[Stock] The Nausicaa Replica pack

[Red Dwarf]

I'm back!

Winter break is upon us, and at last I can return to build new aircraft! While I was at school, I sketched out some designs from one of my favorite movies... hell, one of my favorite single pieces of fiction, Miyazaki's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. I love the series for a lot of reasons, and one of them is the aircraft. Such unconventional, instantly recognizable designs. They're almost characters in their own right.

I've worked on a few designs from Nausicaa in the past, most notably a recreation of the Corvette from waaay back in the souposphere. I just barely got it to fly, but this was before the Mark 3 parts were even introduced, and I never finished that build to my satisfaction. However, the new parts that were introduced in 1.0.5 suddenly made it possible to attempt the build again. After I made one, I couldn't stop myself from making more. So, without further ado...

 

Nausicaa's Glider (The Mehve)

 

This one's teeny tiny, but it was fun to work on and tons of fun to fly! I might come back and do more work on this, cause I'm not all that satisfied with how it flies right now, but that's a project for another time.

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The Corvette

This is the first thing I built when I got home from school, and I was shocked at how simple it was to put together. I didn't even have to go through my usual design process (of six or seven redesigns). I just slapped wings on the fuselage, and it just worked, no tinkering required. When I did do some tinkering, it started flying better than I could have hoped.

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The Bumblecrow

Now this is the one I never expected to work. It's probably the largest aircraft I've worked on, and I think you'll be amazed at how it flies. Despite it's bizarre design, it actually can fly. Not very well, granted, but a lot better than you'd expect. It's not really a mover, and it sure as hell ain't a looker. It's more of an... exister. It works in defiance of all expectations.

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I might try working on some other designs later, but those were the big ones. Have fun with em, folks!

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

Nice!  I don't recognize the source fictions, but I love the looks of them!  Especially the Bumblecrow.

[Majorjim!]

Just now, Mad Rocket Scientist said:

Nice!  I don't recognize the source fictions, but I love the looks of them!  Especially the Bumblecrow.

You're missing out! Valley of the wind, howls moving castle, ponyo, spirited away, my neighbor Totoro. Watch these movies immediately! Or anything by Studio Ghibli. Thank me later.

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

8 minutes ago, Majorjim said:

You're missing out! Valley of the wind, howls moving castle, ponyo, spirited away, my neighbor Totoro. Watch these movies immediately! Or anything by Studio Ghibli. Thank me later.

Hmm, I have seen Howl's moving castle and my neighbor Totoro, it's been a while though, I might be forgetting stuff from them.

[Majorjim!]

Just now, Mad Rocket Scientist said:

Hmm, I have seen Howl's moving castle and my neighbor Totoro, it's been a while though, I might be forgetting stuff from them.

I think the craft in the op are from that one movie mentioned, the valley of the wind, here are some pics:

 

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

8 minutes ago, Majorjim said:

I think the craft in the op are from that one movie mentioned, the valley of the wind, here are some pics:

[snip]

I don't think I've seen that one, the pics don't ring a bell.

[Red Dwarf]

Definitely give it a look. It really is a masterpiece 

[selfish_meme]

You should all watch The Wind Rises, its a historical ghible anime about the designer of the Mitsubishi Zero

[Red Dwarf]

11 minutes ago, selfish_meme said:

You should all watch The Wind Rises, its a historical ghible anime about the designer of the Mitsubishi Zero

Oh yeeaah, that was an interesting one. A look at a complicated piece of history

[TedwinKnockman66]

Bumblecrow look's like a Me 323 giant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_323

[Red Dwarf]

11 hours ago, TedwinKnockman66 said:

Bumblecrow look's like a Me 323 giant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_323

Woah dang, you're right! I always wondered what inspired that particular design, and I guess now I know. Miyazaki just lopped the tail of a cargo plane. Cool trivia!

[V8jester]

Thank you! I'm not the only one who has seen this movie! But have you guys seen the original with the proper voice actors? The original movie was so much better than the more recent re-mastered version

[Majorjim!]

