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Canard Aircraft Challenge (closed, but feel free to keep adding more builds for fun)

5,895 FarrowTECH  3.5 years ago
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The inherent danger in canard aircraft is their instability. At high speeds they become unpredictable and can end up tumbling through the air and tearing itself apart.
To combat this, engineers added powerful computers to implement into the automated control unit. In simple planes there are no computers, and it shows.
So I challenge the community to work those brain wrinkles and come up with some canard aircraft.

Rules and info:
-Since I'm running mobile try to keep the part count under 3000
-replicas and/or fighters are discouraged bit are not against the rules. I won't be testing combat ability, and making a replica doesn't work your creative parts.
-usage of an existing aircraft, even heavily modified is prohibited.
-usage of subassemblies from other makers is allowed, however, your build better match or exceed the work and detail that went into the parts you used. Failure to do so is an affront to the original poster, and points will be docked heavily.
-take your time, projects finished within the first week will be ignored and disqualified regardless of quality. If you can finish it in a week and make it look good you can finish it in a month and make it look better.
-must be a successor
-points based on flight characteristics, quality and effort. Combat ability and accuracy to real world models are not factored in.

Y'all got until July-4 to wow yourselves and me. Take your time and work your creative parts!

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 8 airplane(s) +231 bonus
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 1.6ft (0.5m)
  • Length 3.3ft (1.0m)
  • Height 1.6ft (0.5m)
  • Empty Weight 551lbs (250kg)
  • Loaded Weight 551lbs (250kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading N/A
  • Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
  • Drag Points 127

Parts

  • Number of Parts 1
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 4
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    5,895 FarrowTECH

    Just a reminder that any and all entries made within the first week will be ignored and disqualified. Please take your time with your builds! If you post early you can remove it and revise it to re-enter.

    As for prizes, all valid entries will receive an upvote. the top 5 entries will get 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50% of their uploads upvoted.

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    5,895 FarrowTECH

    @mike996 it's primary pitch control must be canard style. It would otherwise be called forward swept wing challenge. So just the canard

    3.5 years ago
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    1,259 mike996

    @FarrowTECH . dont fully understand the challenge is it only build an aircraft with canards or is the swept wings a must

    3.5 years ago
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    5,895 FarrowTECH

    @emprit thanks

    3.5 years ago
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    3,096 emprit

    @FarrowTECH OK I'll make an original design for You

    3.5 years ago
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    5,895 FarrowTECH

    @WiiSmol no prob, good luck

    3.5 years ago
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    8,607 34mphetamine

    @FarrowTECH oh ok mate thanks

    3.5 years ago
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    5,895 FarrowTECH

    @WiiSmol look at the highlighted comment. It explains the prizes

    3.5 years ago
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    8,607 34mphetamine

    @FarrowTECH btw whats the prize

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    5,895 FarrowTECH

    @WiiSmol yep

    3.5 years ago
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    5,895 FarrowTECH

    @Yeeturmom ikr? I was thinking about calling them that!

    3.5 years ago
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    8,607 34mphetamine

    can we build fictional plons

    3.5 years ago
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    140 Yeeturmom

    You know what, f#ck you! bullpups your plane

    +1 3.5 years ago
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    5,895 FarrowTECH

    @Esjope as long as it's unfinished you can continue building it.

    3.5 years ago
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    2,864 Esjope

    @FarrowTECH oh ok, no I know who to do them, I asked because I already was doing a canard and I wanted to know how much I shall modify it

    3.5 years ago
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    5,895 FarrowTECH

    @Esjope I've been making my own canard craft for the part efficiency challenge. I can link you the unlisted prototype if you want a reference for In-game.

    3.5 years ago
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    5,895 FarrowTECH

    @Esjope the pitch control must be a canard type. It should be stable, not unstable.

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    2,864 Esjope

    I will be join the challenge, but one question it has to be unstable or just have canards?

    3.5 years ago
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    5,895 FarrowTECH

    @IceCraft all good, you got a month to experiment and come up with something. If it doesn't work don't worry. it's a challenge for a reason.

    +1 3.5 years ago
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    36.1k Icey21

    I tried to do it once... it sucked kinda... it was really hard to control

    3.5 years ago
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    1,104 LeonardorHD1

    @FarrowTECH k

    3.5 years ago
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    5,895 FarrowTECH

    @Kangy OnePlus 8 pro

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    15.5k Kangy

    "Since I'm running mobile try to keep the part count under 3000"

    What kind of mobile device can run 3k parts?

    3.5 years ago
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    60.4k PapaKernels

    @FarrowTECH lols

    3.5 years ago
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