@AstleyIndustries I think Luftwaffe aircrafts don't have the white circle at all, only the swastika.
Though you reminded me that I can also paint it as the Condor Legion. Those marks were NOT sensitive (and their roundel is easier to make than German Iron Cross, lol)
The truth is, nobody knows what a Weimar fin flash would look like because Weimar had zero aircraft. I can also get by with a normal iron cross.
@BoganBoganTheMan More like, I'll associate the luftwaffe with the Weimar instead of the 3rd reich.
If Weimar had its own air force it'll all be easier, unfortunately Treaty of Versailles says no...
And your guesses are interesting... but let me make it clear:
What "armament" this Ju 288 will be carrying?
So nope, not passengers. Nor cargo. Well unless you count weapons as a kind of "cargo"...
@Sm10684 The only problem for that input is that it will fix the thing on initial position. (i.e. it comes with zeroOnDeactivate)
other than that it applies to just about anything that supports funky tree inputs.
I don't have either of the problem you outlined. ( I just put two bombs onto my Ki-94-I which features a pair of MultiRole cannons.)
Your second problem was there when the version was 1.9 beta but it's fixed on the 1.9 release version.
A pretty big problem for SP's wing mechanics is pusher config.
anything with CoT behind CoM would cause unpredictable sudden roll during flight (even if it's behind CoM and before CoL)
@MephilesTheDark There are times when you can override an AI's terrain evasion program in battle. It works on land, perhaps you're simply seeing this working on water.
@asteroidbook345 I think the little fan for Stuka is the Jericho siren... but yup, Me-163's fan was indeed the generator.
I think some modern electronic warfare pods also have similar designs...
@asteroidbook345 Nah I think it was deliberately made to only retract one side at a time, probably with a valve or sth.
That being said, the original N1K-J had two-stage retracting landing gears. The main gears would first compress its own pistons (making the legs shorter) before actually rotating and storing itself into the wing. This has to be (at least partially) hydraulic, at least the shortening part has to be hydraulic.
@asteroidbook345 Yeah now that you mentioned it, Japanese landing gears usually don't have visible pistons, so they are probably electric.
WWII planes have relatively limited ability to generate electricity. This was a problem that stopped many planes from using gattling guns, and the reason why the Germans chose revolver cannon (MG213) which later became the prototype of many post-war aircraft guns (DEFA 55X series, ADEN, M39 and BK-27)
@asteroidbook345 Actually I don't think WWII Japanese planes use hydraulic... It's more likely that Japanese electric systems cannot afford both legs to operate at the same time. If you go take a look on actual Zero fighters' takeoff clips, you will notice that they will retract the left leg first, then the right.
For P-51 Mustangs, on the other hand, the both legs would almost retract simultaneously, albeit with some inevitable difference in exact timing.
@Brendorkus I say F12 not F3, and don't press Fn+Function keys.
There's no way F3, by itself, is controlling brightness, you must be pressing the Fn key.
Features demonstrated in this video:
Engine related:
- idling
- cowl flap w/ related handle in the cockpit
- automatic cowl flap action
- turbocharger and cooling fan sound effect (by adding a hidden turboprop engine)
Instrument related:
- (almost) full set of authentic Japanese instrument panel, including artificial horizon, turn coordinator, altimeter, airspeed indicator and manifold pressure
- Stall warning (winch sound) and overspeed warning (also winch sound)
- a set of levers, sticks and pedals
Exterior related:
- custom wing and control surfaces
- custom main landing gears replicating the historical Japanese feature of asymmetric retraction/extension.
- Flying 59th Squadron (I think perhaps I should translate it as "59th Flying Corp" or sth...) livery
- 30mm Ho-155-II autocannon (wing gun) and 37mm Ho-204 autocannon (cannon, 100RPG)
Roadmap:
- RPM meter (to actually facilitate flying without UI, I bursted my engine once in making this video), but not sure if it's doable.
- fuel mixture lever, just a piston that operates by altitude
- corrected manifold pressure gauge operation (it should reduce a bit according to altitude)
- more paint job details
- (maybe) a landing gear bay door. the wheels are now half-exposed, so this may or may not be done.
@Random40 Does the wing still work after being hit? I thought disabling collision response only forbids a part from disconnecting, it doesn't stop it from malfunctioning?
I'm gold and still nobody reads my teaser unless I release it according to US time zone...
Back in silver there was a plane I released after teasers after teasers and still nobody gives a damn...
@Avro683Lancaster Yup, I mentioned that in the OP.
After missing the target by about 200 miles north in the return trip from Brown Pearl I think I can definitely use one...
@SnoWFLakE0s Well, yeah, with unnecessarily long expressions.
Another problem for the VSI is that the real word VSIs usually don't have homogeneous dials...
For example, Japanese VSIs in WWII would give the first 90 degrees' rotation to 5000m/ min vertical speed, and the other 90 degrees are 5000- 30000 m/ min...
@SnoWFLakE0s No it's not.
