MajavE's Replicas

[MajaeV]

MajavE's Replicas

 (Newest Addition: Gloster Meteor F.8)

Hello! I'm MajavE and I like building planes

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPG4MpRbcQUP9tApXrZjwlA

I always use the FAR mod, so my planes are built to work in FAR. However, I try to keep the actual plane as stock as possible, and I will list the mods with the plane pictures if any are used in the plane. Basically, FAR is a must if you want to fly the planes like I intended them to be flown.

DOWNLOAD MY PLANES FROM MY DROPBOX!: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4983q7iqa9fa7u2/AADo6_DjQNedYr6wCggpHcqBa?dl=0

Also, before you fly, always remember to check the action groups. I always use action groups for different purposes in the aircraft and most of the planes will not work properly if staging is used.

Have fun!

 

 

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British Planes

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Gloster Meteor F.8

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All stock parts!

Album: http://imgur.com/a/a5Sl0

 

Swedish Planes

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Saab JAS 39E Gripen

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Fully stock!

RBS-15 F, the airborne launched anti-ground/ship missile RBS-15. You can launch it, then switch to it and lock on a (ground) target and choose "track target". Then it will steer towards and probably hit the target (Out of 5 tests I hit the target twice, the other 3 times I hit max 200m away from target. Launch distance was between 25km to 10km in the tests from an altitude of 7500m to 1000m, targets were a 50m ship and a small target house.

The external fuel tank can also be dropped. If flying too fast, the tank will rupture a few seconds after dropping because it will flip and the G-forces will break it. The time of the flip depends on how much fuel is left.

Album: http://imgur.com/a/Mspyr

Download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/iy63571wv3cl2fh/Saab 39E Gripen Stock.craft?dl=0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saab 2000 Erieye

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Kerbal Aircraft Expansion mod (KAX) is used for the fuselage and the propellers.

Album: http://imgur.com/a/QCMoE

Download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/185zb2tghr6ablw/Saab 2000 Erieye.craft?dl=0

 

 

Russian/Soviet Planes

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis "Fagot"

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Fully stock this time around! The MiG-15 UTI uses BDArmory for its guns, but this (bis version) uses only stock parts! Overall I updated the aestethics of the plane compared to the UTI version (see tail fin).

The problem is that FAR hasn't been updated for 1.2 yet, and this plane is basically unflyable in stock KSP. I've only been able to update the looks of the plane, but I know it flies well in FAR as the changes to this plane are minimal compared to the 1.1.2 version.

One 37mm and two 20mm cannons. Packs a punch!

Album: http://imgur.com/a/fC7X0

 

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 UTI "Midget"

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BDArmory for the guns, fully stock otherwise!

Album: http://imgur.com/a/MJXgQ

Download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mirx3589h2c6c0d/MiG-15 UTI.craft?dl=0

 

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21bis "Fishbed"

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Fully stock!

Here's an album with pictures of this version of the MiG-21bis: http://imgur.com/a/3eeDA

Download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ovfmsmp3xo7crqs/MiG-21bis.craft?dl=0

Here's a cool album with a slightly older version of my MiG-21bis on a bombing run: http://imgur.com/a/cDfZu

Here's some pictures from that album, to make you want to check 'em out

 

 

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MF "Flogger B"

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Fully stock!

Swept Wing Edition (I simply and easily changed the wing sweep in the hangar, and then flew it and took some pictures. The real MiG-23 can change wing sweep mid air, but I want to keep it stock - so no mid flight wing sweep).

Album: http://imgur.com/a/eRZQ5

Download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/oe1ru3i39wvgsmo/MiG-23MF.craft?dl=0

 

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21UM "Mongol B"

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Fully stock!

Album: http://imgur.com/a/CdEnh

Download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3azk8gch4glmnqb/MiG-21 UM.craft?dl=0

 

German/NSDAP-German Planes

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Horten Ho 229 V3

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Fully stock! I had built thick wings as the real one, but a glitch in the FAR aerodynamic calculation system makes the aerodynamics bug and the plane can't fly. Therefor it only has a single layer wing.

Album: http://imgur.com/a/56lDU

 

 

 

Requested Planes:

Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt

Grumman F9F Cougar

Messerschmitt Bf-109

Messerschmitt Me-262

Junkers Ju-87

Vought F4U Corsair

English Electric Lightning

Polikarpov Po-2

McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom

HAL Tejas

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 Foxbat

Yakovlev Yak-15

Sukhoi Su-27

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 9, 2017 by MajaeV
added plane again

[MajaeV]

Newest Addition: MiG-21UM "Mongol B"

The newer two-seat trainer version of the MiG-21! It can be found in the Russian/Soviet plane folder

 

 

[MajaeV]

Newest addition: Horten Ho 229 V3

An experimental NSDAP-German jet bomber/fighter. It never left the prototype stage as the allied captured the factories before it could be fully produced as the "Gotha Go 229".

