(SM/DB)-10 "Corvid" Defended Bombardier Supermarine

[young vine]

the SECOND airship i've built !!!
designed for bombing under fire, delivering a ginormous payload and being able to support an air flotilla with a wide array of anti-air weaponry
Armed with 8x Autocannons, 10x Large Bombs, a large air targetting radar and a small lower air spotting radar
has a large amount of features I missed in the starling, including automatic cannon targeting and a cohesive engine deck
Fully survival friendly, coal burners in the engine deck are accessible via the top catwalk and an access ladder into the engine deck
I thought id go without railings for the catwalk because I thought it might look interesting. Not so sure about it though, probably might add it later
Rigging is also something I missed but I dont want to force my girlfriend to download even more mods to make rigging easier so it stays rigless for now

one more thing is that I feel as though this one didnt come out as clean as the Starling because of the increased scale and increase in ambition for vehicle functionality (like an actual bridge, engine deck, blah blah blah) so it feels looser and a emptier somewhat. Im rethinking the bridge design and might make the guns look a little beefier

[warped crest]

this is really cool, i love the exposed envelopes

[royal sleet]

hi brickfarmer10

[pliant scaffold]

peak

[crystal mist]

for beefier guns you can try twin or heavy autocannons but if u dont have cbc advance technologies then u would have to make ur girlfriend download it

can radars see targets below them?

[crystal mist]

also have u considered spinoff bearings to make the bombs dropable

[neon laurel]

Bro been busy, this is gorgeous

[fierce flame]

i really love the sort of skeletal/wireframe design of this, might try to recreate it

[floral willow]

this is nice

but i feel like one could easily disable a big chunk of machines with a few rounds

[wicked fjord]

Highfleet ahh construction

But the technology is some mishmash of observation balloon and steampunk

[young vine]

I was just using mech bearings that stayed assembled until bomb dropping time but this is far more intuitive thank you

[young vine]

I figure the same but I haven't yet figured out an armor scheme covering the bottom that would look good

[fluid remnant]

Civil war alternate timeline

[wintry dirge]

the chimneys are tuff

[floral willow]

Understandable

[crystal mist]

np its like my favorite use for spinoffs

[young vine]

not exactly sure I haven't done the most stuff with radars... it seems to do okay detecting stuff not too far below

[crystal mist]

cool i was wondering if one radar can spot all incoming aircraft

[brazen forum]

hot as fuc

[neon laurel]

We need a couple lil planes to go with this and the starling and you’ll have a bespoke fleet

[young vine]

You read my mind

My next ship will be a flying seaplane tender

I just don't know how im going to make a good survival friendly small plane

I have some kubejs recipes that make survival friendly mini ships possible but that's only in this pack that only me and my gf play on

[neon laurel]

Im ngl part of the reason I thought of it was cuz your airships are almost exactly the style that would go with my planes, i seen it and was like “damn thats the one”

[neon laurel]

Toolgun recipe or smth else?

[neon laurel]

If you need help with that all my planes are smol and miniship free

[young vine]

well I am quite fond of your aesthetic 😃

[neon laurel]

I struggle with big builds

[young vine]

I would absolutely love some help with that

All my planes end up huge

[young vine]

Mini ship creator wand

[neon laurel]

Not bad not bad

Im still trying to figure out how to do multiblock structures with kubejs i feel like a lil platform to “nano tech” a ship on would be fun

[young vine]

Well I only know how to make recipes

so can't help you on that front 😭

Surely there's a similar tutorial out there

[warped crest]

hi kipti

[young vine]

im looking at your planes rn

what are you using as a power source

[neon laurel]

stirling engine from create propulsion

[young vine]

ah

[neon laurel]

you can still get it very compact with other methods

[young vine]

well i wanted to get vsstuff anyways so

its not like adding more mods is off the menu

[neon laurel]

vstuff is great

vs logistics, vs hose connections or connectors too

[young vine]

i just dont want to add too often

ill get that too

[neon laurel]

i get that, esp since you're sharing the pack

[young vine]

i dont see vs logistics on curse

is it on like modrinth or smth

[neon laurel]

hold on let me remind myself where I got it

https://modrinth.com/mod/vs-logistics

reins and vs encumberance are some more lesser-known addons worth mentioning

[young vine]

i got reins

it looked very interesting

I tried making a Tachanka until I found out that wheels cant be scaled down

[neon laurel]

yup RIP

[young vine]

i mean technically i could still make one but it would look a little... large

[young vine]

yeah this sterling engine is GREAT

oh my goodness

[fluid remnant]

Idk how you would do a seaplane tender

U would need to use a lot of spinoff bearings

I’ve tried making a flying zeppelin aircraft carrier thing but VS works against u in this aspect

Ships become bouncy

[neon laurel]

beauty

[young vine]

ill still give it a shot

[young vine]

thanks but tragically this design is getting obliterated

it doesnt take off from water

i keep wanting to make these overhead pusher flying boats but I keep forgetting they almost never work 😭

seaplanes need to be on floats to work consistently which is tragic

[neon laurel]

copycat blocks weighing 50 makes them floaty afaik

[crystal mist]

what if u increase lod count

[fluid remnant]

