Plane Floats

[m3]

so when ever i try to make a seaplane , it always fails.
i cant even make one.how do i make it so it will float. as seaplanes float.
mine dont

[Thales]

Design your floats large enough as 1 mass = 10 kg. So, if your plane is 2000 mass, it's actually 20 tons in Stormwork's waters.

[In other news, the President]

Don't use any other block for pontoons other than 1x1 blocks, wings and floats.

[m3]

oof. i do want the pontoons to look kinda round doe. but i can make a blocky pontoon.

[m3]

hm. its mostly the requirements for a plane itself, except with batts or fuel as im still testing it

[In other news, the President]

1x1 includes the wedge, pyramid and inverse blocks as well. Only for the blocks that occupy a 1x1 space, I should say.

[m3]

k

[m3]

il try it.

[Aven]

To get the first version of my small dock spawnable quadcopter to float fully above the water, I had to use 24 floats level with the base of the craft, and that was with the entirety of the body of the craft enclosed as well. Whatever size you picture the pontoons need to be for your craft is probably a quarter to a third of what you actually need.

In my opinion, you will have an easier time incorporating VTOL capability into your seaplane than you will getting it to float at a level that allows it to take off from water via a standard takeoff.

[Ra-Ra-Rasputin]

Seaplanes are surprisingly easy, but require some backward thinking.

Simply make the bottom half of it be a boat, then enclose it with the top half of a plane to have an easy one. To lift off, the most important thing is fast forward speed. You don't need to push upward from the water to lift off, as the water will do that on its own.

[m3]

Originally posted by Thales:

Design your floats large enough as 1 mass = 10 kg. So, if your plane is 2000 mass, it's actually 20 tons in Stormwork's waters.

and that made no sense

[m3]

Originally posted by Ra-Ra-Rasputin:

Seaplanes are surprisingly easy, but require some backward thinking.

Simply make the bottom half of it be a boat, then enclose it with the top half of a plane to have an easy one. To lift off, the most important thing is fast forward speed. You don't need to push upward from the water to lift off, as the water will do that on its own.

that confused me alot.

[pontfogel]

Originally posted by m3girlz:

Originally posted by Ra-Ra-Rasputin:

Seaplanes are surprisingly easy, but require some backward thinking.

Simply make the bottom half of it be a boat, then enclose it with the top half of a plane to have an easy one. To lift off, the most important thing is fast forward speed. You don't need to push upward from the water to lift off, as the water will do that on its own.

that confused me alot.

Build a boat with wings. Go fast and it will fly.

[m3]

i use motors. WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR ME

[SpannerMonkey]

Originally posted by m3girlz:

i use motors. WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR ME

Its really difficult to build an aircraft that is powered purely by electric motors, they are heavy, they need lots of batteries, lots of batteries make it heavier.

You can build very small aircraft with electric only, but they really don't fly for very long.
You need a lot of power to get a seaplane free of the water, electric will not get you there.

[m3]

i just want to give up rn