47 brookmonroe Comments

  • Is it normal to be randomly logged into someone elses account?! 7.6 years ago

    If I had to guess, I'd say that the algorithm used to determine unique session keys in the hosting software has a defect in it.

  • What is it with autopilot? 7.6 years ago

    @jamesPLANESii Yes, that's where I see it as well. Backing down below the speed of sound (or to half-throttle otherwise) seems to correct it.

  • No 3D plane printing - EUCL3D closed down 7.6 years ago

    Yeah--figuring out how to monetize that business seems to be more complex than people first assumed.

  • What is it with autopilot? 8.0 years ago

    @Sunnyskies I've seen it eventually damp out for some planes, but there are a few where 'enough time' appears to be an asymptotic approach to aleph-null.

    Part of my thought process here is that the ailerons might just be too large. I'm trying to figure out how to make trim tabs (keeping in mind that I'm not using the Unity tools) but failing.

  • How and where do you guys get your motivation from???? 8.0 years ago

    Schenectady, NY. Sci-fi author Barry B. Longyear clued me in years ago. I can run out of motivation because I pay a service in Schenectady $29 a year and they send me five ideas every month.

  • Whats the coolest thing that has happened to you in simpleplanes? 8.4 years ago

    I loaded someone's Thunderbird-1 model and tried the Avalanche Assault in it. Well, actually, tried to EVADE the missiles. Almost made it. Just before I went out of range on heading 101, one missile hit Thunderbird-1 (which was not, after that, "go" in any sense) and the other hit my cockpit as it was falling. The game started skipping my cockpit across the world at something over Mach 2, peaking at about 8500 ft and bottoming at -4600 ft. There was never a loss of kinetics energy, and the cockpit sailed past both Yeager and Wright, past that island with the tracks on it, and on into the hinterlands where there's nothing but water and clouds. I suspect it would have gone on forever had I not shut down in order to come here to write about it. (Because it happened just now.)