I have very little time/motivation to grade this right now, expect the results at some point before June
Hello!
Welcome to the Back to Basics Challenge!
This challenge is about going back to the very earliest days of simpleplanes, all the way back to when this cinematic masterpiece aired. Back then, there were no fuselages, no props, and no floating blocks. Heck, curves didn't even exist yet. A list of usable parts will be below. Have fun!
Rules:
You can only use Alpha parts. These parts are as follows (names are verbatim):
Structural:
- Block
- Angled block
- Straight block
- Reducer block
- Angled corner
- Nose cone
- Riser block
- Long angled block
Wings:
- Pylon
- Primary Wing
- Vertical Stabilizer
- Horizontal stabilizer
- Structural wing
Propulsion:
- Propeller engine (provided on this aircraft)
- Small jet engine (Blasto J15)
- Medium jet engine (Blasto J50)
- Large jet engine (Blasto J90)
- VTOL Engine
- VTOL nozzle
- VTOL RCN
- Slim inlet
- Inlet
-Fuel Tank
Gizmos
- Landing Gear
- Retractable gear
- Cockpit
- Detacher (there were no activation groups in Alpha so I imagine there was just a button for each? I'll have a dev confirm that.)
Seems like a decent amount of parts, eh? Now I'm going to introduce some other things you'll hate me for.
No finetuner, overload, or XML work of any kind.
Why? Because modding support wasn't added until 1.2. THAT MEANS NO NUDGING
No part limit
It can be a replica or a fictional build, what you do it up to you. Do your best to make something look cool with no modern parts lol.
Scoring:
Looks: 10 points
How does it look? Is is just a cube or is it a masterpiece rivalled by none?
Function: 10 points
While the flight model will be difficult without XML, blocks and stuff weirdly create much less drag than fuselage. The wing parts can also be handy in paneling, but it depends since they do have physics when oriented correctly.
Ingenuity: 10 points
How well were you able to overcome the obstacles of having only blocks and stuff to work with? Did you manage to make a blueprint-accurate plane with a bunch of fancy detachable bombs, missiles, etc?
Build quality: 10 points
How much work did you put into this? Did you just put a few blocks in a line with some wings and engines, or did you make a paneled masterpiece that took you months?
Deadline - March 15th - a good month and a half
Rewards:
1st - 25 upvotes and a spotlight if possible
2nd - 15 upvotes
3rd - 5 upvotes
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Old Parts Challenge Entry repost again
- Successors 38 airplane(s) +868 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 37.5ft (11.4m)
- Length 23.5ft (7.2m)
- Height 9.8ft (3.0m)
- Empty Weight 6,642lbs (3,013kg)
- Loaded Weight 8,913lbs (4,043kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.016
- Wing Loading 40.5lbs/ft2 (197.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 220.0ft2 (20.4m2)
- Drag Points 2126
Parts
- Number of Parts 49
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 244
Challenge is closed.
I'll have the results some time between now and June lol. I don't have a lot of time or motivation right now, and writing point totals and descriptions isn't something I really want to be doing rn.
@JoeriV It's possible, trust me
@asteroidbook345 So, in your description about the point system you talk about a blueprint accurate plane. How are you supposed to do that if you can tweak any of the default blocks? At least to me that sounds impossible so maybe I'm missing something?
@JoeriV No
Wait, are you allowed to move the parts using the default finetuner thing (X Y Z and rotation adjustments) or no?
@AmaeroLLC Lights are from 1.4 or 5 I think, angled corners were introduced in 1.1 I think
@asteroidbook345 how about angled corners? And beacon lights (sorry about all the questions)
@AmaeroLLC No, cameras weren't added until later
@asteroidbook345 Can I use cameras? I’m doing an interior that I wanna show off.
@JustNormalPerson sure
@210100
Deadline March 15Is the Challenge closed
I'm in bro!
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Can i entry?
I might have a little something already cooked up - it has never been posted if I didn’t delete it already lol
@Claudius It's still technically supported, but it's just being passed around at this point. It's basically an inheritance
@asteroidbook345 oh ok i see
@Claudius They removed it, idk why
@MadeInIndonesia I think that was also added in 1.1
@Ruvien0Republic0Citizen I thought I said fuel tanks
@redbear89 As far as I know there weren't airbrakes. With the amount of drag blocks create it's not really that necessary
@asteroidbook345 no fuel tanks?
Are passengers part allowed
@asteroidbook345 how about airbrake..? airbrake is one of important part in airplane, so it should come with alpha version, right..?
@redbear89 The small inlet and slanted inlets are allowed