@ChiChiWerx I'm in no rush, I'm more than happy to wait. I was just going to use those parameters really, so reduce movement of pitch and trim. I will just alter the code for my roll rotators as well (I'm sure even I can switch out pitch for roll)
@ChiChiWerx well im trying to use that formula on my latest build but it doesnt appear to work, if i have the control surface set on pitch it moves, copy and paste the formula into the input field and the control surface is frozen? Any ideas? Thanks in advance
@Tang0five Dont tell anyone, but the fins are pure B24 Liberator, i even made them in a very similar way to the real one (I have a cutout type drawing of it)... =) The camo was a mix of the standard FAA sea fury scheme (grey and duckegg for want of a better term) but i added it as a camo pattern as well just to be different. Thanks again for the comments and upvotes, glad im still building things people enjoy after all these years lol
If you multiselect the rotator your second issue doesnt occur, as for the first its really annoying along with the way wheels bend around the connection point..
@squirrel a very interesting and informative post. The only thing I thought might be incorrect was your definition of super cruise (I may be wrong here after all I'm no expert), I was under the impression super cruise was the ability to maintain super sonic flight without the use of reheat not as you described it? For instance both the ee lightning and concord could super cruise but both used reheat as standard on takeoff?
@Hedero aw man I never even checked climb rate, I worked on manoeuvrability primarily, it does have a large hp Griffon engine with 2 sets of props so torque / power would have been impressive but if I've over egged it I apologise.
@Tang0five you would have to ask Boulton Paul =) i just traced the rear end of the p99 but due to the awkward shape of the fuselage i had to add a tube to connect to the spinner.
@Diloph lol, i have a folder full of completed builds that i havnt released, so from time to time i just dip into it and put some out there. I also tend to mess around with a load of different ideas and then end up completing a few in one go.
@ChiChiWerx Cool, thanks for that formula i will give it a go on my next fast aircraft. My maths is limited to plugging figures into given formulas and the like. I did structural mechanics as part of my degree and I do use a lot of that during my day to day job but as you say the syntax and formulation are definately the hardest bit and i dont have any background in using these type of commands, thus im starting right at the beginning of FT. On top of that it still seems like a specialist subject without a "dummies guide" to follow to get the hang of the basics.
I have gathered a few useful commands (mainly from Jamesplanes), you probably already have them but it never hurts to share =)
for doors that are shut then open to let gear up then shut again.
abs(rate(smooth(GearDown, 0.5)))
for doors that delay retract i.e already down.
clamp01(smooth(-GearDown, 1.0))
@ChiChiWerx probably possible but I'm no use on funky trees etc. I was wondering about stacking rotators so, for instance; the first rotator operates normally the second rotator operates in the opposite direction when speed exceeds (a speed figure here). The second rotator would be 75% of the movement of the first. No doubt there will be a simpler way but the magic fir this method may be simpler?
@ChiChiWerx thanks 😊. The takeoff speed is due to the twin wheels and my inability to let them rotate around the uc leg without screwing up the retract mechanism etc. Plus a certain amount of mass is required forward of the wheels to stop over manoeuvreability (I.e. I messed up with the flight model/wing/wheel positions but by the time I found out it was past the point of no return)
@Tang0five I dont know if you have already accumulated some funky tree commands (or are a funky tree magician yourself) but the following are what i use most often (please note i havnt written any of these): for doors that are shut then open to let gear up then shut again.
abs(rate(smooth(GearDown, 0.5)))
for doors that delay retract i.e already down.
clamp01(smooth(-GearDown, 1.0))
@TheAceOfSpadez nah it takes a monstrous amount of time to even do fictional versions of this, a replica will just be unfeasible for me at present. Thanks for the comments and update though.
@BlackhattAircraft I can fully understand that, thanks for your reply, its always nice to have some first hand input regarding an aircraft type, especially one that was so rare as the N9mb.
