I don't know what this has to do with single engine planes, but it looks like me like a typical case of the center of gravity being too far back. Try adding some weight to the nose, or moving the wings back a little.
Took a little getting used to flaps and trim being on the wrong hand, but in the end, the movable wing nose did it for me. This aircraft is a showcase of what Simpleplanes really can do
@WinsWings I.remember seeing an airplane like this, -I believe it was a DHC Otter in a.museum in Brussels ages ago. This was a plane the 1957 expedition took to Antarctica to do some flying around, mostly picking up and dropping off scientists. I thought your plane looked the part, so I gave it a paint job that looked like the one I had in my memory. Glad you like it.
@LonelySea22 I actually tried 'full' wing warping by giving every segment of the wing its own rotator and move it 2 degrees up or down. Unfortunately I ran into too many problems with stability and ended up with wing flapping instead. This was the best doable solution.
But yea, I tried to incorporate as many historically accurate details as possible. So the wings move as a whole and the steering column is a prewar French 'Cloche' type
@WinsWings I know it closed like two years ago, but you got another entry just last week, and I bet you will still get more. So I decided: Well, why not.
Update: the F8F was indeed posted 2 years ago, but it showed up in my jet stream just last week.
Looks quite spiffy for less than 100 parts and looks pretty detailed. Also I love how you get a STOL plane that takes off at 36 mph without even thinking of flaps, just using the lift of the wing.
Congratulations on a nice little flyer. I would give it a sincere up vote if you had spent five more minutes coloring the plane. Just painting all the struts silver and the wings red or blue makes a nice upgrade.
@V likewise. It took me two days of trial and error just to get my first plane not to crash on every landing. And after all the mods, it just looked atrocious.
Eagerly awaiting an amphibian and a 2/3 person version. I mean it61950's and it's Italian. Why would you buy such a plane if not to take your special someone to a picknick on a remote island?
Waauw, I love it. The details in the cockpit, the overall 1950's look.... Plus, it flies surprisingly well. The only thing I would have wished for would be some flight instructions or a little manual in the description above. It took me several attempts to find out how to operate the flaps and the pontons, and I only found out about the air brakes on my fourth or fifth landing.
Warning: In case you missed it. This plane has the Trim and VTOL sliders switched. You operate the flaps by sliding the left 'Trim' slider down, you trim the plane with the right side VTOL slider.
Once you got used to that, or once you (like me) switched the controls back, the plane flies like a breeze.
Love this car. Love the details
.My only complaint would be that I have trouble with the start switch and the gear switch hidden behind the steering wheel.
@EagleMan010 hey, just try opening the doors in plain light and pushing the trim slider forward. Preferably set the view to 'Dirk Pritt' or 'Al Giordano' beforehand
It is twice as big as the original and the fuselage is a bit more rounded than the pictures show, but apart of that it's a nice flyer and worth downloading.
The seaplane. We definitely need more seaplanes in here.
Ok. I am by nature biased in favor of civilian planes since I prefer sticking a tricky landing over shooting down a spawn anytime. But other than that.... Definitely do the seaplane
@Boeing727200F Still, even if the game is not fair , or stacked against you... don't let this keep you from making a real fabulous heli and posting it here. I know I will. So what if we are better at building stuff then at promoting and playing the upvotes game... as long as we have a good time building the best stuff we can come up with, just a nod is all the acknowledgement we need.
Of course, I WILL post the best livery known to mankind. Already working on it.
Looks like the real thing and flies almost all the basic training scenarios just as real as the old Microsoft Flight Sim. Congratulations. Eagerly awaiting the version with instruments, doors and luggage locker in the back
@AircraftLover754 I haven't flown around with your helicopter enough to find anything I would fix immediately. But from the top of my head: the thing has trouble gaining altitude, so increase tht power of the wingtip jets, use XML editor to kill the drag of the rotor blades, both the actual wings and the fuselage sleeves and finally, consider adding a wing control surface to add as a rotor blade tilt mechanism. May be set it to the VTOL slider...