The plane can be found in the new folder German/NSDAP-German planes!

 

Edit: Unfortunately the historically known word for "National Socialist German Workers' Party" can't be used on the forum. This was the ruling party of Germany during the Second World War. I will therefor use the shortening " NSDAP ".

Edited September 12, 2016 by MajaeV

[MajaeV]

Newest Addition: MiG-15 UTI "Midget"

The two-seat trainer version of the MiG-15! This version has 2 external fuel tanks.

The plane can be found in the Russian/Soviet Planes folder

[XB-70A]

On 07/09/2016 at 7:31 PM, MajaeV said:

Can you name these planes :)?

 

McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, Mikoyan-Gurevitch MiG-23/27, North American F-86 Sabre, Saab JAS 39 Gripen, Mikoyan-Gurevitch MiG-21, Grumman F9F Panther, Saab 2000 Erieye, with such a wingspan it can just be a second generation Harrier, and another Kerbals creation.

More seriously, I find your Saab 2000 really interesting. Would you share it ?

[MajaeV]

8 hours ago, XB-70A said:

McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, Mikoyan-Gurevitch MiG-23/27, North American F-86 Sabre, Saab JAS 39 Gripen, Mikoyan-Gurevitch MiG-21, Grumman F9F Panther, Saab 2000 Erieye, with such a wingspan it can just be a second generation Harrier, and another Kerbals creation.

More seriously, I find your Saab 2000 really interesting. Would you share it ?

All guesses are right! The MiG-23 can be identified more specifically because of its round nose, instead of the MiG-27's downwards "square" nose.

Newest Addition: Saab 2000 Erieye

A part of the Swedish airborne early warning system. The Erieye radar system is carried on the upper part of the fuselage of the turboprop Saab 2000, which gives the air-force capabilities of detecting incoming flights up to several hundred kilometers away. It's easily flown along, parallel to the coast line, which gives a broad view over the Baltic sea.

The plane can be found in the new folder Swedish Planes

Download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/185zb2tghr6ablw/Saab 2000 Erieye.craft?dl=0

 

Edited September 18, 2016 by MajaeV

[Majorjim!]

Very nice looking aircraft MajaeV!

[MajaeV]

10 hours ago, Majorjim! said:

Very nice looking aircraft MajaeV!

Thank you Majorjim!

I try to use many details with mostly stock parts when it works. Sometimes mods are needed but oh well, I try to keep 'em down

 

[MajaeV]

Newest Addition: Saab JAS 39E Gripen

The newest version of the Saab 39 Gripen. It was announced 2016, and will eventually replace the older versions. It is larger than the old Gripen and can carry more weaponry, better aeronautics and better electronic systems. A true cornerstone of the Swedish Air Force!

It can be found in the Swedish Planes folder

 

Edited September 24, 2016 by MajaeV

[Rath]

This is very cool.  I can never seem to make working replicas.  I wonder if somebody has a small and powerful enough stock turboprop to fit on that plane?  @Azimech?

[Azimech]

5 hours ago, Rath said:

This is very cool.  I can never seem to make working replicas.  I wonder if somebody has a small and powerful enough stock turboprop to fit on that plane?  @Azimech?

Uhm ... You mean the SAAB 2000 right? One thing is sure: kerbal-sized or real sized stock turboprops aren't easy to make powerful AND reliable.

[TheDestroyer111]

How do you make them even... Oh wait, you have FAR. OK. Because in stock aero, a plane covered up in wings is almost always a terrible flyer

But really, how does the MiG-21 even fly? Although you can clip engines, cockpits etc. into each other, FAR doesn't reward clipping more wings with additional lift!

You should either note on some of these planes that they are much heavier than real ones and won't fly without hacking gravity, or note that you edited the config files for the parts to make them impossibly lightweight.

[MajaeV]

7 hours ago, TheDestroyer111 said:

How do you make them even... Oh wait, you have FAR. OK. Because in stock aero, a plane covered up in wings is almost always a terrible flyer

But really, how does the MiG-21 even fly? Although you can clip engines, cockpits etc. into each other, FAR doesn't reward clipping more wings with additional lift!

You should either note on some of these planes that they are much heavier than real ones and won't fly without hacking gravity, or note that you edited the config files for the parts to make them impossibly lightweight.

Yes, I use FAR. On the stock planes, nothing else is modified. They are 100% stock (except that I build them with enabled FAR).

They aren't much heavier than their real-life counterparts. They always fit inside the frame of "maximum take-off weight". If I use a fuel tank, I simply remove the fuel from it. Only need maybe 200 units of fuel for a 20 min flight time.