First, obviously it's not IAS but GS.
and then you have to consider AOA because where your plane is pointing at does not equal to where it's actually going. And AOA's orientation follows the plane, this is where the roll angle comes in because you need to get the vertical part of the vector.
In fact, my function already omitted slip angle, which if not ignored would require us to do the same as we did to AOA all over again.
And finally you need to normalize it into the gauge's dials, which is why you need a constant, that's where the / 400 in OP came in.
All this trouble can be spared as long as they allow us to input a derivative of altitude with regard to time.
@jamesPLANESii I have no idea about input for a light. There are people who successfully implemented funky tree for lights but I have entirely failed to do so so far.
Sign(x) function outputs +1 when x is positive or zero, and outputs -1 when x is minus.
For example, if you use a piston that extends when input = 1 and retracts when input = 0, sign(v-x) would cause the piston to extend when v>x, and vice versa (piston does not accept minus input AFAIK, but if that's a problem, use clamp01 function outside of sign function.
Winch will only work when the end is attached to something. You need to use designer suite to manually attach it to something else, set the moving range to 0 and then setup the input to use the winch as a buzzer.
@CrashFighter05
@ACEPILOT109
@Strikefighter04
Meanwhile I'm making planes after planes with only 20-something upvotes...
remember: AOA in this game is reversed.
in real life AOA is positive when your nose points higher than where you go.
in this game it's minus.
The slogan in V 1.4 has never fit so well.
"Isn't this an airplane game?"
Well, not after this.
@BACconcordepilot Well, yeah but your comment came after the answer and is way too general lol.
@BACconcordepilot There's a new thread about this plane
@WarHawk95 But all 3 compasses are within the sight of the pilot, almost directly next to each other...
@WarHawk95
@Random40
@AstleyIndustries
@CrashFighter05
@Gameboi14
@BoganBoganTheMan
@Sm10684
@AircraftoftheRedStar
@TheFantasticTyphoon
@FranzPeterSiegfried
@Wi1dSk7
@MrPorg137
weird, I have a metric version and I never used pi....
@AstleyIndustries I think Luftwaffe aircrafts don't have the white circle at all, only the swastika.
Though you reminded me that I can also paint it as the Condor Legion. Those marks were NOT sensitive (and their roundel is easier to make than German Iron Cross, lol)
The truth is, nobody knows what a Weimar fin flash would look like because Weimar had zero aircraft. I can also get by with a normal iron cross.
@BoganBoganTheMan More like, I'll associate the luftwaffe with the Weimar instead of the 3rd reich.
If Weimar had its own air force it'll all be easier, unfortunately Treaty of Versailles says no...
And your guesses are interesting... but let me make it clear:
What "armament" this Ju 288 will be carrying?
So nope, not passengers. Nor cargo. Well unless you count weapons as a kind of "cargo"...
The answer will be announced on the next teaser.
@Sm10684 The only problem for that input is that it will fix the thing on initial position. (i.e. it comes with zeroOnDeactivate)
other than that it applies to just about anything that supports funky tree inputs.
I don't have either of the problem you outlined. ( I just put two bombs onto my Ki-94-I which features a pair of MultiRole cannons.)
Your second problem was there when the version was 1.9 beta but it's fixed on the 1.9 release version.
If you want working dials feel free to take some from my Ki-94-I. Just remember to credit.
A pretty big problem for SP's wing mechanics is pusher config.
anything with CoT behind CoM would cause unpredictable sudden roll during flight (even if it's behind CoM and before CoL)
@MephilesTheDark There are times when you can override an AI's terrain evasion program in battle. It works on land, perhaps you're simply seeing this working on water.
@MephilesTheDark Do they only evade underwater terrain? or do that evade the water surface? I'm actually not sure.
@freedompilot98 right now we have one on the base of the pyramid...
@asteroidbook345 Ah that's standard equipments for modern airliners, and it's as a backup, unlike for the 163 it's the main source of power.
@CAFMK Only if I find a way to reverse the landing gear sequence.
@asteroidbook345 I think the little fan for Stuka is the Jericho siren... but yup, Me-163's fan was indeed the generator.
I think some modern electronic warfare pods also have similar designs...
@asteroidbook345 Nah I think it was deliberately made to only retract one side at a time, probably with a valve or sth.
That being said, the original N1K-J had two-stage retracting landing gears. The main gears would first compress its own pistons (making the legs shorter) before actually rotating and storing itself into the wing. This has to be (at least partially) hydraulic, at least the shortening part has to be hydraulic.
@asteroidbook345 Yeah now that you mentioned it, Japanese landing gears usually don't have visible pistons, so they are probably electric.
WWII planes have relatively limited ability to generate electricity. This was a problem that stopped many planes from using gattling guns, and the reason why the Germans chose revolver cannon (MG213) which later became the prototype of many post-war aircraft guns (DEFA 55X series, ADEN, M39 and BK-27)
@asteroidbook345 Actually I don't think WWII Japanese planes use hydraulic... It's more likely that Japanese electric systems cannot afford both legs to operate at the same time. If you go take a look on actual Zero fighters' takeoff clips, you will notice that they will retract the left leg first, then the right.
