[CLOSED] Electronic Warfare and Battlefield Awareness Program (AWACS Challenge)
Electronic Warfare and Battlefield Awareness Program
The Patriotic Democracy of Frostholm’s first aircraft design competition.
Instructions:
Design and build a prototype for an Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft with Electronic Warfare capabilities.
Requirements:
Aircraft:
Maximum ferry range: 200 Nautical Miles or more
Maximum loitering time: Six or more hours without refueling
Cruise airspeed: 200 Indicated Knots or more
Maximum service altitude: 2500 feet or more
Aerial refueling type: Probe and Drogue method
Part count: 10-600 parts
Avionics:
Radar Range: 200 Nautical Miles or more (at altitude)
Electronic Warfare capability: Electronic Support or Electronic Attack
Other Rules:
You are allowed to use previous airframes to fit out with AWACs and EW capabilities.
You are not allowed to use other people’s builds.
I would appreciate an aircraft corporation name, but it is not strictly necessary.
Replica builds are allowed, but fictional designs would be preferred.
Making your build a successor would be nice, but I know the feeling of forgetting to. It is not required.
Please tell me in the comments if you are entering.
The only aircraft requirement I will really be testing is its cruise speed. There’s no chance I’ll be testing how long and far it can fly.
Deadline: July 16th, 2024 (if it’s a few days late that’s okay)
I will choose two aircraft, which will then be narrowed down to one winner (kinda like real aircraft design competitions)
Rating:
Looks: —/10
Flight Characteristics: —/10
Cockpit: —/10 (Optional, but will give you extra points)
Realism: —/10 (How realistically it flies/accuracy to replica)
Lore: -/5
Extra: —/10 (Subjective)
Rewards:
I have no idea what a good amount would be…
First Place: 15 Upvotes and a Spotlight (to desired aircraft) if possible?
Second Place: 10 Upvotes
Third Place: 5 Upvotes maybe? Tell me if these should be more or less
Examples of Real Aircraft:
(Fictional builds are encouraged)
Grumman E-1 Tracer
Grumman E-2 Hawkeye
Boeing E-3 Sentry
Beriev A-50
Specifications
Spotlights
- TheUltimatePlaneLover 3 months ago
- CaptainBrayden 2 months ago
- NewWorldAerospace 3 months ago
- Kenzar 3 months ago
- KPLBall 2 months ago
- oldmate52 3 months ago
- VarisOnAviation 2 months ago
General Characteristics
- Predecessor AWACS Challenge Test 2
- Successors 5 airplane(s) +210 bonus
- 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 N/A
- Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
- Drag Points 385
Parts
- Number of Parts 3
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 7
Sorry, guys, I've been putting off the announcement of the winners. I've just lost motivation for this and it went to making music. The announcement will be soon... probably
ATTENTIONDUE TO RISING THREAT OF CONFLICT, THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN ACCELERATED. THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN MOVED TO JULY 16TH, 2024.
236 downloads? People must be mistaking this for an E-2 build
I have not set a minimum/maximum part count, but the more detail the better!
This blew up overnight, thanks guys! It may only have 13 upvotes but that’s (sadly) a new record for me!
Not even my third most downloaded post, but 72 downloads in under twelve hours isn’t that bad in my opinion.
@CallsignGizmo probably mistaking it for an E2 build
+ I added mine
@MartinByrde
Soon
Soooooon
SOOOOOOON
When will the winner be decided?
ATTENTIONDUE TO CONFLICT, TWO AIRCRAFT WILL BE SELECTED INSTEAD OF ONE. ANOUNCEMENTS WILL BE MADE SHORTLY.
@Noidtouse
I am the senate
Does anyone have the contact info of any of the politicians of Frostholm? My plane is objectively worse so I need to pull a Lockheed.
@CallsignGizmo working on it bro
@EnglishGarden @VarisOnAviation
Check new deadline
@KPLBall
Um... tensions between us are a little high, but I'd still like an airplane? :D
@oldmate52 @smollo @SchadeAircaftCompany
Check new deadline
@CallsignGizmo ok sounds good, thanks for the tip as well
@SchadeAircaftCompany
You can tell @ Seeras to make it a successor of this. Btw you can go [text](link) to create a link like this.
@CallsignGizmo I don’t know why it didn’t make it a successor since I downloaded and made it from that, but here is the link: https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/x62858/Icarus-Air-Co-EWR-3-Peregrine
If anyone knows a way to make it a successor that’ll be great
I like the challenge!
@SchadeAircaftCompany I did see that, I was going to try to replicate something similar but it ruins the flow of my design so I decided to use an E-3 Sentry fuel port with opening/closing doors.
@CallsignGizmo well the current models don’t have one, the E-2 hasn’t had IFR capabilities since it was originally produced, that model is more of a proof of concept if it is feasible
@SchadeAircaftCompany
Reminds me of a mohawk. Where is the refueling probe now?
@MartinByrde @CallsignGizmo should look at the E-2 Hawkeye with fueling probe prototype, looks like a flying narwhal
@CallsignGizmo thanks 👍🏻
@MartinByrde
For the refueling, I’m talking about receiving fuel, not supplying.
For the radar, just aesthetics and some added weight for realism. A roto dome or housing works just fine :)