@Diloph im curious, what are you using as the basis of that statement? I have read quite a bit into flying wings and I cant put my finger on anything that says they are very maneuverable (I have seen a B2 flying and that thing istn going to be rolling or looping any time soon)
@Diloph yes and no, I've flown an rc flying wing before and they are really sensitive to CofG, the roll is slower than you would think as its a wide wing, pitch can be silly (the rc one could loop in its own length v nearly) but this wouldn't be realistic for an actual real life jet hence I toned it down a lot.
@MufazzalPasha The easiest thing to do is to download it and then take the wing to bits, you can see the parts i have used and how it works. Hope this helps.
@Diloph the landing gear was based loosely from a few ww2 fighters, to be fair I actually shrunk it and the wing to get a better overall relationship with the fus. There are arguments both ways, t38/f5 wheels are small like the hawk as well. In relation to the suspension etc I just kept it simple :)
@NAD if only I knew how... I'll have to just stick with this game.
@Hedero based loosely from the p61 so you tell me :) ps I did tag it as an attacker.
@ChiChiWerx I'm in no rush, I'm more than happy to wait. I was just going to use those parameters really, so reduce movement of pitch and trim. I will just alter the code for my roll rotators as well (I'm sure even I can switch out pitch for roll)
@ChiChiWerx well im trying to use that formula on my latest build but it doesnt appear to work, if i have the control surface set on pitch it moves, copy and paste the formula into the input field and the control surface is frozen? Any ideas? Thanks in advance
@Hedero Im glad to hear it (or technically read it), what do you reckon, bit of mig 3, bit bit 24, bit p40 all rolled into 1?
@NAD Thanks, stay tuned for more "Whifs" I think i have turned into the Whif factory at present, I shall stear clear of pesky replicas for a while.
+1@Tang0five Dont tell anyone, but the fins are pure B24 Liberator, i even made them in a very similar way to the real one (I have a cutout type drawing of it)... =) The camo was a mix of the standard FAA sea fury scheme (grey and duckegg for want of a better term) but i added it as a camo pattern as well just to be different. Thanks again for the comments and upvotes, glad im still building things people enjoy after all these years lol
how do i find the caps button...
+1@BoganBoganTheWoman screenshot here
@BoganBoganTheWoman can't see a plane :) on my phone anyway.
Ooh a black rectangle, now thats different :)
If you multiselect the rotator your second issue doesnt occur, as for the first its really annoying along with the way wheels bend around the connection point..
+7@Falkenwut thanks, glad you enjoyed my entries.
+1@squirrel a very interesting and informative post. The only thing I thought might be incorrect was your definition of super cruise (I may be wrong here after all I'm no expert), I was under the impression super cruise was the ability to maintain super sonic flight without the use of reheat not as you described it? For instance both the ee lightning and concord could super cruise but both used reheat as standard on takeoff?
+2@WatkinsIndustrial woah, someone found one of my 3 year old builds that flopped at the time. Thanks.
Xml edit the rotators, remove the -1 command and replace it with 0
+1Wow. Roll and then pitch for turning, if it doesn't move fast enough add more control surface etc. Not a game problem im afraid.
@NAD thanks, no need to worry about that though, I think that even if I just finish my incomplete builds it will last the rest of the year :)
+1@Hedero aw man I never even checked climb rate, I worked on manoeuvrability primarily, it does have a large hp Griffon engine with 2 sets of props so torque / power would have been impressive but if I've over egged it I apologise.
@OzpinTheHeadmaster no problem, have fun.
@Tang0five you would have to ask Boulton Paul =) i just traced the rear end of the p99 but due to the awkward shape of the fuselage i had to add a tube to connect to the spinner.
@Diloph lol, i have a folder full of completed builds that i havnt released, so from time to time i just dip into it and put some out there. I also tend to mess around with a load of different ideas and then end up completing a few in one go.
@OzpinTheHeadmaster here for my tutorial
@ChiChiWerx Cool, thanks for that formula i will give it a go on my next fast aircraft. My maths is limited to plugging figures into given formulas and the like. I did structural mechanics as part of my degree and I do use a lot of that during my day to day job but as you say the syntax and formulation are definately the hardest bit and i dont have any background in using these type of commands, thus im starting right at the beginning of FT. On top of that it still seems like a specialist subject without a "dummies guide" to follow to get the hang of the basics.
