Aircraft Template

INSTRUCTIONS: First, in a new tab, open the main page of this wiki (https://fjrt.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page) and type the full name of your aircraft (including the manufacturer!) in the search bar (ie: Daeson Aerospace DF-21 Tyche). It should prompt you that no such page exists.

To create one, click the red link for your plane to open the source editor.

Then on this template page, click "Edit Source" to access the non-visual source editor, and copy all of the text onto your new page.

Now the actual article creation process begins. First, pick one of the appropriate hatnotes above; these are intended to help a reader identify whether they're reading about a BDArmory competition craft, or an FJRP lore database article. Proceed to fill out all the blank and placeholder values in the infobox, and write as much or as little as you want below. If you have any questions (especially regarding the formatting of variants) contact Jimmy or Stardust.

Any developing updates to the template can be observed on the template development page. If you need more inspiration, you can look at something like the F-15 Eagle Wikipedia article.

Image files can be uploaded here: (https://fjrt.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:Upload)

Page redirects (if you think your craft will be searched in different ways) are formatted as such: # REDIRECT Main Article Title  ; see: this example to see how it works.

ARTICLE STARTS BELOW (Suggested article beginning.)

The [Manufacturer] [Plane] is a TYPE OF AIRCRAFT designed by DESIGNER.

History (Lore)
This section is for any "personal" lore you may have about your plane.

Most FJRT Competition Aircraft probably don't have lore. But, in the case that you want to imagine something up, that's what this section is for.

The aircraft lore may or may not be FJRP lore, depending on circumstances. However, most participants in FJRT probably don't partake in FJRP, and so can probably be disregarded in most circumstances. But, in the case that you are an FJRP participant, you can opt to have the full lore within this article.

That being said, if you are an FJRP participant, we might recommend that you write a separate FJRP-specific Lore Aircraft article for lore-heavy aircraft, separating it from the Competition Aircraft page, especially as more distinguished FJRP lore aircraft will likely have extensive, non-Competition content.

A good example of articles for a Competition Aircraft are the TCA 215 Aquila and TCA 217 Super Aquila, for how they hybridizes real-life lore with more Competition-centric lore, but at the same time, does not necessrily connect itself with the FJRP-oriented Lore Aircraft, despite the plane having extensive presence in the FJRP world; all FJRP-related lore goes to its Lore Aircraft article..

Design (Real Life)
This section is for anything you want to say about the plane's real-life design process. How you built it, tested it, what's special about the KSP craft build, etc.

Basically anything that happened in real life related to the KSP build should be put in this section.

Gallery
Because we all like screenshots.

That being said, Template:Gallery is pretty awkward and straight out of 2003. It seems that you can only add images to it through the Source Editor, and not the Visual Editor. Fortunately, all of the other features of the Gallery that are customizable can be done through the template editor after creating the gallery. See the following for an example on how it works.

Variants
If you have variants of the aircraft you'd like to list down and briefly describe, this is the section for it. This section is primarily to enhance the fun of aircraft articles, to make them feel more like a Wikipedia article on a plane. A better section for describing variants of Competition Aircraft is further down.

Major Variants



 * Variant 1
 * Variant 1 Description


 * Variant 2
 * Variant 2 Description

How to Use the Specifications Seciton
The Specifications section is a modified version of the Aircraft Specifications section you'll have seen on countless Wikipedia aircraft articles.

Really, this section is here for flavor and to enhance the fun of having a wiki article about your plane.

Our version comes with some modifications to better fit KSP and FJRT. For one, the default speed measurement is in meters per second (m/s). There are also additional KSP-only sections, such as a unitless measurement of wing area (as the BDA readout would give). Lastly, the weapons section has provisions for Upgrades and Special Weapons, as per FJRT.

Visual Editor
If you click on the whole Specifications area, you'll see it highlight.

Clicking on the highlighted section will open up a template editor. This is because the Specifications section runs off of a fully-formatted, automated template. Just fill out the fields in the template. Additional options are available by ticking the boxes on the left side.

Source Editor
If you're using the Source Editor, you probably don't need much help.

That said, it can be easier to edit the Specifications section specifically, within the Source Editor. The visual Template editor is a bit clunky for the purposes of the Specifications section.

Aircraft Configurations and Competition Appearances
This table is probably where more competition-oriented information will go, instead of the Specifications section. This section is especially helpful if your craft has competed in multiple competitions, or if you want to note different versions of your craft that have appeared in community battles (e.g., testing).