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1930-1960 American Fighter Challenge! [CLOSED]

8,615 CrazyCodeC  8.1 years ago

This challenge is about building an American fighter plane that was designed between 1930 and 1960. It can be a replica, or your own design, so long as it appears that your design fits into its designated era.

RULES:
-Plane must be under 300 parts
-Modding IS allowed
-Entries MUST be a successor
-Fictional entries must contain a year that it was designed in
-Entry must have the ability to wipe the smug smile off of any commie's face
-Maximum 3 entries per person (any more than one are just optional)

REWARDS:
1st place: 15 upvotes
2nd place:10 upvotes
3rd place: 5 upvotes
All entries will recieve an upvote.

GRADING:

REPLICAS:
-How accurate is it to the original design?: 10 points
-How accurate does the plane handle to its original design? 10 points
-Accurate roundel placement? 5 points
-General appearance: 5 points

FICTIONAL ENTRIES:
-What kind of armament can it carry?: 10 points
-How does it handle?: 10 points
-Does it fit it's designated time period?: 5 points
-General appearance: 5 points

Alright, if you have any questions, leave them below! Your deadline is November 9th. Have fun!

SCORE BOARD (Updates every time a new entry is graded):
1st place: OtterOfToast's F-114 (fictional) at 90%
2nd place: RedHawk's P-51D Mustang at 87%
3rd place: XxcreedexX's L-133 Starjet at 83%
4th place: TIED between NativeChief1942's Model 49 (fictional) and MrDoolittle's Thunder and Lightning (fictional) at 70%
5th place: CJR900Pilot's F6F Hellcat at 53%
6th place: CJR900Pilot's P-51D Mustang at 36%

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Successors 5 airplane(s) +133 bonus
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 43.5ft (13.3m)
  • Length 34.9ft (10.6m)
  • Height 39.8ft (12.1m)
  • Empty Weight 4,348lbs (1,972kg)
  • Loaded Weight 4,348lbs (1,972kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.459
  • Wing Loading 17.0lbs/ft2 (83.0kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 255.6ft2 (23.8m2)
  • Drag Points 4342

Parts

  • Number of Parts 63
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 526
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    8,615 CrazyCodeC

    @XxcreedexX m80 it was a mistake to even open this challenge

    7.9 years ago
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    8,615 CrazyCodeC

    @XxcreedexX Prolly not, I'm going to grade the rest of the entries eventually, but most likely not anytime soon. Sorry about that.

    8.0 years ago
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    4,487 luzernsaphir

    I find it nearly impossible to take my own cockpit out,so here is my plane:https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/Fev334/P-51D-mustang-11

    8.1 years ago
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    9,430 CALVIN232

    I do have a plane I can easily enter but I wanted to say it was British as I'm British

    8.1 years ago
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    9,430 CALVIN232

    I like the flag even though Im British I still like the addition of the flag

    8.1 years ago
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    7,305 OtterOfToast

    My entry is this:

    https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/eI0P7X/F-114

    8.1 years ago
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    8,615 CrazyCodeC

    @OtterOfToast Just do that, I probably won't grade it for a while though, I've done about 5 or 6 today alone.

    8.1 years ago
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    7,305 OtterOfToast

    @CrazyCodeC Problem. The plane I'm submitting is too complex for me to simply drag the fuselage into a sub-assemblies tab. Can't I just submit a link to it instead?

    8.1 years ago
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    7,305 OtterOfToast

    @CrazyCodeC :\ My cockpits are in the fuselage. It wouldn't let me do that--- buuut if I must, I'll try. Thanks.

    8.1 years ago
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    8,615 CrazyCodeC

    @OtterOfToast You could take the cockpit block out of the plane, then save the whole thing as a subassembly, then, download this, and delete the plane and flag and what not, bring the subassemblied plane into the save, and replace the cockpit.

    8.1 years ago
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    7,305 OtterOfToast

    I have like-- 20 possible entries, but they're not successors, and were created ages ago. How can I enter now? D:

    8.1 years ago
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    8,615 CrazyCodeC

    @MrDoolittle Your plane has been marked.

    8.1 years ago
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    8,615 CrazyCodeC

    @NativeChief1492 Your plane has been marked.

    8.1 years ago
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    Hmmmmm, I may enter my ol f2h banshee
    Maybe make some delta wing fighter jet, and then maybe a sort of attack aircraft

    8.1 years ago
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    8,615 CrazyCodeC

    @XxcreedexX Your entry is marked.

    8.1 years ago
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    8,615 CrazyCodeC

    @CRJ900Pilot Your entries are both marked.

    8.1 years ago
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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/2WZ1wO/F6F-Hellcat
    And
    https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/a9HviQ/P-51-Mustangcan-land

    8.1 years ago
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    8,615 CrazyCodeC

    @XxcreedexX Yes

    8.1 years ago
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    30.9k DankDorito

    @CrazyCodeC
    I'm in!

    8.1 years ago
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    8,615 CrazyCodeC

    @CRJ900Pilot @XxcreedexX Fine, but you MUST make any other entries successors.

    8.1 years ago
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    32.3k CRJ900Pilot

    Can I enter my p-51, and my hellcat?

    8.1 years ago
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    21.4k RedHawk

    @CrazyCodeC ok thanks!

    8.1 years ago
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    8,615 CrazyCodeC

    @RedHawk 3 entries per person, points will not stack between them though, so someone who entered 1 plane would have the same chance of winning against someone who entered 3.

    8.1 years ago
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    @CrazyCodeC Oh, ok, that like I'm going to have a good time flying this thing. Just 2 suggestions: Rating by part count and changing the replicas' grading of how the plane handles to how accurate the plane handles, because maybe it was a really unstable jet fighter, or maybe it was the best of the best.

    8.1 years ago
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    21.4k RedHawk

    @CrazyCodeC is there a limit to the number of entries?

    8.1 years ago
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