But seriously, I'd say it's advantageous in that you get to know people in the community faster, thus making more friends, etc. As well as that you get to know the rest of the epic mod team, talk to the devs on occasion (who I can confirm are really really nice), etc. It's nice to have a constant in life and feel that you're playing an integral role in the community.
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I haven't been massively active as a mod in the last couple years due to a few personal issues. But I try to put in 15-30 minutes of moderating on weekdays during my lunch break.
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Downsides are that if you mess up, everybody hears about it. It's not fun to be on the receiving end of loads of constructive and simultaneously non constructive criticism all at once. There's been a couple of times I've been objectively in the wrong for things by letting some petty emotions get in the way and subsequently ended up making situations worse. Then other mods have had to step in to clear up the mess.
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A personal downside for me is wondering if I'm doing it right. I'm my worst critic and occasionally I'll do things and think "was that too far?" or "did I let them off too lightly?". Needless to say it leaks into other aspects of moderating, so I can't help but wonder if the dev team thinks I'm a good moderator or not. Rationally speaking, I imagine they would have kicked me off the team if I was bad at it. But, then again, what if I'm just "okay" at it and they'd rather just roll with what they've already got.
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A personal advantage for me is that I'm pretty sure it got me my current job as a system design analyst. I'm not lying when I say that about 30-40% of my interview for the job was just talking about SimplePlanes and moderating the site. They were more interested in my SimplePlanes moderating and mod building skills than they were in my university qualification. Definitely my most bizarre interview to date.
Also, this setup allows for an ironic feature you wouldn't normally associate (or what to associate) with helicopters.
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An Ejection Seat.
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Essentially the blades are connected to sleeves which eject the blades. Less than a second later, a conventional ejection sequence is initiated, meaning the pilot can eject without worrying about whether he's going to end up on a shelf at Tescos under the mince meat section.
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Will Smith takes the shot, the pilot falls... But, what's this? A decoy? Out of nowhere, Wafflez jumps down from the ceiling, pulls out a teaspoon and knocks Will Smith unconscious. When the plane lands Wafflez takes Will Smith to...
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I studied engineering in school for 2 years, studied aerospace engineering for a further 2 years in college and then aerospace technology in university for 3 years. I've worked with center lathes, milling machines, 3D printers, CNC machines, laser cutters, learned the basic principles on how to build and manufacture aircraft, I learned the physics behind them and helped design one for a group project. But even after all of this, after all these years of searching for the answer, I still don't know... How to fuselage block
To elaborate on Tully's comment, you brought in politics into a site which doesn't encourage discussion on the subject.
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Political subjects are generally an easy thing to get the wrong end of the stick of. People make sweeping judgements on others, group them into stereotypes with phrases that don't really match them and before you know it everyone is upset and resorted to essentially name calling and other not so friendly things.
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Furthermore, those servers are outside of the Devs and SP moderators control. They're outside of the site and there's very little we can do to prevent such things from occurring.
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I understand this is not the first time you have tried to involve the SP community in politics, if it happens again, we will be forced to take further action on your account.
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To clarify, on the site we discourage political discourse on all sides of the political compass.
Damn, sorry to hear about all that. I did wonder why the testbed aircraft wasn't in MP for a few weeks. I've missed accidentally flying into it and conducting joint strike mission exercises on hostile people in MP.
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And yeah, it really sucks (understatement of the century) when people leave their partner to be with someone else, regardless of the relationship status. It sucks even more when the lack the nuts to actually contribute child support, which I'm pretty sure is illegal in most western countries. So, you could probably get a good lawyer and milk him for what he's worth. I imagine it would be a fairly quick court case provided you have the evidence (bank statements, etc.). probably worth starting a "go fund me" for it too to get a good lawyer, etc. I imagine you'd get a lot of financial support from it given the nature of the circumstances. I know I'd donate to it and share it with my friends. I'd probably make one on behalf of you, but I don't know your details, so it would be difficult for me to do.
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Anyway, I hope things clear up for you soon. And if you do start a fund raising thingy, let me know.
