has anyone taken over development of this mod or maybe a second version?
blades should not stop rotating when descending

SOO What are the lift ablidy of the blades in kg?

I love this mod. i feel the Balance is Perfect any lower and my heavy Helos would be ugly.
More detail adds weight and SE is not generous with weights.
I also love the WIP. I just don't want to see a Good mod get nerft be for it finishes.
Maybe release an Irl version as they say , Separately for the haters.

I would also like to point out that the propellers stop rotation when doing down, which should not happen irl

it'd be great if we knew how much thrust each propeller effectively puts out. I'm not exactly keen on having to load a creative world and manually testing to figure that out. something in the block description or at least here on the mod page would be great.

Most helicopters just flip instantly when turning main rotor on. However, this is less likely to happen when helicopter is heavily loaded with cargo. Maybe need to make propellers slowly gain speed like they do in real life? It seems like propellers give a huge punch when turned on (or when landing gear is being unlocked) which destabilizes everything.

@YungPro - it should counteract the spin of the main rotor - at least that's how tail rotors work in real life.

Still work?

dead mod?

So what exactly does the "opposite tail rotor" do? and how should it be placed? im very puzzled by it, the rest of the block i understand

Hello, your mod suits us! I ask permission to use it as a donor in a modpack on our server?

hi, does anyone have a WaterConfig.xml to share for the "Skyblade" Helicopter & Plane Propellers please? Or can someone tell us the subid's of all parts, so we can change them to work under/above water by ourself? (me -> Skunkworks Admin)

I would love to use this mod on my server, but the cost of building it is in harsh contrast to the balancing that goes on there.
I would like to ask permission to upload this mod with a new balancing only for my server.

I want to see contra-rotating options because we all know, they're cool as fuck.

I like the mod but im not a fan of the blades stop spinning while in flight because they arent "in use" if a helocopters blades turned off because it simply was at its desired height it would fall out of the sky. Could you make a version where, the blades dont turn off if the grid in on?

Even in 2022 this mod still is the best

Also, any idea how to fix this pink texture "mask"? https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2653767324
Thanks!

I don't even think they are tilted. Tried to see tilt in these parts, but it seems that there is no tilt. Either something broken or I am missing something.

Would be nice to have an indication to where the "front" is. At the moment no arrows show where is "up", like in screenshots and you have no idea where that "tilted" side is for "forward" thrust

Yeah man, appreciate it :)

figured i should

its ur work u know wat i mean?

Do what you want to^^ Kind of you to ask : )

@Tumble

The first comment or the second one?

Go for it mate

better idea

Am i able to just make it so my mod pack modifies the recipes of this one??

Which means they still have to download this mod
otherwise the propellers simply arnt available. (Though my mod pack might have to borrow its icons)

Hey
Ive been a user of this mod now for a while

and i was wondering if i would be able to use the models of the helicopter parts at least in a pack im putting together??
My pack is similar to industrial overhaul except perhaps not as many machine and way more elements and alloys and chemistry tricks for you to do.

i was hoping i could just use ur skyblade pack rather than have to essentially recreate it from scratch.

Thanks.

I found some survival balancing issues. I'm not sure I agree with the thrust-to-power usage ratio of these as compared to vanilla atmospheric thrusters, even taking into account the added space requirement. I think having lower power requirements than atmospheric thrusters makes a lot of sense, however I feel the thrust output should also be lower than them.

also, I found that the opposite tail rotors do the same thing as the normal one but don't have the blades or space requirements, and I see that this block exists so that only one bladed tail rotor needs to be placed on a helicopter in order to thrust laterally in both directions, but it creates more issues than it solves right now.

I can fly a ship on just these facing all directions. I feel this block provides an unbalanced substitute for atmospheric thrusters entirely. I would like to suggest either removing them, or allowing them only to work if the normal tail rotor block is placed facing the opposite direction on the grid.

Is it possible to create a larger Heli propeller? I am making large helicopters and they look very disproportionate with the build. Great mod though, Just too small for me to use properly

WHY?!?!?!?!

any chance we can have a Xlarge version of the helicopter blade. something around 10 blocks longer.

Thanks for a super cool looking mod. Can i, please, reupload it for our private server usage for some changes (adding hitbox model to propellers and a bit rebalance towards atmospheric thrusters) to match our server idea?

Could you please add inverted versions of the upwards rotors so we can make counterrotating props. Since the tail rotors jsut provide sideways thrust in one direction it would be nice if we could make counterrotating helicopters.

Make A Massive, 7 Blade One

I cant seem to use the heli blades in this mod, I can place them but they always say insufficient power, and no matter how much power I add even going way over they always say insufficient power

I would say we need all helicopter "propulsion" associated systems like their own turbines and exhausts as well. Please?

can we have duct fans too please?

We need more rotors, the few that are in the mod kinda are too small, and I kinda wanna make my self a Chinook :)

seams my server host dont like the " " and & in mod name, get phrasing errors when it reaches that point in mod name

hello there would i be able to pop you a quick steam message about you're mod as i am looking to do a little balance tweaking to ingame engines, and would like to factor in you're modded engines if possible

Someone reposted your mod
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=231258062

Im having an issue when changing position of the propellers, they seem to stop spinning when switching from up to forward with a rotor.

I agree with GiveThemHell, we need larger sizes for both grid types but in a range building up in size but also geometry like two bladed up to seven bladed (CH 53 type). What would be neat is propellers kind of on angles, again like CH 53 tail rotor. But overall awsome mod never or less - can't do with out it!

Is there a Large ship mod like this I would like a large ship block

What planets do these work on?

i honestly would love this more if the blades had collision and get damaged when you hit stuff

@Tumble Hello! We found your cool mod, sound, animation, everything is fine. We want to add it to our server, but it needs to be rebalanced for compatibility with the Plane Parts: Propellers by Takeshi mod. Remove small engines, remove the Tail block, lower traction. Can we do this, indicating you as an author? Sorry for the bad English, I hope you understand what I want.

something seems really weird with them. Everything just flips and they dont like gyros at all

Hello @Tumble @Gabriella, can we use your propeller sound for our mod pack, with a link to your mod, please? Can we discuss it? Discord link: Zoltean#2127

Flipping doesnt happen if you double up with Aerodynamic wings. Makes flight almost too easy and energy efficient. I'm trying to get them working on a subgrid

They seem to turn craft upside down, a lot, although I'm not sure why. I was kind of hoping they'd work well with a Gyro, where tilting the craft would produce propulsion, but instead they appear to just be up/down thrusters with some weird proclivities. Flipped a handful of testcraft before losing interest in going further.