Rocket Pack: Active Cold Thrusters for vehicles 1.1.0

Rocket Pack
10 cold-gas thrusters, now on five vehicles: Ardente, Scintilla, SBR4, Pigeon and the city bus.​

1.1 update (left) · 1.0 release (right)​

Drive at 40 km/h, press U, and the car jumps about 7 m, rolls a full 360° over a parked Semi and lands on its wheels at about 1 m/s. No animation: real node thrusters, fired every frame by a small flight computer.

New in 1.1

• Four more vehicles, each with its own thrust, tank and flight-computer tuning: Civetta Scintilla (GTX and GTS), Hirochi SBR4 Electric 800, Ibishu Pigeon and the city bus (12.5 t, kickflips too).
• New sound: the thrusters now sound like compressed air (a hiss that rises with thrust and a "pssht" every time a nozzle opens) instead of a rocket roar.
• Suction fans toned down from 2 g to 1 g. Honestly, I barely tested the fans before 1.0. 2 g glued the car to walls far harder than it should be; at 1 g it only just holds on. Set it in Tuning if you want the old feel.
• Grip Mode on the Ardente, Scintilla and SBR4 (on by default, Y cycles off / Wall / Grip): the fans switch on by themselves and add suction only when the tyres work hard. Measured: Ardente 100-0 km/h in 31.0 m instead of 36.8 m; on a 35 m circle 1.38 g instead of 1.02 g (SBR4 1.63 vs 1.09 g, Scintilla GTX 1.56 vs 1.11 g). It does not shorten the Ardente's 0-100 launch (that car is not traction-limited).

Features

• Kickflip (U / O): ~7 m jump with a full roll left or right, stabilised landing.
• Jump (K): tap for a hop, hold for ~3 to 4 m.
• Auto-Land (I, on by default): when the car is about to hit the ground hard it rolls upright (even from upside down), brakes its speed and fires a landing burn.
• Rear thrusters (hold G) and suction fans (Y, 1 g by default): drive on walls and loops.
• 10 nozzles like the real thing: 4 under the floor, 2 on the front fenders, 4 at the back, all on one compressed-air tank that recharges while you drive. Each nozzle lights its own white plume.
• Thrusters can be torn off in a crash.

Measured (standstill kickflip / 10 m upside-down drop, Auto-Land off vs on)

• Ardente E: 40 km/h kickflip over a sedan, a 3.66 m Semi and a van, 7.3 m high, touchdown 1.0 m/s, no damage. Upside-down drop: ends on its roof vs lands upright (damage 1).
• Scintilla GTX: kickflip 7.45 m / 7.05 m (L / R), touchdown ~1.1 m/s, damage 0. Drop: 14 783 vs 5.
• SBR4 Electric 800: kickflip 7.14 m / 7.22 m, damage 0. Drop: 14 989 vs 1.
• Pigeon: kickflip 7.70 m / 6.93 m, damage 0. Drop: 12 363 vs 2.
• City bus: kickflip 8.62 m / 8.80 m, damage 64 / 79 (it is a bus). Drop: 171 529 vs 102.

How to use
Vehicle selector, pick one of: Cherrier Ardente E Rocket Pack, Civetta Scintilla GTX Rocket Pack / GTS Rocket Pack, Hirochi SBR4 Electric 800 Rocket Pack, Ibishu Pigeon Rocket Pack, city bus City Rocket Pack. Or add "Rocket Pack" in the Additional Modification slot of those vehicles.
Keys: U / O kickflip, K jump, I Auto-Land, G rear thrusters, Y fan mode (rebind under Options > Controls, search "Rocket Pack"). Tuning: Vehicle Config > Tuning > Rocket Pack.
Made for BeamNG.drive 0.40.

Changelog
1.1.0

• New vehicles: Civetta Scintilla GTX and GTS, Hirochi SBR4 Electric 800, Ibishu Pigeon, city bus.
• Grip Mode on the Ardente, Scintilla and SBR4: automatic suction in corners and under braking (Y cycles off / Wall / Grip).
• Suction fans default 1 g (was 2 g).
• Thruster sound: compressed-air hiss + burst on each nozzle opening (was a rocket roar).
• Updated for BeamNG.drive 0.40.

1.0.0

• First release (Cherrier Ardente E).