Xeldrak

Well, I did not use the cheat console - maybe the OP should clarify if what I have done there is clipping.

Something like SpaceShuttle might be an idea, when we are through with the stock crafts that come with the game. I'm still thinking what I will do with the challenge once we are done with them. Well a real problem with the Kerbal 2 is that it is.....completely senseless. Usually I think you guys get what the craft in question is supposed to be, thats also why I post the inspirational pictures. But the K2 is just.....nonesense. Especially since we allready had a small lifter rocket and a heavy rocket.

Hm...I fear a certain skycrane was allready done.

You guys are terrible impatient, do you know? Give me a week or so...

Aaaaaaand....we have a winner! It's Giggleplex! Again! Now this marks his third time he wins a BSC contest - so special congratulations to Giggleplex. It's been an awesome Challenge (once again) with suprisingly few incidents (none). Thank you guys once again for all your contributions - BSC would not be possible without you.

Hm....thats really neat. I want to mount it on top of a rocket an fly to the Mün with it

Well you can post it, sure - but you won't get into the leaderboard.

Don't worry - I'll lay here....waiting.

Well, Ampster, I have to say - your contraption does have a unique apperarence

Well, there is no need to hit the runway - actually you get +5 point for splashing down (landing on the water). I guess the ocean is a big enough target? If you so hate the node setup - burning prograde once the moon rises in low kerbin orbit is still a very effective way to get to the mun Now, this is not Laythe - flying and landing on the Mün by hand is a basic thing and is actually fun. Just try it - I think every KSP vet should be able to do it.

Is it possible that you did not completely understand what a free return trajectory is? Because there is no need for a third stage to "use for free return". That's why it's "free". Still, here is my entry, the Münar Probe One (MPO): As you can see, I never touched my third stage. I claim the the Anaxagoras and the Apollo award.

Why not simply try it by hand? It's really not that hard, you don't have to trust any mod.....and after all it is a "challenge".

The challenge is still supported by me I just sometimes need a few days to see new entries once the challenge has been revived once again

I wasn't criticising you, RocketscientistV. These are just my general thoughts on challenges.

Ah, yes - I would forbidd cheat-console part clipping. If you can double the operational ceiling of your plane by simple clipping another 16 air-intake into the same space a lot of challenge gets lost in my mind.

It's time for the final vote! It will run for two days - please read BSC: Challenge Guidelines Mk.II - even if you just want to vote!The vote is public - everyone will be able to see what you have voted.

Ah, well - the vote is closed. Results are: 1. Giggleplex777 - Damselfly 2. Ravenchant - Pack mule 3. Tarmenius - Bullfrog 4. MiniMatt - Snack Wagon VTOL 5. UpsilonAerospace - Pavo VTOL 6. SaplingPick - LeapFrog LV-I 7. Andrew Hansen - Wernhermobile 8. sploden - VTOLPV7.1 Rocket Chair 9. briansun1 - VV-1V 10. Rhomphaia - H.A.L.O. 11. ThePsuedoMonkey - Omega 16 12. Xeldrak - CRPLTV 13. Majorjim - LLTV 14. DisarmingBaton5 - Ostrich VTOL 15. Psycix - VTOL Training Or Learning 16. PDCWolf - Rocket Powered VTOL 2 17. Spartwo - Tern MK3 18. Kasuha - Morpheus 19. mhoram - The Kerbol Flying Object The top for will enter a final vote - just give me a few minutes.

Voting ends in ~40 minutes.

No, I will not get mad at anybody who concludes their challenge by a public vote - that would be rather nonsensical, right? Actually I'm happy if someone else does challenges like mine - these are the challenges I like and if you hold them, I can simple participate without having so much work. I personally think that challenges that are not dedicated to a mod (like the KOS challenge over there) you should stick to stock. This way you have the biggest audience and everyone is familiar with stock parts and physics. My suggestions would be either a vote - in this case the challenge runs only for a specific time, wich can be nice since you can lay it aside with a clean conciousness once it's time is up. However I would write out your design goals, maybe search for a few real-life counterparts of the plane you are looking for. Do wou want a bomber? A balanced air-superiority fighter? Is high range important or big payload? Something like that. You could also go with a point system where you keep a leaderboard. Basically just need to come up with goals for people to achieve. Something like +5 Escape System +5 Operational ceiling > 15 km +5 Operational ceiling > 20 km +5 Operational ceiling > 23 km (cumulative) +2 At least 2 Rockets +2 At least 4 Rockets +1 At least 6 Rockets (cumulative) +5 Range > 100 km +10 Range > 500 km +10 Range > 1000 km +10 Range > 5000 km (cumulative) and so on for your....number of pilots, maneuverability, maybe number of engines, type of engines, V/STOL ability....

On a sidenote: Voting will end in ~17 hours at the time I'm writing this.

ChemRock could provide you with this (unnamed) Airplane: It meets all your requirements, it actually carries six rockets and two bombs. I basically like this challenge, but there is a little lack of...challenge. I held a quite succesfull competition here, called "Doing it Apollo style" that utilized a point-system. You could use something like this. Or you can do it like I do in my BSC-challenges and let people vote after some time, wich they think is the best Plane. Still, oyu should probably add more design-goals if you are going that way.

Wow, thanks mhoram - I allrady thought noone would like my craft

The poll will close 11:23 am CST | Sunday, February 16, 2014 (UTC−6:00) Righ now that is about 1day, 6hours in the future. I have to close the poll by hand, so it might be open up to a few hours after the aforementioned point in time.

Noone knows - you can only look up the results once the poll is closed.

The primary vote has started! It will run for four days and will select four finalists. Everyone who sent me their Email via PM should have a mail. Also note: If you want to vote too, you can still PM me your adress. You can download all the crafts in a single, convenient .zip right >>HERE<< I'm using condorcet-method vote - you will be asked to rank the entries. Don't worry, it's fairly simple - If you want to vote for a single entry, leave all entries on the lowest rank and move your prefered entry to rank one. The way you can also vote for any number of candidates. It sound a little wierd but it's a perfectly sound voting system - you can check the wiki page (And I've got a fairly professional page that offers this service).