Hello and welcome to the autogyro challenge!
All you do is make a autogyro
The ranking:
how good it looks
how well it flys
and if it does/has something special (such as two types of enigines)
The rewards:
First place gets 8 upvotes and 5 spotlights
second place gets 5 upvotes and 3 spotlights
third place gets 3 upvotes and 1 spotlight and everyone gets 1 upvote.
The rules:
minimum part count of 80-100
maximum part count of 1250
you can only make 1 submission (with the exception if you want to fix a previous submissionand
and it must be a successor
Have fun and may the best autogyro win!
Specifications
Spotlights
- Wibbley 1.8 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 5 airplane(s) +400 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
Deadline is February 25th
I will answer any questions
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/O3g99M/gyrocopter
@WinsWings
I get your point too. A true autogyro needs to by able to fly with the many rotor unpowered and many so-called autogyros posted on SP don't do that.
@WinsWings Nice!
@FirstFish83828 hey buddy, I have made one to boost this challenge. I made a 1940s-era autogyro, I will post this weekend after adding the livery
@atgxtg yes, you are right. Later auto gyros add the power to the main for vertical takeoff (as a conventional helicopters) . I was emphasizing about the gyro principle
@atgxtg 👍
@FirstFish83828
Fair enough. It's just that I doubt you're going to get more entries. No love for autogryos. :(
@atgxtg so it’s there for a reason
@atgxtg I extended the deadline but if a person makes more than one entry it complicates the ranking. If a person got 1st and 2nd it may seem unfair. I stopped letting people do more than one a few challenges back as people started to build multiple low quality builds rather then one good one because they wanted more upvotes.
@FirstFish83828
With only 3 entries maybe you should extend the deadline, and maybe lift the one entry per person limit? Not a lot of people build autogryos here.
@WinsWings
What about autogyros that have a pre-rotator? They would have a powered rotor but not power it during flight.
FirstFish83828 you got to check, the main rotor should not have power (like a normal helicopter) otherwise it is not autogyro, if falls into "compound helicopter" category
@WinsWings👍
you need the deadline for this too.
@FirstFish83828 alright then. I will try to build something
@airlinerbuilder Idk, probably 2 months
@FirstFish83828 hey man, just asking, is there a deadline? Because if my lazyness doesn't get in the way i might give this a shot since i might have an idea
Finally
@Dukeindabox Always or sometimes?
The cockpit is always invisible in workshop and suddenly spawns on my plane,pls explain
@Planebuilder2123 Nice!
@FirstFish83828 after I'm done makeing my abomination I shall join this challenge
@Gabriel747 oh, umm okay I guess I will make an exception