Ground Effect Development Thread
Release Thread
This is a very simple mod that increases the lift of a lifting surface at close proximity to ocean, terrain, or buildings. It makes it a little harder to hit the ground. Though far from realistic, it allows ground effect vehicles to function nicely. Drag isn't decreased, but at least it considers wingspan.
All of these are old:
Ekranoplan of course: https://gfycat.com/TenderIllHedgehog
Floatiness over the runway: https://gfycat.com/slowordinaryamericancreamdraft
I don't know how expensive the raycast is, but I see at least two other ways to get your AGL:
vessel.radarAltitude
vessel.altitude - vessel.terrainAltitude
These two should probably be the same. Either should be much less expensive than doing the raycast. The problem I see is that if you have a craft with a lot of lifting surfaces, control surfaces, etc, there will be increased overhead for each raycast.
I do understand that using a single value will not be as accurate as f
