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Showcase / All Aboard

« on: April 17, 2014, 07:07:27 AM »

I must say that this is one of my fav builds I've done so far just for the fact that :
1 - It brings a smile to my face each time I think of it
2 - It does in-fact fly
3 - It's a TRAIN that can FLY 

How this idea came about - No idea I just had a flash of planes are trains and trains are..... NO surely that wouldn't work.... would it..

What design did I use of the train - No just how I think they look lol













Yes forsy, I will get round to making some carriages for it 

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Design Challenges / Re: Design Challenge Suggestions

« on: April 17, 2014, 06:35:24 AM »

I love that poem!!!

It's not a poem but actually the opening lyrics of the TV show theme called The Ballad of Serenity by Sonny Rhodes for that amazing  show called Firefly.

Build a Space Ship from a sci-fi show or movie

Based on your signature, is there something you had in mind that you wanted to build?

Yes I would realllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly would like to try and build Serenity but not too sure if I have the skills to make it... Only one way to find out 

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Suggestions / Re: Ideas for Lift

« on: April 17, 2014, 06:27:30 AM »

My Ideas

1 To be able to colour parts

2 To have the option to have the elevator automatically centre

3 To change  wind and Thermal settings

4 A map editor  so you could share maps and create your own challenges

5 the water to actually work like water so you could build aircraft carriers and seaplanes

6 To be able to play the game offline so you could save models and challenges to a database

7 To change the start locations

Now I'm not trying to be inconsiderate towards the game of lift I know that the creators are working very hard and the game is incredible in every way thanks for making such a fantastic sandbox game!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn I was going to ask about the water as I want to build a coulple of planes well 1 plane (Bartini VVA-14) the other is classed a Ground effect vehicle transport (Lun-class ekranoplan) which isn't a plane but has a service ceiling of 7,500 m 

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Showcase / C-Wing Double Fuselage

« on: April 17, 2014, 06:21:38 AM »

While looking at different plane designs I came across the idea of the C-Wing, where it has no rudder on the fuselage but actually on the ends of the wings. The C design would also make aircraft with small wing span, but could have more wing area then a normal wing. No airplane has been build with this design wing as it doesn't give any significant increase in speed or range. Designs do call for a front canad on this type of plane but I found that it didn't make it fly too well but after trying a wing at the back between the 2 fuselage and it's alot better now







Where my idea came from -

This one        ^

Cosmic Grenade

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Design Challenges / Re: Design Challenge Suggestions

« on: April 15, 2014, 03:55:51 PM »

Build a Space Ship from a sci-fi show or movie

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Bugs / Angles

« on: April 15, 2014, 09:04:21 AM »

I keep running into a problem with the angles of wings i.e. if you put 15 in X and 23 in Z click off the wing and back on and Y has 2.20972907 in it's box.

Take GnomeSlice - Flight Trainer : The rudder is set at X 330 and Z 90. But click off and back onto the rudder and Y has 1.97170606 set in it, which makes it turn to the left.
Or
Go to editor just make a wing and put 100 into X and click off and on and it changes into X 80.00001 Y 180 Z 180

Why do some angles change slightly like put 50 in Y and 90 in Z and it stays like that but take out the Y and the Z changes to  90.00001.

Cosmic

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Suggestions / Re: Ideas for Lift

« on: April 14, 2014, 07:46:23 PM »

For the left had box in the editor - a scroll bar and a collapsible tree
More colours

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General Discussion / Re: Hello all

« on: April 14, 2014, 07:16:25 PM »

First and second Test complete
Someone registered and the reply button works

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Suggestions / Ideas for Lift

« on: April 14, 2014, 07:02:54 PM »

My ideas so far :-
To be able to merge smaller wing into larger ones
Hollow tubes
To make fuselage with different width at the ends so like 0.5 at one end and 1.5 at the other
Use the mouse in the editor for moving stuff and angles
To have a movable cam in editor
.......
Have got more ideas but can't think of them at the mo
Cosmic

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General Discussion / Hello all

« on: April 14, 2014, 06:56:38 PM »

Hi all I'm Cosmic Grenade (yes the one who made a train fly  )
Just wanted to say hi to everyone.