Have you ever loaded some vehicles into the AN-12, and while flying you activate the air brakes to lose speed for a landing, and the vehicles loaded in the cargo bay slide/roll forward and slam into the cockpit bulkhead? Well, I have a new (experimental) mod for you! Attached to this posting is the prototype (no visible meshes yet) of the AN-12 Securement mod. What does it do? It uses the trailer hitch on vehicles to secure the vehicle to the interior of the AN-12 cargo bay. Grab the HighBeam9000_AN12_Securement.ZIP file from this post. Spawn an AN-12. For the "Center Load" on the AN-12, select "AN-12 Securement". Also equip the AN-12 with a ramp (of course). Load some wheeled vehicles that are equipped with trailer hitches. Don't set the parking brake on any of the wheeled vehicles. Distribute the vehicles in the cargo bay to balance the load. For each of the wheeled vehicles loaded, select the vehicle, then press the 'L' button (standard button to couple/uncouple trailers). The vehicle will automatically roll forward/backward as necessary to connect to one of the securement device popup tabs (6 tabs available). Fly around. After landing, check the position of your loaded vehicles. The vehicles should not have moved.
I found a flaw in the securement mod: When the first vehicle is secured in the plane cargo bay, all the other securement tabs fall through the floor. I fixed that and added a visible mesh. The mod will be released in a day or two on the Repository.
I purchased the airstrip on Jungle Rock Island. I'm going to start an air freight company. I already cleared the trees on the southwest side of the runway and at the southeast end of it. The control tower was wasted, and happened to be unnecessary for my operation, so I leveled it with some blasting gel. I've been importing corrugated steel to repair the hangar. I'm getting good deals on used steel panels. The hangar still looks bad, but the roof doesn't leak as much.
Are y'all still looking for bombs you can launch from a plane? Also, would it be possible to create: 1. STOLplane (Cessplane) 2. Guns for the Cessplane
For bomb dropping, our current capabilities are: ME-262 with dual bomb rack B-25 with quad bomb rack Throwing explosive barrels out the back of the AN-12 The ME-262 also has rockets or missiles available. Eventually we'll be developing nuclear capabilities. It's just a question of what effects and physics can we accomplish without overloading the processor. We'll probably need destructible buildings for testing. What other kinds of bombs are available? (This totally feels like an arms deal. )
have we considered attaching JATO rockets to the explosive barrels? assuming the thrust is balanced to the centre of gravity, two JATO rockets combined with basic airfoil controls would make JATO barrels viable for impromptu missiles
Junkyard cruise missiles! Love it! Make it out of random bits, like the Fligeon, except flying explosive barrel. Can we load explosive barrels into the large cannon, and fire the cannon without setting off the barrels, like a big, short-range explosive shotgun? That would require very insensitive explosive settings. Would the explosives be too insensitive to explode on impact? Hmmm... The Cessplane already has a very slow stall speed. An STOL version could almost just hang in mid-air. I need to catch up on my STOL conversion kits. I'll probably build kits for the B-25, Fligeon, and Cessplane this weekend.
Or you could use this mod: https://www.beamng.com/resources/nuclear-bomb.3300/ It's not very powerful, but it is a bomb that can be dropped.
I messed around a little bit last night. I discovered that explosive barrels can be launched from the large cannon. If the settings are set right, they won't explode on launch, but they will explode on impact. The insane nuke, however, detonates on launch. We could modify the nuke to desensitize it a bit so that it would survive a launch and still detonate on impact. In summary, the large cannon stuffed with explosive barrels (with correct settings) is a totally functional, explosive shotgun howitzer. Suitably modified nukes could also be fired. We could build some kind of conveyor system that can be installed in the AN-12. Stack a bunch of stuff on the conveyor, takeoff, open the cargo doors, and activate the conveyor. Like groceries at the market, the conveyor would then start moving whatever's on it (nukes, cars, etc) out the cargo door. Heavy metal poop from a big bird. We could use the conveyor during the holiday season to deliver gifts to all of the good children of the world. Sure, such a delivery system would be incredibly destructive, but think of how efficient it would be. UPDATE: Weird... I just tried to launch 3 barrels out of the big cannon, and they exploded on launch. This requires more research.
BeamNG's first carpet bomber? That sounds insane! It would be really good for desert or ocean (or any wide, open space) usage to get rid of convoys (or at least split them up).
Assuming the barrels roll because they are round, would it not be easier to simply create a baffled floor with detachable restraints? the restraints hold them in place while the baffles assure that the barrels release then only at a desired angle of attack, and also ensures they do not gather too much speed leaving the airplane Also, the cannon howitzer could be more effective launching multiple barrels if the barrels where lashed together, then seperated mid flight. This would ensure inter-barrel collisions do not lead to premature detonation
A barrel magazine for the AN-12... I'm getting ideas... including a means to drop 1 barrel at a time, or all of them. An accessory that would be almost mandatory would be some kind of speed-loader, so that the AN-12 can do rapid sorties with barrel bombs. Maybe there's a way that I can get barrels to spawn already in the magazine... For the cannon howitzer, maybe the barrels can be stacked so that they're already on contact with each other and the launch plate at the bottom of the cannon. Maybe that would prevent impacts so that the only action is a shove. With the failed last test, I couldn't determine if the detonation at launch was due to the launch plate striking a barrel, or if the barrels hit each other.
Hey, I'm still here for it though! Sometimes redneck ideas are good, and redneck barrel launching strategy could come in handy if there isn't enough materials or time to create proper bombs.
Yeeee Haaaaa! Yeah, buddy! It doesn't get much more redneck than welding a bunch of surplus cargo barges together for an aircraft carrier.