@WinsWings you want to see something really parawing? Then delete the two inner piston/pull ropes. The plane will still fly but with a sloppy wing that curves down when standing and curves up when flying... And wobbles every time you make a turn. But it's a site to see...
Conventional take off and landing take a bit of getting used to (I would have wished for flaps and air brakes) but otherwise quit a nice plane with lots of details. I love it
Sorry. Couldn't resist and added flaps and a steerable nose wheel. Then posted that plane as your successor. Still all credit goes to you for doing the bulk of the work.
@WinsWings ps, in my version of the helicopter, I switched the rotor power/speed input from Throttle straight to Activate1. The throttle governor makes the idea of adjustable throttle useless anyhow. Then I switched the rotor pitch from VTOL to throttle so I could have all 4 commands on my two joysticks, like on a model toy helicopter. Then I landed on the edge of the Krakabloa volcano, just because.....
I don't know what this has to do with single engine planes, but it looks like me like a typical case of the center of gravity being too far back. Try adding some weight to the nose, or moving the wings back a little.
+4Took a little getting used to flaps and trim being on the wrong hand, but in the end, the movable wing nose did it for me. This aircraft is a showcase of what Simpleplanes really can do
+3You know... If you change the form of the wings I to a delta and make the tailplane a little slimmer, you could have a quite passable F4 Phantom...
+3@WinsWings I.remember seeing an airplane like this, -I believe it was a DHC Otter in a.museum in Brussels ages ago. This was a plane the 1957 expedition took to Antarctica to do some flying around, mostly picking up and dropping off scientists. I thought your plane looked the part, so I gave it a paint job that looked like the one I had in my memory. Glad you like it.
+2Not bad for 1/2 hour, although it took me 1 1/2 hours to add flaps and calibrate the optimal angle for landing approach... Yes, I fly a YE-36B
+2@LonelySea22 I actually tried 'full' wing warping by giving every segment of the wing its own rotator and move it 2 degrees up or down. Unfortunately I ran into too many problems with stability and ended up with wing flapping instead. This was the best doable solution.
But yea, I tried to incorporate as many historically accurate details as possible. So the wings move as a whole and the steering column is a prewar French 'Cloche' type
+2Love the plane: it looks the part and flies like a dream. Immediately downloaded your 70 part Mig and spawning it left and right for dogfighting
+2@WinsWings I know it closed like two years ago, but you got another entry just last week, and I bet you will still get more. So I decided: Well, why not.
Update: the F8F was indeed posted 2 years ago, but it showed up in my jet stream just last week.
+2@ThomasRoderick coming up
+2Looks quite spiffy for less than 100 parts and looks pretty detailed. Also I love how you get a STOL plane that takes off at 36 mph without even thinking of flaps, just using the lift of the wing.
+2Custom seat and historically accurate engine instruments in the engine nacelles (IRL, the cockpit was too cramped for more instruments). Love it!
+2Did you aim for it to have exactly 666 parts or is this just a lucky coincidence.
+2Congratulations on a nice little flyer. I would give it a sincere up vote if you had spent five more minutes coloring the plane. Just painting all the struts silver and the wings red or blue makes a nice upgrade.
+2@V likewise. It took me two days of trial and error just to get my first plane not to crash on every landing. And after all the mods, it just looked atrocious.
+2The cup of tea at the radio operator's station did it for me. Congratulations on a truely remarkable built
+2Waauw. It looks the part and flies like a dream.
+1@WinsWings it is posted. Look at the 'successor' tab.
+1@WinsWings ok. Coming this evening
+1Not bad for 113 parts. And it almost flies as majestic as the real thing
+1Nice extra. I'm already trying to drop a couple of paratroopers on it.
+1Eagerly awaiting an amphibian and a 2/3 person version. I mean it61950's and it's Italian. Why would you buy such a plane if not to take your special someone to a picknick on a remote island?
+1Waauw, I love it. The details in the cockpit, the overall 1950's look.... Plus, it flies surprisingly well. The only thing I would have wished for would be some flight instructions or a little manual in the description above. It took me several attempts to find out how to operate the flaps and the pontons, and I only found out about the air brakes on my fourth or fifth landing.