As previous users have mentioned, the aerofoil settings dictate how much lift is generated by the wing. This can be particularly helpful if you're building a slow aircraft, STOL aircraft or when used strategically it can be used to increase the stability of your build.
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However, from personal experience with builds, changing the aerofoil to flat bottom (or semi symmetric from symmetric) will cause a small decrease in your overall maximum speed. It's not a huge speed difference, but if you're prioritising a build for maximum speed (supersonic fighter aircraft, etc) it's worth bearing in mind.
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Pitching issues can arise from changing the aerofoil type to one that produces more lift. Especially if you're not used to trimming your build out with the different aerofoils. For example, if you add an aerofoil to your horizontal stabiliser (on the tail), your tail will produce more lift, causing the nose to pitch/rotate downward. Likewise, adding a lift generating aerofoil to canards will cause it to pitch upward (as more lift is being produced at the nose end of the aircraft).
@Tully2001 I'm deeply offended that you think it's funny that I've lost my nuts. I mean, I don't constantly remind you about the fact you've lost your marbles.
@T8flightcrafts correct, I made an oopsie. Changed it to the 23rd.
@mahendra123 Hey, glad you could share that information nobody wanted. Now be gone with your spam.
+1.
P.S. You're getting perma-banned
But seriously, I'd say it's advantageous in that you get to know people in the community faster, thus making more friends, etc. As well as that you get to know the rest of the epic mod team, talk to the devs on occasion (who I can confirm are really really nice), etc. It's nice to have a constant in life and feel that you're playing an integral role in the community.
+5.
I haven't been massively active as a mod in the last couple years due to a few personal issues. But I try to put in 15-30 minutes of moderating on weekdays during my lunch break.
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Downsides are that if you mess up, everybody hears about it. It's not fun to be on the receiving end of loads of constructive and simultaneously non constructive criticism all at once. There's been a couple of times I've been objectively in the wrong for things by letting some petty emotions get in the way and subsequently ended up making situations worse. Then other mods have had to step in to clear up the mess.
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A personal downside for me is wondering if I'm doing it right. I'm my worst critic and occasionally I'll do things and think "was that too far?" or "did I let them off too lightly?". Needless to say it leaks into other aspects of moderating, so I can't help but wonder if the dev team thinks I'm a good moderator or not. Rationally speaking, I imagine they would have kicked me off the team if I was bad at it. But, then again, what if I'm just "okay" at it and they'd rather just roll with what they've already got.
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A personal advantage for me is that I'm pretty sure it got me my current job as a system design analyst. I'm not lying when I say that about 30-40% of my interview for the job was just talking about SimplePlanes and moderating the site. They were more interested in my SimplePlanes moderating and mod building skills than they were in my university qualification. Definitely my most bizarre interview to date.
@Notaleopard
+3Advantages: It feeds my superiority complex
Disadvantages: It feeds my superiority complex
This is why I don't feature things... I'm just kidding, I don't feature things because I don't trust my judgement for cool builds.
Also, this setup allows for an ironic feature you wouldn't normally associate (or what to associate) with helicopters.
+2.
An Ejection Seat.
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Essentially the blades are connected to sleeves which eject the blades. Less than a second later, a conventional ejection sequence is initiated, meaning the pilot can eject without worrying about whether he's going to end up on a shelf at Tescos under the mince meat section.
@SuperCoop try not to use foul language.
+1@slayeralpha that doesn't change the fact it's a giant peanus
No sexually explicit content is allowed on the site.
@Gameboi14 I don't really like using custom gears for heavy aircraft as they tend to wobble about a bit more which can be quite irritating.
+1@Thecatbaron No idea. Guess I just have a serious problem with small planes.
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Will Smith takes the shot, the pilot falls... But, what's this? A decoy? Out of nowhere, Wafflez jumps down from the ceiling, pulls out a teaspoon and knocks Will Smith unconscious. When the plane lands Wafflez takes Will Smith to...
