[1.4.x-1.8.x] Airplane Plus - R26.4 (Fixed issues/Github is up to date) (Dec 21, 2019)

[qromodynmc]

7 hours ago, blackheart612 said:

@qromodynmc Yep, they don't work. I think it's because they use a special module in the configs. They function differently from normal engines. Just remember that the center of lift is on the shaft of the rotor. 

Yeah, i have been doing that. Thanks again, and keep up the good work!

[Beetlecat]

9 hours ago, qromodynmc said:

Hello Blackheart! thanks for awesome mod!, everything looks nicely but i have this problem;

Center of thrust icon doesnt work, Im very new to this mod so i dont know if this is intentional or not. It works perfectly on other propeller engines, just not on helicopter rotors.

Hope you can inform me about this.

If you need it to verify thrust balance, etc. you can use RCS Build Aid -- it'll show you the expected rotation/torque of your craft -- Just remember to switch it to engine (thrust?) mode.

I've not tried with with Airplane Plus yet, but I'm assuming it won't be confused by the CoT indicator being so detached from the craft.

[blackheart612]

@Emily King What's your KSP version?

[Guest]

P-40 Cockpit?

Or should I replace my normal brain with my "It's time to semi-kill myself" brain and make it my self?

[tetryds]

Erm, the P-40 cockpit is kinda generic, in fact you could use the current A5M6 cockpit on it and it would look similar.

A better choice would be something along the lines of the BF-109 or the FW-190.

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, tetryds said:

Erm, the P-40 cockpit is kinda generic, in fact you could use the current A5M6 cockpit on it and it would look similar.

 

What so what you are saying is that THIS cockpit:

Cane be made into THIS?!

[kiwinanday]

Guys, everyone knows that framed cockpits are inferior and offer reduced visibility. Malcolm hood or P-51 bubble or bust. 

Or an Arado 234 nose.... 

[Guest]

*Hiccup* *Cough* A6M Zero *Hiccup* Framed Cockpit *Cough* *Nudge* Is in the mod.

[tetryds]

@Murican_Jeb I said they can look alike.

Simply clip something on the rear of the cockpit we have and it will look quite similar.

[Guest]

Just now, tetryds said:

@Murican_Jeb I said they can look alike.

Simply clip something on the rear of the cockpit we have and it will look quite similar.

 

Quite?

That like saying

2 hours ago, Murican_Jeb said:

What so what you are saying is that THIS cockpit:

Can be made into THIS!

 

[MariLaFlora]

How About Shvetsov ASh-82FN that used in La-5, La-7, La-9, La-11, Il-14, Pe-8 M-82 and Tu-2?

Edited December 3, 2016 by MariLaFlora
Fixed typo

[TedwinKnockman66]

51 minutes ago, MariLaFlora said:

How About Shvetsov ASh-82FN that used in La-5, La-7, La-9, La-11, Il-14, Pe-8 M-82 and Tu-2?

And need's a Yak-9, Yak-3, Il-2 cockpits

[qromodynmc]

Imo this mod needs .625m propeller engine for smaller crafts. Only one is enough.

[OrbitalBuzzsaw]

1 hour ago, qromodynmc said:

Imo this mod needs .625m propeller engine for smaller crafts. Only one is enough.

That and a .625m cockpit.

[qromodynmc]

1 hour ago, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

That and a .625m cockpit.

hah, that'd be very uncomfortable for a kerbal.

[NeoFatalis]

4 minutes ago, qromodynmc said:

hah, that'd be very uncomfortable for a kerbal.

maybe a 0.9375 cockpit? (it's the middle size between 0.625 and 1.25 and there are actually some mods that use this size)

Edited December 3, 2016 by NeoFatalis

[OrbitalBuzzsaw]

16 minutes ago, qromodynmc said:

hah, that'd be very uncomfortable for a kerbal.

I note that two kerbals fit into the helicopter cockpit side by side.

[Guest]

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Edited December 3, 2016 by Murican_Jeb
Im done

[Red Iron Crown]

12 minutes ago, Murican_Jeb said:

I'm gonna keep asking daily until I get an answer from @blackheart612

P-40 Cockpit

You will certainly not. See Rule 2.3f.

[tetryds]

15 minutes ago, Murican_Jeb said:

I'm gonna keep asking daily until I get an answer from @blackheart612

P-40 Cockpit

I don't think there is a better way to get a modder to not add a feature than pestering.

[Shnyrik]

On 03.12.2016 at 3:23 PM, qromodynmc said:

Imo this mod needs .625m propeller engine for smaller crafts. Only one is enough.

TweakScale can help you. Simply add this config to TweakScale patch folder.

