a bit earlier though, not many people joined :(
+1@SPAircraftOfficial no XD
+1Where does it say that?
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It closes May 1st
This is dope!! I'm going to make a CAS fictitious design from the Soviet Union I designed, if you're okay with that. It's from ~1952
+1As it is the same build revamped, I will just omit this plane, and make that one the "true" plane. If you upload an entirely new aircraft I will give you a second score
@Planebuilder2123 I never said you couldn't... ;p
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You have as many uploads as you want!!
Fascinating. The name and explosion scale is obvious, 0.8 = 250, meaning 1 explosion scale = 312.8 pounds on average, or 142 kilograms
+1.
Also, that makes no sense! Based on the laws of physics, all objects move the same speed falling unless there is drag involved. Assuming only gravity exists in a simulation, you could drop a million pound brick, a Boom 25, a missile, and a gun, and they should all hit the ground at the same time
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-9.8 m/s^2 acceleration down is constant for everything
Note: I gave you 3 points for the requirements to even it out, as I believe this deserves more points, and to even it out because my grading scale is bad at making better looking planes get a better score lol
+1Alrighty mate, here's the time for your grade!
As with everyone else, these are subject to change, and I will say why I graded it what way after the score
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Speed: 7/10
Maneuver: 9/10
Realism: 13/15
Requirements: 25/30
Carrier: 15/15
Tactical: 9/10
Looks: 3/5
Opinion: 4/5
Total:
85/100It was pretty nice in terms of speed! A wee bit slow, but hey its okay! I did deduct points because the minimum speed was 400 knots, but its okay!
That maneuverability... my lordy it was smooth XD. The pitch fought me sometimes though, but I got it to work in the end
Realistically, this aircraft is really good! I like the design, the thrust is realistic to the era enough, realistically the engines are still too powerful, but y'know what, I made a rule where you could, so I won't argue lol
The requirements are all splendid, minus the underspeed
Carrier is probably the smoothest of all the aircraft thus far lol
Tactically it is great! The armament is powerful, and the bombs are good! But I've found them rather inadequate, actually. I did allow up to 2000 lbs per bomb, so you could have increased them, but its okay! They still worked great
Looks-wise, of the three approved entries, I marked this 2nd place, obviously the propfan looks the most amazing, like dear god I can't even make a plane look that good, but this plane is really nice!! I just wish it had some markings on it, even text ones
And my opinion, this plane is dope! I love it! I flew around and messed around. I originally planned on my tests being structured and stuff, but they mostly are just me blowing random things up, doing something structured, and then bombing something else. This plane took care of the USS Tiny well lol, and handled a few stop and go landings. All in all, a great contender! This is second place so far!! Thanks for your entry mate!
Oh and... ahem
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Approved
Cool!! I'll check her out in a wee bit, mate!
@Planebuilder2123 lmao
And yep! You got me lmao. You definitely learned my style
@GhostHTX Hey no worries! This is absolutely splendid dude!
+1Probably lol! It's all good though! You are in first!
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Also, is the mistake that it says "XF2J-1" on the plane in the picture, but XF2J-2 on the title and release?
Also, forgot to add this, and I am so sorry I'm filling up your comment section lol, I'll delete some of these if you want to, but I loved the cockpit and all the little details, its awesome!
@Geekpride Apologies for the delay, I just returned home
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Ofc!! Its all good, dude!! Hey, that's fair! You made a great aircraft for the challenge and I appreciate that!
Sick!! Please do! I'd love to see it! And in the future if you ever want tips or helps building just lmk, I am always here. You could tag me on an unlisted or whatever lol
I feel like the grades are really close to each other XD
I intentionally made it so that the big part is meeting the requirements, but I will absolutely give planes that look better and function better or have cool things more points, and if necessary, I might start adding bonus points!
I try getting the test done asap so my lazy ass doesn't postpone it and so you don't have to wait XD
Alright! Time for the grade!