+1Warning: In case you missed it. This plane has the Trim and VTOL sliders switched. You operate the flaps by sliding the left 'Trim' slider down, you trim the plane with the right side VTOL slider.
Once you got used to that, or once you (like me) switched the controls back, the plane flies like a breeze.
+1Love this car. Love the details
+1.My only complaint would be that I have trouble with the start switch and the gear switch hidden behind the steering wheel.
@EagleMan010 hey, just try opening the doors in plain light and pushing the trim slider forward. Preferably set the view to 'Dirk Pritt' or 'Al Giordano' beforehand
+1@StraitAircraft can you hold off on the Hanriot? I was originally planning to make one for the Early Aviation Challenge.
+1It is twice as big as the original and the fuselage is a bit more rounded than the pictures show, but apart of that it's a nice flyer and worth downloading.
Also.... Congratulations on your first 1000.
+1The seaplane. We definitely need more seaplanes in here.
Ok. I am by nature biased in favor of civilian planes since I prefer sticking a tricky landing over shooting down a spawn anytime. But other than that.... Definitely do the seaplane
+1Just a couple of extra colored parts and just a couple of labels and directly such a cool.effect. I would vote this 10/10 as well.
+1@Boeing727200F Still, even if the game is not fair , or stacked against you... don't let this keep you from making a real fabulous heli and posting it here. I know I will. So what if we are better at building stuff then at promoting and playing the upvotes game... as long as we have a good time building the best stuff we can come up with, just a nod is all the acknowledgement we need.
Of course, I WILL post the best livery known to mankind. Already working on it.
+1Always one of my favorites.
+1Got to keep on trying then. Half of the time I can't even get her to take off
+1Looks like the real thing and flies almost all the basic training scenarios just as real as the old Microsoft Flight Sim. Congratulations. Eagerly awaiting the version with instruments, doors and luggage locker in the back
+1@AircraftLover754 I haven't flown around with your helicopter enough to find anything I would fix immediately. But from the top of my head: the thing has trouble gaining altitude, so increase tht power of the wingtip jets, use XML editor to kill the drag of the rotor blades, both the actual wings and the fuselage sleeves and finally, consider adding a wing control surface to add as a rotor blade tilt mechanism. May be set it to the VTOL slider...
+1Thanks for reinventing the wheel, or in this case the rotor
+1@WinsWings you want to see something really parawing? Then delete the two inner piston/pull ropes. The plane will still fly but with a sloppy wing that curves down when standing and curves up when flying... And wobbles every time you make a turn. But it's a site to see...
+1Waaa??? No Belgium?
+1Looks spiffy and flies like a breeze, even without air breaks and other gizmos. I love it.
+1Conventional take off and landing take a bit of getting used to (I would have wished for flaps and air brakes) but otherwise quit a nice plane with lots of details. I love it
+1Yeack. Looks like he has a hole in his wings
+1Pretty neat plane for a first build.
+1@USAMustang naa.... Just some cleaning up in the corners. You did the most of the work
+1Sorry. Couldn't resist and added flaps and a steerable nose wheel. Then posted that plane as your successor. Still all credit goes to you for doing the bulk of the work.
+1@AviadorArgentino 'Just started building an interesting 1930's design. Details to follow
+1Gathering ideas already. Problem is most of today's light aircraft all look the same. Might settle for a classic Klemm 25
+1What? No automatic flaps?
+1She looks pretty small, must have been pretty young still.
My condolences.
+1What??? No one mentioned Alberto Santos-Dumont? Time to build myself some airships
+1I never could figure.oit how the landing gear on tht original worked...
+1@WinsWings ps, in my version of the helicopter, I switched the rotor power/speed input from Throttle straight to Activate1. The throttle governor makes the idea of adjustable throttle useless anyhow. Then I switched the rotor pitch from VTOL to throttle so I could have all 4 commands on my two joysticks, like on a model toy helicopter. Then I landed on the edge of the Krakabloa volcano, just because.....
+1