Mechanical Plane Challenge
I present to you, the mechanical plane challenge where you will have to submit a plane whose functions are fully mechanical.
These are the requirements to enter:
- the submission must be a successor of this plane
- the plane must be a plane
- all control surfaces must be mechanically actuated meaning more than attaching a rotator directly to a wing
- design must be original for this challenge
- the mechanism must work with minimal use of mods(for collisions and mass)
Some more information:
- funky trees is allowed
- mechanical engines are allowed
- be creative
Judging components:
functionality (10 points):
- does it fly (5 points)
- does it handle well (5 points)
Mechanism (50 points):
- how many parts are mechanized (the more the better) (30 points)
- does the mechanism work in real life (10 points)
- how good does the mechanism work (10 points)
Looks (40 points):
- does it look like a plane (10 points)
- is the mechanism easily visible (10 points)
- does it look cool (20 points)
Submission with the highest score out of 100 will get 20 upvotes
second place will get 10 upvotes
third place will get 5 upvotes
fourth will get 3
everyone gets an upvote for entering!
Good luck
(deadline will be in a month or so)
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor mechanical linkage plane
- Successors 2 airplane(s) +42 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 27.6ft (8.4m)
- Length 28.4ft (8.6m)
- Height 10.9ft (3.3m)
- Empty Weight 4,186lbs (1,898kg)
- Loaded Weight 4,518lbs (2,049kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.221
- Wing Loading 33.2lbs/ft2 (162.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 136.2ft2 (12.7m2)
- Drag Points 2983
Parts
- Number of Parts 122
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 665
also if i don't judge this in a month, one of you can just comment here to remind me
@Aweyer26 cool!
@mike996 yeah I would be interested to see more mechanical plane challenges.
@Aweyer26 yeay 2de so glad im not last ...wait 🤣 jk it was a fun build just a pitty only me and @Thunderhawk uploaded would have like to see more ways to do it
@mike996 wins second
@Thunderhawk wins first place
I just entered! Good luck to everyone else too!
im in
Sounds interesting, I'll join
Yes