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Dune Buggy

21.4k SimpleEric  7.5 years ago

Thank you all for the gold! Made this buggy for all of you.

It is very handy on sandy and gravel roads. The red lights interact with brake. Learned this from the brilliant builds made by @Wakescar and @Flightsonic.

[AG1] for headlights.

Enjoy!

References:
Wakescar's Doom Buggy https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/4AIw2r/Doom-Buggy
Flightsonic's profile https://www.simpleplanes.com/u/Flightsonic

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 6 airplane(s) +35 bonus
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 15.3ft (4.7m)
  • Length 29.6ft (9.0m)
  • Height 15.4ft (4.7m)
  • Empty Weight 11,980lbs (5,434kg)
  • Loaded Weight 13,120lbs (5,951kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading 150.0lbs/ft2 (732.5kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 87.5ft2 (8.1m2)
  • Drag Points 10439

Parts

  • Number of Parts 344
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 1,442
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    21.4k SimpleEric

    @ChallengerHellcat Thanks for your kind words! The best thing I earned was the understanding of the shared enjoyment!

    +1 5.3 years ago
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    wow... I have never had such a nicely performing buggy before. The suspension tuning is perfect, it is neither too hard or soft, just PERFECT. And it manages to look good, without sacrificing performance and like all of your builds, it just has the correct amount of detail. It seems sad that this is under appreciated by the simple planes community... @SimpleEric

    +1 5.3 years ago
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    21.4k SimpleEric

    @ChallengerHellcat Exactly!

    5.3 years ago
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    so this was where all your buggy madness began... @SimpleEric

    5.3 years ago
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    you're welcome! @SimpleEric

    5.3 years ago
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    21.4k SimpleEric

    @ChallengerHellcat Thanks for the upvote!

    5.3 years ago
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    21.4k SimpleEric

    @LiamW Okay.

    5.7 years ago
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    11.3k LiamW

    That’s fine. I’ll ask around in discord or just do it myself @SimpleEric

    5.7 years ago
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    21.4k SimpleEric

    @LiamW I'm sorry to say I don't have a better solution than stacking the cubes. Didn't build line of words before.

    5.7 years ago
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    11.3k LiamW

    Are you any good at creating words in the designer? @SimpleEric

    5.7 years ago
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    21.4k SimpleEric

    @LiamW Tag me when you're ready. I can do the job for free!

    5.7 years ago
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    11.3k LiamW

    Guess I’ll just post it soon and try to spread word then @SimpleEric

    +1 5.7 years ago
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    21.4k SimpleEric

    @LiamW I don't think you need to worry about it. There were challenge holders promise people who give spotlight could awarding upvotes. It's not hard to let people spread the word.

    5.7 years ago
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    11.3k LiamW

    The only problem is that I get lazy with SP promotions and it’s hard to get attention. Just asking around to see if more popular players can spotlight the challenge once I put it up (hopefully within a week) @SimpleEric

    +1 5.7 years ago
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    21.4k SimpleEric

    @LiamW Great to hear that! Good luck!

    5.7 years ago
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    11.3k LiamW

    I was thinking of testing it in a few different courses on ISC Testing Grounds. It has all types of off-roading available there. I was thinking of making things that can do a bit of rallying and rock crawling but primarily hill climbing on specific sections (as well as some stuff on proving grounds of course). I could make a 4 link chassis and independant chassis available for people to use. @SimpleEric

    +1 5.7 years ago
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    21.4k SimpleEric

    @LiamW I'd like to see a challenge like this! But as a part of off-road vehicle category, I'm afraid if you hold challenge building cars functioning specifically for climbing hills , it will narrow the attendees of the challenge. It would be a very important factor to consider. Maybe you could specify a clear goal like climbing some mountains you name it and give some example builds for the goal, or give a base chassis to let people build cars upon it. Those were the good methods used in successful challenges I saw before. If you don't have a plan to hold challenges, what you need to do, I think, is just to keep building to give builders inspiration. As you noticed not many people build complex suspensions, I suggest to keep whatever you hold as open as possible.

    5.7 years ago
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    11.3k LiamW

    Would you be interested in creating some rock racers? I’m considering either doing a collab, 1v1, or open challenge for creating complex and functional rock racers/bouncers/crawlers. It seems that not many people make complex and functional off-road suspension anymore and I would like to get it popular again. Please contact other people who you think would be suitable @SimpleEric

    +1 5.7 years ago
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    21.4k SimpleEric

    @LiamW Thanks for the upvote!

    5.7 years ago
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    21.4k SimpleEric

    @destroyerP Thank you for the upvote!

    6.7 years ago
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    21.4k SimpleEric

    @randomusername Thanks for the upvote : )

    6.7 years ago
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    21.4k SimpleEric

    @rubbishcraft Thanks for your upvote!

    7.3 years ago
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    21.4k SimpleEric

    @BaconAircraft Thanks for the upvote!

    7.5 years ago
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    21.4k SimpleEric

    @Sarpanitu Thank you!

    7.5 years ago
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    713 FireNut58

    cool

    7.5 years ago
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