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HMS Incomparable 1915

28.1k Hiimakeplanes  1.8 years ago
Auto Credit Based on BMilan's Dreadnought Challenge (1906-1920) [CLOSED]

Very simple battle cruiser
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General Characteristics

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.185
  • Wing Loading 14,061.0lbs/ft2 (68,651.8kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 10.8ft2 (1.0m2)
  • Drag Points 75018

Parts

  • Number of Parts 254
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 965
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    60.7k BMilan

    Official evaluation

    - First Impression (2/5):

    On first look, the ship is definitely a very simple build althought that doesn't immediately mean it's bad. The almost completely empty description doest not give a good firt impression for it though.
    Even by the builder's own words, the build is quick and low effort, which made me question why did they enter the challenge in the first place if they were not interested in building a dreadnought but rather a battlecruiser, and then didn't put much effort into that either.


    - Design/Accuracy (3/15):

    The build replicates the projected design of Incomparable very loosely, with not much effort put into accurately replicating even the larger features of the ship (such as the tripod mast being way too short, the superstructure not looking like the actual design, nor are the turrets and so on)
    If vieweved from afar, then the silhouette slghtly reminds of the actual design, but only slightly


    - Details (2/15):

    The ship is almost completely lacking in small detail work with as mentioned above, even large details are inaccurate or missing.


    - Features (3/20):

    Since the full list of features is not listed anywhere, I could only guess what the features are which is usable main guns, and usable auto-aimed AA weaponry.


    - Build Quality (2/10):

    The guns are not limited in their movement at all, which can make them collide with the superstructure and explode. The auto aimed AA weaponry is a nice touch however.
    The builder didnt even do as much as hiding the gyroscope part and there is not even a cosmetic propeller and rudder added.
    The ship doesn't have the controls listed anywhere, not in the description, nor in the craft istructions.


    - Performance (6/20):

    The ship is much slower than the projected max speed of its real life counterpart. Steering speed is fairly okay though. The ship handles the ocean mod rather well. The turrets turn a bit too fast, should they have been just slightly slower, it would have been a good middle ground between realistically slow but fast enough to be fun.


    - Description and Information (0/15):

    The description is almost completely empty. 4 words and a wikipedia link, with not even a list of controls.


    Additional Points (-5, +0):

    -1 for making a battlecruiser
    -2 for not being 1:1 scale
    -2 for the empty description and no controls

    Total: 13

    1.7 years ago
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    60.7k BMilan

    Incomparable was a battlecruiser proposal and not a dreadnought, so as per the rules of the challenge, it's not disqualified and will be rated the same way as any other entry, however, it cannot make it to the top three.
    Great build though!

    1.8 years ago