This is an amazing design! I love the old Monosoupape. My favorite engine of the First World War is the Gnome 9N, with it's lovely selector magneto "throttle" setup. That being said, I really do appreciate seeing some of the planes that weren't in the limelight throughout history. Early war planes are the best, I say!
By the way, back in the day, the Gnome company supposedly claimed that their engine could be throttled like their competitors- just lean out the mixture! What could possibly go wrong? Needless to say, the old 60 hp Gnome was reportedly famous for seizing due to lack of lubrication when leaned out for "throttle" control.
I haven't checked this website in a long time and this was one of the first things I saw. What are the chances?
My first motorcycle was a 1981 GL1100 that I got a few years back. Quite a basket case, but I've learned a lot from pulling that engine apart and putting it back together. It's a little different from the GL1000, of course, but I definitely recognized this engine when I saw it!
@Gestour Can we please keep this professional? I'm not trying to sound biting here. I really do appreciate that you guys are willing to offer advice, and I hate not taking it, but as I said, it's just my preference.
I guess the "Suggestion" forum category is actually not for "Ideas and suggestions for the game." So, please, tell me where I should post this instead.
@RailfanEthan @DemonSniper8 @Gestour @corsair013 I appreciate the advice, but I'd prefer not using mods or XML editing; I like playing the game stock. Just my preference. I'll just find ways to work around it as the guys did before they had synchronization gear. Thanks, though!
@TheLatentImage I'm glad the admins/mods will look into it! I already told the instances I've seen that they really need to provide proper credit, but if it persists, I'll definitely report it!
@jamesPLANESii and @Awsomur Yeah, "too lazy" sums it up pretty well. Of course, it would be way too much effort to type someone's name, I guess!
As @ThePrototype said. If you go to the menu and click on the icon that has three circles on top of a rectangle balanced on top of a triangle, that will show you your center of mass (red), center of lift (blue), and center of thrust (yellow). If you move the wings back until the center of lift (blue) is behind the center of mass (red), it should fly. :)
@ThePlaninatior No problem. I'm glad you considered my design to tear up! :P
Nah, really, when I saw it in the video, I was stunned how it looked! Even shot-up and struggling to make it to the field, it had a certain grace to it. :)
@Stellarlabs, I would like to enter this for the WWI challenge. I'm not sure what a "robotic" rotor or hinge is, so if this has any and is ineligible for entry, I understand. It does have two hinge rotors, one regular rotor, and one piston, but they are strictly to actuate the controls and they have no real effect on the flight.
It's the same as my original design here: https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/58YGbV/PE-1a-Pickett
I know I didn't make a new aircraft just for the challenge, but I figured that this fit so well with the challenge that I just had to let her have a chance!
@ThePlaninatior Well, since there was no actual name, nothing here to definitively link it to me, @Franticmatty wasn't able to acknowledge that I built the original in the YouTube video.
I don't really mind; the only reason I'm saying this is that I just stumbled upon the video completely by chance and saw a successor to one of my creations. It was very impressive! I just would have loved to have heard about it and seen the video when it was new; I might never have seen it and never even known that my plane accomplished something!
I love seeing people do things with my designs, but if I don't get a notification, I might not see it... :(
I love the old flying machines myself. I think they are beautiful, especially how their designers all had their own ideas for what an "airplane" was since they had almost no information to build off of. Today, anyone can look at an airplane and know what it is, but back then, aviation was a giant blank canvas! So many different ideas to try... How could anyone know what the culmination of all their efforts would be?
In particular, I love the flying machines that had an innovation that we can see in modern aircraft, like the 1910 Deperdussin, which is accepted to have laid the foundation for modern aircraft controls. It's so neat to see that someone over a hundred years ago tried something and found that it worked so well that it would be used a century later!
Also with the old flying machines, there's just something about flying something so primitive (by today's standards) with so little power. Flying such a slow, possibly dangerous machine required some incredible skill, probably a lot of luck, and definitely a touch of insanity- the right kind, of course! Flying back then was truly an achievement!
As far as actually flying the old machines, the coolest thing I think is how they don't really seem to fly so much as just float up from the ground. When the gently sagging wings start to raise up as they catch the wind, it feels like an invisible hand just hoists you up into the air...
@LegoCraftian Yep! It's one of my favorite very early flying machines, credited with being the first ultralight.
Looks a lot like a Demoiselle!
+1@Strikefighter04 Wow, that's incredible! Great job and very cool info!
+1This is an amazing design! I love the old Monosoupape. My favorite engine of the First World War is the Gnome 9N, with it's lovely selector magneto "throttle" setup. That being said, I really do appreciate seeing some of the planes that weren't in the limelight throughout history. Early war planes are the best, I say!
By the way, back in the day, the Gnome company supposedly claimed that their engine could be throttled like their competitors- just lean out the mixture! What could possibly go wrong? Needless to say, the old 60 hp Gnome was reportedly famous for seizing due to lack of lubrication when leaned out for "throttle" control.
@Liamwellman123 Very cool project! Good luck with it!
I haven't checked this website in a long time and this was one of the first things I saw. What are the chances?
My first motorcycle was a 1981 GL1100 that I got a few years back. Quite a basket case, but I've learned a lot from pulling that engine apart and putting it back together. It's a little different from the GL1000, of course, but I definitely recognized this engine when I saw it!
@Oski Yeah, and the RPM should change with the throttle, so that would be a bit of a pain... Oh well. I'll find a way.
@Oski Sounds like a very good setup! I never thought about Snowstone for secret projects, but that sounds incredibly fitting.
@Oski Aw, man, I'm mostly WWI. Well, hopefully you've gotten some help by now, eh?
