* THIS CHALLENGE IS CLOSED *
Welcome to My Second Challenge, This time, The No Wing Challenge / Stabilitiy Challenge. The main idea of this Challenge is to make a hover or flying vehicle that can fly stable without any aid. Think you can handle the challenge? Find below the rules for the challenge:
Participant's Vehicle must be successor to this post. If not, please Mention it in the comments section.
Vehicle must take off from Wright Airport, fly or hover an (ideally) stable journey to Yeagar airport and land. I will test the Vehicle myself. If the plane does not manage to make the journey, Points will be deducted.
Vehicle must be able to take off from land or sea and land as such. Gears, Skids or Floats are required. If these are not implemented in the participant's vehicle, Points will be deducted
Water Vehicles must be able to take off and sustain flight or hover through the whole journey. If the vehicle relies on floating like a boat, The vehicle will be disqualified.
Xml and Funky Trees are encouraged
The Challenge is to Keep the plane stable using Jet Engines, VTOL Control or Propellers with the assistance of Floating Blocks, Pistons, Rotators, Hinges and Air brakes.
Wing Parts, Helicopter Parts and Gyros are NOT allowed. Any of these used, the vehicle will be disqualified
2000L of fuel is permitted. If the participant's vehicle has more , I will manually decrease it. Make your fuel consumption count.
No more the 1,500 Parts allowed. My PC is not a master-race pc...
No mods allowed. If any mods are used, the vehicle will be disqualified
Plane cannot exceed the top speed of 2000km/h / 1079kts / 1242mph. If the plane exceeds that speed on cruising flight, the vehicle will be disqualified.
Scoring System:
- Personal Perference - 5 Points
- Flight Stability - 20 Points
- Journey succesful - 5 Points
- Landing Gear / Floats / Floats - 5 Points
Scoring :
First place - 15 upvotes
Second place - 10 upvotes
Third place - 5 upvotes
all other contestants will get 2 upvotes.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Successors 4 airplane(s) +49 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 1.6ft (0.5m)
- Length 3.3ft (1.0m)
- Height 3.3ft (1.0m)
- Empty Weight 595lbs (269kg)
- Loaded Weight 595lbs (269kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading N/A
- Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
- Drag Points 385
Parts
- Number of Parts 3
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 8
The Challenge is now closed. I would like thank the participants who entered the challenge. The results are as follows:
1ST PLACE: @ssenmodnar 's Sh!t thing
2ND PLACE: @Tatti123456 's No wing challenge entry
3RD PLACE: @jdab5 's SHC (stable hover-craft) MK III
4TH PLACE: @LieutenantSOT 's THIME Blimp Experiment 1
@ssenmodnar Not many people entered the competition. And it performed the best from the rest.... Pure chance xD
Yay 2nd, happy you liked my drone thingy
@Falkenwut HOW THE ACTUAL HELL DID I WIN
@WilboorSut 2 per participant.
How many entries allowed
@realSavageMan not a problem, it was amusing non-the-less :) should you wish to modify your Ak-vehicle to fit the rules, you are more than welcome to do so
Welp, I don’t read very carefully, sorry! @Falkenwut
@realSavageMan Unfortunately your AK-Vehicle uses Gyros for stability, which is against the rules of this challenge.
Can I enter with this
RULES UPDATE: 15th MARCH 2021
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/5eL357/No-wing-challenge-entry Here’s my entry hope you’ll like it
ok thx
@realSavageMan yes you can :) If it fits the rules, just link it in the comments below.
@Planegenrale download the challenge and build over it. When you upload your build, it will show as a successor to this post. If it doesn't, you can link the vehicle you upload in the comments below. No need to be my follower to enter, as long as the vehicle you build follows the rules.
@Zatomika a hover car is allowed. As long as it follows the rules set in the description above.
@Falkenwut hover car
@Planegenrale or is it like I have to have some followers first?
Umm a quick q. This is a dum q l cus this is my first Challenge . How do I enter
can i enter with something i did 3 years ago? It only has a ton of engines.
@Sunuv Yes, how else are you going to rotate engines?
@R2d2hunter The Vehicle can ride on sea (as a sea plane of sorts), but as long as it flies from Wright airport to Yeagar airport. If it doesn't fly the whole way, it will loose points.
@UsualPiooneer Sure, as long as the vehicle won't exceed the speed mentioned and doesn't use wing, helicopter or gyro parts to sustain a stable flight.
@asteroidbook345 Will re-write it, thanks for pointing it out
I read that date as an American and though it was December 4th
Lifting body time
Idea: V-280 but with jet engines instead of props. No wings so the engines would be close to the body and be tilted always.
I know I’m kind of a genius lol jk
What about a boat?
sounds simple enough
I’m workin on it right now. Can we do pitch and roll with fuselage and hinge rotators?