The wings are often only one layer of wings, no wings are necessarily clipped into the plane or into each other to provide additional lift. I mostly clip things for aesthetic reasons.

 

I don't know where you got the assumption that they need additional modifications etc.? The only mod I use for most of them is FAR, which doesn't change the actual part properties. Most of the planes reach part counts of over 100 parts, but if those parts are just empty fuel tanks and the likes they will not weigh much.

 

 

[MajaeV]

13 hours ago, Rath said:

This is very cool.  I can never seem to make working replicas.  I wonder if somebody has a small and powerful enough stock turboprop to fit on that plane?  @Azimech?

Thank you!

My first planes were extremely ugly, and were often just based on my imagination. One day I simply decided to create a copy of a real life plane, although it was very simple without details I just began recreating real planes one after another. That way I learned what methods worked well and how parts could be utilized to "simulate" a detail of the real plane. Eventually you realize that if you scale up your builds you can fit a lot more details - which is the stage I've recently entered.

Scaling up your builds also gives you flexibility in the sense that proportions can be adjusted a lot better, and more details and parts can fit.

That's one of the reasons for why my planes are larger compared to other recreations, and why I can add more details.

 

 

[Rath]

21 hours ago, Azimech said:

Uhm ... You mean the SAAB 2000 right? One thing is sure: kerbal-sized or real sized stock turboprops aren't easy to make powerful AND reliable.

Ummm... Maybe SAS props?

[TheDestroyer111]

On 9/26/2016 at 4:43 PM, MajaeV said:

Yes, I use FAR. On the stock planes, nothing else is modified. They are 100% stock (except that I build them with enabled FAR).

They aren't much heavier than their real-life counterparts. They always fit inside the frame of "maximum take-off weight". If I use a fuel tank, I simply remove the fuel from it. Only need maybe 200 units of fuel for a 20 min flight time.

The wings are often only one layer of wings, no wings are necessarily clipped into the plane or into each other to provide additional lift. I mostly clip things for aesthetic reasons.

 

I don't know where you got the assumption that they need additional modifications etc.? The only mod I use for most of them is FAR, which doesn't change the actual part properties. Most of the planes reach part counts of over 100 parts, but if those parts are just empty fuel tanks and the likes they will not weigh much.

 

 

Well well... The Mk1 Inline cockpit weighs just over one tonne. And I see at least eight of them in your MiG-21. So, we already have eight tonnes at the front of the aircraft. Eight tonnes is already more than the plane's empty weight, and this weight calculation includes just the cockpits!

For the MiG-15, we have at least four tonnes in just the cockpits, and that's again more than the real plane's empty weight. Plus the large amount of some part clipped inside the fuselage for no real reason than breaking the plane's aesthetics, the part is most likely an NCS adapter.

15 hours ago, Rath said:

Ummm... Maybe SAS props?

Use the Korsair's engine with subassembly https://kerbalx.com/Thanie1999/F4U-Korsair

Right now it is probably the most effective stock propeller in KSP. It's just Mk1 sized, yet very powerful. It's also one of the most stable and reliable engines of such type. Although it is not guaranteed to do so, it *can* operate under 2x time warp for some time without damage to the engine/propeller.

Edited September 27, 2016 by TheDestroyer111

[Rath]

The problem though is that the current 2.5m parts are overly heavy.

[MajaeV]

On 2016-09-27 at 9:10 PM, TheDestroyer111 said:

Well well... The Mk1 Inline cockpit weighs just over one tonne. And I see at least eight of them in your MiG-21. So, we already have eight tonnes at the front of the aircraft. Eight tonnes is already more than the plane's empty weight, and this weight calculation includes just the cockpits!

For the MiG-15, we have at least four tonnes in just the cockpits, and that's again more than the real plane's empty weight. Plus the large amount of some part clipped inside the fuselage for no real reason than breaking the plane's aesthetics, the part is most likely an NCS adapter.

Yes, >8 tonnes on the MiG-21 "Mongol". I agree, the weight on that reaches about 15 tonnes on my version (don't remember the exact wieght, and can't check it - KSP not installed ATM), that's more than the real one. However, on the MiG-21 "Fishbed" I'm pretty sure it stays below 10 tonnes (only 2 cockpits, 1 panther, the rest almost only empty fuel tanks and wings). The real MiG-21 fully loaded; around 10 tonnes. You can quite easily counter balance the front heaviness by adding the fuel at the furthest back fuel tank, and just adding a secondary set of elevators to the first set.

MiG-15 UTI, yes, well above the empty weight (however, I'm not aiming for realistic empty weights...). It weighs around 10 tonnes in-game, IRL fully loaded 6 tonnes. It's not a problem though since it actually flies in KSP.

