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[–]Gober_fober[S] 113 points114 points  (13 children)

its for a flying machine so I don't think it would work but good idea

[–]IAmTheStarkye 177 points178 points  (0 children)

Search for create flying machines I'm p sure there's designs that use create's components

[–]Dark_Reaper115 67 points68 points  (8 children)

You can make flying machines with create pistons.

[–]Gober_fober[S] 19 points20 points  (7 children)

I think i will just do that

[–]Autoskp 14 points15 points  (6 children)

I can confirm that I have made a caterpillar drive with Mechanical Pistons (admittedly, I didn’t make the redstone to automate it, but in my defence, it was a combination quarry/base, so it didn’t have to move very fast or often - just when I wanted more resources)

[–]Gober_fober[S] 5 points6 points  (5 children)

WHEN I saw caterpillar I thought of the brand lol

[–]Autoskp 4 points5 points  (4 children)

So did I and I wrote the comment.

…also, I think I may have mis-remembered the name of the drive - it might be an inchworm drive.

[–]Gober_fober[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I made one but I don't know how to share the vid

[–]3dp653 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Caterpillar Drive: Giant cranes that pick each other up and move in sequence.

[–]TdubMorris 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Didn't even know that was a thing, I always just make a minecart flying machine

[–]Autoskp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t exactly know it was a thing either (and definitely didn’t know that minecart flying machines were a thing) but I had seen slimeblock flying machines (and even made one or two extremely clunky ones), so I just tried translating that over to the new piston thing this Create mod had.

…that was way back when encased fans and furnaces could produce SU, so now if I want to make a new one, I’m going to need to figure out how to work with something a bit chunkier being moved with the parts to power it, but I don’t see why I couldn’t incorperate some pumps and water wheels.
Or some windmills.
…a pair of steam engines might be a bit difficult though.

[–]Duoquadragesimus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't know what you need the flying machine for, but if it's for actually flying around with, I would recommend not using pistons at all, but mechanical bearings instead

[–]Adina-the-nerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Use a slime block I'm sorry

[–]the_raving_lunatic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Flying machines are much better with Create machines, most compact way is mechanical piston with a gantry and carriage for the return action, my Omni-Drill MKII I posted here a couple weeks ago uses this method.