@EternalDarkness Thank you for the feedback! I updated the .xml file to improve accuracy - better engine startup and performance, trim input moves the elevator, etc - and I went ahead and tweaked the switches and instruments slightly to improve visibility. I'm always trying to make my builds more fun to fly!
@EternalDarkness I really appreciate the thoughtful feedback! The envelope on the original ship is covered with a grid of what I believe are lines or cables. It's difficult to tell in the old photographs, but they likely play a role in securing the fabric coverings on the bow and keel, as well as helping to give the pressurized envelope shape. It definitely came out looking more like a rigid-frame-under-canvas hull, but I kept it for the visual interest! Part count is always the limit, yeah. I like to build on my phone, so I try to keep most of my designs at least kinda mobile-friendly.
@EternalDarkness Thank you! I really appreciate the feedback! Fixed both issues; I definitely uploaded an older save file. Smoothing is somehow a feature I hadn't played with, but I love it!
@StraitAircraft That's very kind of you! I'm far from a master, but check out this post for a few tips. Tag me when you build your Short Singapore – that's a really cool plane.
@spectre118 Thank you for both the compliment and the feedback! I've updated the .xml file to fix that and a couple other bugs with the label attachments; please re-download and give it a try!
@Kerbango "Son... They got us. I'm sorry."
+3@F16xl fill it up with hydrogen and that's not too far off
+3@SomeSPGuyWhoLikesLore @MahootsI love planes, but I build and repair wooden boats professionally. I guess that level of geek shows through?
+2@DISHWASHER2005 @Boeing727200F I'm sensing a theme here with these design notes... The next one will be longer and slimmer, I promise! 🤣
+2It's 2024! About time we got flying cars.
+2@SomeSPGuyWhoLikesLore Haha, thanks! No shortage of lore! I built it for a D&D campaign, so it's only the tip of the lore iceberg.
+2@WinsWings The Wind Rises is so beautiful! I'm not sure if it's my favorite (I'm a sucker for Laputa), but I think it's probably Miyazaki's best.
+2This is gorgeous. The integrated ramp/landing legs are perfect.
+2@StraitAircraft I'll poke away at it over the weekend, see what I come up with
+1@EternalDarkness Thank you! I'll come say hello over there!
+1@EternalDarkness Thank you for the feedback! I updated the .xml file to improve accuracy - better engine startup and performance, trim input moves the elevator, etc - and I went ahead and tweaked the switches and instruments slightly to improve visibility. I'm always trying to make my builds more fun to fly!
+1Nice! Love the old flying boat designs. Also appreciate that it's realistically flyable on one engine, with degraded handling.
+1@BMilan Thank you!
+1This flies beautifully!
+1@EternalDarkness I really appreciate the thoughtful feedback! The envelope on the original ship is covered with a grid of what I believe are lines or cables. It's difficult to tell in the old photographs, but they likely play a role in securing the fabric coverings on the bow and keel, as well as helping to give the pressurized envelope shape. It definitely came out looking more like a rigid-frame-under-canvas hull, but I kept it for the visual interest! Part count is always the limit, yeah. I like to build on my phone, so I try to keep most of my designs at least kinda mobile-friendly.
+1This looks so good for <350 parts! And it feels authentic to fly.
+1@OkaNieba I really appreciate that, thank you!
+1@ThomasRoderick Vancouver, BC!
+1@WhoflerMan show those military bastards what the Dola gang is made of!
+1@WinsWings Yes! So many good possibilities from that world...
+1@WinsWings Thank you for an awesome challenge! So many good planes!
+1Edit: thank you!!
27 parts! Nicely done
+1@EternalDarkness Thank you! I really appreciate the feedback! Fixed both issues; I definitely uploaded an older save file. Smoothing is somehow a feature I hadn't played with, but I love it!
+1So damn good!
+1@Speedhunter That's really kind of you, thanks!
+1@FatPilotOne Thank you! I saw a cool ornithopter build by @Wibbley a year or so ago that used the glass-as-fabric trick and I thought it looked great.
+1@EternalDarkness Oh that's a good idea!
+1@WinsWings Thank you! I got to see one in a museum in Portugal and I've always thought it was cool.
+1Very nice!
+1@AntonWings This looks great! I love building Miyazaki's aircraft, but haven't played with this design at all.
+1Controls added to description!
+1@TheRealGoober That's perfect, thanks!
@StraitAircraft That's very kind of you! I'm far from a master, but check out this post for a few tips. Tag me when you build your Short Singapore – that's a really cool plane.
Love the look of the fuselage
@KPLBall What, 75 knots and a 200lb payload isn't enough for a long-range bomber?
Lol just saw this
@spectre118 Thank you for both the compliment and the feedback! I've updated the .xml file to fix that and a couple other bugs with the label attachments; please re-download and give it a try!
@MIGFOXHOUND31BSM26 I'll say this: there's a reason I built the Viper instead.
@NorthwestIndustries love your work!
"Realistic poorly attached tailfins" too soon! 😂
@YarisSedan Thank you!! I'm a boatbuilder by profession, so I have the curse of the perfectionist: "It's not historically accurate!"
@B747Driver Thank you!
@PPLLAANNEE Thank you for an inspiring upload!
@F16xl thank you!!
I like the fun balance of the buoyancy and propulsion controls
It flies like a dream. Thank you.
This is really cool. Steady as a rock, and so smooth. Nicely done
This flies beautifully
This is weirdly stable even at really low speeds
I like this approach to making a ground effect vehicle! Fun and challenging to fly. Nice