Dead end: August 12th, 2018 (My birthday). I hope this gives me time to do my evaluation work. If I would disapear, do not hate me... my life is very complicated in this year.
Your job is to create a jet bomber, using the whole form I created. The plane must fly well, be able to bomb (or attack with air / ground or air / surface missiles or even with cruisers missiles)
You can paint everything (also the given parts) as you want, but you can not change the given parts. You can only add.
At the end of your work the rescue module must continue to work perfectly.
Instructions:
To leave the plane using your escape pod,
1 - put the engine at 100%
2 - Press "1"
3 - Once sufficient altitude has been reached, switch off the engine
4 - Press "2"
During the motorized flight, the pod has a certain degree of control. Additional capacity of nose up can be added by operating on the VTOL.
The pod floats, so it can function as a lifeboat in case of ditching.
Upvotes are kind, but not strictly requided.
*** Valid competitors: ***
AvroPilot - https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/P3hhu5/Escape-pod-challenge
Zealt - https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/3MXS4B/Escape-Pod-challenge-submission-the-vector
stig27 - https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/6eq5qd/A-4-Fixer
carponatarp - https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/nc4xOK/Escape-Pod
etrain5544 - https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/SHUm8M/Escape-Pod-Challenge
bluecomet - https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/l6u2V1/SCL-B-610-Javelin-Escape-Pod-Challenge
DerpyCookie17 - https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/S5G4b8/Escape-Pod-Jet-Bomber
Phenex - https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/MpJUo8/The-Slayer
Mikojake - https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/Q8zD5Y/Escape-Pod-Challenge-entry-2
Nerfenthusiast - https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/Q4hxdR/escape-pod-chalenge-the-oddball-updated-again
Write on June 6th 2018 - I will update the list periodically
Specifications
Spotlights
- AviownCorp 5.9 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 14 airplane(s) +203 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 3.7ft (1.1m)
- Length 15.6ft (4.8m)
- Height 5.4ft (1.6m)
- Empty Weight 708lbs (321kg)
- Loaded Weight 1,123lbs (509kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 12.001
- Wing Loading 30.4lbs/ft2 (148.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 37.0ft2 (3.4m2)
- Drag Points 921
Parts
- Number of Parts 33
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 117
@AvroPilot B-23
Aesthetics: 2/5
The wings, the tail planes and the vertical fin are 3D. The intention was good, but the aesthetic result is poor, they only look like big pieces placed in a disharmonic way. They are not tapered, and the chosen section is not the best. Furthermore, the plan form is also not the best one.
The colors have not changed from the basic model, and the situation worsens.
The two engines are placed unrealistically. The wings also flex and peep out of the fairing that makes them three-dimensional.
It can be done better.
Armament: 1/5
4 Hell and 6 Boom25
4 of the 6 bombs are dropped regularly, but 2 get stuck in the fuselage. Sometimes you can make them fall with a sudden maneuver, other times they explode destroying the plane.
The only way to test the plane without bombs is to release them on the runway before take-off.
There are no countermeasures.
Take-off: 2/5
It takes off with a lot of difficulty, probably because the landing gear is too far behind the center of gravity and hinders rotation.
Flight: 2/5
Slow, we are just over 400 mph, and very lazy. Both with the bombs on board and without the plane reacts slowly and very limited to maneuvers. There are no aerodynamic brakes,
Landing: 0/5
Given the laziness of the plane, its slowness and the limited amount of fuel it is impossible to take off, align with the track and land. Every mission is a suicide mission.
Sorry for the strict but honest judgment. TOTAL 7/25
Here I am, finally. Sorry for the delay, but life rip me apart from simpleplanes and basically all my hobbies.
From now I can judge the planes, and I wil do from today.
I understand. Umm, I guess it would be unfair if I would ask you to count the better one? :P worth a shot. I’m gonna start making another one and try to make it better looking, maneuvering and usability. @Baldovino
@DerpyCookie17 OK, do it, but no longer than a week, because I want to keep back my hobbies soon, SP included. :) And I reserve myself the opportunity to apply a point penalty for the overtime publication.
Also I know its too late, but if I can re make a bomber, can I submit another? I am really dis-satisfied with my entry. I can accept a no since I do understand that the challange has been Lon closed but I haven’t seen your name around so I thought you were dead. (That being the reason as to why I didn’t ask earlier) I would accept a shorter deadline then a week but you would be killing me. @Baldovino
Ok thanks!@Baldovino
Oh gosh, I’m so sorry, I haven’t noticed the comment in which you said that... you lost a family member. I am so sorry! I didn’t know... I didn’t mean to be so unpolite... (this was written after I uploaded the second comment). I’m very sorry... i really want to say some incouraging stuff but I feel bad that I didn’t say it earlier and the fact that I’m probably repeating what other people said. Also I didn’t mean to remind you of that with this edited post but I really felt the need to apologize. I’m sorry...
@DerpyCookie17 I hope so... The sad work to dismount all the mom's and dad's house is near to end, and then I will start again with my hobbies. I think the maximum dead end is the end of october.
Are the evaluations up or something? @Baldovino
@Nerfenthusiast Thanks. I have to empty my parents house, because I must give it back to proprety empty and in good state, so my week ends are completely busy untill end of october
Take as much time as you need to recover @Baldovino
I understand how it feels to lose a family member a few years ago my great grandma died and last year both my cats died @Baldovino
@etrain5544 tanks lot from all us
Yeah life is waaay more important than this and im also sorry that your dad passed away but I can’t imagine what that would feel like with all of those things also so i hope the best to you and your family @Baldovino
@etrain5544 Thanks lot mate. Sadly 6 month agò was my dad, and now my bro and me must do a lot of things, like empty the house that is rented, close all contracts for water, gas, electricity, telephone, sell what we can and call a company that will free us of the remaining .. unfortunately all tasks not only sad, but also demanding long time. And of course, to deal with the idea of parents both gone away.
Oh sorry for your loss and take as much time as you can away from this game if you want @Baldovino
@etrain5544 Guys, my mom passed away few days agò and at present I still can't, but I will do it, I promise.
@Baldovino have you evaluated them yet?
Np always willing to help @Baldovino
@Nerfenthusiast thanks
link to final version @Baldovino
Can you test mine with my final version @Baldovino
FINISH LINE!
EVALUATION IN NEXT DAYS
@AvroPilot
@zealt
@Nerfenthusiast
@stig27
@carponatarp
@etrain5544
@bluecomet
@DerpyCookie17
@MikoJake
@Phenex
@MikoJake
@machappo8
@machappo8
I want to tanks all the guys (or maybe some girls, who know?) that enter the contest untill now. There is plenty time for enter (until august 12th 2018, near two months), so tell to your friend of this contest. Upvote it for made it more visible, put it in the jet stream for show it to your follower. More entered plane, more glory for the final winner!
@Baldovino I still don't know what made the escape pod break. I'm pretty happy with my plane now and I could be making the same mistake without me noticing.
@MikoJake Don't surrender. Use te experience to work on a better version from an empty draw table.