@GalaxiesDontSlleep Thanks for the upvote and comment. To answer your queries; i didnt feel RAM was necessary as it wasnt designed as 100% stealth (no internal bays, exhaust shape etc.) and I fancied doing a camo scheme for a change. Its more of a reduced radar cross section design than full stealth. Planform alignment was more of a design choice (fluke) than intentional to meet stealth requirements, i just fancied using a similar layout to the YF-23 and it worked well with the fuselage etc.
@Kangy nope, but this was based on the Canberra so I just found a town in Australia that was near to Canberra :) The last build hops up and down hence Kangaroo.
@ThomasRoderick Thanks =) Glad you are still here as well. Im still just plodding through some unfinished builds, not really building like i used to hence the times between posts.
@Gs Yeah, i started with imggur(i think thats what it was called), then discord, then steam, they all seem to have a shelf life and then all the links break afterwards (apart from Steam which is just a ballache to use)...
@AWESOMENESS360 Thanks for your feedback, im glad you liked the build, it was fun (if hard work) with all those angles etc. In regards to the gun i thought about adding one but then thought it could be added as a pod as per the F4 etc. (i can do a MKII with a gun etc no problem). What in particular didnt you like about the missiles? I tried to make them reasonable for the period (80s-90s), the Harms were designed for anti radar (of which SP doesnt have any) so i just made it so that 2 were needed per destroyer, the AIM 54 Phoenix work against aircraft reasonably well, the sidewinders have a bit of a struggle sometimes staying aquired but im pretty sure they are like that in real life? Any feedback is good for me as i can add it to the next build / update this one.
@Randomplayer The pics for most of my stuff is disapearing yet the links are still working??? No idea whats going on here. edit: apparently discord file links only last 24 hours now so everything i have posted since imgur started messing up and i moved to discord is now lost...
@MAHADI Thanks. It is armed though, it has 6no cannon in the nose? I didnt put anything in the weapons bay as per real life aircraft the load out is mission dependent and i was using this as a fighter primarily (but like the mosquito it has a weapons bay if required).
@Type2volkswagen I don't, I was given two codes for FT UC stuff, one delays retract, one opens then shuts in the same motion, im not the creator of the FT codes and they are unfortunately like black magic to me.
@EternalDarkness Thanks again for the upvote, comment and spotlight, glad you liked the build, I had fun with it (even after moving the wings back and forwards numerous times... )
@Tang0five yeah cockpits are a pain, you end up spending hours and hundreds of parts on something most people don't use :) I'm OK with them from time to time but I enjoy the rest of the build so much more. I've got a couple of builds still in progress so I'm not retired yet.
@ThomasRoderick I understand your logic and I can appreciate how you could find this out of place without many allied features (the fin is an enlarged mustang fin and the tail plane is I think from a typhoon or similar - I built this so long ago I can't remember now). However, if you imagine that Germany has been overthrown, all its existing surviving airframes were divided out and tested by the allies (Eric Winkle Brown flew a lot of them back to England) it didn't seem that big a stretch of the imagination to think that some of the more promising parts of the planes could be adopted / replicated by British aircraft companies into new designs for the continued war in the Pacific. That was my logic anyway :)
@HariTheSnakk thanks 😊 glad you liked it. I played for ages with a ram jet feature but couldn't get it to work to my satisfaction, may be a later version with it 😀
@Mousewithamachinegun123 Thanks =) It works on my Samsung S10, just tried it. As soon as i add a camo scheme and a detailed cockpit the part count always spirals upwards.
@EternalDarkness @SomeSPGuyWhoLikesLore @5cmPak38aufPzKpfwIISfl901 thanks for the upvotes and comments guys. I had fun with this build, still not got much time for SP but I'm still building :)
@Tridentgamer This build is over 5years old, im onto my third computer since i made this, i have no idea why the armed varients have disappeared and unfortunately due to the age of the build i have no way of getting them back.
@growthstarboard You are not incorrect but if you are clever and use the triangle method for the tapering wing section you can end up with the trailing edge at a constant depth and then this method still works (its what i do on 99% of my builds)
@StockPlanesRemastered thanks for the comment. I can appreciate that seaplanes of the era were fast (sneider trophy etc) but I can't help but think that the floats with all their drag and weight probably ended up being the limiting factor in top speeds. Glad you liked this one though.
@GalaxiesDontSlleep Thanks for the upvote and comment. To answer your queries; i didnt feel RAM was necessary as it wasnt designed as 100% stealth (no internal bays, exhaust shape etc.) and I fancied doing a camo scheme for a change. Its more of a reduced radar cross section design than full stealth. Planform alignment was more of a design choice (fluke) than intentional to meet stealth requirements, i just fancied using a similar layout to the YF-23 and it worked well with the fuselage etc.
@LunarEclipseSP Whats your post all about? have i missed something?
+1@TheCommentaryGuy There arent any, hardpoint mounts only.
@spikerya thanks for all the upvotes, I'm glad you like my builds.
+1@Liensis @Trainzo thanks for your comments and upvotes, much appreciated.
@Kangy nope, but this was based on the Canberra so I just found a town in Australia that was near to Canberra :) The last build hops up and down hence Kangaroo.
+1@florky Wouldnt that just make it a 2 seat F35 though... =)
@ThomasRoderick Thanks =) Glad you are still here as well. Im still just plodding through some unfinished builds, not really building like i used to hence the times between posts.
+1@Gs Fair comment, i do get the odd build / post that gets a couple of odd upvotes seemingly forever but most do die after a few days/weeks.
@Gs Yeah, i started with imggur(i think thats what it was called), then discord, then steam, they all seem to have a shelf life and then all the links break afterwards (apart from Steam which is just a ballache to use)...
