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Carrier Borne Aircraft Challenge (Try 2) CLOSED

5,161 SchadeAircaftCompany  5.0 years ago
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Well since last time I was too vague, and ended up with more carriers than aircraft for the carriers, but this time, no confusion! So here’s the challenge, an aircraft specifically built for carriers, so tailhooks and folding wings are necessary. You can make it any role you want, from any era you want, dive bomber from WWII, early warning from today, even a WWI scout if you want. Here’s the catch, must be a successor and a completely new design(you can do a real life aircraft if you want, but fictional is always fun), you can base it off old designs, but must be different and new, also be yours, no plaigerism. Helicopters and VTOL aircraft are not allowed either, only fixed wing. Points will be given for the following: Design and story behind the aircaft, including it’s role, why it was designed, and originality and realism; Handling, including ease of taxiing and landing on the USS Beast; and of course, General Flight Characteristics, how well does it fly, and is it suitable to it’s role (i.e. having a cargo plane doing 500mph loops is not a real feasable option). Points get deducted immediatly if there’s no folding wing mechanism or tail hook. XML and Overload or allowed, try to make it mobile friendly please. End date is April 30th, 2020, so you guys can have time to create, test, and tweak your designs. I hope to see some great aircraft!
Edit: Due to some scheduling issues, the contest is extended to May 11th, I apologize for the unexpected jump, but it must be done.

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 10 airplane(s) +203 bonus
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 61.1ft (18.6m)
  • Length 37.2ft (11.3m)
  • Height 16.6ft (5.0m)
  • Empty Weight 23,173lbs (10,511kg)
  • Loaded Weight 29,734lbs (13,487kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.201
  • Wing Loading 59.7lbs/ft2 (291.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 498.3ft2 (46.3m2)
  • Drag Points 26502

Parts

  • Number of Parts 94
  • Control Surfaces 10
  • Performance Cost 618