@OtterOfToast the VTOL trick where the nozzles were powered by an external engine no longer works. You'd need to have an engine and some fuel on board if you want to have it powered. Control surfaces and stuff will work like normal when disconnected though
I have to say, thumbnails of a 100 foot long row of pistons turning a propellor turned me away from these kinds of planes at first, but they're actually really cool. And making a small one that works just as well is really impressive!
@OtterOfToast like it flips out of control or something? They still need to be a little separated for stability, so you could try and move them apart. You also want your CoT to be more or less in line with the CoM. It's not as important, but it can torque the plane in weird directions when you're going slowly
Getting the CoM as close to the CoL means the control surfaces can rotate the plane easier, so you'll get more maneuverability while having smaller control surfaces (and also less drag when turning). Planes can get sluggish and slow to respond if the wing loading or speed isn't high enough though, so make sure it either goes fast or has plenty of wing area
@Visify that's what I wanted to do, but since you can only start a piston at full extension or contraction it didn't work. However, I just had an idea while writing this comment that could solve that problem hahaha
@PlanesOfOld I made a pretty good one a while ago, but I had trouble getting it to spin in the right direction consisnantly. Does it need to have lots of tourque or just like fast and stuff?
@HSAeroWerkes1 yeah, I don't spend much time playing with missile evasion so it really depends on whether the plane is agile enough for that tactic to work
@JeffreyD2015 I don't know if I'll upload it, but I'm trying to make a rock crawler into a crawler/rally car. My problem was the suspension was too soft so this should fix it
This suspension is amazing!! I'm probably going to use that technique to stop it from compressing any further in another build, I've been trying to figure out how to do that for a while now
@PilotOfFuture it's a massive contraption thing that picks up a convoy truck, and I just estimated it would weigh about 20k. I made a working car version and my goal is to take one all the way from krackabloa to the original island haha
@PilotOfFuture thanks, it works wonderfully! Just added a more powerful VTOL and I'll need more fuel, but other than that it's a really nice stable platform
I'll be honest, I was not expecting legitimate truthful arguments, but you hit the nail on the head in a way that's not directly insulting half the user base. I can definitely advocate for the device thing. On iOS, sifting through countless creations to steal various parts, utilizing fuselage blocks as a makeshift nudge tool, and hand making details out of 1/8 fuselage blocks was a colossal pain in the rear, but you better bet I was proud of what I had made. Materialistically, iOS vs PC isn't equal but games are supposed to be fun, and i enjoyed iOS regardless of the drawbacks
@Geekpride impressive! I've known about this glitch and tried to use it before. You're right that it has to do with the wing loading, and speed + G forces make the wings flutter. My problem was that the lower powered device it runs on, the easier it is to achieve the flutter. And since I'm on mobile and the tournament is run on PC, the plane would go crazy and rip itself apart on Andrew's computer. It happened once when I wasn't even trying to make a plane use this glitch lol
@HooDooedPilot if you go into the game code, there is an XML attribute that lets you rescale parts. I can't do it myself so I took some 1/3 scale engines that someone else had already made and used them on this plane
I haven't had any problems with it. It's through Google so the format is kind of weird but it works fine, not worth taking the devs time away from SR2 to make a new search engine
Impressive, but I think visify got his to like 850
I think you should try the wasp using the gyro
@OtterOfToast does it turn off only when you detach it, or does it just not work?
@OtterOfToast the VTOL trick where the nozzles were powered by an external engine no longer works. You'd need to have an engine and some fuel on board if you want to have it powered. Control surfaces and stuff will work like normal when disconnected though
@OtterOfToast ok!
Could you tag me in a plane that is a good example of this? I could fiddle with it and try and figure out what the problem is
I have to say, thumbnails of a 100 foot long row of pistons turning a propellor turned me away from these kinds of planes at first, but they're actually really cool. And making a small one that works just as well is really impressive!
@OtterOfToast like it flips out of control or something? They still need to be a little separated for stability, so you could try and move them apart. You also want your CoT to be more or less in line with the CoM. It's not as important, but it can torque the plane in weird directions when you're going slowly
Getting the CoM as close to the CoL means the control surfaces can rotate the plane easier, so you'll get more maneuverability while having smaller control surfaces (and also less drag when turning). Planes can get sluggish and slow to respond if the wing loading or speed isn't high enough though, so make sure it either goes fast or has plenty of wing area
Are you using any negative mass on your plane? Usually if I use it and the plane weighs too little (or negative) then the camera does that
Sttopp ki.. kill it wtit h firree
@Treadmill103 thanks! And yeah, I spent so long just flying it around watching it zoom overhead
@SledDriver @Stingray thanks!
