mcdouble Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Been working on this for a while and it is sort of in a working state, but needs a lot of tweaking of aerodynamic settings etc. If anyone knows how to get things to fly well and would like to test it out that would be great. download: https://github.com/mcd0uble/HL20 Main problems atm: 1. Couldn't find a way to get the rudders on the wings to attach at the correct angle, because they're in such a weird position with the edge basically rotated through all 3 axes so the game doesn't want to snap to it. At the moment you just have to attach them and then gizmo rotate them around the green axis into the right position. 2. The elevators on the top and bottom have to use ModuleAeroSurface rather than ModuleControlSurface so that they only actuate in one direction, but they don't seem to function completely. They will deploy for yaw left and right and for airbraking, but not for pitching up and down (which is their main function..). No idea if that can be fixed. 3. I can't for the life of me figure out how to make mirror symmetry work for the rear landing gear, so at the moment you have to just place one, and then another on the other side rotated 180 degrees. There's a craft file included to show how it should be put together. (totally not a Dream Chaser mod btw) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypervelocity Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 what a lovely model & texturing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartoffelkuchen Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Stunning. I wish you'd have given it some more polies (especially in the front / nosecone section) though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftedCougar Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Neat little spaceplane, Flies great, The only thing I dont like is the fact that theres no adapter in the mod and the fact that its really hard to get on a rocket without flips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdouble Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 Oh yeah there will definitely be an adapter and other things like that when I've finished. I was just hoping to get some help making the thing fly decently in the meantime, as I don't know much about how aero works in the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftedCougar Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 13 minutes ago, mcdouble said: Oh yeah there will definitely be an adapter and other things like that when I've finished. I was just hoping to get some help making the thing fly decently in the meantime, as I don't know much about how aero works in the game. For me personally the thing glides nicely, Comes down safely most of the time unless I pitch up too late, The aerodynamics are fine for me. Spoiler Bonus: How I launched it, Some fins and uh..about 10 reaction wheels inside that fairing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Blue Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 @DriftedCougar MOAR PICS, pleeze! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftedCougar Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Stone Blue said: @DriftedCougar MOAR PICS, pleeze! Finnneee, But just the ones I find good looking, OK? Spoiler Space Station! A sunflare. Oh, I was partially correct in how many but there ARE reaction wheels. And one more on launch: Edited April 3, 2020 by DriftedCougar Sneaky Os Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypervelocity Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) On 4/3/2020 at 2:23 PM, DriftedCougar said: did you manage to escape that supernova??? :$ Edited April 5, 2020 by hypervelocity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droper355 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) Why i don’t have a crew in the ship, although in the menu selection it says that everything is there. Control is there but no crew icons Edited April 8, 2020 by Vanamonde Font fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallum61 Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Thanks to BDB and MLP, pretty neat looking Dreamchaser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomash Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 I'm not even sure how I stumbled onto this mod, but I'm sure glad I did. The model and texturing are beautiful, and it's easy to fly. It's one of the most stable space planes, especially during reentry and landing that I've used. Please keep it up. Thanks for creating this excellent little mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOfMaar Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) On 3/30/2020 at 8:28 PM, mcdouble said: Main problems atm: 1. Couldn't find a way to get the rudders on the wings to attach at the correct angle, because they're in such a weird position with the edge basically rotated through all 3 axes so the game doesn't want to snap to it. At the moment you just have to attach them and then gizmo rotate them around the green axis into the right position. 2. The elevators on the top and bottom have to use ModuleAeroSurface rather than ModuleControlSurface so that they only actuate in one direction, but they don't seem to function completely. They will deploy for yaw left and right and for airbraking, but not for pitching up and down (which is their main function..). No idea if that can be fixed. 3. I can't for the life of me figure out how to make mirror symmetry work for the rear landing gear, so at the moment you have to just place one, and then another on the other side rotated 180 degrees. Hey mcdouble. You may want to consider making stack nodes for these wings. These nodes will need to be oriented forward or backward like with any inline hull piece then with the necessary slanting so that the wings snap on perfectly-- not to be oriented pointing inward from the wing/outward from the hull as that will still leave an issue of rotation in one axis which leaves a window open for phantom roll to plague people's builds of your craft. Go back to using ModuleControlSurface and ignore when the elevons clip into the hull when they're moving to provide pitch and roll. This is the module for elevons, after all. Airbrakes, by nature, will work well for yaw control (see split elevons serving as airbrakes in flying wings) but not for pitch or roll. ModuleAeroSurface was therefore not written to accommodate this use case. Us part makers just have to deal with it, sadly. Yeah that'll give you a few gray hairs. I haven't the energy to do anything about that, though. I'm very sorry. But I can tell you that stack nodes may be something to avoid while figuring out the wheels. Edited June 20, 2020 by JadeOfMaar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clamp-o-Tron Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 (edited) This is fantastic! Much better than the alternative, something that hasn't been updated in a while (or kitbashing). This looks really nice, really stockalike. A few suggestions if you don't mind: •An adapter as has been said •removing NASA from part descriptions (what is NASA?) •a cargo variant with KIS storage and a switchable b9 tank like @Nertea does for SSPEXr Edited June 21, 2020 by Clamp-o-Tron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecat5002 Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Amazing mod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberro+ Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Very nice looking parts, Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloakedwand72 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 On 4/3/2020 at 8:09 AM, DriftedCougar said: Neat little spaceplane, Flies great, The only thing I dont like is the fact that theres no adapter in the mod and the fact that its really hard to get on a rocket without flips. Have you thought of placing a faring around the space plane or putting fins at the bottom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhelperdude Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 I'm really sorry to ask, but is this mod still beeing worked on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epcotnerd Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 This is absolutely amazing! Will the HL-42 ever be coming to this mod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhelperdude Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 15 hours ago, Epcotnerd said: This is absolutely amazing! Will the HL-42 ever be coming to this mod? the mod author seems to be online, but there hasn't been much stuff here from him hopefully he will continue making more cool stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOVAspace Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 I just found this and it's already one of my favorite part mods. I've played around with it for a bit, built an adapter to fit the Hephaistos Vulcan and launched it. The launch didn't go to well, but I had no problem gliding it back to the runway. My suggestions for the future: • as said before, an adapter (not sure what diameter it should have tho) • make EVA possible • maybe even add an IVA view I posted some screenshots in my twitter account: https://twitter.com/_novaspace/status/1412445312464080899?s=19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galileo chiu Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 is this still alive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceFace545 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 7 hours ago, Galileo chiu said: is this still alive? no this has been dead for a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothingSpecial Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Finally tried this beauty yesterday. The model is astonishing. I would say this is one of the best spaceplanes done in the highly detailed but more or less fitting in the stock style, maybe even the best. Kinda sad that this never got finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zer0Kerbal Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 2 hours ago, nothingSpecial said: Finally tried this beauty yesterday. The model is astonishing. I would say this is one of the best spaceplanes done in the highly detailed but more or less fitting in the stock style, maybe even the best. Kinda sad that this never got finished. I have been considering asking @mcdoubleif I may adopt this; issue is what is the license? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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