UPDATE: 31/08/24

Thanks to everyone who participated everyone did a great job and there are pretty cool submissions. There are 49 submissions I have to test and I will try to get the results out ASAP.

THE CHALLENGE IS NOW CLOSED.

UPDATE: 11/09/24

Still in the process of testing everyone's entries. I still have a lot to go, might ask some people to help me.

LINK TO THE THUMBNAIL AIRCRAFT

Introduction

Hello everyone. This is the first challenge I am hosting. In this challenge, you will design a Light CAS aircraft in simpleplanes. I have made a simple light CAS aircraft shown in the thumbnail and recommend trying it out by clicking the link above.

Real Life Examples

TEXTRON SCORPIAN

AT-802U LIGHT ATTACK AND SURVEILLANCE AIRCRAFT

DOUGLAS A-1 SKYRAIDER

L-159 ALCA

F/A-50 Golden Eagle

PARAMOUNT AHRLAC MWARI

Emb 314 super Tucano

RULES / REGULATIONS - PLEASE READ

• must be a successor (download this post and save it)

• maximum of 400 parts, some people are mobile users and can't make high part count aircraft so this makes it fair for everyone.

• both fictional and replicas are allowed.

• must have air-to-ground weapons

• can have light air-to-air armaments (must be reasonable e.g. fox1 missiles allowed, fox3 missiles not allowed).

• 3 entries per person.

• if you use parts / modify builds from others credit them.

• you are allowed to modify your previous plane for this challenge.

• supersonic aircraft allowed

• 10,000lbs (4550kg) max weapons payload.

• Helicopters are allowed

Rating

• Realism (0 - 15)

• build quality (0 - 15)

• livery and detail (0 - 10)

• descriptions (has detailed instructions in the description) (0 - 5)

I will use a K/T table to rate the aircraft.

Rewards

15 upvotes for 1st place

10 upvotes for 2nd place

5 upvotes for 3rd place

I WILL ALSO SHOWCASE THE TOP 3 IN A YOUTUBE VIDEO !

Deadline

31 August 2024

really sorry but there are no exceptions to this deadline

HAVE FUN !!!