DC-3's are easily one of the coolest aircraft out there. They're just beautiful.
[QUOTE=MrWhite;30202973]DC-3's are easily one of the coolest aircraft out there. They're just beautiful.[/QUOTE]
I fly them in FSX almost all the time :v:
[QUOTE=Pringles.;30203074]I fly them in FSX almost all the time :v:[/QUOTE]
Same, as practice :D.
Yeah, I wouldn't have guessed they were cheap until I looked into them. WWII surplus drop versions are even cheaper, at ~90,000.
My father wants me to fly his business trips, which is how I got him to pay for flight school, and he wanted a business plane, as it wasn't very business-owner esque to show up on loaded 737's, though it is a small business. Turns out the DC-3 serves our purposes perfectly, and is cheap, and beautiful. Therefore its very likely I'll wind up flying one, which would be a very early childhood dream come true.
Aww, I wished I could make stuff like this.
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[QUOTE=Balto-the-Wolf-Dog;30208812]Same, as practice :D.
Yeah, I wouldn't have guessed they were cheap until I looked into them. WWII surplus drop versions are even cheaper, at ~90,000.
My father wants me to fly his business trips, which is how I got him to pay for flight school, and he wanted a business plane, as it wasn't very business-owner esque to show up on loaded 737's, though it is a small business. Turns out the DC-3 serves our purposes perfectly, and is cheap, and beautiful. Therefore its very likely I'll wind up flying one, which would be a very early childhood dream come true.[/QUOTE]
So much envy in me.
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Metric shittons of envy.
I like everything except the turret. It just looks too edgy.
[i]This is how I check-in[/i]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/j9GNb.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Balto-the-Wolf-Dog;30208812]My father wants me to fly his business trips, which is how I got him to pay for flight school, and he wanted a business plane, as it wasn't very business-owner esque to show up on loaded 737's, though it is a small business. Turns out the DC-3 serves our purposes perfectly, and is cheap, and beautiful. Therefore its very likely I'll wind up flying one, which would be a very early childhood dream come true.[/QUOTE]
You know a MIG-21 is like $30k, right? And yeah, on a DC3, maintenance will be a bitch. I'd go turboshaft conversion, myself; more expensive at first, but greater reliability. Yeah it's not the same, but from experience, turbines require very little maintenance and have a stunningly long lifespan (for an idea, if the average 1000hp-range turbine was a car engine, based on hours to mileage at mean speed and average operating rpm, they would have an average lifespan of about 600,000 miles and maybe 1/5th as many parts). I worked for an airline repairing everything there because the mechanics are lazy bastards and don't do shit.
And how fucking rich is your family here? :wtc:
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60mph X 10,000 hour lifespan = 600,000 mile engine life. Turbines are "broken down" every 5,000 miles average (they pop the case, check and make sure everything's still running right, no fatigue, etc.), and the [I]minimum [/I]lifespan is around 10,000 hours. There are turbines built in the 1950s, with old 1950s metallurgy, and they still run now without total rebuilds. I've seen original 737 engines still running without anything replaced on them except for a few bearings. Insanely long lifespan.
I agree with RedReaper, buy new engines for it once you have it
[img]http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/large/257/257123.jpg[/img]
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You're probably quite rich since you can afford planes :v:
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Talking about planes in Cipher's warthog thread :wtc:
[QUOTE=Pringles.;30218074]
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Talking about planes in Cipher's warthog thread :wtc:[/QUOTE]
Yes, well bringing the plane thing back to Garry's Mod, I can offer this...
[img]http://www.cipher-ultra.com/images/gmod/preview/seaplane.jpg[/img]
[url]http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=110880[/url]
Nice plug lol
Back on topic, I've actually been thinking about doing what you did with the wheels, using rangers and applyforce to simulate wheels realistically. Garrys mod wheels just suck balls, to be honest (I'm sick of being at 40mph and hopping around like mad), though I don't use holos. I was thinking maybe parented wheels would do the trick, just parented to an RPM-governed chip, but doing the force with each wheel's grip being simulated individually (so if I have 2 wheels on the ground, it'll behave like a real car would with 2 wheels on the ground.
[QUOTE=Cipher_Ultra;30218853]Yes, well bringing the plane thing back to Garry's Mod, I can offer this...
[img]http://www.cipher-ultra.com/images/gmod/preview/seaplane.jpg[/img]
[url]http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=110880[/url][/QUOTE]
Sexy
I once made a warthhog with realistic steering and full suspension (of lego), it worked brilliantly, but my father destroyed it by sitting on it :(. had a million different colours though, looked hippie.
[QUOTE=Unslinga;30237464]I once made a warthhog with realistic steering and full suspension (of lego), it worked brilliantly, but my father destroyed it by sitting on it :(. had a million different colours though, looked hippie.[/QUOTE]
Weren't legos awesome? I still have some completed models somewhere (all aircraft, go figure, aside from a few subs) My sandbox history goes like this
Lego--> Lego Creator--> Lego-->Gmod/minecraft
Lego--> More Lego--> Building stuff out of scrap parts--> GMod--> derp, idk
Lego --> CAD --> scrapyard --> Gmod
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--> more scrapyard & gmod
[QUOTE=RedReaper;30243001]Lego --> CAD --> scrapyard --> Gmod
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--> more scrapyard & gmod[/QUOTE]
then real life
[QUOTE=RedReaper;30243001]Lego --> CAD --> scrapyard --> Gmod --> more scrapyard & gmod[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Ldesu;30243974]then real life[/QUOTE]
Scrapyard = going to the local scrapyard, pulling shit out, seeing what you can put together. Doesn't get more "real life" than that. For instance, last month I built an electric water pump from a car alternator and a two-stroke motor.
[QUOTE=RedReaper;30250264]Scrapyard = going to the local scrapyard, pulling shit out, seeing what you can put together. Doesn't get more "real life" than that. For instance, last month I built an electric water pump from a car alternator and a two-stroke motor.[/QUOTE]
High-class living at its finest.
[QUOTE=RedReaper;30250264]Scrapyard = going to the local scrapyard, pulling shit out, seeing what you can put together. Doesn't get more "real life" than that. For instance, last month I built an electric water pump from a car alternator and a two-stroke motor.[/QUOTE]
heh, I built a gocart with my friends when I was a kid. didn't have a motor, had to be driven down a hill :v:
wish I had a scrapyard nearby...
my history:
lego --> more lego --> gmod --> lego Universe --> gmod
[QUOTE=Unslinga;30265889]wish I had a scrapyard nearby...
my history:
lego --> more lego --> gmod --> lego Universe --> gmod[/QUOTE]
Lego Universe is a disappointment :smith:
when i was 11 i think i watched balto the movie, good shit
[QUOTE=Grimking;30423604]when i was 11 i think i watched balto the movie, good shit[/QUOTE]
Rated you agree because you're right. Except for the sequels... ugh
I love random pointless bumps. They're so fun.
I love how every thread I post in gets derailed. It's so fun.
[QUOTE=Pringles.;30424899]I love how every thread I post in gets derailed. It's so fun.[/QUOTE]
Its just that every thread gets derailed...
When i spawn this a lag aloooot, any clues why, it seems to be with anything made of holos.
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