For P-51 Mustangs, on the other hand, the both legs would almost retract simultaneously, albeit with some inevitable difference in exact timing.
@FranzPeterSiegfried
@MrACEpilot
likewise
@CrashFighter05
@edensk
@IStoleYourMeme
likewise
@Tonnkatu500
@Strikefighter04
@Treadmill103
You are tagged for your upvote in the last video teaser.
Nah N1K was the seaplane fighter, and its land-based version was N1K-J...
@asteroidbook345 @CruzerBlade Well the current AI has ground evasion program, it won't be impossible to also include plane evasion...
@asteroidbook345 yeah that's gonna be the problem lol
@Brendorkus I say F12 not F3, and don't press Fn+Function keys.
There's no way F3, by itself, is controlling brightness, you must be pressing the Fn key.
@Brendorkus This thing has been uploaded long ago. Search "H11K".
@Strikefighter04 you are tagged to this video teaser because you upvoted in my previous teaser.
Features demonstrated in this video:
Engine related:
- idling
- cowl flap w/ related handle in the cockpit
- automatic cowl flap action
- turbocharger and cooling fan sound effect (by adding a hidden turboprop engine)
Instrument related:
- (almost) full set of authentic Japanese instrument panel, including artificial horizon, turn coordinator, altimeter, airspeed indicator and manifold pressure
- Stall warning (winch sound) and overspeed warning (also winch sound)
- a set of levers, sticks and pedals
Exterior related:
- custom wing and control surfaces
- custom main landing gears replicating the historical Japanese feature of asymmetric retraction/extension.
- Flying 59th Squadron (I think perhaps I should translate it as "59th Flying Corp" or sth...) livery
- 30mm Ho-155-II autocannon (wing gun) and 37mm Ho-204 autocannon (cannon, 100RPG)
Roadmap:
- RPM meter (to actually facilitate flying without UI, I bursted my engine once in making this video), but not sure if it's doable.
- fuel mixture lever, just a piston that operates by altitude
- corrected manifold pressure gauge operation (it should reduce a bit according to altitude)
- more paint job details
- (maybe) a landing gear bay door. the wheels are now half-exposed, so this may or may not be done.
Wait, you can see the A7M1? There is a surviving plane?
@Aarons123 WWI planes usually have very few gauges... Probably just an altimenter, an airspeed and maybe a RPM meter
A biplane with a Cold War instrument panel always confuses me...
@Random40 Does the wing still work after being hit? I thought disabling collision response only forbids a part from disconnecting, it doesn't stop it from malfunctioning?
I think making an all-direction gattling to destroy the missile would be easier...
@xiaofootball TAS-GS = wind.
GS actually does NOT take out the vertical part of your speed.
As for whether this is correct, well... I don't think GS would register pitch angle IRL as well.
I'm gold and still nobody reads my teaser unless I release it according to US time zone...
Back in silver there was a plane I released after teasers after teasers and still nobody gives a damn...
@Avro683Lancaster Yup, I mentioned that in the OP.
After missing the target by about 200 miles north in the return trip from Brown Pearl I think I can definitely use one...
@SnoWFLakE0s Well, yeah, with unnecessarily long expressions.
Another problem for the VSI is that the real word VSIs usually don't have homogeneous dials...
For example, Japanese VSIs in WWII would give the first 90 degrees' rotation to 5000m/ min vertical speed, and the other 90 degrees are 5000- 30000 m/ min...
@SnoWFLakE0s No it's not.
First, obviously it's not IAS but GS.
and then you have to consider AOA because where your plane is pointing at does not equal to where it's actually going. And AOA's orientation follows the plane, this is where the roll angle comes in because you need to get the vertical part of the vector.
In fact, my function already omitted slip angle, which if not ignored would require us to do the same as we did to AOA all over again.
And finally you need to normalize it into the gauge's dials, which is why you need a constant, that's where the / 400 in OP came in.
All this trouble can be spared as long as they allow us to input a derivative of altitude with regard to time.
@jamesPLANESii I have no idea about input for a light. There are people who successfully implemented funky tree for lights but I have entirely failed to do so so far.
Sign(x) function outputs +1 when x is positive or zero, and outputs -1 when x is minus.
For example, if you use a piston that extends when input = 1 and retracts when input = 0, sign(v-x) would cause the piston to extend when v>x, and vice versa (piston does not accept minus input AFAIK, but if that's a problem, use clamp01 function outside of sign function.
Winch will only work when the end is attached to something. You need to use designer suite to manually attach it to something else, set the moving range to 0 and then setup the input to use the winch as a buzzer.
Nope, there's no such a thing as fuel tank selection.
Also I think you're trying to say RCN not RCS.
@edensk
@Noname918181