I have gathered a few useful commands (mainly from Jamesplanes), you probably already have them but it never hurts to share =)
for doors that are shut then open to let gear up then shut again.
abs(rate(smooth(GearDown, 0.5)))
for doors that delay retract i.e already down.
clamp01(smooth(-GearDown, 1.0))
Engine 5% startup
((0.95 * Throttle) + 0.05) * (IAS / TAS)
@Diloph I wish. I work in construction unfortunately...
@ChiChiWerx probably possible but I'm no use on funky trees etc. I was wondering about stacking rotators so, for instance; the first rotator operates normally the second rotator operates in the opposite direction when speed exceeds (a speed figure here). The second rotator would be 75% of the movement of the first. No doubt there will be a simpler way but the magic fir this method may be simpler?
@ChiChiWerx thanks 😊. The takeoff speed is due to the twin wheels and my inability to let them rotate around the uc leg without screwing up the retract mechanism etc. Plus a certain amount of mass is required forward of the wheels to stop over manoeuvreability (I.e. I messed up with the flight model/wing/wheel positions but by the time I found out it was past the point of no return)
I like it, very smooth. That intake looks really smart as well.
It cost about £2.50 on steam when they have their frequent sales, its not worth fussing over.
+6@Tang0five I dont know if you have already accumulated some funky tree commands (or are a funky tree magician yourself) but the following are what i use most often (please note i havnt written any of these): for doors that are shut then open to let gear up then shut again.
abs(rate(smooth(GearDown, 0.5)))
for doors that delay retract i.e already down.
clamp01(smooth(-GearDown, 1.0))
Engine 5% startup
+1((0.95 * Throttle) + 0.05) * (IAS / TAS)
what thetyphoon said
@TheAceOfSpadez nah it takes a monstrous amount of time to even do fictional versions of this, a replica will just be unfeasible for me at present. Thanks for the comments and update though.
@Blue0Bull congrats, Blue0RedBull now :)
+1@BlackhattAircraft I can fully understand that, thanks for your reply, its always nice to have some first hand input regarding an aircraft type, especially one that was so rare as the N9mb.
I thought I recognised that nose... :)
+1@BlackhattAircraft I read about that, sad as you say. How well did it fly, was it maneuverable?
@exosuit never happened to me yet and I've uploaded hundreds of images.
@hindy1 Roger roger. Tally ho old chap.
@GeminiJets68 Thanks, glad you like it. I may make a MKII =)
@Diloph im curious, what are you using as the basis of that statement? I have read quite a bit into flying wings and I cant put my finger on anything that says they are very maneuverable (I have seen a B2 flying and that thing istn going to be rolling or looping any time soon)
@Diloph yes and no, I've flown an rc flying wing before and they are really sensitive to CofG, the roll is slower than you would think as its a wide wing, pitch can be silly (the rc one could loop in its own length v nearly) but this wouldn't be realistic for an actual real life jet hence I toned it down a lot.
@BogdanX thanks Bogdan, I didn't really appreciate the complexity of a flying wing till I started this. It was a fun build in the end.
@Blue0Bull thanks, I'm glad you like them and I really appreciate the comment.
@jamesPLANESii lol isn't this a post complaining about a post I.e. you broke your own number 2 rule :)
I so just wanted to leave it at that, but I suppose I should be mature. There is a mod that removes the circle.
Yes.
@MufazzalPasha The easiest thing to do is to download it and then take the wing to bits, you can see the parts i have used and how it works. Hope this helps.
@BLOODIUS i use discord instead of imgur though
@Diloph the landing gear was based loosely from a few ww2 fighters, to be fair I actually shrunk it and the wing to get a better overall relationship with the fus. There are arguments both ways, t38/f5 wheels are small like the hawk as well. In relation to the suspension etc I just kept it simple :)
@rexzion did you download it then?