@Gestour Got it. Lots of useful links. Thanks!
@Gestour Thanks. I doubt I would have found that link on my own. Where did you get this link?
@Gestour Can we please keep this professional? I'm not trying to sound biting here. I really do appreciate that you guys are willing to offer advice, and I hate not taking it, but as I said, it's just my preference.
I guess the "Suggestion" forum category is actually not for "Ideas and suggestions for the game." So, please, tell me where I should post this instead.
@TheMutePaper I remember that. Wow, quite a while ago!
@Strikefighter04 Yep! Trying to get back into it. I like that runway, too.
@RailfanEthan @DemonSniper8 @Gestour @corsair013 I appreciate the advice, but I'd prefer not using mods or XML editing; I like playing the game stock. Just my preference. I'll just find ways to work around it as the guys did before they had synchronization gear. Thanks, though!
@QuantausAviation Kind of makes me think of a good video opportunity for Jundroo:
"Jundroo Airlines - We're good enough!" as an airliner belly flops on the tarmac.
@QuantausAviation I definitely agree on that. It sure looks good for that!
@QuantausAviation What do you like about Yeager Airport when it comes to civilian flights?
I know this post is a little old, but if you're still looking for planes, what kinds are you looking for?
@TheLatentImage I'm glad the admins/mods will look into it! I already told the instances I've seen that they really need to provide proper credit, but if it persists, I'll definitely report it!
@jamesPLANESii and @Awsomur Yeah, "too lazy" sums it up pretty well. Of course, it would be way too much effort to type someone's name, I guess!
@Stellarlabs No problem!
Easy to fly and very light weight- nice work!
@Josephdoselife That's a good enough reason as any!
@Stellarlabs Alright, then!
@Stellarlabs Cheap!
That's an odd one! What was the inspiration to make a twin-fuselage aircraft?
Those are some pretty unusual modifications! What were you going for?
@Stellarlabs And, last but not least, would you upvote this one? Thanks!
@Stellarlabs Would you upvote this one?
@Stellarlabs Would you upvote this one?
@Stellarlabs I would like this one upvoted, if you would. :)
@Stellarlabs I would like this one upvoted, if you would. :)
Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked the design!
As @ThePrototype said. If you go to the menu and click on the icon that has three circles on top of a rectangle balanced on top of a triangle, that will show you your center of mass (red), center of lift (blue), and center of thrust (yellow). If you move the wings back until the center of lift (blue) is behind the center of mass (red), it should fly. :)
@BRC21yt Here is the cockpit from the PB-3J "Macbeth" you asked for. I gave it the same color palette as my PE-1a Pickett.
@BRC21yt It has rotators and hinges, and it's open cockpit- there is no airplane I really want to mimic that would have an ejector seat.
@BRC21yt Detached? What do you mean?
@Stellarlabs Alright, cool. Thanks!
@ThePlaninatior No problem. I'm glad you considered my design to tear up! :P
Nah, really, when I saw it in the video, I was stunned how it looked! Even shot-up and struggling to make it to the field, it had a certain grace to it. :)
@Stellarlabs, I would like to enter this for the WWI challenge. I'm not sure what a "robotic" rotor or hinge is, so if this has any and is ineligible for entry, I understand. It does have two hinge rotors, one regular rotor, and one piston, but they are strictly to actuate the controls and they have no real effect on the flight.
It's the same as my original design here: https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/58YGbV/PE-1a-Pickett
I know I didn't make a new aircraft just for the challenge, but I figured that this fit so well with the challenge that I just had to let her have a chance!
Whew, just 24 parts under the limit!
@ThePlaninatior Well, since there was no actual name, nothing here to definitively link it to me, @Franticmatty wasn't able to acknowledge that I built the original in the YouTube video.
I don't really mind; the only reason I'm saying this is that I just stumbled upon the video completely by chance and saw a successor to one of my creations. It was very impressive! I just would have loved to have heard about it and seen the video when it was new; I might never have seen it and never even known that my plane accomplished something!
I love seeing people do things with my designs, but if I don't get a notification, I might not see it... :(
I never realized you put this in a contest and won! Congrats!
I wouldn't mind at least having my name mentioned, though.
Oh, man, the Beast of Turin! I love that monster! I hope to see it in person someday.
There really aren't enough Pietenpols out there!
I love the old flying machines myself. I think they are beautiful, especially how their designers all had their own ideas for what an "airplane" was since they had almost no information to build off of. Today, anyone can look at an airplane and know what it is, but back then, aviation was a giant blank canvas! So many different ideas to try... How could anyone know what the culmination of all their efforts would be?
In particular, I love the flying machines that had an innovation that we can see in modern aircraft, like the 1910 Deperdussin, which is accepted to have laid the foundation for modern aircraft controls. It's so neat to see that someone over a hundred years ago tried something and found that it worked so well that it would be used a century later!
Also with the old flying machines, there's just something about flying something so primitive (by today's standards) with so little power. Flying such a slow, possibly dangerous machine required some incredible skill, probably a lot of luck, and definitely a touch of insanity- the right kind, of course! Flying back then was truly an achievement!
As far as actually flying the old machines, the coolest thing I think is how they don't really seem to fly so much as just float up from the ground. When the gently sagging wings start to raise up as they catch the wind, it feels like an invisible hand just hoists you up into the air...
@TemDesBur Well, I'm not really into tanks or mods...
@A3 Hey, thanks!
Very impressive! It is quite a challenge to try to limp back to an airfield!
@DEATH2REVIVE Yep! I don't know why, but I felt like it was oddly fitting. :)
@Treadmill103 Thank you!
@Testin123 No problem!