#[0.33] [AIRCRAFT] Aryx's F-16M King Viper
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maybe qol mixes up the ifrit and the f-16
the Ifrit has a 27mm
i think it's mixing it up with the FQ-106
oh
probably a bug, i dont think QoL is made to alter it at all
Likely
it is made to alter the FQ-106, changing its 20mm to a 25mm
hence why i think it's confusing the Viper with the FQ-106
it isn’t
QOL changes the inbuilt weapon configuration of the 20mm rotary with 500 rounds
one of the stock weapons
the viper uses said weapon
any plane that does will get changed by qol as such
then why does it get changed to a 25mm instead of a 20mm with over 1000 rounds like the Vortex
anyone having the bug where selecting AAM-29's just does not equip them?
I ran into a bug like that where selecting certain AAMs simply left the pylon empty
I haven't done thorough testing yet
i have run into something in a custom mission where certain weapons could be selected but it doesn't actually equip them
so this isn't only related to the King Viper
that is exactly what is happening to me
only its just on the F-16
Why does it keep spazing up and down
QOL messing with it??
Pulling up the ENTIRE time in that clip btw
qol is not yet updated, still 0.32
and FBW is broken by the 0.33 update
what version of the mod are you running
Whatever came in the NOMM
only 1.0.8 works with 0.33, the FBW got changed
check it.
peak rank 2 aircraft
if not for the fact that it swallows fuel whole at a rate of 3 tanks per minute on full AB the thing would be borderline busted at rank 2

I just wanted to stop in and say thank you and congratulate you on your work. The Viper is eternal. It's a heap of fun.
If you ever make a rank 4 or 5 Strike Eagle my life is yours, but regardless, I look forward to anything else that strikes your fancy in the future.
waiting for a mod for unlimited fuel 🥱
Usually the F-16 would take some external tanks but since we don't have those in NO yet just stay out of AB unless you really need it.
The dry thrust is fantastic anyway
Yeah, it's got legs if you keep it in MIL and still has heaps of speed
the afterburner in bfm is very nice
the viper’s got good induced drag and nose pointing ability so you can pull like 33-37° sustained aoa at 350km/h with the safeties off
energy kept in place by the burner
It is very unnatural after years of BMS to have a viper actually pitch beyond 29 units of AoA
For a fictional NO variant though its harldy unreasonable
@brazen otter ‘s been my main guy for dialling performance in
walking wind tunnel
It feels pretty good. Rotation on takeoff is a bit snappy, max roll rate when clean feels a little too fast, pitch authority at low speed feels maybe a little too good. But overall it does feel like an F-16
Nothing I'd say that needs to be changed
Though haven't used it that much tbh, just like 4-5 hours
Its a generic bug atm, any mission with weapon restrictions allow you to select them but they get removed upon spawning
yea its mainly just the aoa limiter (lack thereof,) its off by default and we cant fix it 😭
and when you turn it on it limits your aoa onset by a lot
will fix eventually™
Yeah it was pretty accurate with the stability enabled.
id also like to mention the lift/drag tanks above 30 degrees
since the vipers lerx is optimized for lower aoa
yknow, the regime the aircraft spends all of its time in lol
It also just has so much get-up and go
Yes, though it could be argued even for todays vipers that if you could safely get a higher AoA pull to get a tighter initial turn to jam heater WEZ it could be useful.
Even if it was a net loss of energy compared to a normal turn
Yup
even without rolling if you hit even just around 35 degrees youre cooked
the limiters at 27 for a reason lol
Yes.
You couldn't really do it for IRL vipers safely without actually redesigning the aerodynamics of the aircraft and losing parts commonality
so probably never gonna happen
and reducing rate performance a lot
tbf upgraded engine does that
her main strength is fantastic TWR
I have lots planned >:3
V-51 makes me wonder if someone will make a Pandora from Avatar like map one day for this game down the road.
Flying jets through a massive forest sounds like framerate hell but potentially fun.
i want to see how you will make F-22EX, MiG-49 and I-42, those sounds interesting
btw F16 great mod, i have a lot of fun with it :D
hoping for some f15ex and J16 evolution ❤️
The Ternion will be kinda that, in a sense
Also
Petition for Aryx to kidnap AAA and finish the Ternion in 5 hours
I'm curious why the Russian YAK-38/141 style vtol "AV-82B" will have a Harrier style (AV-8B) designation
Ohh can't wait to see what the mc260 looks like. Im a sucker for big aircraft with combat capabilities
It's like a globemaster had 2 engines removed, and a traingular awacs radome
That sounds pretty awesome
It is
My only gripe is the radome, as that implies it's using a much older type of radar, rather than just the "spine" sort of radar, thqt uses AESA radar.
But hey, up to her design
It is just looks, and magic

It's fixed, isn't it...
