So, folks around here seem to like challenges, so here's one of my own.

Transport the sphere from South Runway to North Runway. The sphere must begin on the ground. It's up to you to figure out how to load the cargo into your vehicle before transporting it to the other island.

The rules are as follows:

The sphere must begin on the ground, but may begin anywhere around your craft except for directly under it.

You must devise a way to load the sphere into the craft you build, and must make it to the other runway.

The sphere must then be able to be offloaded on that runway.

You may use parts clipping, but no modded parts.

To make basic qualification, you must meet those requirements.

I will be personally judging the qualifying entries based on creativity, efficiency, ingenuity, and handling.

Only one entry per contestant please.

Please upload your entries as successors to this file to enter.

Winner will recieve 5-star ratings on five planes of their choosing. Second Place will recieve 3, and third will recieve 2.

Cut off is Friday, May 22, and I will judge the entries on Saturday, May 23.

Happy Flying, and may the best engineer win!

UPDATE!

The competition is officially closed. After careful consideration, the following builders are the winners, based on design, and performance:

3rd place: Nachoman, with his modified B-52 replica.

2nd place: Ocora with his boxy, but effective delivery plane

1st place: JoeAdkinson with his yellow and black nose-loader

To the other contestants, a warm thank you for participating. We had a few truly inventive, and complex designs. However, when it came down to effectiveness, the simpler designs were able to perform the best repeatedly. Overall, as an experiment, I think this was pretty darn successful.

Until next time, HAPPY FLYING!