I'll put my reasonings and comments afterwards, but alas, here we are!
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Speed: 9/10
Maneuver: 10/10
Realism: 13/15
Requirements: 23/30
Carrier: 15/15
Tactical: 10/10
Looks: 5/5
Opinion: 5/5
Total:
90/100Reasonings:
+1Alright, now for the speed, I will get to this more in a minute, but it is amazing! Surprisingly fast 'lil guy, and it suits great speed for the punch!
Maneuverability I had no discrepancies with, she flies great, and is very smooth and realistic, actually
Realistically, it looks real, and it flies real, but the idea of an inducted turbofan in the mid 40s is the only reason I deducted 2 points. Don't get me wrong, I love all of this and I adore it, but I have to grade fairly
Now the Requirements are your greatest deduction... here's why: Everything is up to par and amazing except, ironically, the speed. The maximum speed for a "pure jet" allowed is 550 knots (1019 kilometers/hour for you), and honestly this is borderline because I know that this is supposed to be a pure jet technically, as it is an inline inducted fan, but I also have to call this a propfan on par with the requirements, which brings it down to 500 knots, or 926 kmh. Anyways, I spent 5 minutes in a climb roughly 3 degrees above the horizon line, and I managed to accelerate until I reached 601 knots, where it peaked, which is roughly 1113 kmh, quite a bit above the limit. But, because it is below the speed of sound, I will still allow it, albeit with a deduction of points to make up for this, and it still places you far ahead in first anyways, and I doubt anyone will come as high
Carrier needs no explanation, she works beautifully and landings are great
Tactically, I love the pylons, and it can carry a great load and still land and fly fine
Looks... hot damn shes gorgeous
My Opinion is that I love it!! This is exactly what I was hoping people would submit, cool custom designs that feature this era, and you did it! That's a real challenge, I could have told you to make any aircraft from a large war, like say WW2, and you could pick a plane, but I gave you requirements and you still made a beautiful design that suits the needs. Congrats! You are in first place mate
And on that note, these grades will be subject to change and as of right now you are the vision for how I will grade other planes as they hopefully continue to come in! Have a good day, mate! And thanks again! (Totally didn't save the aircraft to mess around with it later)
@GhostHTX ofc!!
+1And ayyy I love the NATC! I put that on my XF15C-1, bit then realized that I also put NAVY on it... 😅
+1I will grade it here in a minute. I love this! This is legitimately what I was hoping for with this challenge 😂
+1I'm so happy. This is awesome
This is freaking amazing!!
Firstly, after careful consideration,
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Approved
+1And at this moment, you are #1 on the leaderboard that is invisible! Wahoo! And the first accepted entry
Alright, now for your score:
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Speed: 7/10
Maneuverability: 5/10
Realism: 8/15
Requirements: 29/30
Carrier Operation: 10/15
Tactical: 8/10
Looks: 2/5
My Opinion: 3/5
Total:
72/100.
Now, my reasoning:
The speed was okay, but I feel like it was a bit underpowered with the piston engine, and the prop is pretty small in comparison to the aircraft itself
The maneuverability is decent, but the aircraft has no trim or flaps to help, which I'll get back to in a second
Realistically, this aircraft would probably be horrible in most situations, especially as a fighter, although, this plane does look pretty badass and I like that!
Requirements-wise, I do not see anything wrong! I only deduct one point because I feel like the propeller should be larger, and the landing gear are a tad short, but still functional
Carrier-wise, everything is okay, but it is impossible to land without airbrakes, or flaps to aid in deceleration, because no matter what the aircraft either stalls and then slams down, or it brakes so hard that it nose dives once the hook catches and blows up
Tactically, it would work well! You can attach bombs, I really like how you made it optional, I find that really cool, and the guns are nice! The 8x .50 cal machine guns were pretty underpowering in my tests though
Looks-wise, as much as I like the design, and I'm sorry to say this, but it is pretty gnarly-looking construction-wise. I feel like the fuselage wings and the lack of fuselage-based control surfaces look weird, and the gap between the body of the wing and rotator looks a little weird too. Sorry, I don't mean to dig into you on that, but it's part of the grade so I have to say it. This is definitely an amazing build though!
