Welcome to Drone Challenge 2

Build the BEST Drone Fighter

Deadline: 20th July 2018

Drone Challenge 2 - Results page

Basic Build Rules - XML Edition Allow! Read rules please!

If your aircraft does not meet the rules will be disqualified

• VERY IMPORTANT! The design and behaviour of the aircraft must be realistic;
• Jet or props drones are allowed; can be fictional or replicas;
• Must be successor of this post;
• Avoid using mods. XML is allowed and expected, except: drag, gravity, health and infinity fuel;
• Any entry with less than 125 parts and more than 500 parts will be disqualified;
• The weight and drag of the details can be 0;
• Select a team: Blue or Red and use their weapons and insignias
• Use the weapons and missiles provided in this post. Modify weapons is not allowed;
• 4 x Guardian missiles max (Provided in this post);
• 2 x Interceptor missiles max (Provided in this post);
• 1 x Gatling gun max (Provided in this post);
• 1 x Flares part and 1 x Chaff part allowed;
• Each contestant may submit up to 3 aircraft;
• Landing gear required;
• The description is highly recommended and it will be specified: 1) Year of introduction, 2) Manufacturer, 3) Team: Red or Blue, 4) Options, Specifications, Features;

Parts available in this post

Blue Team

• Blue Guardian missile - AIM-9 SIDEWINDER
• Blue Interceptor missile - AIM-120 AMRAAM
• Blue Gatling gun - General Electric M61 Vulcan

Red Team

• Red Guardian missile - VYMPEL R-73
• Red Interceptor missile - VYMPEL R-77M1

• Red Gatling gun - Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-30

• Cockpit (Recommended use)

• Special wings (Recommended use)

It will be judged

• Handling, stability, agility: 20 points :: Fly level? is stable? its agility is within the parameters for an airplane of its time;
• Realistic model and behaviour: 30 points :: It is a realistic airplane design for the time. It has a noble behavior in flight;
• Details, paint and accesories: 10 points :: The details are well integrated into the plane? The details do not protrude too much? Do you have a good color combination? Do you have accessories such as fuel tanks, moving parts, or special elements?;
• Build quality: 10 points :: The quality of the construction is good, the details have been taken care of, it looks good, it is well built;
• Fair play: +-10 points? :: If the plane does not meet any challenge rule, it may lose 10 points, it may even be disqualified; If the aircraft meets all the rules, it will earn 10 points of fair play;

Tournament combat phase

• All the planes fight against each other with single Elimination brackets method;
• The battle bracket will be randomly assigned;
• The defeated planes stop fighting in the tournament;
• All battles will be AI conducted on High physics;
• There will be 1 long-range combat, 1 medium-range combat and 1 short-range combat in each bracket;
• Each opponent shoot down will add 1 points to the final score;
• All combats will be record and publish in Youtube Video;

Team combat phase

• The blue and red teams will fight with their planes with single Elimination brackets method;
• The battle bracket will be randomly assigned;
• The defeated planes stop fighting in the tournament;
• All battles will be AI conducted on High physics;
• There will be 1 long-range combat, 1 medium-range combat and 1 short-range combat in each bracket;
• Each opponent shoot down will add 1 points for their team;
• All combats will be record and publish in Youtube Video;

Rewards

For tournament

• Winner :: 15 Upvote - 1 Spotlight
• 2nd place :: 10 Upvote - 1 Spotlight
• 3rd place :: 5 Upvote - 1 Spotlight
• Every entry :: 1 Upvote

For team combat

• They will choose the next challenge
• The glory of SimplePlanes

Tips

• Try to make your best plane. There are many factors that can make you a winner. If you're not good with the details, maybe you're good with the flight behavior;
• Normally the most balanced plane wins with good performance and realistic design.
• If you have doubts, ask what you want;