Then what is the point of the traingle shape lmao
steer electronically
I know that
reducing gaps
it's actually three of these
I know...
she's a big girl
textures pending
Ohhh very nice!
Those engines remind me of that fallout civ liner lol
she's as large as a medium hangar allows, so some design concessions were made
Gotcha, thats pretty cool to see
I love that little Tarantula-like cutout on the back so much
rip continous airflow
Lmao
im aware
doesn't seem like it
specifically:
- no conventional vertical stabiliser, yaw is done via split-drag rudders and stabilised by strakes
- 120T of cargo capacity
- mach 0.8 max speed
- bay can carry 2 AFV6s, 2 FRCVs, 4 Jackknives or 4 CRVLs
- blown wings An72/YC14 style in order to compromise for limited wingspan
- extremely jacked landing gear for field landings for rolling deployment of an MBT or FRCV
i made one
meow
Just give it a-19 style inverted split tail problem solved
goog
😱
please chord your fans
Thats pretty sick
true..
because the whole thing is radar
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah!
?
circle radome your wedge tail
Alright.
That's kinda hot
Where?
And you know what, that's cool enough
Mitch went with a mechanical radar for the medusa, so rule of cool is the factor
Not sure what you're on about, but that is a black area
i love more TR count!
are you sure
Oh there is a vent there
Neat
its because the wedgetail has four radars, two main arrays on the sides and two smaller ones to cover the blindspots
yes
it's a square.
sorry
rectangle
the swedish erieye only has the side arrays and does have fore and aft blindsposts
yeah
is the f16 fixed?
nah, still dead. come back in a year, im sure it'll be fine by then
damn
oh is that the version
soon tm
ohhhhhhhh
the typhoon energy i am getting from this aircraft is palpable
and it is awesome
canards your Ifrit
evil-as ifrit be like:
weird looking F-16
The Typhoon Ifrit isn't real, it can't hurt you
The Typhoon Ifrit:
your own game?
flight sim i’m never gonna actually finish
reason i switched to modding NO
not sure if this helps but when i hit high speeds and dives with the f16 the rudder starts tweakin
dream job tbh
yeah i’m working on that atm, was an issue with joint tensors in the tail, will be fixed tn
will also be re adding the viper’s augers as it lost em with the update when I rebuilt the modding environment
ok sweet my bad
nice
i love this aircraft i cant wait to see more
id love to see someone make and f86 or an F/A 18
all in due time
there's already a mig-15 for you to chew on while you wait
way ahead of you i love that thing also
my next plane is a bigahh cargo plane
gonna be great for logi players
what's the plan for cargo abilities?
omg that would be awesome
will be. it's on the way
Question for the cargo plane, is there any chance you could give it the 127mm guided cannon from the new frigate? And maybe the 40mm from the annex?
will it have maybe act like c130 or will it only be for cargo applications
has two cargo bay mounts that can either be:
2x Jackknife
AFV6 (all variants)
FRCV light tank
Containerised SAM (RAM45)
Containerised Radar
Munitions/Naval Supply Container
127mm Railgun Turret (left)
57mm Twin Autocannon Turret (left)
and a large Mission Bay pylon that omits the two other slots:
- Field Deployable Helipad
- HLT Radar
it’s a large multirole
Nvm lol that’s awesome
it can do cargo, AEW, strategic bombing or gunship
it does however
have 0 A2A
so you may need escorts
in exchange you get 256 flares and an amazing ECM
whatttt
are you gonna stream it or something id like to watch that?
Not sure how possible it is given the difference between mods and options, but could you give it the QOL mods options for the Tula? They let the Tula drop r9 launchers, crams, bolt strikes etc
Which is only as much as the tarantula. Oh well
It's gonna be fun to fly
?
Oh ok, so it has 2 large slots
ya
I see now, my bad
so its the size of two tarantula's
You might have to tune efficiency
and an xl slot that omits them in exchange for insane shit like an actual forward deployable helipad
it’s draggy as hell but has 600kN of thrust
it can power through
4 150kN engines does that
In addition to this question do you plan on giving it rapid dragon for any cruise missiles or anything?
no
how would the deploable helipad work?
Will that be with KAR or just something you're gonna make?
it has a bomb bay that can be mounted in exchange for the cargo bay
Ah gotcha, that’s sick
I operate entirely independently regarding my mods’ content
I am not a member of the P2082 team so I naturally don’t do external dependencies outside of Blueprinter as it’s the loader for asset bundles.
devstream in my modding server in an hour and a half
link’s in the main post of this thread
ok
Cool, I do wonder if you plan to collab with them at all? Even if just to have options for their weapons on your planes?
Nah, that’s on their side if they want to do that
How would that work?
