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Jet Fighter/Ground attack with Water Crash by Uncle T

747 bricks.

A simple jet fighter/ground attack I built to test a destruction mechanic when the plane hits water.
Since the water in game is basically denser air any plane with enough thrust can go under the surface, play submarine for a while, and then pop up in the air again. Not super realistic, so I added some sensors (not enough to cover 360 degrees since the laser sensors only react when hitting nearly at right angles, but enough to test the concept), but the plane usually blows up or at least breaks apart at some point.

I kept the plane very simple since it's mainly a proof of concept, so it has no cockpit interior or other fancy stuff.

It is armed with 2 auto cannons (2 x 4 of the bigger automatic guns which give it some punch), 6 unguided missiles fired in pairs, and 4 retarded bombs for low level bombing runs. The bombs deploy their air brakes after two seconds, slowing them down significantly which means they fall straighter down but also take a longer time before they hit their target. This means you can safely drop the even at 80-100 meters altitude without getting caught in the blast.

Alt Controls to fly
W/S: Thrusters.
B/Beacon: Afterburner.
S: Ground brakes.
A/D: Yaw/Ground steering.
Up/Down arrows / Mouse: Pitch.
Left/Right arrows / Mouse: Roll.
X/Disable steering: Landing gear.
Hold X/Invert Steering: Air brakes.
K/Hazard Lights: Sight illumination.
Fire action 1/Num 1: Auto cannons.
Fire action 2-4/Num 2-4: Rockets in pairs.
Fire action 5-8/Num 5-8: Retarded bombs.

Camera 1: Zoomable sight (use mouse wheel to zoom).

Feel free to use this system to make your planes explode when hitting the water surface, and feel free to copy the retarded bomb mechanic.

Feel free to edit to add markings, better weapons etc, but if you reupload publically in any way please acknowledge the original creation and creator.

Have fun!