Got to say, pretty good design, and have fun dogfighting against my Sea Venger, one thing is that a carrier plane would have the wings fold, except the A-4, but that’s an exception, and the tail hook hits the drop tank as it lowers, but besides that great cockpit and nice look, and good flyer
Well spent my time building a plane that I really enjoyed and about to post, then realized it said fighter, and I built a carrier based bomber, well at least it still has the single engine
I have a random canopy that I can’t find in my building area that pops up as I test my plane, is there a way to find it because it’s constantly dropping on my plane and a bit off putting
Oh yeah, it’s basically standard on most dive bombers, like the Ju-87 Stuka and Helldiver, helps slow the plane and make it controllable in a dive, then the trapeze lets the bomb clear the prop arc@OFFWORLDSHRIMP
Apologies for the hiatus and very late comments, but I was gone for a decent while due to personal reasons, and next week I can start my testing of these airplanes when I get home, sorry again for the wait, but I appreciate all who participated
They did have arresting hooks on some of them, more like a bunch of them that they hoped would hit a grid of rope, but the wing folding would be exempt on a WWI design as being necessary@lilgreen06
The F4U Corsair is one of my favorite aircraft, and so is the A6M “Zero”, and kinda looks like you smashed the 2 together lol. Was quite a good flyer, and landing was pretty nice, although the tail wheel kinda gave some issues while taxiing where it’ll stop the plane if you turn it too far, but other than that, pretty good design. I also liked the folding horizontal stabilizers too
A nice smooth flyer, I do enjoy the light attack concept for aircraft, although I have to say the tail drag configuration is weird for a “modern” aircraft, especially for carriers where all fixed wing aircraft today use a tricycle stance to have a catapult connection in the front for launches, even if not needed, but either way I still like it. Also kinda weird having the Gatling guns on the wings sticking out like that, usually it’s in the body of the aircraft or on Gun pods, but it’s fine the way you have it.
So say you make a cargo plane like the C-2 Greyhound, that thing won’t be pulling high G maneuvers at like 500 mph, it’s just not realistic@DerpyCookie17
An interesting concept with the opening bomb bay for the cleavers, and the unique design of it is also really cool, although the wings folding with the brakes is kinda weird, and if AG1 is on while landing and trying to slow down, the wings accidentally folding is hard to recover from, and the 0-100 taxiing speed is also difficult to use at first. But overall a cool and interesting design
It’s a pretty, fast, and maneuverable little plane, kinda reminds me of the Vought F4U Corsair, although you did forget a tail hook, so landing is slightly difficult lol, but you can easily fix it
Since I haven’t devised a point system yet and won’t reveal points until the end, I’ll give pros and cons: Pros-Really cool and unique design, landed the carrier first try, I like the inverted wings, I can see it being somewhat realistic. Cons- the gap between the wing and fuselage is a little unsightly, and taxiing is slightly difficult when you throttle up and instantly goes 20 mph lol. But I like the details, also a nice backstory to how and why it was designed would be nice
So everyone fought all the entries, plus my 2 aircraft, for you though, you beat: EP-14, Sh-21, Type-5, TA-4, and Cortina TR530. You were shot down by: Starjet, Monsoon, Nexus, Me-119, and Buster. So a 5 to 5 score@Trijets
Also to anyone who’s curious, The Me-119 and SchArCo Buster both got 8/10 on dogfighting, the Me-119 lost to the Type-5 Super Zero and the Cortina TR530, while the SchArCo Buster lost to the Hawker Monsoon and Cortina TR530
I’m almost halfway done with testing, and it’s taking longer than expected lol, but so far I’ve gotten some interesting results, and some expected ones as well. Hopefully will be done soon.
At my time it’s still the 25th, but it’s also by the end of the day here for the submissions, then results will be posted at the end of my tests@TheMitsuboshiBoi
Having our two planes fly against each other is without a doubt the slowest dogfight haha, but you definitely did a great job with this one
Thanks, I noticed how all the other ones didn’t use the engine at all@WinsWings
+1Hope you don’t mind all my entries being carrier based, seems like I’m on a carrier kick recently
+1Got to say, pretty good design, and have fun dogfighting against my Sea Venger, one thing is that a carrier plane would have the wings fold, except the A-4, but that’s an exception, and the tail hook hits the drop tank as it lowers, but besides that great cockpit and nice look, and good flyer
+1Thanks, wanted to try something out of the ordinary, and try something a little more difficult@TheDesignate
+1Are allies to these nations allowed? Like say Britain or Vietnam, etc.? Or only America and Soviet Union?
+2Thanks, the engine could be better but it was a quick build@FuhrerGaming
Blohm und Voss are barely aircraft lol, they’re voodoo machines@MrKtheguy
Are multiple entries allowed btw?
