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Indy-Race Completorinator9000

28.2k CheeseTruffles  3 months ago
204 downloads
Auto Credit Based on Kingsman472's Simpleplanes Race Challenge

This wacky contraption does one thing and one thing only. It flies the Indy-Race course!

Default completion time is 20 seconds. Press Activate1 to engage TURBO MODE and complete it in 15 seconds!

Your device needs to run at a stable >30 FPS (>60 recommended) to reliably complete the course. Lag spikes and low frame rates will cause controller overshoots and instability!

Not a helicopter!
Not an autogyro!
Not a blimp!
Uses wings!
Technically an aeroplane!
Passes unlimited validation!
No XML modding!
AI compatible!
Has a smiley face!

Flies with the help of a few FunkyTree expressions.
Don't think about it too much.

V2 update: significantly more stable, introduced roll-independent guidance, PID tuning, and overall 4 seconds faster.

V3 update: slowed down to 20 seconds for stability, PID tuning, introduced optional turbo mode for maximum performance.

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  • V 3 months ago

General Characteristics

  • Predecessor Simpleplanes Race Challenge
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 26.8ft (8.2m)
  • Length 40.9ft (12.5m)
  • Height 27.2ft (8.3m)
  • Empty Weight 5,792lbs (2,627kg)
  • Loaded Weight 6,505lbs (2,950kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 2.072
  • Wing Loading 4.3lbs/ft2 (20.9kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,517.7ft2 (141.0m2)
  • Drag Points 536

Parts

  • Number of Parts 37
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 245
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    39.2k V

    @CheeseTruffles having built high precision racers before, I find that reliability is heavily dependent on physics update speed

    +1 3 months ago
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    @V Honestly, with the speed this operates at, It's fully dependent on whether or not your device decides to have a lag spike in that moment. From my testing, even when I ran 20 theoretically identical tests, one will miss rings for no reason! I’ve now slowed it down for stability by default and added an optional turbo mode.

    3 months ago
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    Impresive! You Win!! :-D

    3 months ago
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    yeah I'm cooked.
    my shit isn't going to defeat this

    3 months ago
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    39.2k V

    Misses a few rings on my device

    3 months ago
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    @Kingsman472 You would have use the outdated version, the current version is a lot more stable.

    3 months ago
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    9,277 Kingsman472

    @CheeseTruffles bc i tested it, it crashed every time

    3 months ago
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    49.1k Sm10684

    dam i thought my 44 seconds was fast :/

    3 months ago
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    @Kingsman472 I was originally going to make a VTOL nozzle-powered drone, similar to the system I used on my Bullet Bill, since it’s faster and MUCH more precise, but you said it had to have wings :(

    3 months ago
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    @Kingsman472 Yup! It completes the course in 15 seconds. (I managed to push it to just 13 seconds, but it wasn’t reliable enough)

    +1 3 months ago
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    9,277 Kingsman472

    question does this actualy worked??

    3 months ago
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    9,277 Kingsman472

    Very nice

    3 months ago
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    This is winning

    3 months ago