The Aerodynamics mod is SO MUCH FUN! - Space Engineers Fighter PVP

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After messing around with the Aerodynamics mod, I came up with an idea for a cool challenge. I gathered my friends D3lta, Psi and Florius and we battled it out in a series of dogfights, ending in a battle royal!
This video also serves as a very loose guide to the Aerodynamics mod, showing you how to create aerodynamic planes. Some of us do better than others lol.
Zer0 Uncut - where the unedited battles will be uploaded: / @zer0uncut
The multiplayer server I mentioned will be available on my Discord in the summer: discordapp.com/invite/AGpa7pz
All planes used in the video can be found here: steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
Obviously you'll also need to Aerodynamics mod: steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
0:00 Start
0:12 The Premise
0:43 The Contestants
2:12 Testing Planes in Vanilla
3:11 Explain and using the Aerodynamics mod
5:36 Making improvements
7:06 Battle 1: Zer0 vs Florius
7:44 Battle 2: D3lta vs Psi
8:27 Battle 3: D3lta vs Florius
8:53 Battle 4: Zer0 vs Psi
9:21 Battle 5: Zer0 vs D3lta
10:08 Battle 6: Florius vs Psi
10:35 BATTLE ROYAL
12:23 Aftermath
13:00 Full battles will be uploaded to channel in the description!
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Florius' KZbin: / @floriusaut
D3lta's Twitch: / briard3lta
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Space Engineers is a voxel-based sandbox game set in space and on planets, developed and published by Czech independent developer Keen Software House. In 2013, the initial developmental release of the game joined the Steam early access program. During the following years of active development, Space Engineers sold over one million units. In total as of 2019 the game has sold over 3.5 million copies In May 2015, for approximately a year and a half, the game's source code was officially available and maintained by KSH to assist the modding community. On December 15, 2016, the game entered Beta and was later officially released on February 28, 2019.
The game is a sandbox game about engineering, construction, exploration and survival in space and on planets. Players build space ships, space stations, planetary outposts of various sizes and uses, pilot ships and travel through space to explore planets and gather resources to survive.
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Title: Space Engineers Fighter PVP TOURNAMENT - Modded Multiplayer Battle
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[@Zer0sLegion]

If i've learnt anything from this video, it's that crashing the the most effective weapon in Space Engineers... 💥💥💥

[@Zer0Uncut]

And full battles can be seen here!

[@boijone8440]

as someone who actually knows how to dogfight, this hurt to watch

[@boijone8440]

you shouldve made a f22 raptor

[@theempireofthepeople]

I think the "German plane" is a BF-109...and if it is, then it was actually known for being very durable and having really heavy guns, so the recreation was pretty on point I guess?

[@Zer0sLegion]

Lol, Florius will love that

[@obamaprisum6943]

Well no that was the fockewolfe not the bf but yeah

[@Sorinoir]

@@obamaprisum6943 Focke-Wulf

[@thesupreme8062]

​@@obamaprisum6943bot bf109 and fw109 are pretty heavily armed. As far as durability goes im sure theyre pretty similar

[@Darktotaled]

@@thesupreme8062 109 was more durable and had bigger guns the K4 being an example carrying a 30mm. the 190 was more agile having a better roll rate and lighter frame apart from the ground attack variant that carried multiple 20mm guns and heavy bombs

[@alpacaofthemountain8760]

"A railgun flew past me? What a space engineers sentence

[@astronomicalgamer205]

The rail gun idea has some logic. If it was something that had a higher fire rate so you could blast them away it would have worked better

[@Gaaaaaame]

the COM should be in FRONT of the COL the closer the COL is to the COM, the more maneuverability you have (when using control surfaces, that is. Gyros make this point pretty null), but the less stable you are

[@Zer0sLegion]

In real life yes, but as far as the mod is concerned, it doesn't. Having it on top of each other means there's no pull in any direction so you glide in a straight-ish line and and your gyros do all the turning.

[@SUNBEAM_404]

Crashing into the launch ramp is the best way to fly.

[@Zer0sLegion]

Unironically, Psi plane few the best after hitting the ramp lol

[@justahamsterthatcodes]

It much harder, but also much more fun. Add plane parts and aerodynamic control surfaces, of course with aerodynamics. Then don't use gyros. Once you build a decent plane and get a hang of it, it's insanely fun!

[@Zer0sLegion]

We can barely built working planes as it is!

[@justahamsterthatcodes]

@@Zer0sLegion Well that could make it into a fun multi part video series then! xD Part 1 is figuring out how to get a plane to fly. Part 2 is figuring out how to fly the plane. Part 3 is actually fighting! Id honestly love to watch that trainwreck!

[@user-di6lm8fp8j]

I think the fights on these planes would be more spectacular if they were without gyroscopes and it was necessary to make ailerons. In addition, as far as I remember, the behavior of the aircraft is very strongly influenced by the position of the engine relative to the center of lift. And so the video turned out to be funny, especially the fights :)

[@Zer0sLegion]

There's not really a way to do it without gyroscopes, the mod's physics aren't advanced enough.

[@AdrianOkay]

@@Zer0sLegion there's this mod called Aerodynamic Control Surfaces, and after testing it the planes are really maneuverable and behave pretty well with it

[@tomobryant2070]

*BOOM* "mmmm it's like bread through soup" 😂

[@JUNIsLuke]

@3:08 avg Warthunder landing lmao

[@msd2420]

From what I know, the center of lift should be a bit behind the center of mass. But I might be wrong, I've read about it a long time ago.

