Each drone is a separate craft. Links and instructions below

Instructions:

1) Launch this drone first*, fly ~100 meters away from the launch site. Come to a hover, then save & exit (ignore the warning)
2) Download the follower drones for the formation you want. Launch one at a time, saving & exiting each time.
3) Switch back to the player drone (red). Fly around with the rest of the drones holding the formation.
*If you launch the follower drones before this one, they'll break and fly away.


Seven drone cross formation:

Follower drone 1
Follower drone 2
Follower drone 3
Follower drone 4
Follower drone 5
Follower drone 6

Three drone looping formation:

The drones will start looping when you press AG1. Pause the game, and activate AG1 on both drones at the same time so they don't collide.
Follower drone 1
Follower drone 2


For those interested, the Flight Program is stored in the block below the command chip, named programBlock. This player craft does not have the program to hold position, that is only on the follower drones.

If you're up for it, you can make your own formations too. Download one of the follower drones, and look inside the flight program (on the block under the command chip). Theres a block of code near the top-right with instructions to definde your own coordinates. Type in distances, or use the time variable with functions to create moving formations.


Notes:

-Be careful with fast altitude changes. The follower drones can lag behind and bump into you or each other.
-If they do get out of control, stay still and let them figure it out. As long as they don't explode, they can recover quite well.
-The game's physics distance is limited to 1km inside the atmosphere. If one of the drones gets further away than 1km, it will fall out of the sky.

GENERAL INFO

  • Created On: Windows
  • Game Version: 0.9.404.0
  • Price: $5,084k
  • Number of Parts: 31
  • Dimensions: 4 m x 14 m x 14 m

PERFORMANCE

  • Total Delta V: 6,921,012,306,247.7km/s
  • Total Thrust: 1.0MN
  • Engines: 8
  • Wet Mass: 10,509kg
  • Dry Mass: 1,726kg

STAGES

Stage Engines Delta V Thrust Burn Mass
1 8 6,921,012,306,247.7km/s 1.0MN 3,114,361years 10,509kg

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    A portable runway light strip perhaps.

    3.6 years ago
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    2,951 LofiTurtle

    @theUSSR It's fine if you don't enjoy this craft. But it would be best if you just moved on, instead of telling me about it

    3.7 years ago
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    2,495 Alyx

    @theUSSR Proof of concept,could be used on planes for a movie or something,Maybe even a booster landing system that lands 2 boosters almost at the same time (Like the FH)

    +1 3.7 years ago
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    2,951 LofiTurtle

    @Rizkyman all stock, and works on mobile

    +2 3.7 years ago
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    22.5k Rizkyman

    Mod needed? Mobile friendly?

    3.7 years ago
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    2,951 LofiTurtle

    @Gozinya Thank you!

    +1 3.7 years ago
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    43.1k goz

    Wow! Super impressive coding!

    +3 3.7 years ago

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