I just wanted to take a moment to say that I truly admire your work on these weapon systems. You’ve done an incredible job, and I have a deep appreciation for the craftsmanship and thought you’ve put into them. Well done, my friend! Given what you’re capable of, you might want to consider designing a countermeasure system for these bad boys. As impressive as they are, these things are freakishly powerful—it’d be interesting to see how you’d balance them out.
@Warwolf182 So for the weight it can be confusing for some people so I'll explain best I can. So, for most naval fighter jets used by the U.S. are replenished by JP-5 which is a high-performance kerosene-based fuel that is similar to commercial Jet A fuel but has additional additives to meet military specifications (I personally use to work with this stuff a lot). Anyway, the weight of one gallon of this fuel type is approximately 6.7 pounds. The F-18 Hornet has an empty weight of approximately 23,000 lbs. with a standard fuel capacity that sits around 10,800 pounds (1,611 U.S. gal). It has three internal fuel tanks: one in the center fuselage and one in each wing. It's not entirely clear on how much each of these tanks hold so I may have to get back with you on that. But with all that information, the aircraft should sit somewhere around 33,800 lbs. without ordnance and external fuel sources.
@Warwolf182 Nope problem brother. Hey! When you come back to work on this, consider adding an accurate thrust-to-weight ratio. Many creators tend to add too much power to the engines of their jets. To ensure accuracy, gather information about the jet's powerplant and use that to adjust the engine power in the game. Each engine in the game has a default power setting. For example, the jet engine used on the Wasp has a thrust force of 33,721 lbf, while the real-world version in the F-18A/C/D has around 17,700 lbf at maximum power and 11,000 lbf of dry thrust.
To calculate the accurate thrust, divide the dry thrust (11,000 lbf) by the engine's thrust force (33,721 lbf). This will give you a power output of approximately 0.3262. Use this value as the overload engine multiplier, which is typically set as 1 in the game.
For the afterburner (if you're using a VTOL engine), use the same calculation. Subtract the dry thrust (11,000 lbf) from the maximum thrust (17,700 lbf) to get 6,700 lbf. Then multiply this value by 2 and divide the product by the VTOL engine's power, which is 13,489 lbf by default. This will give you a result of approximately 0.9934. Now with all the math out the way the aircraft should have a total thrust of 35,400 lbf.
I don’t know why the wings never deploy on your missles when I try to attach them on my plane. Maybe it’s something I’m doing wrong but it seems to never work.
Please finish this!!! It’s so good!!!
+2What in the Looney Tunes?!
+1I just wanted to take a moment to say that I truly admire your work on these weapon systems. You’ve done an incredible job, and I have a deep appreciation for the craftsmanship and thought you’ve put into them. Well done, my friend! Given what you’re capable of, you might want to consider designing a countermeasure system for these bad boys. As impressive as they are, these things are freakishly powerful—it’d be interesting to see how you’d balance them out.
+1Idk why the scheme reminds me of cell from DBZ…
+1@Noname918181818181818181 Thanks friend!
+1Always the good looking jets that can’t fly.
+1@Warwolf182 So for the weight it can be confusing for some people so I'll explain best I can. So, for most naval fighter jets used by the U.S. are replenished by JP-5 which is a high-performance kerosene-based fuel that is similar to commercial Jet A fuel but has additional additives to meet military specifications (I personally use to work with this stuff a lot). Anyway, the weight of one gallon of this fuel type is approximately 6.7 pounds. The F-18 Hornet has an empty weight of approximately 23,000 lbs. with a standard fuel capacity that sits around 10,800 pounds (1,611 U.S. gal). It has three internal fuel tanks: one in the center fuselage and one in each wing. It's not entirely clear on how much each of these tanks hold so I may have to get back with you on that. But with all that information, the aircraft should sit somewhere around 33,800 lbs. without ordnance and external fuel sources.
+1@Warwolf182 I'll definitely see what I can do!
+1@Warwolf182 Nope problem brother. Hey! When you come back to work on this, consider adding an accurate thrust-to-weight ratio. Many creators tend to add too much power to the engines of their jets. To ensure accuracy, gather information about the jet's powerplant and use that to adjust the engine power in the game. Each engine in the game has a default power setting. For example, the jet engine used on the Wasp has a thrust force of 33,721 lbf, while the real-world version in the F-18A/C/D has around 17,700 lbf at maximum power and 11,000 lbf of dry thrust.
To calculate the accurate thrust, divide the dry thrust (11,000 lbf) by the engine's thrust force (33,721 lbf). This will give you a power output of approximately 0.3262. Use this value as the overload engine multiplier, which is typically set as 1 in the game.
For the afterburner (if you're using a VTOL engine), use the same calculation. Subtract the dry thrust (11,000 lbf) from the maximum thrust (17,700 lbf) to get 6,700 lbf. Then multiply this value by 2 and divide the product by the VTOL engine's power, which is 13,489 lbf by default. This will give you a result of approximately 0.9934. Now with all the math out the way the aircraft should have a total thrust of 35,400 lbf.
+1@ToeTips Copy sir
+1This thing is vicious
+1I like it!!!
+1I don’t know why the wings never deploy on your missles when I try to attach them on my plane. Maybe it’s something I’m doing wrong but it seems to never work.
+1Yet another video of the poor tutorial plane getting bullied. 🤣
@Ku Can’t wait!
Do you think you will be able to develop the U.S. AIM-120D and AIM-9X missiles in the future?
@Ku Link?
@L1nus It’s dented. Sorry…
This is the best original aircraft I’ve come across! Phenomenal work!
How do you add that iridescent effect to the cockpit?
@florky Thank you friend! I appreciate that really!
Oh this is sexy!
Add a fly by wire and it’s the perfect build
I love it!
What’s a yahoo? Is that bad? 🤔
New favorite aircraft!