(Outdated) Advanced plane tutorial #2: Stock, No DLC rotating VTOL engines

[@Walid-lx3yk]

Best vtol I have ever seen. In every way.

[@HafCoJoe]

Thank you :)

[@ICmaster15]

Ingenious design, great and clear explanation.

[@MajorJimPlays]

Great looking craft mate! It makes me feel all gooey inside seeing folks using thermo hinges.

[@HafCoJoe]

xD You were the original inspiration after all!!

[@MajorJimPlays]

Well thanks for saying so mate. It really is a lovely design and it looks to be able to fly rings around anything! That 180 was epic!

[@HafCoJoe]

I wish I could make it more maneuverable though... if you saw the video with the Spear, it can stall and spin at whatever speed you're going at because of how close the CoL and CoM are - due to this crafts heavier weight (I think that's the cause) this plane actually a bit less maneuverable than I would have hoped (but still not at all shabby so idk why I'm complaining). Thanks all the same MajorJim! Keep on rocking :)

[@supergamervictor]

This might actually solve wobbly variable wings. Definitely going to try this!

[@Zwettekop]

I'm so glad they're finally adding stock hinges!

[@HafCoJoe]

Yessss it's gonna be so awesome to rebuild these guys with automated rotation >:) I'll probably give it a variable wing, too.

[@siyacer]

At a price.

[@Zwettekop]

@@siyacer worth it

[@siyacer]

@@Zwettekop an official mod that costs money or a mod that does the same thing for free

[@Zwettekop]

@@siyacer well then you can download the mod. I prefer stock in this case. Everyone is happy.

[@MegaSpartan007]

Nice. You could use the autostrut option to solve the wobbling parts problem.

[@TrikeSquadron]

That is one awesome bird you built there.

[@Dakitess]

Very clean design indeed, only thing to make it perfect would be to avoid using NoLimit offset. But other than that, this is very clever and efficient !

[@HafCoJoe]

Aye, I still bite my lip that I had to use it :( Thanks though! Efficiency is something I strive for :)

[@Dakitess]

So do I ! Looks like this design is pretty doable with structural linkage between the central anchor points and the engines, so should not be an issue, exept when it comes to aesthetic integration :)

[@smcfadden1992]

Awesome video man im a little late to this game but any game i can build in i like

[@HafCoJoe]

No worries! I'm glad you liked it :)

[@SmokeyTube]

May i have the craft file? I would really like to see it for myself.

[@HafCoJoe]

Yeah! Both crafts are on KerbalX if you want to look at them. The crafts with "XV" are the ones you're looking for: kerbalx.com/hangars/12587

[@scottwilliams846]

Trying to fullscreen something that's already fullscreen

[@Gato_3k]

thax mann!! :) nice video

[@YelrocVideos]

Awesome craft

[@HafCoJoe]

Thanks! :D

[@jebediahkerman4251]

OMG U should become a aircraft enginer at Lockheed Martin This is Amazing

[@HafCoJoe]

Ha! As much as I would love to design a ship, I already know I lack the skills :) I live in a constant cycle of guess and check and in a real career that just doesn't work ;P Plus I hate math!

[@jebediahkerman4251]

Avera9eJoe That's Understandable I'd want to make aircraft for Airbus when I'm older but at the same time I'm lacking skills for the math. But I'm good at drawing like how I draw house plans before I build them on games.

[@abhishekkumar-rp8wv]

Brother please let me know which software did you used to design this aircraft

[@HafCoJoe]

Hey! Aircraft designed entirely in Kerbal Space Program with a handful of mods to give me extra information/precision

[@atomic8681]

Amazing work! Though how do you connect the engines to the port? I'm a bit confused.

[@HafCoJoe]

If you hold down Shift you can offset parts infinitely far. I was able to attach the engines directly to the port, and then offset then to their locations in the craft

[@atomic8681]

@@HafCoJoe Thanks!

[@joescmoe5225]

How do you switch do the engine camera

[@HafCoJoe]

What do you mean by engine camera?

[@scottwilliams846]

Question. Is it outdated because Breaking Ground came out? Or did the mechanics change? I don't have Breaking Ground so if I want a hinge VTOL, this might be my only option.

[@HafCoJoe]

Hey there! This model should still work without Breaking Ground. I released the craft on KerbalX too if you want to give it a shot kerbalx.com/Avera9eJoe/Volta-XV-Switch

[@scottwilliams846]

@@HafCoJoe I don't have a KerbalX account. I tried doing something with KerbalX a while ago and that stopped me. Don't remember if I was trying to upload or download.

[@elhomo6406]

are there any advantages to this as oppose to using a mod such as infernal robotics for the vtol functionality? Btw mad respect for taking the time and effort to make this, I think i would cry trying to perfectly align everything like this

[@HafCoJoe]

Not really lol, only that you can say it's bone stock. Infernal robotics does a lot of things better than the stock hinges (namely rotating without decoupling parts from the main craft) ;P

[@elhomo6406]

Avera9eJoe oh ok so is it primarily a sort of display of skill and understanding of the game mechanics?

[@HafCoJoe]

That, and that I'm a die hard stock purist! :D I wanted to build a hinged VTOL, and this was the result :)

[@HafCoJoe]

Pretty much yeah. And to be fun to fly :)

[@circuithunt2558]

You got to put BDA weapons on that!

[@istyprisniwi6464]

Why the facecam is sò small

[@Galvatorrix]

Can you actually build it and show us how to build it? This isnt a tutorial

[@HafCoJoe]

Hm, this is an advanced plane building tutorial, not a Volta tutorial. If you want to learn how to build the craft I suggest downloading it from KerbalX from the link in the description. Hope that helps?

[@Galvatorrix]

@@HafCoJoe I play KSP on the Xbox, I can't download it and play the jet and how would I learn how to make the VTOL engines then? I really want to make an F-35, I have made a HARRIER already. Thanks

[@HafCoJoe]

@@Galvatorrix To be honest with you building this on the Xbox would be extremely difficult, given that you can't install Collide-O-Scope. That mod is pretty much a necessity when doing something with colliders as finicky as this.

[@Galvatorrix]

@@HafCoJoe I figured out that you can't make turning mechanisms in the KSP Xbox one version. It malfunctions immediately

[@ivorynoire3027]

*When you think your decent at ksp*

[@HafCoJoe]

xD everyone had their obsession hahaha - I've been playing for something like 3,000 hours so don't feel bad if you're having troubles with hinges, experience comes with time and it took me a hell of a lot of time :P