Space Fighter Pack

[Frozen_Heart]

Space Fighter Pack

As I'm working on building up a competitive space navy for the Battle Club, I thought I'd work on some fighters first. I watched star wars recently so they are heavily based on Rebel Alliance ships.

Downloads:

Hastati Interceptor

Principes Fighter

Triarii Bomber

Gladius Heavy Fighter

[sal_vager]

These look familiar.........

Shouldn't that second craft have four wings?

[gGATORr]

These ships look good! I love the subtle Star Wars inspiration on each design. Except for the y-wing; that's not subtle, its just a y-wing haha. But again, it looks really good!

The Gladius heavy fighter, eh? I wonder where you got that name...

[Frozen_Heart]

These ships look good! I love the subtle Star Wars inspiration on each design. Except for the y-wing; that's not subtle, its just a y-wing haha. But again, it looks really good!

The Gladius heavy fighter, eh? I wonder where you got that name...

Yeah every time I deviated from that design it looked terrible. I didn't want it to look that much like a Y-wing but eventually gave in and went with that design. :/

I'm going with a Roman naming theme.

[SelectHalfling0]

Good job! The bomber reminds me of the Star Wars Y-Wing.

[Rune]

These look familiar.........

Shouldn't that second craft have four wings?

Not if it is based on the E-wing, like it clearly is:

First one should be "A", third clearly "Y" as previously stated, and the last one really went far form the original "B" inspiration. You should go back to that and make the asymmetric deign work! Leave all fuel in the middle and balance the CoM around it with the cockpit on one side and something like "missiles" on the other end.

Rune. I like 'em! Of course, I love SW.

Edited October 28, 2014 by Rune

[Frozen_Heart]

the last one really went far form the original "B" inspiration. You should go back to that and make the asymmetric deign work! Leave all fuel in the middle and balance the CoM around it with the cockpit on one side and something like "missiles" on the other end.

I'm tempted to go back and look at that one again to see if asymmetrical could work. Though missiles on one side wouldn't work as when they are fired off the CoM will change. Maybe a couple of reaction wheels slightly sunk into the wings to keep its slim profile?

[Rune]

I'm tempted to go back and look at that one again to see if asymmetrical could work. Though missiles on one side wouldn't work as when they are fired off the CoM will change. Maybe a couple of reaction wheels slightly sunk into the wings to keep its slim profile?

To get counterbalance for ~1.5mT (MkI pod + endcap on the back + some misc stuff) with twice the lever arm on the other side? Easy, has to be around half the mass. You know, a couple big rails to look like the lasers (0.3 each), and plenty of reaction power to compensate because no one is perfect, and perhaps you can even put a functional missile in there also. Skimp a little on mass because the wing is also heavier on one side.

Rune. Now if it has to look like a B-wing and be useful... that's a taller order.

Edited October 28, 2014 by Rune

[Frozen_Heart]

Rune. Now if it has to look like a B-wing and be useful... that's a taller order.

As I use them in the Naval battle club function is pretty important. I initially tried having a missile on just the lower fin but the ship couldn't balance like that. I ended up putting them on both upper and lower fins (not shown)