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Aeronautics: DriveByPower

by argolde

Aeronautics: DriveByPower lets players send Forge Energy across moving contraptions and airships using invisible cables, linking points that would otherwise need physical wiring.

NeoForgeClient and serverMIT LicenseOpen source1.21.1

What it does

Invisible point-to-point links carry FE from a block that exposes the Forge Energy capability to a machine that accepts it. Generators, batteries and other FE-compatible machines can be connected without visible wires, and the links keep working when the parts they join are assembled into a contraption and moved.

Links can cross sub-levels, so a stationary generator on the ground can power a machine aboard a ship, or one ship can feed another in mid-flight. Connections are remapped automatically when blocks are moved between sub-levels, so the wiring does not break when an airship takes off. The Sable and Create Aeronautics sub-level setup is handled by the mod, and it runs on NeoForge for 1.21.1 only.

Drive Power requires Create and Sable. The mod is built on Create, and it is client and server, so both the server and every player need it. It is released under the MIT License, and it is open source.

Key features

  1. Invisible FE links

    Forge Energy moves between two points through invisible cables with no physical wiring between them.

  2. Cross sub-level transfer

    Power reaches machines on moving contraptions, airships and the ground, including ships powered mid-flight.

  3. Configurable transfer rate

    A config option caps how much FE each connection moves per tick, with a default of 1024 FE/t.

  4. Cable Cutter overlay

    Holding the Power Cable Cutter displays the chosen sources, linked sinks and wire paths drawn over the world.

  5. Create Goggles network analysis

    Goggles show the connections of a single point and the FE flowing out of it in real time, with lines leading to each connected source or sink.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

No stable releases
Every published file is a beta or alpha build.
1.21.11.0.4
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 2

SableA library mod for interactive moving block structures, or "sub-levels"
Required
CreateAesthetic Technology that empowers the Player
Required

Questions

Does Drive Power need Create and Sable?

Yes. Create and Sable are both required dependencies, and the mod is built on top of Create.

Does the server need Drive Power as well?

Yes. The server and every player need the mod installed.

Are links kept when a contraption moves between sub-levels?

Yes. Connections are remapped automatically as parts are assembled and moved, so the wiring stays intact.

Which Minecraft versions does Drive Power support?

Only 1.21.1. The NeoForge file is version 1.0.4, published on 2026-05-07 on the alpha channel.

In the catalog

Aeronautics: DriveByPower is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,557 Technology mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.

Technology mods8,499NeoForge modsMods for 1.21.132,366

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What the author says

Wireless FE power links for Sable sub-levels (Create Aeronautics) and beyond. Connect any Forge Energy source to any FE accepting machine with invisible cables that work across moving contraptions, airships, and the world below them. This is the energy system equivalent of Drive By Wire (which inspired this mod)…
argolde, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
argolde
Published
2026-05-07
Updated on Modrinth
2026-05-07
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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