@ChiChiWerx I used some trigonometry to determine the routes. FYI, KMYW to KSNT it 155°, KSNT to KMYW is 335°, distance is 120 miles. Goran cruises at little over 240 mph, thus 1/2h flight time.
Smartphone Stopwatch stopped working, so... I took off from Snowstone at about 16:00 local time, and was back at 17:10. Flew at 10500 ft, 90% throttle from KSNT to KMYW, then 85% throttle from KMYW to KSNT. Landed at night at Snowstone. Wonderful flight.
That's all for Goran, thank you all for the upvotes!
@ChiChiWerx I just (7 minutes now) left for the real journey. Cruising @ 9744 ft, 242 mph, heading 158, from Snowstone AFB (KSNT) to Maywar International (KMYW). I'm visible on steam (user: EchoDeltaOscar), I'll update the timetable as soon as I'm done. Of course, I have to land successfully at Maywar for the time to be meaningful.
@ChiChiWerx A little less; I started from Maywar, ans stopped the watch when speed was 0 in snowstone; I initially wanted to see how much fuel I could do without. Since I landed with 62%+, I assumed I could get back to Maywar without refuelling. I also drifyed off-route, lenghtening tje journey. Tomorrow I may update the real flight time.
@Kerbango I started personifying (anthropifying ? I don't really know the proper term in plain English) my Aircrafts after a couple of models, and then I went on. Thanl you for the sponsorship!
It doesn't land either. Which is a shame, since it is so stable and a good weapon platform. Would you mind if I upload a take-off capable version? @Moronindustries
With its minimalist design it flies really well! It is nervous around the roll axis, as it should be expected with such a short wingspan, but once straight it flies straight and the banking is nice. It is also easy to take-off and land. Upvoted with pleasure.
Very nice machine! The "laser" effect of the guns is a nice touch. I would suggest working on weathercock stability, I dutch-rolled just afer takeoff.
And, I canot believe how well it responds to autopilot!
@Kerbango Easier said than done. First, the aircraft would have to be made amphibian, since with this airbakes control system a water takeoff is reasonably out of question (unless a complete rebuild is performed, which it will). Second, high speed water landing, while allowing for a virtually unlimited run, require strong pitch control to avoid flipping over, and the single airbrake just won't do. You can do up to a point with proper pontoon shaping. I tried, and I still prefer the beaches.
Would you like to put forward a solution of yours? I welcome further suggestions.
@FASTFLIGHT When the airspeed increases, the aircraft tends to pull up, even with full stick forward. Have you considered adding a piston, or some other kind of extension to increase the leverage and improve maneuvrability?
Good flight carachteristics, nice weapons platform. Had somedifficulties landing it, because at low speed a tailless design suffers from poor weathercock stability, but so does the real thing.
Good aircraft.
I really thought that fully-movable structural wings were forbidden, since they are "surfaces" and are used for "control". However, I see from other entries that I was wrong. I may exploit this for my second and last entry.
It looks great and glides great. It will happily maintain a steady speed with a 5° glide slope.
I have saved it and made aminor modification: I removed some deadweight from the front half of the fuselage, to reduce its stability margin, since it requires quite some uptrim to fly steady.
Other than that, good job.
I'll try to modify oscar. The issue is, I wish it was more responsive at high altitude, and I would need RCS, but they probably need a dedicated engine.
Introducing:
This is Clive. Clive, this is the Im-Prop-Per Challenge.
Clive the Tapyr is somewhat conventional, if not For the fact that he looks Like a tapyr.
It took me a couple of minutes to get used to its roll behaviour, but it is a good weapon platform, and I scored a solid hit on an enemy warbird.
Good aircraft.
Gorgeous plane, really! Love the landing gear!
On a sidenote, I managed to lodge Goran inside Chtulhu's eye socket. '30 aircraft, soooo Lovecraft.
A Connie? I cannot wait to see it! @Smoker
@ChiChiWerx Yes, I did report reverse courses by mistake. KMYW to KSNT is 335, KSNT to KMYW is 155. Everyone, revert yoir heading, quick!
@ChiChiWerx I used some trigonometry to determine the routes. FYI, KMYW to KSNT it 155°, KSNT to KMYW is 335°, distance is 120 miles. Goran cruises at little over 240 mph, thus 1/2h flight time.
Smartphone Stopwatch stopped working, so... I took off from Snowstone at about 16:00 local time, and was back at 17:10. Flew at 10500 ft, 90% throttle from KSNT to KMYW, then 85% throttle from KMYW to KSNT. Landed at night at Snowstone. Wonderful flight.
That's all for Goran, thank you all for the upvotes!
@ChiChiWerx I just (7 minutes now) left for the real journey. Cruising @ 9744 ft, 242 mph, heading 158, from Snowstone AFB (KSNT) to Maywar International (KMYW). I'm visible on steam (user: EchoDeltaOscar), I'll update the timetable as soon as I'm done. Of course, I have to land successfully at Maywar for the time to be meaningful.