My stuff is a two man venture, I make the stuff, Voodoo makes the music
no clue
however QOL does its thing ig
given QOL already replaces the F-16s gun lmao
My brain very small so idk how you’d add weapons to another persons mod lol
Modded weapons would probably work anyways, tbh, IIRC QOL did change some stuff with the F-16 loadouts
I’m impressed with how quickly and how quality your vehicles are, did you just have multiple projects going at once or are you just the GOAT at modeling quickly? Because it feels like you just finished the f16 and here comes the cargo plane
It’s entirely possible I didn’t have an up to date f16 mod, as the one I was using for a while didn’t have the third wing pylon
I am an extremely fast worker and very dedicated to my craft.
I think aryx is just the best
I’ve over a year of experience messing around with nuclear option in my own local mod projects
Blueprinter just made it possible to share my stuff with everyone else.
yeah this bothers me i love qol and the lag sight but i dont like how it modifies everyhing i wanna be able to pick and choose from the changes i want
I respect that, any plans for after this one?
MiG-15 took 5 days and was an april fools shitpost, F-16 took about a week, the cargo plane has been in the works for about four days and will be releasing on the 21st
In four days?
I feel like now that NOMM exists they could maybe add a lot more options that could be toggled for the mod
And there was much rejoicing
after the cargo plane I have a short break planned to design my next round of stuff on paper, then I will be dropping a rank 5 stealth fighter that’s basically F-22EX, and a light tiltrotor utility aircraft as BDF’s Ibis equivalent
I see that
Insane work lol
This shit is life to me.
Aren't there... these things as separate mods? I don't remember, honestly, but I think they had a forum for separate mods that make these changes
oh i didnt know that
Hmo now, You should add an F-16XL to the f-16 mod
I’m of the few who actively enjoy modding stuff in the path of i’ve been taking games apart and modding em since I was 16
first did it with machine ships for stellaris back in 2020
I love the F-16
aryx how long did it take you to make the f16 and mig15?
@light crag bro
Hold up, you made the Machin shipset in Stellaris? The one NSC compatible?

Valid reason, tbh 
ya
Holy f
k
I do implore people to calibrate their enthusiasm regarding modded planes
they’re complex
I loved that shipset
that answers my question
Only if docs
I would
I want to make my plane in NO
I mean it stands to reason when you need to make the damage model and other things from basically scratch. I am more than ok with the content I have lol. When I found the QOL mod then by extension your planes I was legit so excited
this may be dumb, but I just need to remove the old mod from NOMM before redownloading it via the same launcher
for the flight model to work now, right?
or is it not yet fixed and you will still nose up and down uncontrollably
Yes
Just delete it
roger roger
thanks, btw
me and my pal kinda are F-16 suckers
got confused by the pinned message saying FBW is still oof
I think the FBW is always gonna be a bit off in one way or another. It's like... you tweak one thing - another one gets screwed, you fix that other thing - something else goes weird
Like mixing and mastering in music. Aryx hates tweaking FBW, and I hate mixing and mastering 

containerised RAM45 and radar like on the QoL mod?
Uhm, I just wrote what I though about it lol
I completely appreciate your work, I just gave an idea nothing else
Lmao now I'm getting your next airframe kindof advertised to me on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiI4EAV1b3E
#NEWS | Embraer and the State of the Netherlands have signed a landmark contract today to deliver a cutting-edge Aeromedical Evacuation System for the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s C-390 Millennium fleet. The contract, which comprises one firm order plus seven purchase orders, was signed today by Vice Admiral Jan Willem Hartman (MSc), Commande...
The capabilities (on paper so far at least) of platforms like the C-390 along with the Rapid Dragon variants that various missile design projects have built from the initial success means that chucking stacks of ALCMs from the cargo bay well outside of SAM range to ruin both land and naval targets entire days are precisely why I really want this cargo platform in NO
"why containerized alcms when dedicated bomb bay?"
-MC-260 Engineers, probably
will it be able to fit a radome & jammers?
can equip two jammers for the wing stations
the illuminati radome is crazy work, it looks awesome
is thr f-16 still broke
Plane works. Just don't try slapping the tactitools on it.
UNLESS the latest hotfix borked it again
I mean, tactitools is fine, just disable the autopilot. At least I have not had any issues. I can take off just fine.
Or that, yeah. I forgot what setting in it was that we had to disable
can someone drop the link i cant seem to find it
damn.. i need to start learning how to paint my planes
@low valley is this out yet???
no
releasing on the 21st
I’m actually super hyped to see what else you make, the speed and quality you come out with stuff is fantastic
i noticed while going low altitude on AB going over 1700KmH 1800Kmh the vertical stabilazer is glitching out, is it couse of going empty or something else?
working on it
Suggestion that will delay the release by at least a day: can you add thrust reversers?