+1Uploaded it anyway, even if it won’t count, I’ll build one that can actually count
+1Well spent my time building a plane that I really enjoyed and about to post, then realized it said fighter, and I built a carrier based bomber, well at least it still has the single engine
+2Never mind, found it
+1I have a random canopy that I can’t find in my building area that pops up as I test my plane, is there a way to find it because it’s constantly dropping on my plane and a bit off putting
+1Thank you, kinda went with a Sukhoi and F-14/ F-18 fusion, just had fun@MrKtheguy
Oh I thought the 250 to 1100 was for the speed, not part count@FeatherWing
Go ahead, just make sure the AG is set to what you want and all that@OFFWORLDSHRIMP
Oh yeah, it’s basically standard on most dive bombers, like the Ju-87 Stuka and Helldiver, helps slow the plane and make it controllable in a dive, then the trapeze lets the bomb clear the prop arc@OFFWORLDSHRIMP
Lol thanks, I’m definitely not the first or best at a bomb trapeze and dive breaks, but I think they are fun to play with @OFFWORLDSHRIMP
@ KnightsOfRen Thanks, I wanted to make an easy to download and fly plane, with enough detail to look nice.
Apologies for the hiatus and very late comments, but I was gone for a decent while due to personal reasons, and next week I can start my testing of these airplanes when I get home, sorry again for the wait, but I appreciate all who participated
They did have arresting hooks on some of them, more like a bunch of them that they hoped would hit a grid of rope, but the wing folding would be exempt on a WWI design as being necessary@lilgreen06
The F4U Corsair is one of my favorite aircraft, and so is the A6M “Zero”, and kinda looks like you smashed the 2 together lol. Was quite a good flyer, and landing was pretty nice, although the tail wheel kinda gave some issues while taxiing where it’ll stop the plane if you turn it too far, but other than that, pretty good design. I also liked the folding horizontal stabilizers too
+1A nice smooth flyer, I do enjoy the light attack concept for aircraft, although I have to say the tail drag configuration is weird for a “modern” aircraft, especially for carriers where all fixed wing aircraft today use a tricycle stance to have a catapult connection in the front for launches, even if not needed, but either way I still like it. Also kinda weird having the Gatling guns on the wings sticking out like that, usually it’s in the body of the aircraft or on Gun pods, but it’s fine the way you have it.
+1The USS Beast, for take off and landing@ThePropellerIsAFan
So say you make a cargo plane like the C-2 Greyhound, that thing won’t be pulling high G maneuvers at like 500 mph, it’s just not realistic@DerpyCookie17
An interesting concept with the opening bomb bay for the cleavers, and the unique design of it is also really cool, although the wings folding with the brakes is kinda weird, and if AG1 is on while landing and trying to slow down, the wings accidentally folding is hard to recover from, and the 0-100 taxiing speed is also difficult to use at first. But overall a cool and interesting design
Well perfect timing then lol@Trijets
Sorry, I’m not familiar with it@FearlessAce
Your cargo plane?@FearlessAce
Well it is kinda part of the challenge lol, right in the description@TheMitsuboshiBoi
It’s a pretty, fast, and maneuverable little plane, kinda reminds me of the Vought F4U Corsair, although you did forget a tail hook, so landing is slightly difficult lol, but you can easily fix it
Since I haven’t devised a point system yet and won’t reveal points until the end, I’ll give pros and cons: Pros-Really cool and unique design, landed the carrier first try, I like the inverted wings, I can see it being somewhat realistic. Cons- the gap between the wing and fuselage is a little unsightly, and taxiing is slightly difficult when you throttle up and instantly goes 20 mph lol. But I like the details, also a nice backstory to how and why it was designed would be nice
+1@Galland @FearlessAce, here’s the newest challenge, with about a month to build it, if interested
Well I’m kinda using mobile lol, and don’t have discord, but would it still work?@Trijets
It was fun watching them all honestly, and I have pictures from the fights but wouldn’t let me paste them in unfortunately @Trijets
I’ll make sure to give it a longer time for people who build slow or are busy often@FearlessAce
So everyone fought all the entries, plus my 2 aircraft, for you though, you beat: EP-14, Sh-21, Type-5, TA-4, and Cortina TR530. You were shot down by: Starjet, Monsoon, Nexus, Me-119, and Buster. So a 5 to 5 score@Trijets
Well eventually soon I’m gonna do another similar challenge, with the same grading scale, but don’t know what or when I’ll do it @Galland
+1@Trijets @teodor99 @jacephysicsboss
@TheMitsuboshiBoi @Pufferfish0749 @Tonnkatu500
@GeneralPatrick2 @Cabbage17 @SimplyPlain
+2Oh really? Didn’t know that thanks@ChisP
Also to anyone who’s curious, The Me-119 and SchArCo Buster both got 8/10 on dogfighting, the Me-119 lost to the Type-5 Super Zero and the Cortina TR530, while the SchArCo Buster lost to the Hawker Monsoon and Cortina TR530
So no mods include XML and Overload?
How are winners being announced?
Yeah I kinda realized it’s wings angle forward a little bit, but oh well, and it is B-17esque, which was also accidental lol@Pufferfish0754
I’m almost halfway done with testing, and it’s taking longer than expected lol, but so far I’ve gotten some interesting results, and some expected ones as well. Hopefully will be done soon.
+1Lol, I got to do it all after work@TheMitsuboshiBoi
Off by 10 points ain’t bad, what’s the issues?@Pufferfish0754
At my time it’s still the 25th, but it’s also by the end of the day here for the submissions, then results will be posted at the end of my tests@TheMitsuboshiBoi