@Visify it worked! It's similar to what you said about offsetting it, but ironically it spins in the opposite direction that you'd think
@Visify that's what I wanted to do, but since you can only start a piston at full extension or contraction it didn't work. However, I just had an idea while writing this comment that could solve that problem hahaha
@Visify thanks, and yeah. The drone from this is pretty impressive
@PlanesOfOld I made a pretty good one a while ago, but I had trouble getting it to spin in the right direction consisnantly. Does it need to have lots of tourque or just like fast and stuff?
@Stellarlabs they're fun :)
@HSAeroWerkes1 yeah, I don't spend much time playing with missile evasion so it really depends on whether the plane is agile enough for that tactic to work
@MrVaultech yeah, im pretty sure you're top highlighted build gets featured when you hit platinum
Yeah, its the devs/mods that can feature planes that are from gold or lower ranked users that are good enough to be on the front page
@PlanesOfOld it can be hit or miss, but it's a good opportunity to get people aware of it
@destroyerP actually on low physics settings it's much better than you think
That sucks. I saw a couple people say they tried to do that lol
I usually just do a corkscrew kind of thing directly at the missile. It works.. sometimes
Judging by how some of my planes look, the fact that they fly is pretty unbelievable
@Kevinairlines I still have a few things left to do, but it'll be uploaded pretty soon
@Kevinairlines they're going to be powering a paddle wheel, but it's just for show so I don't need a strong engine to turn it
@Kevinairlines normal size. And could you do a x0.05 power one too? (In case the 0.1 is still too strong)
@Kevinairlines yep, thanks
Have you had a chance to make the vtol engine yet?
@Kevinairlines I wish I could :( at least there are people like you who help us iOS peoples lol
@Kevinairlines that's fine, thank you!
If you're still doing this, could you make a VTOL engine with 0.1 (one tenth) the power?
Yeager ftw
@JeffreyD2015 I don't know if I'll upload it, but I'm trying to make a rock crawler into a crawler/rally car. My problem was the suspension was too soft so this should fix it
This suspension is amazing!! I'm probably going to use that technique to stop it from compressing any further in another build, I've been trying to figure out how to do that for a while now
@PilotOfFuture it's a massive contraption thing that picks up a convoy truck, and I just estimated it would weigh about 20k. I made a working car version and my goal is to take one all the way from krackabloa to the original island haha
@PilotOfFuture thanks, it works wonderfully! Just added a more powerful VTOL and I'll need more fuel, but other than that it's a really nice stable platform
Am I allowed to use modded parts I've scrapped from other builds? I'm on iOS so I can't do it myself
@destroyerP thanks!
I'll be honest, I was not expecting legitimate truthful arguments, but you hit the nail on the head in a way that's not directly insulting half the user base. I can definitely advocate for the device thing. On iOS, sifting through countless creations to steal various parts, utilizing fuselage blocks as a makeshift nudge tool, and hand making details out of 1/8 fuselage blocks was a colossal pain in the rear, but you better bet I was proud of what I had made. Materialistically, iOS vs PC isn't equal but games are supposed to be fun, and i enjoyed iOS regardless of the drawbacks
+1@Geekpride impressive! I've known about this glitch and tried to use it before. You're right that it has to do with the wing loading, and speed + G forces make the wings flutter. My problem was that the lower powered device it runs on, the easier it is to achieve the flutter. And since I'm on mobile and the tournament is run on PC, the plane would go crazy and rip itself apart on Andrew's computer. It happened once when I wasn't even trying to make a plane use this glitch lol
Can't even download it, but that cockpit is worth an upvote by itself!
@sigmo yeah haha. Some magic floating tech going on in that plane
I tried to build this. It went bad, this is really good!
@HooDooedPilot you can do it if you have an Android. iPhones, iPads, and anything else on iOS don't support stuff like that
@HooDooedPilot if you go into the game code, there is an XML attribute that lets you rescale parts. I can't do it myself so I took some 1/3 scale engines that someone else had already made and used them on this plane
This is really good! I like how the cameras/hatches are functional and realistic, and the suspension is great too
I haven't had any problems with it. It's through Google so the format is kind of weird but it works fine, not worth taking the devs time away from SR2 to make a new search engine