Check out the thrust reversers on the YC14
its the cm and weapon display i think
@low valley can you take donations etc
Like, is it allowed
Because I wanna throw some money your way
yea on my paypal
Nice
does AESA really make a difference in NO, compared to other radars
or is it larp
Just larp I think
Since the game takes place in the 2070's I think it's assumed everything is AESA lol
you don't need moving parts
You can put more T/R
You can TWS far better
You can track many multiple target
You scan faster
You can put high power
Does it come with it?)
How install? just like other mods?
Yes, it is on the mod manager
the what? ive been doing it all manually with the .dll's
Nuclear option mod manager
You can find it in the forum threads
Found it, working on the install
how many flares?
@sturdy juniper
thanks
keep in mind you need Blueprinter
i showed her before, it straight up doesnt even need them
brakes are nuts
brakes made by Brembo
no peasant oem or drum brakes here
The .nobp
But again, another reminder - you also need the Blueprinter mod
blueprinter mod ?
Just download the .dll and drop it into the BepinEx plugin folder
okay so i download this and then the nobp file ,
can winrar extract the nobp or do i need special software
Why would you want to extract the nobp file 
first time seeing that type of format i thought it contained files instead
okay lets go
.nobp is the extension for the Blueprinter. Like... .NuclearOptionBluePrinter or .NuclearOptionBluePrint, if I were to guess? So, .nobp
it is
like this
nobp file is the food source of the blueprinter
pretty much yea
ive noticed this version is less laggy compared to the previous one
played on a yoga laptop
Its not for stopping power, its to do a 3-point turn in the streets of feldspar
is it fixed?
Try it
We re still waiting you know
fr
anyone else having the issue that the plane is uncontrolable once airborne?
please
update
your nott
YOU SHOULD UPDATE NOTT
⚡ ⚡ ⚡NOW⚡ ⚡ ⚡
the palainnati
I noticed during takeoff
The stability assist is disabled
soooooooooo. Is the vertical stabilizer supposed to do this lmao?. not that im complaining, because i am happy the plane fly's again but just asking
You're flying too fast probably
I think Aryx knows about this, but it turned out to be more tricky to fix that one would expect lol
yeah i was flying like 1700 kmh
I had same issue. Same speed and same altitude. Just don't use afterburner cus it is still Hella fast and you fly longer
hopefully sussed it for later today
thought I had it fixed last night but it returned™ mid testing
take ur time, im already happy i can fly it lol
I wonder what couse that issue or it is engine of the game
caused by me, was trying to solve the uncommanded yaw at AOA from the tail flutter and inadvertantly made the problem worse when porting the mod up to 0.33
"I hate PALA, Primeva was so much better when it wasn't under a military junta!"
The sinister flying illuminati triangle recording your thoughts:
the power of the all seeing Dorito
That got a chuckle out of me lol
Certainly a good one lol
holy shit
I don't want it
I need it
We all do
I heard it had a bomb bay, but does it have a cargo bay too?
The tula doesn't do it for me anymore
I need a cargo plane 😭
yes
it can also equip railguns
my sexiest plane so far tbh
pretty survivable too, can fly with two engines missing
What weapons can it carry?
can carry 2 afv6s or light tanks in its cargo bay (or 4 jackknives), AGM-68s / 99s / ashm300s / arads / jammer pods externally, or swap its cargo bay out for a spacious bomb bay (roughly alkyon equivalent payload)
it can also mount 127mm railguns on its side gun mounts
or 57mm chaingun
So it's kinda like AC 130? Correct me if I'm wrong
it's a multi-mission aircraft
heavy multirole if you will
it can be a bomber, an awacs, a gunship or a cargo transport
Im guessing it will be somewhere between the Medusa and DR in price?
Looks interesting. Awacs will be actually decent but I'm worried about it's defensive capability especially with those new scimitars
160M, rank 4
I have been considering giving it a PDL but that's a problem for later
Laser in the radome spot?
Maybe some kind of circular optical phased array, like the strip phasers on Star Trek ships
She either gonna need help means a decent wingman that can intercept missile ahead of the time f16 or ifrit gonna be nice choice imo
when or where will this drop? a proper tactical airlift / cargo plane would be nice. Tarantual has its purpose in game wish something like this was in vanilla. and also like a proper rank 2 fighter.
Nerd comment but I wonder if railguns would be rated based on the caliber of the armature or the projectile itself
releasing on the 21st
in my case it's barrel calibre
since we call APFSDS rounds by their encased calibre rather than the sabot diameter
with the option for jamming pods it's still going to be pretty survivable.
weak to scimis sure but its not an unreasonable thing to be weak against
also whats the effective range on the railgun you're giving it?
