Elytra wing launcher

Elytra wing launcher

Postby Forseth » Mon May 09, 2016 10:05 pm

Hey people!

Xisumavoid recently published this video where he shows you how to create a Elytra wing launcher. It requires few resources (though lots of wood) and launches you to about 700 blocks upwards before loosing momentum. Could be created around the server for you winged people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbTb71yiQmI

Enjoy!
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Re: Elytra wing launcher

Postby Zedwick » Tue May 10, 2016 3:10 am

Thanks for sharing this, Forseth. Unfortunately due to the number of entities (boats) it requires I have been requesting they not be used. Though if you wanted to build a modified version of this which turned it "on" and "off", by removing and placing the boats, then that would be fine so long as its switched "off" at all times when not in use.
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Re: Elytra wing launcher

Postby Forseth » Tue May 10, 2016 6:41 am

Ah, naturally. Didn't even consider the effect of having 100+ entities in one location.
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Re: Elytra wing launcher

Postby Dax23333 » Tue May 10, 2016 2:47 pm

From my experiments it appears tnt is the way forward with this as it makes all the boats drop as item entities which can then easily be collected with hoppers built into the bottom of the launcher.

This will require modification of the design, in paticular boat loading mechianisms need to be left in rather than removed as most tutorials suggest. As I did mine from a different design (that allows mid flight launching) I cannot help with this right now, although I may have a look and see what can be done with this one. Launching off a ladder seems so much easier.
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Re: Elytra wing launcher

Postby Pettmol » Wed May 11, 2016 12:55 am

Made a launcher based on Xisuma's design earlier today on the server. with a few tweaks it can easily be made to have a tnt dispenser to break the boats and a item elevator to place the boats back in the refilling chests. If anybody want an idea how to do it let me know. :)
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Re: Elytra wing launcher

Postby CaptainLotad » Sun May 15, 2016 5:06 pm

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