Awesome design! I love it!
Personally I'd give it a lighter loadout to meet realistic requirements, but other than that, it's fantastic!
Would love to make a version / variant of this in the future...
@hpgbproductions I would take your original design from the drawing you made and rebuild it from there; extend the Gear bays to act as sea floats and fold the wings, to design a Car - Sea - Plane trio design
@Krikkit42 I'm aware that the stock weapons are not particularly realistic. I'm keeping them to keep builders focusing on the design of the aircraft more than the weapons in particular and to avoid people from building lasers guns and impossible-homing missiles. If you wish to build your aircraft with custom weapons, you are free to do so. However when I test it, I'm going to replace them with stock weapons to give the designs a fair comparison within the game's limitations.
@Chaimber0825 Glad you liked this design! I tried my best to replicate realistic weapons on the different colors schemes provided, but then again.. this is SIMPLEplanes after all...
Also after my research for making these builds, it makes me feel that something like this is more akin the Modern Chinese aeronotical designs rather than Soviet, as it is literally a kitbashed soviet era aircraft. If you see the J-8II and you'll see what I mean...
@Ded To be fair, if their opinion means anything: by their standards, the F-15 was considered a failure... Even though it has an astonishing 104 kills to 0 losses... Just sayin...
@Ded The closest that ever got to their requirements was the F-16 at the beginning of the testing phase, as it was a literal flying acrobat, and was very lightly packed. It was later added with the necessary components to reach the requirements of the USAF. The Fighter Mafia considered it to be the closest to a successful design, despite the compromise of the additions.
From a U.S. perspective, I think the F-20 Tigershark would have been a close competitor though as it would have reduced engine maintenance costs in comparison to the F-5 Tiger... But that's a personal hunch.
@Ded The design can be as fantastic or as trash as you wish it to be, as long as it fits the requirements of the Fighter Mafia.
Side note, I agree 200%. Their ideas wanted the future to reflect past experiences, which is not how technological advancement works. Plenty of interesting documentaries out there calling them out as "Military analysts".
Despite that, I feel their requirements would make interesting designs from the simpleplanes community :)
@TheSonOfThunder There is no limit to engines, however keep in mind that one of the fighter mafia principles is that the plane must be cheap to mass produce.
@Nerfaddict
With weapons - only stock weapons allowed (no custom weapons)
With Fuel - only stock fuel or Fuselage load allowed (no infinite or weight-less fuel)
The rest can be XML'ed to reach the desired design and performance within the realism and limitations set in the description above.
Very good design!
+2I'd only sweep the wings back, and call it a Saber.. Wait a minute...
Love you plane design! Especially the attention to detail on soviet-style details like the position of flares, air-brakes, etc..
+1Keep it up!!
Very well done! I tried my luck with this before but I didn't complete it
Totally not a J-8 II finback xD
Jokes aside, great build :)
Awesome design! I love it!
+1Personally I'd give it a lighter loadout to meet realistic requirements, but other than that, it's fantastic!
Would love to make a version / variant of this in the future...
@hpgbproductions I would take your original design from the drawing you made and rebuild it from there; extend the Gear bays to act as sea floats and fold the wings, to design a Car - Sea - Plane trio design
Gorgeous design!!! Keep up the good work!
It reminds me a bit of the concepts of a flying car, particularly this design of an amphibious flying car
Would you allow me to rebuild this?
@IAmMeObviously They're inside the body parts that make the stabalizers. Non-the-less, you're gonna need to build that from scratch...
@Otana That's ok :) It's not an easy design so I understand
+1I really like this design! Would be awesome to see an improved version down the line!
+1Good job and well thought out proof-of-concept! I have noted and scored your submission. I will release the score when the deadline has passed.
Diggin the eurofighter x grippen x j-10 vibe!
+1Very interesting design! Even though I couldn't get it to VTOL properly...
I hope to see this refined in your future builds! :)
RULES UPDATED 17-FEB-2023
Change in a few rules
Change in scoring system
Change in rewards
Is this your submission for This challenge ?
Because I was not tagged for it...
@Geekpride Yes, however if you both your entries finish in the top 3, you will be rewarded as per the highest scored aircraft.
love this design! keep up the good work!!