Small concern about how air defense would deal with that kind of attack since I assume they cant exactly intercept the projectiles.
starts reliably hitting (if you're not maneouvering) at 10km
That's good.
accuracy drops off a cliff if you're constantly moving to evade fire so it's best used alongside air superiority
So do have to get into boltstrike range before you can bully short range air defense.
Still probably good at killing air defense but at 10km definitely exposed to enemy aircraft
chonker
Isn't that railguns are capable of firing at like more than 10 kilometers? I'm finding so much different information that I don't know what is true
these are smaller ones than the dynamo
127mm vs 152
with far less onboard fire control systems than a naval vessel
I assume 10km is against IFV sized vehicles. Should easily nail ships outside of RAM-45 range
I can't wait to get those SPAAG evaporated anyways
how do you make so many quality mods so quick?
this is leisure to me
seems like primera 2082 takes a lot longer to get one out
goated
Primeva 2082 is an incredibly talented team but from what I've heard it's a case of too many chefs
and they have a higher eye for quality on release
whereas I prefer to release fast to find bugs quicker from a public userbase
makes sense, both make fantastic mods either way
That's true. I'm still waiting for their 106 to be updated
i dont think I´ve used anything other than the f-16 since it launched lol
I am sad that the 106 doesn't have animated things other than the elevators and gun door
it looks strange without aileron, gear or lg door movement
Really? I deleted it instantly when I couldn't fly straight. I'm curious for their FS-3 Ternion
Ternion will be awesome, just gotta wait for it to release
What next jet you'll make after that multirole Heavy plane?
A rank 5 air superiority fighter and a small tiltrotor utility aircraft as BDF’s ibis equivalent
think F-22EX and Halo Reach Falcon for the desired vibes
Ternion and release in the same sentence 💔
They’re working on it, have faith.
AAA is working on it
These projects are incredibly complex
trust
Like I cannot understate how much work goes into these.
Can't wait to see F-22EX. You surly got a fan here waiting for it 👍
I wonder how Those Hydra's will work on it
That's definitely interesting factor to consider it's role
aye
aye aye captain
Point defense laser?
This seems fair. Is this one both are meant to have bought?
Poor choice of words on my end.
Is this faction specific lore wise? Because this seems like it would be one both parties would like to have
Currently it is an export aircraft used by both factions
When the vanilla cargo plane comes out, this will be retconned to BDF
how many piledrivers can that fit, 12?!
can't carry piledrivers for balance reasons, but can carry about equivalent to an alkyon internally
ab-4 if it was Evil and F#%ked up
So are the cruise missiles going to use the bomb bay doors (effective, boring) or slide out the back of the cargo door (dumb, cool)
bomb bay because rapid dragon is silly
bwomp
But think of the aura
Can it carry trucks? as QOL did to vl49. Or even ifv8/MBT?
tomorrow new aircraft?
We're gonna be cooking in the logistics department

That or we're just gonna start going "ENEMY AC-130 ABOVE" as everything ceases to exist
I forgot which plane it was but I see the inspiration from it based on the engine position
I know it is an Ilushin plane but the name I forgot
An-72/YC-14 (and a smidgeon of B-52) for the engines, C-390 for the fuselage
THAT, crap it was Antonov
Thank you 
I see the B-52 genes in it

btw how many laser deignators does the f16 have?
F-16M Update 1.0.9
https://github.com/Aryx3D/Aryx-F-16M/releases/tag/1.0.9
- Re-added GPO-2P Augers to inner wing pylons
- Increased rear landing gear spring strength
- Fixed tail wobble
are there any servers running this mod (if thats possible)?
as long as everyone has the same mod versions it works in mp yes
For NOMM right? Or does when the github update, it updates there too?
NOMM updates hourly from github releases iirc
so it’ll show 1.0.9 in a bit
Alright thank you!
so is this f16 block 82?
165
AYOOOO
I ALMOST MISSED THIS MASTERPIECE
Its definitely odd looking to say the least
Especially for a cargo aircraft
Having a lower vertical stabilizer limits the size of cargo that can be put in there
it can deploy what it needs to™
stratolance container, radar trucks and a deployable helipad
Also the placement of the pylons would not only move the CG more forward but also disrupt the airflow over the bottom and top of the wing
the engines?
Yes
taking a shot again
blown wing design for additional lift.
An-72/YC-14 style.
offers fantastic takeoff performance when lightly loaded, and makes takeoff with heayvy payloads possible to begin with.
A forward CG is also desirable as this means that payloads do not shift the CG so far back that it struggles to take off.
You are free to make your own.
Also having the Vertical stabilizer behind the fuselage would make its yaw performance... meager due to to limited airflow
they are not vertical stabilisers
they are fixed ventral strakes for stability at aoa during landing and takeoff.
yaw authority is provided by differential thrust and split-drag rudders.
The actual reason for such an unusual configuration is the height of the medium hangar.
