5th Generation Fighters & Bombers Challenge
6th Gen, and stealth drones such as Loyal Wingman are also welcome
Welcome to the 5th Gen Fighter & Bomber Challenge!
This time, we're pushing the limits of stealth, agility, and futuristic tech.
Design and build a 5th-generation aircraft — either a fighter or a bomber — that embodies next-gen features: stealth profiles, internal weapon bays, supermaneuverability, advanced cockpits, or anything that screams "future of air combat."
Bring your A-game. Whether it’s inspired by real-world jets like the F-22, Su-57, B-21, or something purely fictional, it’s time to dominate the skies.
✅ RULES (Read before you join!)
Must be a successor to this post (download the challenge base to enter).
Aircraft type must be either:
- 5th Generation Fighter
- Stealth Bomber
- Part limit: 900 parts max (mobile-friendly builds preferred).
- No memes, no egg planes — keep it believable and sharp.
- Can be replica or fictional, but must look and feel like a 5th-gen aircraft.
- Internal weapon bays, stealth shaping, advanced flight systems, or futuristic tech = 👍
- Must fly well — performance matters!
- Max 2 entries per player (only the best will be judged, but both may get upvotes & spotlight).
- XML editing and Funky Trees allowed — No mods.
🏁 RATING SYSTEM (Total: 50 pts + 5 bonus)
Visual Design & Shape Accuracy – 10 pts
- Flight Performance – 10 pts
- Stealth/Tech Features (e.g., internal bays, radar shaping) – 10 pts
- Cockpit – 5 pts
- Takeoff & Landing Behavior – 5 pts
- Creative Engineering (custom parts, XML, etc.) – 10 pts
- Bonus – 5 pts (If I love a detail, execution, or concept)
📅 DEADLINE: August 21, 2025 — 11:59 PM (New York Time)
Let’s end October with a sonic boom.
🏆 AWARDS
🥇 1st Place: 10 Upvotes + 3 Spotlights
🥈 2nd Place: 7 Upvotes + 2 Spotlights
🥉 3rd Place: 5 Upvotes + 1 Spotlight
⚠️ Note: If you win but don’t have enough planes in your account, I can’t give all the upvotes. No alt accounts used.
👍 All good builds will get an upvote
⭐ Exceptional ones may be spotlighted, even if not prize-winners.
🧭 I may follow builders with outstanding skills or originality.
✈️ Think future. Fly beyond. Build your legend.
Will your plane become the next air superiority legend or stealth strike ghost?
Let’s find out.
Note: YOU ARE WELCOME TO POST AFTER THE CHALLENGE!
You will not be in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd places. But I will still vote, spotlight (if the build is good enough), and give you more votes if I like your collection, or even follow you!
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Successors 42 airplane(s) +2052 bonus
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 1.6ft (0.5m)
- Length 3.3ft (1.0m)
- Height 3.3ft (1.0m)
- Empty Weight 595lbs (270kg)
- Loaded Weight 595lbs (270kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading N/A
- Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
- Drag Points 385
Parts
- Number of Parts 3
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 7
This is one of the most downloaded Challenges, with over 5,400+ downloads (after the "96 Parts Challenge" which has more than 6K)
@SleepyKitty Already said that - "- Max 2 entries per player (only the best will be judged, but both may get upvotes & spotlight)."
I like this challenge. I'll be sponsoring it with +20 upvotes from myself for each price. So first places gets 30, 2nd gets 27 and 3rd gets 25
@WinsWings If you like that, do pin and let people know.
I'm also still thinking a out a video for my own challenge and maybe I could feature builds from this challenge in the video! Hopefully...
My Best planes list
My SST-W100 Plane reached 63,000+ downloads as of 7/24/2025
Deadline is NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
DEADLINE TODAY!!!
@GorillaGuerrilla I guess I have to study that then. Chances are whatever I wanted to demonstrate, it's already done twice as good.
@Sockdragger funky trees fly by wire will help you big time
@TateNT34 5th Generation figners - (4.5, 5, and 6 are all okay) but no helicopters- sorry for this time
@Sockdragger welcome to post any time, if it is under the challenge
Are helo’s allowed?
I have to bow out on this one. My 5th Gen High Manoeuverability Technology Demonstrator ran into some problems.... Like .... Not flying and mistaking high Manoeuverability for chronic spinning out of control. May be one day I can get it fixed. Not on this challenge though.
@WinsWings ok, thank you! (I'll still try to get it out in time though)
@WinsWings about the upvoting after deadline thingy, thanks I really appreciate it. I don't think the prize is worth it, and I'm not halfway done cooking up something.
@WinsWings Thanks, I will probably not make the challenge, I always to try to encourage against my procrastination, lol... But its the start of school for one, and two the challenge kinda had a short deadline from the start and with 3 days remaining to add the Virtual Reality Augmentation, Weapon bays and Step ladder (don't question why the Step Ladder is its own challenge lol) time is going to be crammed or impossible to find for it.
@MobileBuilder21 You are welcome. So far, I love every work you posted - I spotlighted most of them. You did a great job
@WinsWings Ok thanks for clarifying.
Heron evolution is available! "Vulture"
(come on yall, deadine is in 3 days!)
@MobileBuilder21 I always welcome & appreciate people posting after deadline., and I upvote, and may be spotlight usually - of course, but I can not add for the prize after posted,
I don't really care though, just gonna be a little interesting for my (productivity) part if I miss this challenge because the last time I successfully was in a challenge was 1.8 years ago...
@WinsWings So you know how wu said that the deadwine can not be extended, well I was thinking since there are still people downloading that maybe uwu could keep the deadwine but give personal extensions for certain people that are falling behind a wittle while uwu judge everyone who is already done?
👉👈🥺
@IQinventory you can ask the Mods to add to the challenge
@GorillaGuerrilla i post them but i wanted to make them a part of challenge .
@MIGFOXHOUND31BSM26 yes, as far as it is a successor
is it ok to use something that I started on before the challenge, I wanted to make something completely new but I've been really busy