This is my excuse for making something with a gyroscope, which I usually never use. I was inspired by the Fallout 3 vertibird, and DONUT KING's BSR Vtol: [url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=974351[/url]
I'm more than certain that his flies a LOT better than mine.
It's all thruster controlled, monitored by an e2 which handles sounds and the gyroscope.
Originally I was going to have it be super detailed, like these screenshots:
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/FireDemonParker/Gmod%20Fun/gm_flatgrass20080002.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/FireDemonParker/Gmod%20Fun/gm_flatgrass20080004.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/FireDemonParker/Gmod%20Fun/gm_flatgrass20080003.jpg[/IMG]
However, trying to get it to fly with all that stuff on there was near impossible, so I had to strip it down a bit to this:
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/FireDemonParker/Gmod%20Fun/gm_flatgrass20080005-1.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/FireDemonParker/Gmod%20Fun/gm_flatgrass20080006-1.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/FireDemonParker/Gmod%20Fun/gm_flatgrass20080007-1.jpg[/IMG]
It actually flew after I got rid of the biggest parts, and it still looks like what I wanted it to be. Comes with sounds for the engine. I'm still working out the kinks, mainly the horrible rocking after doing turns or braking too fast.
Video:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Kc42xwipo[/media]
I like it. Reminds me of Gm9.
VTOLs everywhere.
I like it.
Nice bird. A suggestion to help out with gyro stabilization. Increase the weight of the thrusters to give them a stronger hold. I also use an accumulator to help level the gyro stabilization as well. I only do this if its leaning to far in any direction.
Cantido is right--listen to him.
it's hideous...my eyes....all thruster...I like it. I might suggest a more unified skinning, though :) Has a steampunk/post-apoc kind of look taht's pretty cool.
Adding the stuff for flying you can do with weight =1, nocollide, and then no-weld parenting. Had the same problem myself several times before I got the hang of different types of parenting. Just skin it BEFORE you do this
An accumulator? What is that exactly?
[QUOTE=kepper;23721361]An accumulator? What is that exactly?[/QUOTE]
It's a simple chip in Wire Control: Timer....I think. It's been a while.
Wow.. both looks and acts brilliantly. I really like the sort of apocolypic-I-made-this-panicking-while-zombies-were-beating-on-the-door type of thing.
IMO it's actually BETTER looking that one that's all sleek and shiny.
Looks like we got a praise spammer. Anyways, I like the landing gear.
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