I want my planes to not rely on custom hangars as this means that they don't work out of the box with all missions
Ah I thought that the stake was straight down not tilted
Honestly a Be-200 type aircraft would be cool imo

yea it's tilted to let cargo past lmao
such a beautiful craft
4 demo bombs?
she can carry two but probably 4 if I cram the bay
Is that a cannon sticking out of the side
What's the biggest cannon it can fit onto it?
2x127mm railguns
Also I'm ngl, the F-16M I thought was just going to be a fun novelty
But it's grown to just straight up be my favorite platform in the game now, are we getting any more 4th gen non thrust vectoring aircraft?
Oh that'll be interesting, non guided but high velocity
I think the MiG-49 is gonna be 4th-ish gen, not sure if it's gonna have TVC
MiG-29 and Yak-38 equivalents?
🔥
That's hot
I was just thinking how much I wanted a fulcrum counterpart to the viper lmao
Might take a good while to take there, though, but Aryx does make mods at good pace
it's 21.04
it will be releasing in around 24 hours if everything goes to plan
end of day on the 21st as I want to do bugfixes first
and some rounds of QA
I'm genuinely surprised how fast the new cargo plane is coming out after the viper
The custom cargo plane*
Don't forget the official one coming after the trainer
My F-16 is bobbing up and down uncontrollably without any input, how do I fix it
Did you update
i have version 1.0.9
Yeah, but thats still awhile off
This bad boy is coming out TOMORROW probably
if nothing goes wrong™ which it will but I will aim for it nontheless
Do you know how to use the FBW tuner?
Mig-29 coming down the line is crazy
What's the heaviest load the Chimera can take? Can it take an IFV or troops to capture objectives?
I’ll lob you a $30 for that
it can carry up to two light tanks or AFV6s internally
So my dream of doing blitz captures with a cargo plane can finally be real
Aryx you are incredible
she can carry up to 4 jackknives too
She can do a lot more than just that though
She can also operate as a gunship :)
with turret options of either a 30mm rotary cannon, a 57mm chaingun or a 127mm railgun
I know, I was asking earlier what guns she could take out
Oooh, I didn't know about the 57 though
AWACS too as well
Well, you asked about the biggest ones :v
Yeah, I was kinda expecting the 76 the tula could take
But I'm down for this loadout
Light tank?
Tula still has a use as a hovering accurate gun platform
You're supposed to hover in it?
#community-artwork message
Well, no, it overheats if you do
the Force Reconnaissance Combat Vehicle
she's armed with a high velocit 105 and a coaxial 12.7
But it's most useful if you hover with it, or fly forward slowly
she offers modest armour for a 30 tonne vehicle, but her main advantage against other tanks is reaction time, having half the time it takes to see targets and fire than the MBTs
as such, she often gets the first shot off
How so? You can keep up a higher firerate and even give some kinematic advantage by orbiting targets
Tula has aimbot with the guided rounds
I don't exactly see your point in hovering in it, but you do you
I mean I used to orbit, but I like flying closer to mountains now so if I get attacked I can use the mountains as cover
And what if she dont
Just fly while masking behind terrain lol? Hovering doesn't have to be part of this equation at all
the front armour can bounce up to a 76, anything beyond that and she miiiiiiiiiiight be screwed
Keeping your energy state up allows way more defensive options than hovering in place
I guess everyone has their own way of flying the tula lmao
The only use I found for hovering Tula was before the overheating. I just hid behind a mountain and lobbed shells at naval targets lmao
Hell I used to barely fly it because I couldn't stand the noise, but there's a GAS mod out there that makes it sound like an osprey
Your choice
amazing that you are going to release it's with FRCV
yep! :D
rip
y'all not surviving the ternion mines man 😭
We all now traumatized by FS-3 and consider every mod dead just for fun
we got ags in nuclear option now🥹
Is...is that supposed to be a radome?
And it's a gunship. Terrifying-
yep
Im guessing its the type of plane you take out when all the stratolance sites are down
And you have air superiority
Nah bro, just terrain mask, trust :)
Terrain mask my beloved
you can use this to deploy new ones lmao
it does have a 12m RCS
but it also gets a very good jammer
why do mfs keep calling me jewish
Is that a bad thing??
no I'm just curious this in't the first time 😭
FLYING WHALE
It's tail even kinda looks like a whale too
"SkyOrca"
The Beluga Bus
Beluga is way fatter. This is aggressive, and big, but not fat like the beluga aircraft
hmmm orca is pretty fitting
Why chimera
shapeshifter and/or blend of multiple things
gunship, bomber, awacs, cargo transport
- begins with a C, primary role is cargo
- I like it as a word
the Sounds Cool factor is very important when choosing names for equipment
If only I was good at making liveries, I'd totally make an orca themed livery for it
Cunship, Comber, CWACS, Cargo 😌
THE ORCAAAAAAA
Honestly a pretty realistic limitation for a military contract lol
wtf is this please where do i find this
Is this your mod? holy crap im pumped
yep!