+2@Krikkit42 I'm aware that the stock weapons are not particularly realistic. I'm keeping them to keep builders focusing on the design of the aircraft more than the weapons in particular and to avoid people from building lasers guns and impossible-homing missiles. If you wish to build your aircraft with custom weapons, you are free to do so. However when I test it, I'm going to replace them with stock weapons to give the designs a fair comparison within the game's limitations.
+1@Chaimber0825 Glad you liked this design! I tried my best to replicate realistic weapons on the different colors schemes provided, but then again.. this is SIMPLEplanes after all...
Also after my research for making these builds, it makes me feel that something like this is more akin the Modern Chinese aeronotical designs rather than Soviet, as it is literally a kitbashed soviet era aircraft. If you see the J-8II and you'll see what I mean...
+1@Ded To be fair, if their opinion means anything: by their standards, the F-15 was considered a failure... Even though it has an astonishing 104 kills to 0 losses... Just sayin...
+1@Ded The closest that ever got to their requirements was the F-16 at the beginning of the testing phase, as it was a literal flying acrobat, and was very lightly packed. It was later added with the necessary components to reach the requirements of the USAF. The Fighter Mafia considered it to be the closest to a successful design, despite the compromise of the additions.
From a U.S. perspective, I think the F-20 Tigershark would have been a close competitor though as it would have reduced engine maintenance costs in comparison to the F-5 Tiger... But that's a personal hunch.
@Ded The design can be as fantastic or as trash as you wish it to be, as long as it fits the requirements of the Fighter Mafia.
Side note, I agree 200%. Their ideas wanted the future to reflect past experiences, which is not how technological advancement works. Plenty of interesting documentaries out there calling them out as "Military analysts".
Despite that, I feel their requirements would make interesting designs from the simpleplanes community :)
+2@TheSonOfThunder There is no limit to engines, however keep in mind that one of the fighter mafia principles is that the plane must be cheap to mass produce.
@Nerfaddict
With weapons - only stock weapons allowed (no custom weapons)
With Fuel - only stock fuel or Fuselage load allowed (no infinite or weight-less fuel)
The rest can be XML'ed to reach the desired design and performance within the realism and limitations set in the description above.
+1@teddyone02 It's a hybrid of a F-32 main body / F-16 cockipit and engine and Eurofighter typhoon wings
@Australianbulider676 What do you mean?
@9specter528 Pretty much...
+1Some details of this plane need to be fixed, but because it is curated, I'm unable to.
@SPairforce glad you liked it! Was originally inspired by this kitmashed model
@DanvillPH sadly it is not in my current plans.
+1Never thought I'd ever see a military grade flying pez dispensor xD
+1@FirstFish83828 F-32 main fuselage, F-16 nose and engine and Eurofighter wings
@FirstFish83828 ok, my submission is in! Thanks!
Gorgeous build of the Folland gnat! Keep up the good work! Much cleaner than my version
Really deserved a Charlie Sheen mode though xD
@Baconaircraft or @Vincent , pls make this plane a successor to the Hybrid Aircraft challenge , Forgot to do it >.<
Meh, forgot to make my submission as a successor...
Who's the mod to call for this?
This should be integrated as an in-game part! Excellent work!!
+1To everyone intending to compete, I strongly recommend checking out Flikr user Dizzyfugu's creations, particularly the Whif / What-if albums.
Am I allowed to mix more than 2 planes in my creation?
@Suubk27 oh sorry my mistake! May I give this plane a camouflage paint job?
+1Very interesting design!! Handles pretty good too! Smooth flyer!
I really enjoy seeing your design turned to life in this game!
I personally would have gone with larger elevons at the back, but that's me...
+1Fantastic job! Especially the built pilot! Keep it up!!
+1@sidewinder21 Camp Lemonnier
Nice job! This plane is surprisingly tricky to build, even though it is very simple in design!
+1very good work!
Amazing job!! We need more of these remakes!!
@ollielebananiaCFSP Ok, sadly I'm out
@ollielebananiaCFSP aaah ok, thanks for the clarity.
Can I make my own design, or must it be a replica?
Rule 2 and 8 conflict eachother...might join this... got one plane soon finished...
Fantastic job! Very pleasant to fly!