@Gs Thanks =) I do struggle with screenshots, i used to rely on Discord for extras in the text to get a better impression of the build.
@AWESOMENESS360 Thanks for your feedback, im glad you liked the build, it was fun (if hard work) with all those angles etc. In regards to the gun i thought about adding one but then thought it could be added as a pod as per the F4 etc. (i can do a MKII with a gun etc no problem). What in particular didnt you like about the missiles? I tried to make them reasonable for the period (80s-90s), the Harms were designed for anti radar (of which SP doesnt have any) so i just made it so that 2 were needed per destroyer, the AIM 54 Phoenix work against aircraft reasonably well, the sidewinders have a bit of a struggle sometimes staying aquired but im pretty sure they are like that in real life? Any feedback is good for me as i can add it to the next build / update this one.
@NoahthemanLOL yeah, that was kind if the idea, I like to use bits and pieces of different aircraft to make new designs 😀
@PlaneFlightX cool, that might help when I start restoring my home page, thanks
+1Thanks All. Steam will suffice for now but good to know i have options.
@Randomplayer Fixed. I substituted a few aircraft examples as it was easier than finding the original image. Thanks for pointing all this out.
@Randomplayer I'll give it a go later, I'll update this post first and let you know.
@Randomplayer I still have all the pictures on discord itself i just need to find a new way to host them.
+1@Randomplayer The pics for most of my stuff is disapearing yet the links are still working??? No idea whats going on here. edit: apparently discord file links only last 24 hours now so everything i have posted since imgur started messing up and i moved to discord is now lost...
@MAHADI Thanks. It is armed though, it has 6no cannon in the nose? I didnt put anything in the weapons bay as per real life aircraft the load out is mission dependent and i was using this as a fighter primarily (but like the mosquito it has a weapons bay if required).
@Type2volkswagen I don't, I was given two codes for FT UC stuff, one delays retract, one opens then shuts in the same motion, im not the creator of the FT codes and they are unfortunately like black magic to me.
+1@EternalDarkness Thanks again for the upvote, comment and spotlight, glad you liked the build, I had fun with it (even after moving the wings back and forwards numerous times... )
+1@Tang0five yeah cockpits are a pain, you end up spending hours and hundreds of parts on something most people don't use :) I'm OK with them from time to time but I enjoy the rest of the build so much more. I've got a couple of builds still in progress so I'm not retired yet.
+1Cool, do players in the top 10 users on SimplePlanes 1 get a discount =p
+2@ThomasRoderick I understand your logic and I can appreciate how you could find this out of place without many allied features (the fin is an enlarged mustang fin and the tail plane is I think from a typhoon or similar - I built this so long ago I can't remember now). However, if you imagine that Germany has been overthrown, all its existing surviving airframes were divided out and tested by the allies (Eric Winkle Brown flew a lot of them back to England) it didn't seem that big a stretch of the imagination to think that some of the more promising parts of the planes could be adopted / replicated by British aircraft companies into new designs for the continued war in the Pacific. That was my logic anyway :)
+1@Tanglednebula19 thanks, it's certainly one of my better builds, enjoy.
@HariTheSnakk thanks 😊 glad you liked it. I played for ages with a ram jet feature but couldn't get it to work to my satisfaction, may be a later version with it 😀
+1@Mousewithamachinegun123 Thanks =) It works on my Samsung S10, just tried it. As soon as i add a camo scheme and a detailed cockpit the part count always spirals upwards.
+1@Ace117 yeah, fun to return the fighter into the bay though :)
@EternalDarkness @SomeSPGuyWhoLikesLore @5cmPak38aufPzKpfwIISfl901 thanks for the upvotes and comments guys. I had fun with this build, still not got much time for SP but I'm still building :)
@Skykid028 Help yourself, im pretty sure this was made prior to hollow fuselage pieces and such like being in the game.
+1@Tridentgamer This build is over 5years old, im onto my third computer since i made this, i have no idea why the armed varients have disappeared and unfortunately due to the age of the build i have no way of getting them back.
@TheTomatoLover thanks, you went way back to find this build though :)
+1@Blueshift thanks :)
@growthstarboard heres an example of what i mentioned about the trailing edge method.
@growthstarboard You are not incorrect but if you are clever and use the triangle method for the tapering wing section you can end up with the trailing edge at a constant depth and then this method still works (its what i do on 99% of my builds)
@WisconsinStatePolice lol, what does that mean?
@StockPlanesRemastered thanks for the comment. I can appreciate that seaplanes of the era were fast (sneider trophy etc) but I can't help but think that the floats with all their drag and weight probably ended up being the limiting factor in top speeds. Glad you liked this one though.
@AshdenpawTG22 cool, must be radioactive paint.
+1@AshdenpawTG22 ? Have you read the introduction?
@Tang0five Thanks =) I was happy with the way it turned out, that camo caused me some headaches along with the wing shape mind...
@WinsWings I missed this completely, tag me on the next challenge please :)
+1@Brayden1981 not sure which build you wanted tagging on out of the 3 in my forum post so here you go.
@Randomplayer released =) finally got there.
@ReinMcDeer it's amazing the difference in load times etc isn't it. Pity though, I like my sub assemblies...
+1@spectre118 the rear section isn't wide enough for 2 fins, I did look at it though.
+1@Brayden1981 help yourself then, just make sure it's not just a recolour or admins might remove it :)
@Brayden1981 what did you have in mind?
@ThomasRoderick @PriusCat @Tanglednebula19 thanks guys, always nice to get comments and upvotes.
+1@ReinMcDeer it helps, trust me :) only now I have to remake all my stardard bits lol