What engine sound is the Chimera gonna use?
is that a 155 railgun on the bottom 😭
the what
Tarantula
127mm on the side, you can get two
Now we wait for new plane
Dang
When are we finally gonna get the plane we deserve
One with multiple turrets
:(
/lh hj
chimera can carry two turrets
two turret slots, each one can either be:
127mm Railgun Turret
57mm Chaingun Turret
30mm Rotary Cannon Turret```
Right but they're side, not ventral, right
Basically casemates? Ie guns that are mostly fixed in one direction but have some minor traverse
Like the 76mm on the Tarantula
Not actually turrets
Is it going to have more munitions containers than the tula or just 2?
4
can also carry two jackknives per bay slot
she could carry 8 if I based it on physical bay size
Too heavy tho, I guess?
Also valid
That said my question about the guns remains. From what I've seen they're tarantula style guns, yeah?
yep
I have been debating giving Chimera a machine gun turret for self defence as she has zero A2A tbh
tail-mounted gun
Mhmmm
That's kinda funny
I mean you can probably tell what my response to that is
"give it more then one"
But it would make a lot of sense to have a tail gun tbh
It's also a unique approach
I think it'd be the first aircraft with a tailgun?
yep
I mean it sounds like a lot of fun
I am eager for fatty fat fat plane
It's not fat
It's just got a large frame
I like big frames and I cannot lie
:b
have patience
MILLER TAKE OUT THOSE PT BOATS
Tick Tock

Tu-95 with the tailgun for NO when
greedy ahhh
give it a ciws turret 
i saw that ping
Mb I read the gifs wrong
Sorry
also, check her profile at least :b
Yeah I realise it now (shosana isn’t really a man name)
????????????????????????
you should really check the original message
Brain fart
last 3 hours of this long day
Don't forget time zones
It might be kinda weird to say, but I'd actually prefer it without
And just have to rely on superior flying to get to my objectives
But then again, turrets are inherently funny when you rip someone apart because they get too close, lmao
Id vote for a gun in some fashion. Even a 12.7 like a cricket
I don't even think it would change that much, because most engagements in NO are beyond 12.7mm range
Niche thing for the funnies, probably won't be all that useful, but idk
Turret only makes sense on the Tarantula as a close-in defense against ground threats, like the proposed 12.7 RWS for the Osprey, because it may actually be landing in contested areas
This shouldnt have one IMHO
does someone made custom tu-95 or b-29
No
sad
i try find something like heavy bombardier with propeller-driven aircraft
There are barely any aircraft mods right now
the tu-95 would be cool. love seeing that thing go up like a matchstick
very beautiful, very powerful
Ok Navy 6
you should give the chimera the b-52Hs tail 20mm rotary cannon :)
every cargo plane needs the rear sector vulcan for self defence
They removed the tail turret in the late 90s after desert storm
With a chimera design, I don't even know where to stick that cannon on the tail
proobs on here
It had basically no purpose at that point and was just using an extra crew member and a bunch of weight and it also got nailed by a harm at a point
i know why it got removed but that doesn't stop it from being potentially the funniest tail gun ever designed
ehehehe
i think your engines broke
Can't wait
current cockpit is a bit of a lowres placeholder but eh
Im going crazy waiting for this
Does it allow paradropping?
ya
hold on homie, rollin' back time for everyone
Idk if it's been said, but I really appreciate all the work you do @low valley
Stop gatekeeping 😭🙏
Lol take your time
@low valley can you please delay it to like after tomorrow
just because of these people above
its nice to see people excited but yall needa chill bruh
average modder experience hell
Just cancel it
i once posted a very small compat mod for some mods in rimworld and the sheer amount of incessant hounding was impressive for something with like 2000 unique downloads
my heart goes out to the unbelievably awesome individuals who make mods
anyways plane when?????????
lol
exploding unity spaghetti code with my mind
a tragedy, but understandable, keeping on cooking, we're all looking forward to the orca!
Horrid and evil creature. My hopes were high, only to be dashed against the rocks 😔
That ramp looks like a face in a way lol
Just don't burn yourself out. Take a break if needed!
I’m excited to try this out tmr then!
However long it takes I’m excited to try it out it looks sick tbh
Is this what u are working on?
yep
I find it funny how the chat just posts the orca gif occasionally lol
-# Watch the next aircraft be named "Orca" 
I have an idea of a plane that I want to make in blender but like I don’t know how to do blender I have like 2 hours in it and really don’t know how to make basic forms and shapes
read up on subdivision modelling, it's how I model planes and it's also how the NO devs to it too!
it's a really powerful technique if you can learn it
basically allows you to create smooth curves of geometry whilst placing less faces
Orbit Ready Cruise Aricraft, O.R.C.A. XD
Yea I maybe will learn to use it, just so overwhelming with information and actions u can do in blender. It’s feels like I can’t do stuff in it and nothing explains how do do it. But I will have a look in to it.