@ChiChiWerx A little less; I started from Maywar, ans stopped the watch when speed was 0 in snowstone; I initially wanted to see how much fuel I could do without. Since I landed with 62%+, I assumed I could get back to Maywar without refuelling. I also drifyed off-route, lenghtening tje journey. Tomorrow I may update the real flight time.
@Kerbango I started personifying (anthropifying ? I don't really know the proper term in plain English) my Aircrafts after a couple of models, and then I went on. Thanl you for the sponsorship!
Groundbraking concept, good build, stunning design.
POWEEEEER!!!
Hard to control, but just as advertized. If handled properly, flies well. Nice job.
I'll make it a successor, you'll be notified automatically @Moronindustries
Nice craft!
It doesn't land either. Which is a shame, since it is so stable and a good weapon platform. Would you mind if I upload a take-off capable version? @Moronindustries
Nice aircraft!
With its minimalist design it flies really well! It is nervous around the roll axis, as it should be expected with such a short wingspan, but once straight it flies straight and the banking is nice. It is also easy to take-off and land. Upvoted with pleasure.
Great aircraft! Almost landed it on the USS BEast!
@Bagas I got better results with this
3 mathces, full AI
Christopher 1, Gloster 2
@Bagas 6 mathces tried so far:
1st Tournament: AI controls both planes
Blade 0, Gloster 3
2nd Tournament, I control Blade
Blade 0, Gloster 3.
I agree that it's a strange etiquette. As For your aircrafts, they deserve the upvotes. @BogdanX
Thank you, @ZephyrSystems and @BogdanX!
Thank you, @Bagas
@EliteIndustries1 Alas, it looks like it's what I'll keep doing then.
@Joco80 Thanks, good fellow!
It flies like it's on rails! Great job!
Very nice machine! The "laser" effect of the guns is a nice touch. I would suggest working on weathercock stability, I dutch-rolled just afer takeoff.
And, I canot believe how well it responds to autopilot!
With a Blast VTOL and RCS thrusters it can fly. Do you use any gyro mod? May I post a flyable version?
@Kerbango Easier said than done. First, the aircraft would have to be made amphibian, since with this airbakes control system a water takeoff is reasonably out of question (unless a complete rebuild is performed, which it will). Second, high speed water landing, while allowing for a virtually unlimited run, require strong pitch control to avoid flipping over, and the single airbrake just won't do. You can do up to a point with proper pontoon shaping. I tried, and I still prefer the beaches.
Would you like to put forward a solution of yours? I welcome further suggestions.
@FASTFLIGHT Feeback is not the prime motor of progress, but surely is its spark plug.
@FASTFLIGHT When the airspeed increases, the aircraft tends to pull up, even with full stick forward. Have you considered adding a piston, or some other kind of extension to increase the leverage and improve maneuvrability?
@hopotumon I'll reupload the aircraft with new armament this evening (western europe time)
I can't believe this has been downloaded more times than Gregor McGregor!
Good flight carachteristics, nice weapons platform. Had somedifficulties landing it, because at low speed a tailless design suffers from poor weathercock stability, but so does the real thing.
Good aircraft.
I really thought that fully-movable structural wings were forbidden, since they are "surfaces" and are used for "control". However, I see from other entries that I was wrong. I may exploit this for my second and last entry.
It looks great and glides great. It will happily maintain a steady speed with a 5° glide slope.
I have saved it and made aminor modification: I removed some deadweight from the front half of the fuselage, to reduce its stability margin, since it requires quite some uptrim to fly steady.
Other than that, good job.
And I really love leading edge elevators!
Fun to fly, easy to land. Packs a nice punch.
Very nice strafing machine!
My cockpit is... backwards. Is it normal? Could it happen?
Good looking and really lovely to cruise around, 300 mph @ 6500 ft with 75% Power.
Easy to land.
I'll try to modify oscar. The issue is, I wish it was more responsive at high altitude, and I would need RCS, but they probably need a dedicated engine.
Woops, should have read the time of comments.
Better luck next time.
Its handling is as eerie as its looks. Feels like it is on rails. Well designed indeed, upvoted with pleasure.
Introducing:
This is Clive. Clive, this is the Im-Prop-Per Challenge.
Clive the Tapyr is somewhat conventional, if not For the fact that he looks Like a tapyr.
It looks stunningly beautiful, it flies pretty well, but I cannot manage to take-off nor land successfully. Perhaps a water rudder might help.
It took me a couple of minutes to get used to its roll behaviour, but it is a good weapon platform, and I scored a solid hit on an enemy warbird.
Good aircraft.
I went so high the engines lost thrust, but it kept climbing up to 280.000 ft, at 1900 mph!
Great suborbital flight!