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[1.12.5] WaterDrinker - Stockalike Propeller Engines [0.4][09.08.2024]


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23 hours ago, SwissArmyKnife said:

First thing that springs to mind is Lack's old SXT seaplane.

We might be basing on the same thing, the DHC-3 Otter

This is now on GitHub, though still a bit WIPy

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2 hours ago, The Dressian Exploder said:

Will the oval-esque cross section of this plane be a fully fleshed-out size like some kind of Mk2 or Mk3 equivalent or is it going to just be the single part in a similar vein to the SXT plane mentioned earlier?

Screenshots might have been confusing / hard to read angle - It has no custom cross section, it's just size1 / 1,25m with a bump for the crew cabin.

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Really cool mod! I'm all for more of these smaller precision mods. Easier on load times and RAM. By the way, I noticed a bug where some of the engines (at least the larger ones) would make some noise when you placed them in the SPH. It's not instant, but after a bit the engine spools up, which can be distracting in the editor.

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Hey these look really nice! Glad to see an alternative to firespitter, as some of the parts that firespitter adds are well uhhh... of subpar quality.

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I've been messing around with this mod a bit since I saw it on CKAN earlier today and it's been really fun. Since this is an early version I've encountered a few bugs you might want to hear about though. For some reason none of the parts like one of my planes and the prop will go black once spun up. I've tested it with different craft to see if I could figure out what's causing it but sadly couldn't replicate it with other craft. I also feel like the drag on the 1.25m props is too high and the trumpet struggles to get a 5 ton plane past 90 m/s while with the same plane the vuvuzela can only get up to 180m/s. Anyway, it's really cool to see a lightweight prop mod that's very good at being stockalike.

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I built a light (1 ton) electric aircraft for Duna using "Stylophone" electric engine. Its electric usage is 0.001/sec (max) and producing 17.0kN thrust. Isn't it too overpowered? Because my plane flies at +100m/s on Kerbin with one smallest solar panel which gives 0.3/sec (max) electric.

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On 10/14/2023 at 12:43 PM, CanOmer said:

I built a light (1 ton) electric aircraft for Duna using "Stylophone" electric engine. Its electric usage is 0.001/sec (max) and producing 17.0kN thrust. Isn't it too overpowered? Because my plane flies at +100m/s on Kerbin with one smallest solar panel which gives 0.3/sec (max) electric.

Thanks for flagging - there was an error with its resource calculation. Now should use around 5ec/s.

 

 

WaterDrinker v0.4

https://github.com/Tantares/WaterDrinker/releases/tag/v0.4

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WaterDrinker v0.4

A simplified and lightweight analogue to the basic FireSpitter propeller plane controller, with some example parts.
Add the "WaterDrinker" folder to your KSP/GameData folder.

Includes:

  • size 0 piston prop
  • size 0 electric prop
  • size 1 piston prop
  • size 1 turbo prop
  • size 1 cockpit

v0.3:

  • added size 1 turbo prop

v0.4:

  • added size 1 cockpit
  • rebalanced electric engine.

MIT

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1 hour ago, Spike88 said:

I'm getting a Trojan warning when trying to download this mod off github. Just a heads up

False positive, common for many DLL plugins unfortunately. A request for false positive whitelisting has kindly been made (you know who you are).

I hope folks can trust that I'm not dispensing a virus here :D

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3 minutes ago, Beale said:

False positive, common for many DLL plugins unfortunately. A request for false positive whitelisting has kindly been made (you know who you are).

I hope folks can trust that I'm not dispensing a virus here :D

I have faith in you not dispensing a virus, although it wouldn't be unheard of for a mod creator to do so haha. I was mostly pointing it out in terms of something being compromised between you releasing and me downloading(not sure how the whole process with github works).

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18 hours ago, Av8tor8a said:

Is there any chance a tandem seat trainer cockpit that follows the same black/yellow pattern of the turboprop could be added?

That could be fun - I think if I had in mind to expand further, maybe a cessna style thing? Currently I am focusing on Tantares, but there may be more in future! I would be really happy to help others implement waterdrinker in their mods too (create a standalone plugin distribution, etc).

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10 minutes ago, Beale said:

That could be fun - I think if I had in mind to expand further, maybe a cessna style thing? Currently I am focusing on Tantares, but there may be more in future! I would be really happy to help others implement waterdrinker in their mods too (create a standalone plugin distribution, etc).

I was mostly thinking of some sort of Pilatus, though a Cessna or even a Piper type of cockpit would work.

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In love with this! It's been on my mind for ages but a whole new propeller engine plug-in is sorely needed, ideally one that can recreate torque/P-factor effects for use with Ferram and AJE. I wonder what work would have to be done to adapt this to AJE!

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