@Chancey21 if you're gonna be pedantic, it was never used asa bomber, only a high altitude, high speed research aircraft. Moreover, it has twin plasma cannons... What more do you want?
Cool shape, flies very well. One thing you could do is to set Trim to ON on the pitch control surfaces, to let users correct the nose-down tendency in flight.
@MasterShi Because this is one of the few planes with landing gear interesting enough to build. I believe this is the only XB-70 replica on SP that has the three-axis rotation for the main gear.
Not bad. Only problem is that yaw is reversed (which you wouldn't notice on mobile). Ideally you'd also have a more stable flight model, so that you can eject earlier while still being sure of hitting the target.
Getting the shells to reach that far away is the easy bit: you just increase a number (detachForce) until you get enough "muzzle velocity." But you can't hit what you cannot see, so I had to make a spotter drone to observe and direct the fire. That's the black box you see hovering in the screenshots.
Then you need traversal controls fine enough to be able to aim in steps of a fraction of a degree. Rotators hooked up to VTOL and Trim just won't cut it. So I built the howitzer on a platform of wheels, and used jet engines to rotate it. This also means you can use the compass to record the bearing for a given target. If you look at the screenshots (open them in a new tab for the full size), the bearing for the eastern bridge on Krakabloa is around 17 degrees, and that for the pyramid on Maywar is around 118 degrees.
Finally, you also need a way to measure elevation, because with indirect artillery fire you aim above the target to account for the fall of the shell due to gravity. So I used throttle to elevate the gun, so that once you get the elevation for a given target, you can record the throttle setting. Again, looking at the screenshots, the elevation for the east bridge on Krakabloa is 31%, and that for the Maywar pyramid is 61%.
@ChallengerHellcat You're welcome. If you need more examples, they're just a Google image search away. Although maybe Google is blocked in your country, I wouldn't know.
@ChallengerHellcat Yeah. Right now it looks like a matchbox on wheels. Give it more features, curves, angles, etc. Here are some real and fictional examples, try to draw inspiration from them:
@ChallengerHellcat It just makes no sense when I haven't encountered auto-roll in any of my builds, and when I have put a great deal of effort into making my builds the most stable in flight in all of SimplePlanes. If your video is legit, then I can only say that SP must calculate physics differently, and incorrectly, on MacOS. I have several hundred hours of flight testing behind me and not once have I seen auto-roll in any of my builds.
Furthermore, the auto-roll in your video looks very different from the video that another person posted. If that video was legit as well, then SP calculates physics incorrectly on both MacOS and Linux, and differently in each case.
As for my computer, it's not a laptop, but a high-end desktop running Windows.
@ChallengerHellcat You forgot to include the part where you download it from the website, so I can't really accept that as evidence. Meanwhile, here's some (more) evidence of my own. No auto-roll -- not a speck of it.
@ChallengerHellcat Too busy to take 5 minutes to record a video? :) I'm going to take that as confirmation that there never was any auto-roll, and that you just made it up.
@bang091 @Chancey21 Yeah, but people who download a build later tend to be freeloaders -- they never upvote it. So why would I care whether they find my builds or not?
Because you made it an assault shaker and not a semi-auto, you are now being monitored by the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and salt. Also, roll is inverted.
@JettStorm thanks, but haven't i been building kickass replicas for a while now?
@Chancey21 if you're gonna be pedantic, it was never used asa bomber, only a high altitude, high speed research aircraft. Moreover, it has twin plasma cannons... What more do you want?
@503rdAirborneSoldier Well, if you wanna play with the big boys, you gotta have the big-boy toys...
Cool shape, flies very well. One thing you could do is to set Trim to ON on the pitch control surfaces, to let users correct the nose-down tendency in flight.
+1@KarpenkoEgor2017 It does have other attributes, you know.
@Strikefighter04 Thanks. I might upload a lower part count version later.
+1Thanks, @Spectre2520. If you use a PC, you can get the same effects with Reshade and my shader pack (link is on my profile, at the end).
@LuciferOfPoland @ThomasRoderick Now I'm wishing I'd made the part count something else, maybe then people would notice the more important things...
+2@Strikefighter04 Simplistic, huh? Something tells me you didn't download this build. I've added a screenshot that should give you some idea.
+1Sweet beans. The front could use some smooth curves, though.
@503rdAirborneSoldier Do you mean because of the specific number, or because your device can't handle it?
+1Thanks, @GhostHTX @Trainzo
+1Thanks, @KerlonceauxIndustries @Phil2003 @ThomasRoderick
+2Thanks, @AWESOMENESS360. White is just for uploading, my personal version is metallic grey :)
+2Thanks, @CRJ900Pilot
+1@MasterShi Because this is one of the few planes with landing gear interesting enough to build. I believe this is the only XB-70 replica on SP that has the three-axis rotation for the main gear.