My lod was at 0

Aka infinite

[neon laurel]

but yes the overhead pushers are not great for seaplanes

[young vine]

well I can make planes float but its the overhead pusher that messes it up

ive made overhead flying boat pushers work before but I forgot how

[neon laurel]

ah and proper floaters might fix that

[crystal mist]

u can cheat if u use a gearshift to pitch you up

[young vine]

oh I remember

[crystal mist]

okay nvm lol

[young vine]

I forgot who but someone taught me a genius design that uses a mech bearing to place a vs helm to keep it stable for takeoff/landing and then you assemble the bearing when you're in the air

they made some really beautiful planes too

[crystal mist]

thats pretty cool

[young vine]

ikr

overhead pushers are pretty unstable though

so i probably just wont do one

ill try and make a quirky unique design too not a typical seaplane

[crystal mist]

i think an over head prop would be fine but it would take very unique balancing solutions

[young vine]

which is why I dont wanna make one at this moment

building larger airships is already hard enough 😭

[crystal mist]

if you put a reallly really heavy block infront of the propellor everything will be fixed

or maybe a really beefy over head wing

[young vine]

guys ive lost my way I have completely FORGOTTEN how to make a plane float

i know this is too heavy but i have no idea how to make this look good and float

[livid jackal]

eureka floaters idk

its just a block so should work

[crystal mist]

floater from vs sails if not maybe try balloon casing ke wool

[livid jackal]

Vs sails adds like wind and stuff so that might be to much ngl

[crystal mist]

whats wrong with adding wind

im not sure it does anything if you dont have a sail

oh i guess it does but it is supposed to be slight

[livid jackal]

Still there and it’s bloat that the you don’t need

[neon laurel]

fits the airships really well

chefs kiss

[young vine]

thank you

I kinda figured out how to make it float and fly

one sec

[young vine]

this is the latest thing i made

i dont really know what to do with the color scheme

i feel as though this one is eh

[neon laurel]

just needs a highlight color

[young vine]

wdym?

[neon laurel]

add like a different color somewhere in the existing scheme, like tip of the wings or nose or lines somewhere, the wrapped locometal is useful for this

or if you have tfmg the frames

[young vine]

ohh

also do you know how to make these ammo boxes symmetrical or is this just an unfortunate fact of life

nevermind i think i like it now

i will make a post

[neon laurel]

I use chutes and barrels, survival friendly lots of ammo no reloading

heavy and takes up space though

[autumn hinge]

For 2nd airship it gud

[elfin canopy]

you can disable the wind

if you do, it will just not load the wind as if it was never even added to the mod

[livid jackal]

How do the sails work without it

[elfin canopy]

they just use a flat speed value

either way tho, I added that config mostly for people who want to use the other features like magic ballast and buoys but aren't interested in the wind or sails

[livid jackal]

I’ve always wanted to use the sails but the weird ropes always made me not wanna do it

[elfin canopy]

weird ropes?

[livid jackal]

The ones for the sails?

[elfin canopy]

are you talking about the rope visuals that used to show when the sails were furled?

[livid jackal]

I think yea

I’ve tested it once

[elfin canopy]

I removed that a while ago

you can see some of the new furled sail visuals in this vieo

(the flags are unreleased yet)

[livid jackal]

Oh cool

Do the sails work with like wheels

Could you make like a land ship with one I mean

[elfin canopy]

yeah

[livid jackal]

Peak

I might make a airship using them but that could get weird

[elfin canopy]

the forces will be pretty strong since they're balanced for pushing through water drag

but you can always turn the forces down in config

and you can make the wind only affect sail blocks and nothing else if you want

I try to make the mod as customizable as possible

[livid jackal]

I’ll probably do that to avoid messing with other builds

But peak mod I wish more devs would add configs like that

[elfin canopy]

I have a history of being a modpack maker, so I know the pain of not having a config option you want 😂

[full igloo]

does the radar actually work to allow you to automatically target enemies even while the ship is assembled?

I'm thinking about putting a radar on my own airship to use for automatic targeting, but I'm worried it might not work

[young vine]

Yeah

[narrow pebble]

holy PEAK

[narrow pebble]

hey i js wanted to know if you could share world download or schematic or smth , cause i really really love this airship and if its possible i would like to try it myself, thanks

[young vine]

I saw your recent heavy cargo lift airship and I couldnt help but ask if it was inspired in any way by my designs 😃

[warped crest]

i loved your idea to have the exposed spherical envelopes

its a great style

feels very industrial

[young vine]

awh hell yeah thanks

yknow im thinking I might start a youtube channel as well for some of the builds im particularly proud of

if I ever do would you give me a shoutout or something in the description of that video

[warped crest]

ofc!

always happy to help a fellow creator out

[young vine]

thanks a bunch 😃