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Radial Engine Helicarrier Thruster MkI

WW2 style radial engine using Takeshi's new propellers and plane parts.
Uploaded this so you don't have to build this yourself.

The Helicarrier MkI engine optically acts as the cooling fan inside the cowling. Its thrust doesn't damage blocks, so it's well suited for this purpose.

The new propeller engine is mounted on a wheel suspension (instead of the wheel). Therefore it's on a subgrid and can't be controlled by the cockpit directly.
In order to use it I've added a programmable block "Radial Engine Copycat" which copies the thrust settings and on/off-state from the Helicarrier engine to the propeller engine. The programmble block can be mounted anywhere on the wheel suspension. I.e. you can add another PB to the suspension, copy the program from the old one to the new one and remove the old PB in case this is necessary/better for your creation.
You can replace the propeller engines with other black / silver / 2- / 3- / 4-bladed propeller engines but only use the forward ones ;-) The script shall still work, also when replacing the Helicarrier engine by another 3x3x1 engine.

The blueprint was grabbed by the yellow block behind the wheel suspension so you should be able to paste it onto a wing / the end of a wing. Add more cowling parts afterwards as you see fit.

The yellow parts can be removed or recolored. They act as a secondary mount point of the Helicarrier engine and as protection for the programmable block. Beware that after removal of the yellow blocks the Helicarrier engine will only be mounted at the top side of the front cowling. In case this cowling is destroyed, the Helicarrier engine will be disconnected from your object and render the whole engine useless.

Examples of planes with radial engines:
B-17 Flying Fortess
P-47 Thunderbolt
F4U Corsair
FW 190A/F/G
Ju 88
La-5
La-7
A6M
Ki-43
Ki-84
Ki-100

You can find the version with Sektan's S - Atmo engine here: https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1475699896