+1Nice curves.
+1Thanks, @Mustang51. Yeah, this one's been on my list for a long time.
+2@diegoavion84 Yes... a speed demon.
+4Big engines. I like it.
Not bad. Only problem is that yaw is reversed (which you wouldn't notice on mobile). Ideally you'd also have a more stable flight model, so that you can eject earlier while still being sure of hitting the target.
@Jim1the1Squid You asked a question, I answered.
@Spectre2520 Why not just use bomb(s)? Those can't lock on, and won't be detected as hostile.
@Spectre2520 Here you go. What are you going to use it for?
@F104Deathtrap Sure thing, Clint.
+1@Jim1the1Squid
Getting the shells to reach that far away is the easy bit: you just increase a number (detachForce) until you get enough "muzzle velocity." But you can't hit what you cannot see, so I had to make a spotter drone to observe and direct the fire. That's the black box you see hovering in the screenshots.
Then you need traversal controls fine enough to be able to aim in steps of a fraction of a degree. Rotators hooked up to VTOL and Trim just won't cut it. So I built the howitzer on a platform of wheels, and used jet engines to rotate it. This also means you can use the compass to record the bearing for a given target. If you look at the screenshots (open them in a new tab for the full size), the bearing for the eastern bridge on Krakabloa is around 17 degrees, and that for the pyramid on Maywar is around 118 degrees.
Finally, you also need a way to measure elevation, because with indirect artillery fire you aim above the target to account for the fall of the shell due to gravity. So I used throttle to elevate the gun, so that once you get the elevation for a given target, you can record the throttle setting. Again, looking at the screenshots, the elevation for the east bridge on Krakabloa is 31%, and that for the Maywar pyramid is 61%.
+3@Jim1the1Squid The 'Long Gun' Howitzer can't take out Snowstone as it doesn't have the right trajectory. You need the Long Range Mortar for that.
Other artillery you might like are the Phalanx and Phalanx II.
+2Thanks, @Jim1the1Squid
@ChallengerHellcat You're welcome. If you need more examples, they're just a Google image search away. Although maybe Google is blocked in your country, I wouldn't know.
@ChallengerHellcat Yeah. Right now it looks like a matchbox on wheels. Give it more features, curves, angles, etc. Here are some real and fictional examples, try to draw inspiration from them:
@ChallengerHellcat Your chassis are fine, but the bodies need work.
@Spectre2520 Not that many. Count the number of upvotes and comments, and that's how many notifications I get.
@ChallengerHellcat It just makes no sense when I haven't encountered auto-roll in any of my builds, and when I have put a great deal of effort into making my builds the most stable in flight in all of SimplePlanes. If your video is legit, then I can only say that SP must calculate physics differently, and incorrectly, on MacOS. I have several hundred hours of flight testing behind me and not once have I seen auto-roll in any of my builds.
Furthermore, the auto-roll in your video looks very different from the video that another person posted. If that video was legit as well, then SP calculates physics incorrectly on both MacOS and Linux, and differently in each case.
As for my computer, it's not a laptop, but a high-end desktop running Windows.
@ChallengerHellcat You forgot to include the part where you download it from the website, so I can't really accept that as evidence. Meanwhile, here's some (more) evidence of my own. No auto-roll -- not a speck of it.
@ChallengerHellcat Too busy to take 5 minutes to record a video? :) I'm going to take that as confirmation that there never was any auto-roll, and that you just made it up.
@RailfanEthan Sweet beans
Thanks, @ViciousTNT
@bang091 @Chancey21 Yeah, but people who download a build later tend to be freeloaders -- they never upvote it. So why would I care whether they find my builds or not?
+1Thanks, @bang091
@Chancey21 why, what good would that do me? And why 'fictional?'
Because you made it an assault shaker and not a semi-auto, you are now being monitored by the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and salt. Also, roll is inverted.
+1@Stingray Thanks. I think the shape's not too far off either :) Work, what do you mean, work? This is play :)
@IanPlaysGames825 thank you, I'm very glad you enjoy my work.
@SupremeDorian the point of a game, to me, is not to replicate reality.
@LiamW yeah, it's up there among my favourites.
Interesting design. I suppose bailing out is not an option... :)
@AWESOMENESS360 Or this...
@Mumpsy Quite a long way from this one.
@AWESOMENESS360 You're giving me ideas for my next build...
@AWESOMENESS360 Ground speed check, for those who don't know.