The Bomb Challenge

The little guy in the images to the left here is Yellow Sun.

Yellow Sun is neither yellow, or a celestial object, no no no. Yellow Sun is a British - designed 7250-ish lb air dropped nuclear device, with a happy go lucky name, a "can do" attitude, and a fairly large (for it's time) thermonuclear warhead.

"Whats this got to do with me?" You say? Well - I'm glad you asked...

The Challenge

**Deliver Yellow Sun from the standard spawn point at Wright Airport to the target.

The Target is anywhere within the boundary of Yeager Airport. You dont need to be precise - the 1000Kt warhead will do the heavy lifting - but I do ask that you deliver the bomb ( in its entirety, as is) to Yeager.

So, in summarry -

The device you build shall be capable of delivering the Yellow Sun from the vanilla Wright spawn point to anywhere within the boundary of Yeager Airport.

Your entry can be anything. A bomber aircraft, an ICBM, a railgun, a gigantic Howitzer, a trebuchet, whatever. But the Yellow Sun must start at Wright, and end up at Yeager.

It also MUST detonate If it doesnt explode then it is not fun.

You can deliver Yellow Sun any way you see fit, within the following guidelines;

The Rules

1. No infinite fuel. We are going for a modicum om realism here.
2. Only the stock Overload and Finetuner mods allowed. No other mods.
3. Weight and drag must be reasonable for the chosen delivery system. No weightless, dragless tomfoolery, thanks.
4. Original designs only. No replicas, although homages will be acceptable.
5. The payload must remain unaltered. The Yellow Sun I provide shall be grabbed and attached by the pylon provided. the pylon itself can be edited and altered, but no part of the Yello sun assembly can be changed in any way, including, but not limited to changes in drag, weight, colour, explosion scale, etc.
6. Part count . no less than 150 no more than 600. I am on an old iPhone here...
7. Useability - I am doing the shooting / aiming / dropping / launching / flying. Make the thing easy to use, and for goodness sake, write instructions. Failing to do so will see me either try and fail to understand how your contraption works, or miss the target completely. Neither of which is good.
8. The Yellow Sun MUST detonate. No boom = no points. Or, at leaset, less points. ¨
9. As many entries as you lot see fit. If you want ten bites at the cherry, then who am I to argue... Its your time...
10. Must be a successor to this post. How else can I keep track of the millions of entries Im (un)likely to get??

The Scoring

1. I will be carrying out the delivery. So every entry gets an equally innept pilot.
2. Each entry shall be tested three times for fairness.
3. I will score based on three criteria:
   
   
   
   • Looks - Maximum 10 points for how aesthetically pleaseing I find the entry.
   
   
   • Ergonomics - Maximum 10 points for ergonimic concerns; Does it do the thing I ask? Is it fit for purpose? How hard it is to launch / fly / shoot / aim? Are the instructions easy to follow?
   
   
   • Accuracy - The score from the Looks and Ergonomics, X 1.5 if I Was able to hit the target at all within my three tries.
   
   
   • Innovation - Here is the Wildcard. If I think that the entrant has really thought "outside the box" or gone above and beyond, then I will award an additional 5 points. Only three entries will recieive
   
   

Some points regarding scoring;

Looks - Here, I'm looking for wow factor. If its an ICBM, does it look like an ICBM? Does it have a carrier vehicle? is it mobile? Launch gantry? If its a bomber, does it have custom landing gear? a cockpit? How about custom afterburner?

Ergo - Here I'm thinking about ease of use. I mean, it can still be complicated, but if there are instructions on how to do the complicated buts then it goes a long way. Is the design robust? Does parts of it break during operation?

Accuracy - This is simple. Can I make the thing hit the target? So - if its a bomber, can I fly over Yeager, release the bomb, and make it hit? If its artillery, can I aim the thing to make my shot land?

Innovation - I want out of the box type entries. An ICBM is cool. But a seaborne ICBM? Cooler. Artillery is nice. But artillery with a drone spotter for targeting? Cooler. Think about how you solve the targeting issue - you only get one Yellow Sun, so missing aint an option...

Deadline - January 20th

The Prize?

1st place - 25 upvotes and my undying admiration.
2nd place - 15 upvotes and a warm, glowing feeling that yo did well.
3rd place - 5 upvotes and a slight feeling of unease...

So, thats it - I look forward to having at least some entries (I hope)?

Any questions? please fire away!

Pip pip!