Tips on How to build planes

[-dbv-]

I have to admit, i suck at building planes. It drives me crazy. Why are there no points on any part to put stuff on. adding a landing gear is pain in the ass. attaching engines to wings is impossible for me - they either clip through the wings and dont work at all or they simply don't belong to the plane at all. There has to be a major mistake I'm making. Please enlighten me.

[Biggsy]

I feel your pain bro only started playing over Xmas and I'm on a steep learning curve. I've not even started to learn the plane bits  I've learnt loads from the wiki page or the obvious YouTube.  Us Newbies need a good Yoda

[kdaviper]

Planes are hard. 

[Madishmike]

On 1/5/2024 at 9:13 PM, -dbv- said:

I have to admit, i suck at building planes. It drives me crazy. Why are there no points on any part to put stuff on. adding a landing gear is pain in the ass. attaching engines to wings is impossible for me - they either clip through the wings and dont work at all or they simply don't belong to the plane at all. There has to be a major mistake I'm making. Please enlighten me.

Hi Kdaviper, I'm thinking of doing a tutorial on this but to answer some of your issues. I use the small beam in symmetry mode to create additional clipping points to attach items including engines to wings/ landing gear etc. These can be pulled into the craft so are hidden. The Goliath engine can clip straight to the wing but usually are at a angle that you can adjust to the right position. What issues are you having with landing gear? If you would like you could add a pic or a video and I can see the best way to resolve the issues you are having 

[Kimera Industries]

As far as landing gear, a neat trick is to not attach it to the wing but to the fuselage. They can then be rotated and offset as needed to appear as though they are on the wing. If you are looking to attach pieces radially to others, like engines on wings, it's easier to do the same: Attach it to the body of the plane, then move it where you want.

If your issues are with stability, make sure that the center of lift is slightly behind the center of mass, that your brakes are full in the rear landing gear and zero in front, and that your center of thrust matches your center of mass.