Still, there's no reason to draw the conclusion that the planes I build are "cheated" using modified properties, even then you can simply download them and test them on your own. The planes fly perfectly fine (using FAR, which I state I am using in the post).

Also, true, some aestethics solutions aren't the best, but they are solutions. The heavy part clipping is just my style of building. Personally I'm not that good of a builder so that I can make "realistic looking" planes without lots of part clipping, and sure, there's always improvements to be made to every plane. There's almost never a final version.

Again, I'm just going for a plane that looks nice, flies well and maneuvers somewhat realistically. I try to keep the weight realistic as well as far as I can without seriously affecting the look, but it's not always possible. Funny how you pick the exact plane which obviously are over weight, without even mentioning the other planes that actually are in the realistic weight range.

I just share what I'm happy with, if you don't like it - well, you can always build your own, huh?

 

 

[MajaeV]

Newest Addition: MiG-15bis "Fagot"

Previously I posted a trainer two seat version of the MiG-15. This time I give you the MiG-15bis! An updated version of the successful MiG-15 fighter jet, famous for its feared appearance in the Korean War. This compared to the MiG-15 UTI is FULLY STOCK!

This cool piece of engineering can be found in the Russian/Soviet Planes folder!

Unfortunately FAR (Ferram Aerospace Research) hasn't been updated to work with KSP 1.2 yet. Therefor I've only been able to update the aestethics of the plane, and I won't yet release a craft file as it is pretty unflyable in stock KSP. I hope you like the pictures though! Follow the thread and you won't miss the release when FAR is updated to 1.2!

 

 

[V7 Aerospace]

It'd be great to see your version of a Meteor (if first generation jets are your cup of tea), looking at your other work, I think it would turn out very nice!

[MajaeV]

14 hours ago, V7 Aerospace said:

It'd be great to see your version of a Meteor (if first generation jets are your cup of tea), looking at your other work, I think it would turn out very nice!

Yes, I love first generation jets! I've actually been building 2 versions of the Meteor (not the early version though, but a mix between the F.8 and F.3 versions), one regular and one night fighter version. I began other planes and forgot I had an almost finished Meteor. I'll post it later today, keep an eye on the thread so you don't miss it

[MajaeV]

Newest Addition: Gloster Meteor F.8

Gloster Meteor, the first british jet to serve in the RAF. This version however isn't the first serving Meteor, but the latest and greatest of the day-fighter versions. It saw action in the Korean War, flown by the Australians. A very cool piece of history!

All stock parts!

The Gloster Meteor can be found in the NEW folder called British Planes!

Message to user 'V7 Aerospace': I had accidently deleted all of my Gloster Meteors when resetting my PC, and had to build them entirely from scratch. I think they look much better so nothing was lost!

Unfortunately FAR (Ferram Aerospace Research) hasn't been updated to work with KSP 1.2 yet. In the stock aerodynamics it doesn't fly well, but it is a proven FAR design. The craft file will be released when FAR gets updated!

[YoeriCookie]

I love your Mk0 techniques. Inspired my F-84F Thunderstreak

[V7 Aerospace]

6 hours ago, MajaeV said:

Newest Addition: Gloster Meteor F.8

Gloster Meteor, the first british jet to serve in the RAF. This version however isn't the first serving Meteor, but the latest and greatest of the day-fighter versions. It saw action in the Korean War, flown by the Australians. A very cool piece of history!

All stock parts!

The Gloster Meteor can be found in the NEW folder called British Planes!

Message to user 'V7 Aerospace': I had accidently deleted all of my Gloster Meteors when resetting my PC, and had to build them entirely from scratch. I think they look much better so nothing was lost!

Unfortunately FAR (Ferram Aerospace Research) hasn't been updated to work with KSP 1.2 yet. In the stock aerodynamics it doesn't fly well, but it is a proven FAR design. The craft file will be released when FAR gets updated!

That is brilliant! I love the way you made the blunt nose out of Mk0 parts (as all the noses we have stock are fairly sharp), and the tailplane being made completely out of control surfaces 

[MajaeV]

14 minutes ago, V7 Aerospace said:

That is brilliant! I love the way you made the blunt nose out of Mk0 parts (as all the noses we have stock are fairly sharp), and the tailplane being made completely out of control surfaces 

Yeah, the "pre-made" noses have so strange angles, they don't seem to fit properly to the fuel tanks. I almost always have to make some improvised nose from a whole bunch o' mark 0's.

Thanks

2 hours ago, YoeriCookie said:

I love your Mk0 techniques. Inspired my F-84F Thunderstreak

Thanks! They're quite handy at times.

Want to share your Thunderstreak? I'd love to see it