Spoiler

@PART[fokkerprop]:NEEDS[TweakScale]
{
    %MODULE[TweakScale]
    {
        type = free
    }
}

@PART[51prop]:NEEDS[TweakScale]
{
    %MODULE[TweakScale]
    {
        type = free
    }
}

@PART[chaikaprop]:NEEDS[TweakScale]
{
    %MODULE[TweakScale]
    {
        type = free
    }
}

@PART[hawkerprop]:NEEDS[TweakScale]
{
    %MODULE[TweakScale]
    {
        type = free
    }
}

@PART[spadprop]:NEEDS[TweakScale]
{
    %MODULE[TweakScale]
    {
        type = free
    }
}

@PART[109Prop]:NEEDS[TweakScale]
{
    %MODULE[TweakScale]
    {
        type = free
    }
}

@PART[corsairprop]:NEEDS[TweakScale]
{
    %MODULE[TweakScale]
    {
        type = free
    }
}

@PART[fighterProp]:NEEDS[TweakScale]
{
    %MODULE[TweakScale]
    {
        type = free
    }
}

@PART[merlin]:NEEDS[TweakScale]
{
    %MODULE[TweakScale]
    {
        type = free
    }
}

@PART[spitfiremerlin]:NEEDS[TweakScale]
{
    %MODULE[TweakScale]
    {
        type = free
    }
}

@PART[yakprop]:NEEDS[TweakScale]
{
    %MODULE[TweakScale]
    {
        type = free
    }
}

@PART[zeroprop]:NEEDS[TweakScale]
{
    %MODULE[TweakScale]
    {
        type = free
    }
}

@PART[bellprop]:NEEDS[TweakScale]
{
    %MODULE[TweakScale]
    {
        type = free
    }
}

@PART[belltail]:NEEDS[TweakScale]
{
    %MODULE[TweakScale]
    {
        type = free
    }
}

 

On 03.12.2016 at 4:53 PM, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

That and a .625m cockpit.

There also is a solution, at least for open cockpits.

There is Mk1 Cargo Bay mod which also has 0.625 cargo bay.

You take it, take command seat and as a result get tons of happiness

Edited December 4, 2016 by Shnyrik

[blackheart612]

Whoa, I don't know why there are suddenly a lot of replies but I'm not complaining. Okay. I think that the best way to settle part priorities are through polls but I have no idea how to make polls. It may be my fault for not reading it somewhere. Anybody know how? Maybe @Red Iron Crown? Sorry for pulling you, I thought I'd ask since you were here. 

Anyways, I just started making another engine very recently.

It's the Chinook's engine. Those side engines will be removable once it's imported. I've been playing a little bit of KSP for a while so I wasn't able to do some developing. Should be time to add the 2 engines for a next release.

--

Regarding the cockpits, I already explained this a bit, most framed cockpits look the same. It's likewise to bubble canopies. Yak cockpits looks like the stock MK1 inline. Not exactly but good enough. Framed cockpits such as SBD Dauntless and A6M Zero look the same. @Murican_Jeb I understand the P40 has a little bit more unique cockpit. It has an armored back flared backwards like a long razorback. I have been thinking of a way to implement its looks without actually making it a 0.625-1.25 from nose to back. This is why I did not make it yet. Patience and I hopefully will find a way of modeling this. Just like how I suddenly was able to learn IVAs thus releasing cockpits.

--

0.625 engines. Yes, this is very possible. In fact, there's one engine in the released pack that is probably going to be a 0.625 engine. But I'm thinking of releasing this when I make a 0.625-1.25 cockpit.

0.625 cockpits, I haven't thought of yet. Give it some time. Especially for cockpits, the work for cockpits are double because of IVAs and extra configs and props needed. I could probably do it faster but I haven't been doing this long enough to do it flawlessly. So I take it slow.

--

@Shnyrik I'm all for 1.25 bays. Just you wait, I will add them if I can.  I already want them but we'll do it step by step to avoid confusion of my part.

 

[Red Iron Crown]

@blackheart612 You'd need a separate thread for a poll, they can only be made during thread creation as far as I know.

[blackheart612]

@Red Iron Crown Oh. Alright. Thanks. I don't know if it's that necessary to add a poll for that. I'll think about it.

[tg626]

On 12/1/2016 at 6:13 AM, blackheart612 said:

@qromodynmc Yep, they don't work. I think it's because they use a special module in the configs. They function differently from normal engines. Just remember that the center of lift is on the shaft of the rotor. 

I'm not where I can try it so I'll ask, what happens if you turn the chopper sideways?  So the rotor blades fade the same way a plane's engines would naturally?  Or maybe open the craft as is in the VAB?  It may not show cot because of an assumption about which direction the thrust is "supposed" to be facing....