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After Tai Lung ran away in exhaustion, Wafflez ate the muffin and started a fight with blue Will Smith by throwing Swiss cheese at his face.
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I mean, does anybody truly know how to fuselage block?
+12I studied engineering in school for 2 years, studied aerospace engineering for a further 2 years in college and then aerospace technology in university for 3 years. I've worked with center lathes, milling machines, 3D printers, CNC machines, laser cutters, learned the basic principles on how to build and manufacture aircraft, I learned the physics behind them and helped design one for a group project. But even after all of this, after all these years of searching for the answer, I still don't know...
+21How to fuselage block
knock knock
This is the SP moderation team, we have a few questions regarding you knowledge on SP parts.
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Mainly:
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How does one fuselage block
To elaborate on Tully's comment, you brought in politics into a site which doesn't encourage discussion on the subject.
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Political subjects are generally an easy thing to get the wrong end of the stick of. People make sweeping judgements on others, group them into stereotypes with phrases that don't really match them and before you know it everyone is upset and resorted to essentially name calling and other not so friendly things.
.
Furthermore, those servers are outside of the Devs and SP moderators control. They're outside of the site and there's very little we can do to prevent such things from occurring.
.
I understand this is not the first time you have tried to involve the SP community in politics, if it happens again, we will be forced to take further action on your account.
.
To clarify, on the site we discourage political discourse on all sides of the political compass.
Either 1 or 7
+2@jrodriguezwang yeah, sure.
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Damn, sorry to hear about all that. I did wonder why the testbed aircraft wasn't in MP for a few weeks. I've missed accidentally flying into it and conducting joint strike mission exercises on hostile people in MP.
+2.
And yeah, it really sucks (understatement of the century) when people leave their partner to be with someone else, regardless of the relationship status. It sucks even more when the lack the nuts to actually contribute child support, which I'm pretty sure is illegal in most western countries. So, you could probably get a good lawyer and milk him for what he's worth. I imagine it would be a fairly quick court case provided you have the evidence (bank statements, etc.). probably worth starting a "go fund me" for it too to get a good lawyer, etc. I imagine you'd get a lot of financial support from it given the nature of the circumstances. I know I'd donate to it and share it with my friends. I'd probably make one on behalf of you, but I don't know your details, so it would be difficult for me to do.
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Anyway, I hope things clear up for you soon. And if you do start a fund raising thingy, let me know.
Big ship
As previous users have mentioned, the aerofoil settings dictate how much lift is generated by the wing. This can be particularly helpful if you're building a slow aircraft, STOL aircraft or when used strategically it can be used to increase the stability of your build.
+2.
However, from personal experience with builds, changing the aerofoil to flat bottom (or semi symmetric from symmetric) will cause a small decrease in your overall maximum speed. It's not a huge speed difference, but if you're prioritising a build for maximum speed (supersonic fighter aircraft, etc) it's worth bearing in mind.
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Pitching issues can arise from changing the aerofoil type to one that produces more lift. Especially if you're not used to trimming your build out with the different aerofoils. For example, if you add an aerofoil to your horizontal stabiliser (on the tail), your tail will produce more lift, causing the nose to pitch/rotate downward. Likewise, adding a lift generating aerofoil to canards will cause it to pitch upward (as more lift is being produced at the nose end of the aircraft).
I definitely didn't make those tags
+5Reported for harassment
+33@animations did you even read the description?
when genetic engineering goes too far and you start using duck people to test your aircraft
Whips out banhammer
I'll save you duckperson
@Tully2001 I'm deeply offended that you think it's funny that I've lost my nuts. I mean, I don't constantly remind you about the fact you've lost your marbles.
+3"best features of all three aircraft"
+2doesnt include spitfire wing shapeTriggered
nothing to see here
@Swiftsure lol, I feel like that's a good choice. Have you got it? And if so how are you finding it?
case closed
@Tully2001 plays permaban card on you also
+1@Kweed10 try it and find out
@Kweed10 better still
@Kweed10 "or other image sharing site"