And finally, my opinion. I feel like this aircraft has a ton of potential! I feel like the design is really cool and honestly I'd love to draw it and build it myself, because damn this is a cool idea.
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Man, I'm sorry. I suck at criticism lol. I love your build, but it's part of the grading scale so I have to do it, and I'd at least rather have you know why. And just a note, you grade most likely will change as more aircraft enter the challenge, either better or worse, as I get more to compare it to.
After careful consideration, this is the first accepted aircraft to the challenge!!
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APPROVED
The altitude I will fly at to test it will be 20,000 feet
+1@Stanmich level flight!
+1T!
Anyways, this was sick dude!!!
And I think it was deleted by the poster
@Serge7Lucas @ronald76tolkien even bigger noobs
Y'all are a plague, I swear
@DiannHerrera @jeniferdaniels @ericchristtian noob, noob, noob
@jeniferdaniels noob
I forgot about her!
@Stanmich Absolutely! In fact, I expect and prefer it to the in-game guns!
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0.01 in XML for the barrel diameter is equal to 5 m, just a tip. So 0.04 is 20mm
Just a note! I have now changed the maximum propeller power for propjets, and I have also increased the maximum thrust per pound force for the PURE JET ONLY. This is to maintain balance, although you still can add afterburner to both!
@GhostHTX hey!! That's an amazing question! I'm so glad you're interested! I'm sad not many people have seen this lol
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So I explained that terribly... Basically, if you had a 2,000 HP engine, both propellers that are there to generate thrust can be 2,000. And yeah!! That's fine! You can have decorative props! I am also going to increase the max HP to ~3,500 I think, as some aircraft from this era used the Pratt & Whitney Corncob, which supplied around this much
Thank you, mate! @GhostHTX
@Stanmich absolutely! So long as you use XML to bring it's lbf to the thrust here!
+1You're right though lol
+1SP physics are weird, and enough have raised the question. I will not raise this number any higher though, as this is 1946 after all
@Jabuticaba23 nah all good mate! Redid the one for the pure jet, but I'm keeping the propjet one at the lower end. Hope this helps!
+1Damn, love the inspect element XD
@PapaKernels
+1No no, no rush dude! You're fine lmao
And sorry!! Didn't realize it had trim lol
+2@Brencool35 ooh, okay!! Sounds awesome!! Please do! I want to see her when she's all done!
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Okay!! Cool, cool, that's what I figured. Nice!!
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Glad I could help!! Yeah, it's weird 😂
I dunno
@PapaKernels I completely get being tired 😂
+1@PapaKernels 😂😂 all good bro
+1Also, have you seen your Discord? No worries if not lol
I hope this helps. Sorry, I just was bored and thought I'd help out. I don't mean to come off as an ass 😂
+2I have to say, the plane is gorgeous!!
+2I have a few critiques besides the issue you're asking about:
1. You should add trim to the elevators, the plane will be difficult to fly without it (you just add "+ (Trim/2)")
2. The elevators need to move an extra 5 degrees, or the wings need to be larger in them, unless you're going for the underpowered jet feel, which I'm all for, but it still feels damn near impossible to stay in the air because you can't stop holding the pitch control, as there is no Trim
3. The fuselage itself is gorgeous! My only critique is that you should slice the grey parts from the green so it doesn't make those clipping glitches
4. The issue you asked about, the auto roll
I'm on high graphics and physics, and it seems all fine to me! The plane stays level perfectly fine, it just drops from the sky. If you're talking about auto yaw, the plane does veer a bit to the right for me, but that's fine, it's only like 1 degree every 20 seconds, easily managed. The only thing I can think of is the nose gear needs to have a counter weight, or a second wheel or something to keep it straight. Other than that, it's fine to me!