VTOL CHALLENGE
A VTOL(vertical take off and landing) aircraft is exactly what the name suggests, vertical take off aircraft. Your challenge of course is to make one, wether it's fictional or a replica. STOVL will be accepted because why not.
*This challenge is sponsored by the SPSC
Guidelines:
- Max part count should be 650, Minimum is 150
- There will be deductions below 150, disqualification below 100
- No mod parts, XML and finetuner are allowed and encouraged
- No rockets and helicopters, but helicopter rotors can be used as a sort of VTOL mechanism(tiltrotor, hidden rotor tricks)
- Creations must be originally made by you
- No reusing of old builds
- you can enter build that are WIP/not posted yet before this challenge
- 2 entries per person
- The best of your two entries will be the only one accounted for
- Collabs are allowed, but the points will be split among users
- At any time you can request to post a link to a fixed version of your entry if it was broken beforehand
- All crafts will be tested on high physics and low physics, so optimize it for both
- be respectful to other participants
- must be a successor
*If you cannot/forgot to make it successor, link the build below, maybe even ask a moderator to make it a successor - and of course, Have fun!
Criteria:
- VTOL (
x/15): How stable it is when using vertical takeoff? How easy is it to control? How smooth can it transition between VTOL and normal flight? - Flight (
x/20): How realistic/enjoyable is it to fly? Can it perform its intended purpose? - Aesthetics (
x/20): Is the plane accurate/does the plane look nice? Description (
x/5): is the description coherent and easy to follow? Does it give the necessary instructions?Total:
x/60
Prizes:
1st place: 30 upvotes and 5 spotlights, 35 upvotes if spotlight not available
2nd place: 20 upvotes and 3 spotlights, 25 if no spotlight
3rd place: 10 upvotes a spotlight, 15 if no spotlight
Participants: 1 upvote and a pat on the back
Notes:
This is sponsored by the SPSC
Any questions will be answered so feel free to ask!
I can extend the deadline if need be.
Breaking one or more rules may get you disqualified
Deadline is January 16th, 2022!
Challenge Hosts:
Default4(replica judgement)
Me
Captain247
Have fun!
Specifications
Spotlights
- winterro 2.4 years ago
- ACEPILOT109 2.4 years ago
- Astro12 2.4 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 27 airplane(s) +2424 bonus
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 13.4ft (4.1m)
- Length 4.1ft (1.3m)
- Height 10.7ft (3.3m)
- Empty Weight 2,172lbs (985kg)
- Loaded Weight 2,172lbs (985kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading N/A
- Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
- Drag Points 887
Parts
- Number of Parts 148
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 356
Current highest score: 55/60
lowest current score: 26/60
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im not saying the names yet because suspense
Note:
This is not some sort of verification for a discord server don't comment you discord here unless you want to ask something
The judges:
Me of course
Default4
Captain247
@OrderlyHippo we'll see in 5 hours
Sus…pence. I bet the highest upvoted one’ll win.
@jinsatgat @SLSD001
Winners are secret as of now, I'm just waiting for my co judges to judge the replicas because I do not think I am worthy of judging them and they are way for capable in that regard
Who winner?
so result
No, see, I just removed and uploaded it 3 times is all, in one day. There’s only one update and it is the redirect link. @TheGreatLordVader
@TheGreatLordVader an update is different from an entry, as long as it's basically the same aircraft it's an update, which I'll allow as many as they see fit, it's pointless anyways since the deadline ended
@OrderlyHippo You say it your 3rd update, but only 2 entries are permitted. I'm sorry, we will only accept the second entry.
Just fyi, I know the deadline for entries past, but important STOL parameters have been fixed on my final, 3rd update post, making it transition properly to and from VTOL. I set it as a redirect from my main entry. This site's 5 posts every 24 hours rule prevented me from fixing it sooner :(
No further submissions will be accepted. Good Luck to everyone who participated. The results will be out in a few days.
Hey! I UPDATED MY ENTRY! It is the second F-35B I just uploaded!
@Falkenwut too many parts
Can my latest creation enter the competition last minute?
@Noname918181
I'm sorry, did you move the deadline to the 16th? And another thing: I see that there are only 5 beautiful builds so far, can you increase the number of prizes?
@Noname918181 Hmm
Oke
p.s. Imma head out.
@Grob0s0VBRa sure, there will be a penalty tho
If it goes above 700 then I'm sorry, but you're gone
@Noname918181
Well, i am to overcomplicate things...
Ahem, i wonder, is max limit is solid 650 parts?
Is it okay if mah bird will consist of 7 hundreds?
uuughfleshisweak
@OrderlyHippo
Thx for the help! just got back in town so I re-did my submission and made it a successor this time.
Ur links broken. Here’s one for u👇
https://www.simpleplanes.com/Forums/View/567539/Successor-Solved @Colt2601
Okay so I don't know or remember how to make uploads successors as I haven't played this game for a while with the exception of a few weeks ago. so I'm just gonna post a link if that's okay.
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/HUW3j7/Project-VTOL-plane
And this is a project that I started idk how long ago maybe a year or more, and I got back on the game and finished it recently so it doesn't have anything from the cockpit update and idk if it will get anything or not. but I saw the challenge while browsing and figured it'd be a good chance to submit this project plane and get some feedback on it and see if people like it or not, so here it is. Very open to name suggestions and feedback on the plane. I'm going out of town tomorrow so I'm just posting it as is but its not finalized and could still use some finer detailing. Anyways here it is and enjoy!
Lessgo
@Noname918181 Oke
*keyboard tapping intensifies*