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F-17 Challenge (Read Description)

793 Zeewitje  5.4 years ago

So, I decided to host a bit of a challenge. Sadly, I can't really give out rewards, but your plane might get some additional visibility and an upvote from me, and since I'll probably get a peek at some other planes as well, they might get an upvote too

It started when I set out to design a new and fancy plane, but didn't know the exacts of how it should look and stuff like that. So I decided to go to the drawing board, do some pixel art and get an idea of what I was going to do. Some work later, I ended up with a nice drawing of every side of the plane. Then I realised that maybe some more people would enjoy trying to build using this design, so here I am.

So, here is the image you've been looking for:

I decided to call it the F-17, as I thought there was no plane between the F-16 and the F-18. But after a quick search, turns out there was an F-17, but it stayed as prototype, and it bears resemblances to my design, surprisingly enough. I imagine my F-17 to be smaller than the YF-17, and the main difference are the engines, where mine has only one, and the YF-17 had two. It would probably be placed around the same time, with the first flight in 1974, just like the YF-17. Performance-wise, the F-17 would be slower, lighter and more agile than the YF-17, due to a smaller airframe, but only one engine. It really came as a surprise the YF-17 existed and that the designers had a similar design as me.

So, here's how to enter:
1. Download the given plane.
2. Build how you would see the F-17, following the drawings at least a bit accurate. (The pixel art style makes it so you have some freedom).
3. Upload the plane and tag me.
4. Enjoy!

[Edit]
Please leave a comment if you want to participate so I know someone is planning on doing this xD

General Characteristics

  • 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 439,839.3lbs/ft2 (2,147,483.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
  • Drag Points 385

Parts

  • Number of Parts 3
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 8