On 01/10/2016 at 1:28 AM, selfish_meme said:

You should all watch The Wind Rises, its a historical ghible anime about the designer of the Mitsubishi Zero

I've seen most of the Ghible stuff. It's almost always good, sometimes great. Not sure I have seen that one though. Will have a look.

Edited January 12, 2016 by Majorjim

[John.E]

On 1/10/2016 at 0:28 AM, selfish_meme said:

You should all watch The Wind Rises, its a historical ghible anime about the designer of the Mitsubishi Zero

Not quite historical, but a great film none the less.

Jiro was married, his wife did not die, had a brother not a sister, he had children. There are a lot of other possible inaccuracies too, be your own judge.

But the flying is great and most of the aircraft history is solid from what I have read.

 

Oh, and don't miss Porco Rosso too  

Edited January 12, 2016 by John.E

[selfish_meme]

23 minutes ago, John.E said:

Not quite historical, but a great film none the less.

Jiro was married, his wife did not die, had a brother not a sister, he had children. There are a lot of other possible inaccuracies too, be your own judge.

But the flying is great and most of the aircraft history is solid from what I have read.

 

Oh, and don't miss Porco Rosso too  

Ah well, don't let a few inaccuracies get in the way of a good film or we would all be liquided at The Martian

[John.E]

On 1/12/2016 at 9:51 PM, selfish_meme said:

Ah well, don't let a few inaccuracies get in the way of a good film or we would all be liquided at The Martian

Did you miss my opening and closing comments?

Likening The Wind Rises to The Martian feeble. One could be taken as a historical piece (which it should not be, hence my post) the other never in a month of Sundays.

Ah well, don't let actually reading a post get in the way of a good snipe

[selfish_meme]

38 minutes ago, John.E said:

Did you miss my opening and closing comments?

Likening The Wind Rises to The Martian feeble. One could be taken as a historical piece (which it should not be, hence my post) the other never in a month of Sundays.

Ah well, don't let actually reading a post get in the way of a good snipe

I was not sniping I was agreeing with you, maybe you should reread it and not be so fast to retaliate to imagined injustices.

[John.E]

8 hours ago, selfish_meme said:

I was not sniping I was agreeing with you, maybe you should reread it and not be so fast to retaliate to imagined injustices.

Oops. Sorry. I missed the irony 

 

 

[theonegalen]

I saw your signature and had to drop by! Nausicaa (and other Ghibli fare) is a favorite of mine and I'm excited that these work in current KSP! I always wondered how some of Miyazaki's crazier designs would work, so it's really cool to see these. I'd really like to make some of the craft from Porco Rosso, which is a particular favorite of mine, and plan to do so once I unlock more parts in my career save.

[Red Dwarf]

35 minutes ago, theonegalen said:

I saw your signature and had to drop by! Nausicaa (and other Ghibli fare) is a favorite of mine and I'm excited that these work in current KSP! I always wondered how some of Miyazaki's crazier designs would work, so it's really cool to see these. I'd really like to make some of the craft from Porco Rosso, which is a particular favorite of mine, and plan to do so once I unlock more parts in my career save.

I did try and build Porco's pretty red plane, but I was having some issues. Center of mass too high, offset thrust caused torque... the design is a monster. Someday I'm really going to dedicate some time to making that one work, but not right now. That's gonna have to be after school gets out. 

[Rath]

Wow. --I've always loved that movie.  Mostly for the creatures, but also the aircraft.

very good ~100yrs after the apocalypse movie

[Deizelpunk]

Wow! This is one of my favourite movies, and these are great replicas! The one plane i really want is the "gunship" I think its called.

[CatastrophicFailure]

Hope this isn't too much necro-post-mancy, but those designs are incredible! The fact that you slapped that corvette together in 10 minutes shames me, I worked on mine for a few hours and it doesn't look nearly as good. 

Any idea if they still work in 1.1.3 (I spy the old small landing gear I think) and/or 1.0.5 with FAR?

[Wabbit]

These are great! I'd love to see some of the giant tank-hauling ships, though I understand they may not be feasible in KSP, or the towed glider.