NippyFlippers' Old Timey Flying Vehicles

[NippyFlippers]

Hi, I hope this is the right subforum to post such contraptions.

I will keep updating this thread with some of the airplanes I build, airplanes that try to capture the charme and sense of adventure of a past that never was.

As you can tell, I am quite fond of flying boats and float planes and a huge fan of old school open cockpits. I really, really whish there were more part mods to support such crafts.

 

 

EDIT:

Screw it! I'll make the mods myself, then.

 

First up: the White Swan MK1

 

Edited July 4 by NippyFlippers
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[NippyFlippers]

Next up: the Albatross MK1

It is just as hard to get off the ground as its namesake.

 

 

[NippyFlippers]

The third entry is the Whirly MK2.

Why not having the cabin in front of the cockpit?

You can see her on her expedition flight to No More Fuel Island.

 

Final approach for landing on No More Fuel Island, gliding with empty tanks and on a prayer.

 

Edited April 23, 2021 by NippyFlippers

[NippyFlippers]

Today's entry: the Leviathan MK1

Extra rickety and laden with fuel for its trip around the World, it needs a bit of a rocket boost to get off the ground.

I really whish there were some propper boat hull parts.

Edited April 23, 2021 by NippyFlippers

[Vanamonde]

These are cute.

[Single stage to ocean]

Is it stock?

[NippyFlippers]

50 minutes ago, Single stage to ocean said:

Is it stock?

No, it is modded as stated in the tags of this thread.

To build something like that you will need:

• Open Cokpit
• B9 Procedural Wings Fork
• Airplane Plus
• Restock+
• Procedural Parts

There are some more, but that should do the trick.

Edited April 23, 2021 by NippyFlippers

[NippyFlippers]

The next one is a technologically more advanced entry: Waterfowl MK2

No, those are not Bombs, they are scientific buoys.

[NippyFlippers]

The flying boat in development is the "Whale".

We managed to get it into the water.  Now our best engineers are working on getting it out of the water again under its own power.

[NippyFlippers]

It does not sink. That is progress.

[ColdJ]

Excellent models. you have a real talent and eye for detail.

[NippyFlippers]

On 5/12/2021 at 5:58 AM, ColdJ said:

Excellent models. you have a real talent and eye for detail.

Thanks mate!

No Kerbal craft is complete until you show it someone.

[NippyFlippers]

I made another one. The Double Trouble. Simple, no nonsense and with its DB601 engine ridiciloulsy overpowered.

Edited June 22, 2022 by NippyFlippers

[NippyFlippers]

You don't like flying boats? Well, I do.

I'll keep making them until you like them, too.

Edited June 4 by NippyFlippers

[Vanamonde]

Is it going to be a Catalina when it grows up? 

[NippyFlippers]

12 minutes ago, Vanamonde said:

Is it going to be a Catalina when it grows up? 

Yes, that is exactly the association I tried to invoke.

I tried to imagine what a Consolidated PBY Catalina would have looked like if it had not first flown in 1935 but in 1930.

Something that is technologically a bit more sophisticated than a Consolidated P2Y (which was an ancestor of the PBY) or a Dornier Do R, but not quite there yet.

I just love flying boats and whish they could become a thing again.

Edited June 4 by NippyFlippers