Welcome to the Light Fighter Challenge

Build the BEST Light Fighter Jet

Deadline: 26th May 2018
Results Page

Basic Rules XML Edition Allow! Read rules!

If your aircraft does not meet the rules will be disqualified

• VERY IMPORTANT! The design and behaviour of the aircraft must be more realistic what you can;
• VERY IMPORTANT! Your plane can not win this reference plane into a dogfight. This is an agility limit.
• Avoid using mods. XML is allowed and expected, except: drag, gravity, health and infinity fuel;
• The entry must be a successor of this post, original and not copy of other players;
• Any entry with less than 125 parts and more than 450 parts will be disqualified;
• Jets or modern props are allowed
• Any entry without description will be disqualified;
• The weight of the details can be 0;
• Your aircraft must be a replica or fictional jet fighter;
• You must use the weapons and missiles provided in this post;
• 4 x Guardian missiles max (Provided in this post);
• 1 x minigun or 2 wing guns max (Provided in this post);
• 1 x Flares parts and 1 x Chaff parts allowed;
• Each contestant may submit up to 3 aircraft;
• Max speed at 100% throttle: 800 mph at 20.000 feet aprox.;
• Max-Length: 40 ft
• Max-Weight: 22,000-28,000 lbs
• Max-Fuel: 1500 Gallons
• Landing gear required;
• The description is mandatory and it will be specified: 1) Year of introduction, 2) Manufacturer, 3) Options and specifications;

Parts available in this post

• Blue missile - AIM9 Sidewinder (United States)
• Green missile - BGT IRIS-T (Europe)
• Red missile - Vympel R-73 (Russia)
• Yellow missile - Python 5 (Israel)
• Guns (Big and powerful)
• Cockpit (Extends the angle of target acquisition)
• Special wings (Recommended use)

Take some inspiration

BAE Hawk - L-159 Alca - AIDC AT-3 - Dornier Alpha Jet - PZL I-22 Iryda - SIAI-Marchetti S.211 - Kawasaki T-4 - Textron AirLand Scorpion - KAI T-50 - Hongdu JL-8 - IAR 99 - Mikoyan MiG-AT - Yakovlev Yak-130 - Hongdu L-15 - EADS Mako/HEAT - HAL HJT-36 Sitara - M-346 Master - FMA IA-63 Pampa -

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
• Personal impression: 10 points :: I like it or I do not like it ... has it exceeded my expectations?

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;

Rewards

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

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. In this challenge, unreal aircraft will not be accepted;
• If you have doubts, ask what you want;