Thanks for you time checking the Aper Class Shuttle!!!
Famous for taking forces to the battlefield, this shuttle works as both a cargo ship and a shuttle for troops thanks to its combined cargo/transport container.
The ship is capable of detaching its cargo container and attaching it again at wil. To do so it will recurr to a script built in on both parts. There are plans to include more variants of the containers on a close future.
The container features 8 seats, several cargo boxes on the back and a door to separate the cargo from the crew. It can be completely modified to turn the interior into a single living space for bigger cargo if needed. It also features a escape hatch on the floor for docking or other appliances.
The ship features retractable landing gear, frontal tramp door, and variable geometry wings, which can be activated by 3 buttons on the back of the ship, or pushing 3 levers on top of both pilot seats. There is a Hatch on the cockpit in case you want to dock to another ship!!.
More container variants would be available at the store on a near future, and there would be updates!!If you have any questions just send me a private message and i will respond as quick as possible.
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Avanti Shipyards
- Detachable Container
- Folding wings
- Working guns
- Standalone container
- Standalone ship
Better Than Expected
First you get three vehicles. A linked version, an empty shuttle and a separate cargo carrier. They all are mesh with nice texturing. Each as stand alone vehicle is fine. Fixing some complaints would add greatly to the cost requiring animesh or multi-position animation for smoother movement. The camera provided is adequate. Adding a full Camera HUD would also add cost and I already have one I purchased separately. Lastly, the carrier uses a follower script. A full linker would also add cost. My only suggestion, adding an alignment script to the carrier for easy proper positioning.
Nice
Its perfectly what i expected. Big cargo ship with detachable cargo container.
a bit disappointing and needs more
It looks cool and is but needs a bit of refining.
It moves and handles poorly (a bit like a car with flight ) in m-look its not much better even with "A" mode. The matrero has a better flight core and I expected this to be even better! Cargo attach system would be pretty cool if it actually locked into position on the ship where it should sit and stayed there in flight but it sort of bounces around all over the place which is disappointing. Wing system is a nice feature but isn't very smooth.
Apart from the important parts of a vehicle it looks awesome, it is nicely made the features are nice ideas, has some nice effects on sound and light.
Unfortunately for the price tag and the operational disappointment its a below par 2 star, I was hoping for much better, and maybe the a next version on promised updates will be, and I can change this review to more be positive.
Great Creator!
And yet another awesome ship from this creator. Visually amazing! The exterior has a very recognizable appearance, quite a large wingspan, and the scale of everything is perfection.
As far as the flight goes the shuttle is very easy to fly in third-person, smooth, and has good sim crossing. Flying this in first-person however is a bit tougher and maybe it's just me but I think it's due to the small windows and camera distance from those windows. Again nothing to do with the flight itself or scripts, it's just that in first-person (mouselook) flying is more of a visibility issue than how it controls, flight itself is fine. Also important to note: the wingspan is huge but not physical so you can still maneuver under or around some tight spots without the long wings getting hung up on something!
The interior is super high detailed, amazing lighting/materials with working levers that control the wings, ramp, and landing gear. There are various areas to sit, multiple working doors, hatches, and everything you'd want aaand you can even attach more stuff here and there such as consoles and other things. The other section of the interior is the cargo container. By itself, it can also be modded by linking furniture or whatever to it, thus turning it into your own space. This is actually how I prefer to use the cargo container. And of course, you can pick up the container with the ship and lock it into place and fly around. Also included is a version of the shuttle where the container is linked to the ship. I prefer using this one personally. Either way, the ship comes with options.
Everything about this ship is impressive, easily 5 stars and if you're a ship collector like me, it's a must-have. My only wish that I've mentioned in reviews before for this creator's ships: I'd like to see a ring of smoke for dramatic take-offs and landings . Louder audio would be nice and I kinda wish the ramp lowered a bit slower!