Deadline is now Oct. 1st.
Objective:
Design an AIRCRAFT with no vertical stabilizer.
Rules:
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Do not use the part “Vertical Stabilizer” in your build. You will be disqualified if you do use it.
Your build must be an aircraft. This means that it must primarily move through the air. No cars, trucks, trains, ships, boats, or walkers* are allowed.**
*If your Walker has the ability to fly, than it will be accepted. If not, you will be disqualified.
**The same goes for the other vehicles. If they fly, then they will be accepted.
Must be a successor post to this challenge
Do not take other people’s creations and tweak them. You must start from scratch or finagle a current project. Redesigns are allowed, but only if you were the original poster/designer.
Deadline: October 1st
Rating System:
How well does it fly / 30
How does it look (cosmetics) / 10
Is the design original? 5 points deducted if not.
Popular Opinion: Creation with the most upvotes will receive 5 extra points.
Personal Favorite: Whichever build I like the best will receive 5 extra points.
Total possible points amounts to 50. If two builds score a 45, the SP community will then vote on whichever they prefer.
1st Place: 15 Upvotes
2nd Place: 10 Updoots
3rd Place: 7 Updoodles
4th Place: Good Job
Entries:
Good luck, and have fun.
Specifications
Spotlights
- Noname918181818181818181 3.6 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 10 airplane(s) +514 bonus
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 49.2ft (15.0m)
- Length 6.9ft (2.1m)
- Height 32.8ft (10.0m)
- Empty Weight 1,643lbs (745kg)
- Loaded Weight 1,643lbs (745kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading 135.7lbs/ft2 (662.7kg/m2)
- Wing Area 12.1ft2 (1.1m2)
- Drag Points 150117
Parts
- Number of Parts 13
- Control Surfaces 1
- Performance Cost 36
All of the wings - structural, horizontal, vertical, and primary - act the same. So, when I said no vertical stabilizer, I meant that there should be no wing that’s vertical. Take a look at the B2 Spirit to see an example of this.
Leaving it to be he SP community, make sure it’s not a German Corsair.
Could fandangle my ddz hmm
Challenge accepted
@Thueerra great!
Will join btw!
This is so easy to cheat on:/ Be VERY suspicious and check under every surface!
@Planicopter sure
Can you pls change my plane to the 2.0 version.
CooL
@Planicopter yes
Heres my plane
Can we add highly dihedral wingtips?
You have to make sure no one shrinks a cheated-in vertical stabilizer.
how are we gonna stabilize the planes
@ThePropellerIsAFan ok.
Mine isn't original, but i posted it just for fun and because it is the first plane i built in SP
@50CalChicken fuselage yes, v tail only if if is for the horizontal stabilizers.
Or maybe a V tail?
What about a fuselage in place of the vertical stabilizer?
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/2zGF5x/Burger-Engineering-F-36-Stormhawk
Based on Jundroo's Hellkeska, but uploaded anyway just for fun.
People will do horten 229 or b2 Spirit emedietly
Alright I'll make one with a vertical stab built with fuselages.
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/pVUNzi/Spartat-fighter
@ThePropellerIsAFan ok, thanks!