Here is my Light passenger jet I'm calling it the Z-16
Score: 1907
Bonus points:
Your plane cannot tailstrike no matter how hard you pull up on takeoff (20 points)
Your plane cannot tailstrike no matter how hard you pull up on takeoff (20 points)
Your plane does not need SAS to fly stably (20 points)
Your plane can fly on 33.3% of it's engines (30 points)
Your plane can belly land with all crew and passengers surviving (20 points)
Your plane can ditch in the water with all crew surviving (10 points)
Total Bonus: 120
Max speed+(max distance/10)+((Max passengers*5)*1+(number of flight attendants/2))+Bonus points
1276+(3913.202/10)+((16*5)*1+(1/2))+120=1867.82
I've done it with liquid engines, within 10 km, and I'm sure you could get closer. Heat is not a factor in the game yet other then for the overheating of engines while in use.
Check it out via the link. landed on duna once and crashed into duna's moon once. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0ByLy94gExg6SZ2ZULXNLbG9pZ1k P.S. How do you get permission to post attachments?