Your task is simple: Get from Bandit to Yeager as fast as possible.

• The craft must be able to get from Bandit to Yeager without being airborne (5m above terrain) for more than 5 second. Timer resets upon any collision with terrain.
• Must not exceed 500 parts (unless you add a lot of detailing, which hurts performance)
• MUST NOT BE MODDED. No scale, no power multi, no 0 mass. Airbrakes and wings ARE allowed.
• Better be a successor

Deadline is Tax Day (Apr 15th) at 17:00 EST

Criteria:
40% Timed Performance (timed! The fastest vehicle get 100% for this, and every subsequent gets 10% less)
10% Max Speed (ranked. Fastest vehicle get 100%, each subsequent gets 10% less)
10% Riding Dirty (AI performance)
20% asthetics (don't be architect)
20% creativity

All vehicles will be controlled by me to go from Bandit to Yeager and back. The two times are averaged. If the vehicle exploded/flipped they will restart on spot. Penalties will apply (+5s) for every restart beyond the third.

Given is "Zenith", a decently "high performance vehicle" with quite some age. Pitch for throttle, Yaw for steering. VTOL doesn't do anything, I forgot to tie the rotators to "Disabled". Trim is rear wheel steering.
It shouldn't be too difficult to beat it ... or not.