Also, how long have u been doing this for?
been using blender since I was 13, I am now 22 so I have a few years :p
started modding nuclear option last year
started making proper plane models back in 2024
Now I just want to end it
Yea u right, I really want to make a heavy transporter jet plane, but I think I’m thinking of something very complex and will take time to make, as I am a guy with almost no hours in blender
Everyone starts somewhere, Sandbag. Don't feel pressure because someone else has been working on it before you, you'll learn if it is what you wish to accomplish in time!
Bweh, if only things where that easy, hah
A bunch of us already nicknames the Chimera the Orca
i await the liveries for it
start small i made a simple propeller plane then a small jet style trainer but I have now moved on to munitions bombs and guns etc
I will look in to it, still I’m learning the program in the moment, and will also look in to subdivision modeling

Also do u also use subdivision modeling for your builds?
Not currently I stayed simple
Aa ok, Will se on what I do later, is probably going to take a while
@low valley can you create the post for the new aircraft in advance pls?
can you shut up pls?
hes trying his best ok
have some patience
??
firstly I can tell ur a low Iq individual bc "he's" a she secondly I dont recall ever mentioning you so how about we hold our apples hm?
wow its a she, thank you kind sir
yio is not rushing the release
But instead just asking for a separate post for the new plane
IIRC Aryx mentioned somewhere that she's against having a topic for an unreleased mod, but eh, idk. Might've been in a vc
Fair enough
What is it with Discord and overly aggressive people lol
Nah but it gets annoying after the 10th mf trying to rush development of a dev that’s being overworked for something completely free
Ik the message above has nothing to do with what you said but still
Well it's in the name, Discord. Think about it, Discord means uncivilly discussion, disagreements.
Which is quite funny
Sorry if someone's asked already but does the f16 work fine with qol rn or does it break something
I don't remember what the setting is, but you have to disable something in NOTT. Thats the only uncompatilbility. QoL is fine!
This should be pinned, honestly.
F-16M is NOTT and QOL compatible
this, I will make a topic for it when it releases
I believe that having a forum post for an unreleased mod creates hype for something that might end up not happening
this applies to everything not just my stuff
Is that a jet AC-130??????
Nah
bigger
Omg THIS MESSAGE WAS TOO LEWD TO BE DESPLAYED, SORRY
I love the AC-130, idc bigger is better
ALWAYS
she can carry railguns for a gunship role
jk
Ok that looks cursed (because it looks like an72 got an upgrade)
did you finish it?
releasing hopefully today once i’m home from hospital

im gonna do an A400m livery on it for practice whenever it releases 🔥
take your time
no rush
Damn get well
Current ones that exist, well the obvious, upeo, princess of erusia presidential transport
Get well soon!
Only transport, or gunship variant also?
they’re the same plane
you switch its role via weapon pylons similarly to the tara
is this gonna be a PALA or BDF plane?
hopefully both lol
third party craft purchased by both sides, but leaning BDF if it needs to be exclusive much later.
oh nice i figured it was going to be PALA because of the railgun but good to see BDF getting more shit
@low valley I will say sorry for rushing you yesterday im just really buzzed about the new plane but make sure it is to a good standard
It could take another month at this point and it'd still be done in really short time all things considered xD
no rush
total project time on this one has been about 10 days
longer than I’d like (The F-16 took 5) but this thing is much larger than the F-16 and went through several redesigns
damn did you reuse some existing assets/framework or is the blueprint workflow just really efficient?
neither, I’m just fast™️
version 1
And Chimera got those fkn deployables
i just want to know the internal unit name of the plane so i can add it to NOX lol
No like genuinely. She is insanely cracked
she is built different 🗣️ 🔥🔥
Its not out yet
can't wait for the best "humanitarian aid" supply aircraft to be added

Dang, that's too bad, im patient though, and it looks like it'll be worth the wait
It should be out sometime today but don’t expect it
it for sure will be here by the weekend unless something catastrophic happens
LET HER COOK
I'm just the kind of guy that doesn't really like stuff like the Ifrit, I don't need any fancy, super advanced planes. Just gimmie some transports, big heavy bombers, and some tiny trainers or outdated planes, so this one is right up my alley lol
just waiting to see if infantry gets added in the future which could be awesome depending on how it is introduced (I'll call the infantry squad Slur Team 6)
As long as I can do paradrops
If they go in the orca, it's the school trip


