Flies quite well. The fuselage and tail section definitely looks the part. The wing, halfway..the engines.... Unfortunately not so much. Can you make a version with a flat six engine like the Cessna 310?
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.
@StraitAircraft you can always go with the French Salmson 5-cylinder radial engine or use the covered 4-cylinder inline engine of the first German versions. I can post the plans on Discord, but you can just as easy get them from Richard Ferriere's plan repository http://richard.ferriere.free.fr/3vues/3vues.html
@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
1910's: Hanriot monoplane (although I'm calling dibs on that one. Please wait making any plans until the end of the month. I might have made that one by then myself)
Early 1929's:.
Blackburn Kangaroo
De Havilland DH.16 (aka a DH.10 with a passenger cabin)
AEG biplane with passenger cabin)
Hansa Brandenburg HB.29/34 floatplane post-war SAR version
Mid-late 1920's
Douglas mailplane or Boeing 40A
Lockheed Air Express (aka a Lockheed Vega with open cockpit behind the wing
Every Fokker passenger plane of that period
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
@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.....
@WinsWings then check out @SimplPleyns original, both the Gold Special as well as the original it was based on. I didn't do so much but just adding some details and tweaking the takeoff and landing characteristics
I don't know what system you use to extend your air brake, but if you use a piston or a rotator block, both have 'speed' settings in XML and I believe also in the regular settings tab. I have used speed settings in addition to activation groups for many of my 'gizmos' that are propelled by pistons or rotators such as sliding canopies or folding wings. I don't want to fish for downloads, but I can invite you to look at my latest seaplane and see how I did the folding wings or landing gear
@winswings. Oh, sh't. I won bronze.
+1@WinsWings I just try to see what's possible and learn. And do a lot of flight testing... You're still ahead of me in points a 100 times
+1Uea, one tries. And sometimes one gets it right. Too bad I couldn't get the typical Junkers corrugated metal look.
+1Not bad for 105 parts. I love it. Especially the paint scheme
+1Flies quite well. The fuselage and tail section definitely looks the part. The wing, halfway..the engines.... Unfortunately not so much. Can you make a version with a flat six engine like the Cessna 310?
+1Good try. Some issues with the wing and the flaps but otherwise a solid build, and most importantly a real nice looking graft.
+1By Jove, you did it
+1Love the way the automatic flaps work.
+1Next up? floatplane version for all Canadian bush pilots who want to fly in the summer as well?
Waauw. 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.
@StraitAircraft you can always go with the French Salmson 5-cylinder radial engine or use the covered 4-cylinder inline engine of the first German versions. I can post the plans on Discord, but you can just as easy get them from Richard Ferriere's plan repository http://richard.ferriere.free.fr/3vues/3vues.html
+1@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.
+11910's: Hanriot monoplane (although I'm calling dibs on that one. Please wait making any plans until the end of the month. I might have made that one by then myself)
+1Early 1929's:.
Blackburn Kangaroo
De Havilland DH.16 (aka a DH.10 with a passenger cabin)
AEG biplane with passenger cabin)
Hansa Brandenburg HB.29/34 floatplane post-war SAR version
Mid-late 1920's
Douglas mailplane or Boeing 40A
Lockheed Air Express (aka a Lockheed Vega with open cockpit behind the wing
Every Fokker passenger plane of that period
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.
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@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
+1@RealMicroZackSP yea, it's named after the town and the town is named after the monarch. So there's a person's name in there somewhere
+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.....
+1Actually a helicopter I can fly.... Even one I enjoy to fly. Thanks
+1Prone to stalling. Needs a little dead weight in the nose, but otherwise a pretty nice aircraft
+1@WinsWings then check out @SimplPleyns original, both the Gold Special as well as the original it was based on. I didn't do so much but just adding some details and tweaking the takeoff and landing characteristics
+1Nice little plane with lots of nice details. And on top of that, it flies really well too.
Ps, where did you hide the wings? You didn't just custom-made them out of fuselage parts?
+1The vertical stabilizers turn the wrong way. They should be inverted. Otherwise a real nice plane, and it flies really good too
+1I don't know what system you use to extend your air brake, but if you use a piston or a rotator block, both have 'speed' settings in XML and I believe also in the regular settings tab. I have used speed settings in addition to activation groups for many of my 'gizmos' that are propelled by pistons or rotators such as sliding canopies or folding wings. I don't want to fish for downloads, but I can invite you to look at my latest seaplane and see how I did the folding wings or landing gear
+1