[@Zer0sLegion]

In real life yes, but as far as the mod is concerned, it doesn't

[@aerbon]

it gets more complicated than that in real aerodynamics, but in general having the center of lift behind the center of mass leads to you craft wanting to point forward and refusing to turn, while having it in front has the opposite effect. the plane wants to point backwards and will try to turn in the direction it is already turning. Normally you would want a bit of self-correcting even if it means you turn a little less, since turning too much will cause you to lose all your speed and crash. but space engineers planes have ridiculous thrust to weight ratios and cant lose control because gyros, so it barely makes a difference and they really don't fly like planes at all. The mod works well for cargo planes though. you get very good fuel economy and it takes far less thrusters to fly if you build a proper glider.

[@SEB9630_pl]

naming hellcat "ronson" just got a new sence!

[@matthewcozon4686]

Awesome! Looks like so much fun.

[@emersondepaz9206]

D3lta's plane should be named the Obese pigeon

[@Zer0sLegion]

It's definitely a bit portly

[@MattZaharias]

The first 10 seconds are every war thunder player’s first air battles experience lol. Your friend has a BF109?

[@Zer0sLegion]

It does look like a BF109.

[@tobs7003]

Ok 2 build a plane... 1 build a what ever but not a spitfire xD and the other one build a flying tank with backshooting railguns XD

[@FloriusAUT]

Amazing video. Hope this Florius guy makes one too soon *sweats*

[@Zer0sLegion]

Look forward to seeing your perspective!

[@TheMostBloatedOfBitterflies]

I think Florius did win, as my Dad always says "Any landing you can walk away from"

[@Zer0sLegion]

lol

[@TheMostBloatedOfBitterflies]

@@Zer0sLegion That is one of the many quotes by my dear father that I grew up with :D

[@SomeD00D01]

Dude Aerodynamic space engineers bullshit is the best stuff ever

[@Zer0sLegion]

Ikr, it's so much fun!

[@aerbon]

i have done a few dogfights and the main issue is that gyros and thrusters are way too strong. the person you are chasing can just 180 and shoot back at you. there is no need to manage your speed and altitude since you can reach top speed in 2 seconds and fly straight up. in the end i barely use my aerodynamics and just fly the plane like a rocket. point up once in a while and gain some altitude, then point and shoot and dodge while falling a little until i need to reposition again. its not *not* fun, but its far from the kind of intricate dogfights you can get in a proper dogfighting game.

[@steev1121]

In my defense I did get the colours right! Even if nothing else worked. 😅

[@Zer0sLegion]

At least you flew with pride!

[@mat5857]

I would realy love to see you guys use the takeshi plane parts mod.

[@marcusinfestus1333]

This is kinda cool! I wish Keen would add aerodynamics. I created a series of atmospheric fighters to combat SE's "physics". Start with the "wyvern atmospheric fighter" by marcusinfestus. You'll love it or hate it 😆 I've never tried any of them with the aerodynamics mod...

[@Zer0sLegion]

Well, ours didn't work very well so 😓

[@marcusinfestus1333]

Looked like fun though lol Try 2 vs. 2 dogfighting; I've never seen it done and I think it would change the strategies.

[@Zer0sLegion]

@@marcusinfestus1333 Maybe in the future!

[@magistrmaestro2845]

have you put them on the workshop?

[@DraygoKorvan]

I rate your plane building and dogfighting skills F. Back to flight school for you.

[@Zer0sLegion]

😢

[@wetdog3753]

Plane parts has an amazing aerodynamics aspect to it

[@Zer0sLegion]

I kinda prefer the engineering part of the aerodynamics mod as you have to make your planes aerodynamic rather than just having blocks that do it automatically. Each to their own I guess.

[@daynroberts4743]

I get top gear/grand tour energy from you guys here.

[@Zer0sLegion]

Thanks!

[@BriarOs]

I won with style at least my comet was the best

[@Zer0sLegion]

If only it was based on style

[@BriarOs]

@@Zer0sLegion it was wasn't it XD

[@mexicantcypher8615]

YEAHHHHHH

[@Zer0sLegion]

hahaha, glad you enjoyed it

[@PrimordialNightmare]

So I'm trying this mod out currently and bullt some kind of plane with center of gravity and center of lift/drag aligned, but my nose keeps slowly turning upwards D:

[@Zer0sLegion]

You can enable advanced drag indicators with a keybind, it says on the steam page. Also, the mod was updated right after we did this video and they changed a lot of stuff so it might be all different now. I know my plane still works, you can grab it from the workshop if you want.

[@AdrianOkay]

Well pilots even to this day still have to offset the plane's pitch because unless it's perfectly symmetrical it will do that

[@PrimordialNightmare]

@@AdrianOkay oh. thanks for letting me know :D

[@justinc2633]

this wouldve been way better if they all just used the spitfire lol

[@Zer0sLegion]

You should check out the follow up video 😉

[@TGOT-sc6bd]

It greatly upset me that none of you knew what you were doing with the mod. There is a great tutorial on how to make planes fly on the mod page.

[@Zer0sLegion]

We kinda did know what we were doing but it was more fun for us just to wing it and see what happened. Made for a much funnier video as well, especially for Psi's plane.

[@dirtyrat886]

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[@Zer0sLegion]

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