Space Engineers

Space Engineers

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Balanced Helicopter stuff
   
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Type: Mod
Mod category: Block
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6 Jul, 2019 @ 10:46pm
1 Dec, 2019 @ 5:07pm
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Balanced Helicopter stuff

Description
This mod adds a small set of COOL LOOKING, and BALANCED helicopter propellers and wings. They are all adjusted and balanced according to vanilla standards.

I made this mod because I wanted a simple, minimal helicopter mod with few blocks that was balanced. So here we are!

1 Large 5 blade helicopter thruster
  • Equivalent of 4 large atmo-thrusters in terms of thrust, power usage, and required components.
  • The block is 7x7x3, and an equal size hitbox.
  • No thrust flame.
  • Is cool af
  • Baby safe propeller blades for reduced workplace accidents.

1 small 5 blade helicopter thruster
  • Equivalent of about 1 large atmo-thrusters in terms of thrust, power usage, and required components.
  • The block is 3x3x2, and an equal size hitbox.
  • No thrust flame.
  • Is cool af, and yes, is safety blades.

Left/Right Utility wings
  • Has small conveyor ports, for transporting ammo to guns.
  • The block is 4x2x4, and is reasonably armored.
  • Does not provide lift. :(

I also adjusted propeller spin rates and damage particles so it's easy to see if the blocks are damaged.

Known issues
The propeller rotates backwards for some reason. I can't fix it because I can't blender.
The propeller blades don't slice stuff up. Get used to it. Us modders can only do so much.
Mirroring doesn't work for the wings. I don't get it. Help me if you know how to do it.
Propellers tend to get "stuck" spinning when they shouldn't, such as when losing power or getting damaged. Keen bug.

CREDITS
All models are made by Tumble and are originally from these mods:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=577079238
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=580923951
I wasn't happy with how unbalanced they were (and how utterly FRAGILE the heli-wings were), so I made them balanced, fair and fun, and uploaded it (with permission) just for you guys.
20 Comments
elijahallsman 21 Feb @ 6:05pm 
FUNNY NAME:steamhappy:
BloodyMad 27 May, 2024 @ 8:08am 
Still work?
TREASEND 15 Nov, 2020 @ 6:29am 
how do i set the tail rotor to spin but not thrust its making the response odd,am i missing a decorative block or can it be made to swap directions? sorry i'm a little confused
Alb  [author] 2 Dec, 2019 @ 3:46am 
Hey, you're welcome. I'm glad you enjoy this.
Ngrasta 2 Dec, 2019 @ 12:43am 
Awesome, thanks for taking the time to do this!
Alb  [author] 1 Dec, 2019 @ 5:17pm 
I just realised I haven't updated this mod since the day I released it. I've since been making small changes but never pushed them to here.

So here's the current updated version! You should see "Utility wing" and "Utility wing - left." I also changed the small heli thruster to 3x3x2, so it's a little smaller. I'm sorry, the even dimensions thing was a bad idea in practice. Those of you who already have this block on your builds will notice this block is now shifted a little. Some of you will probably need to adjust it now.
Ngrasta 1 Dec, 2019 @ 1:49pm 
Tried the scroll method and it didn't work. I double checked with other blocks and it works for them.
Alb  [author] 20 Nov, 2019 @ 12:20pm 
You can find it. One of them has both wings bundled with it and you can swap between them with scroll.
Ngrasta 20 Nov, 2019 @ 7:03am 
The right utility wing is not showing up in the block list.