Xeldrak

Well, I just post the challenges you guys choose your prefered writing technique Btw I think the analogy stops after the space pen.

Yes, yes - it's an awesome plane. Sadly it's still a space pen.

Good, I finally had a good night's rest, after a week of 2-3 hours sleep at night, 2-3 hours sleep in the afternoon.

Now, I flew every craft once again and theses are my notes: Giggleplex777 - C-7B +description +ladder with toggle -not fan of these intakes +forward swept wings +handles good in low atmosphere +looks mcirish3 - Ravenspear Mk1 Ultra -96 parts -description text does not fit plane ~ladder but no toggle -design is just not very elegant +once it's in the air is flies rather well -need the whole runway to lift of Rhomphaia - Eaglehammer Mk2 +description text +ladder with toggle +compact design +wide landing gear +good part count -a little on the unstable side sploden - Ravenspear Mk1 improved 07 +description text +ladder with toggle +a lot of power +I like it -58 parts is a little high +hotkeys for outer and inner engine (had the same Idea with my plane) It's a awesome combination of a creative but practical design and it flies well. No part-clipping makes it easy to emulate. I think you nailed the challenge zekes - FRAK-1 -103 parts -really? Lots of intakes simply clipped into each other? -no description text +yes, it does fly very well Basically it's extremely overengineered and stuff like several intakes clippes into each other, makes this plane feel like a cheat. Besides, it completely misses the point of the challenge - we are looking for a stock craft. Let me quote from the guidelines: Well, sploden got my vote for the reasons above. On the second place I would like to see Giggle, I really like the C-7B, followed by Rhomphaia. @Zeke: Actually I think you choose the wrong analogy. The problem with your aircraft is, that we are looking for a pencil, you brought a Space Pen. Yes, I know that the story of NASA spending millions on this pen is a hoax. @Tidus Klein: Since you asked for some feedback: -no description text ~ladder but no toggle -several intakes clipped into each other (but at least in a way that looks good) -2 SAS, 4 Batteries, 4 Solar cells -you allready have emergency chutes, why not a abort function? A low hanging fruit -trying to roll while pitching leads to interesting results. I think the plane is a good base with some potential. I'll focus on the negative stuff, because you allready know that she flies high and has lots of power However, there are several things wrong - clipping several intakes into each other feels like cheating to me, also in my mind (as a voter, not as the guy that writes the challenge-rules) is disquallifies for this challenge. This whole battery-SAS-solarpanel-module fells like superflous frills to me. My motto when doing these challenges is allways: Also, if you use a Winglet instead of a cannard as vertical stabiliser, the strange behavior when trying to roll while pitching should vanish.

Primary elections are done! Time for the grand finale! You can vote over here! Please drop a few line who you've voted for! Final elections will run for another 48 hours. Get the finalists .craft files in a singe .zip >>HERE<< Also check the orignal posts for more pictures and stats on the finalists Contenders Giggleplex777 - C-7B mcirish3 - Ravenspear Mk1 Ultra Rhomphaia - Eaglehammer Mk2 sploden - Ravenspear Mk1 improved 07 zekes - FRAK-1

Our finalists are: Giggleplex777 - C-7B mcirish3 - Ravenspear Mk1 Ultra Rhomphaia - Eaglehammer Mk2 sploden - Ravenspear Mk1 improved 07 zekes - FRAK-1 Not at home right now - the Final elections will start in a few hours. Check the Challenge-Title

From my notes: Rhomphaia - Eaglehammer Mk2 +description text +ladder with toggle +compact design +wide landing gear +good part count So, I'd say you basically did everything right - thats the problem with 22 contenders and a single vote

didn't have the time test every plane as thoughly, but: Antbin: Nice plane - three engines, six intakes, flies quite well boolybooly: While it flies well, it flames out at ~15km, wich is rather low brobel: As usual - a beautiful plane with to much part clipping DaveofDefeat: Are you kidding me? Also: Are you kidding me? FlandersNed: A neat plane, but its angled down a bit on the runway and I was able to flip it out. Something for the advanced player Giggle: Well, many allready told you, its an awesome plane with forward swept wings, not a big fan of these intakes though GusTurbo: Nice plane, but had flameout at 18km wich is a little low HueHue: So, you build a Draaken replica? Nice plane, but no nearly as maneuvrable as the original. (Actually it's really sluggish) Maybe some cannards? Mesklin: A nice plane - one of my favourites. Construction might be a littile complicated. Sploden: Just a nice plane - good performance, creative but not complicated design, easy to emulate. Lots of power Myself: Maybe I went a bit too basic, construction could have been more...avantgarde. Also she is too sluggish. zekes: Well, it's an awesome plane. But it completely missed the point of the Challenge. Sploden got my vote for the reasons mentioned above - the plane looks good, flies well and nailed the challenge.

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Ah, thanks Rhomphaia - yeah, the link somehow changed while the forums where moved.

Nobody knows - not even me - but probaly no plane, we've had that twice in a row now. But maybe a plane again, just to throw Captain Sierra off guard!

Ah, time to enforce national stereotypes: I'm german. *looks at his pocketwatch* And ten hours among friends....are ten hours. But no, seriously: I would have to change the overview collage again and restart the poll again. I'll be happy to see your entry in the next BSC-challenge, but I fear this boat has sailed.

The Poll has been restartet - 48h countdown reset - if you have vote before, please vote again!

DAMN! You forget to check everything twince just once and this happens... @AmpsterMan: And I was wondering why you didn't turn up!

Primary elections have started! Vote here! Get all .craft files in a single zip file HEREPlease drop a few line who you've voted for! Primary elections will run for 48 hours - the six (or so) best entries will enter the final 24h-election! Please check the challenge guidelines - even if you just want to vote! And remember to come back in two days! I will now retreat to test you submission - wich might take some time

All sumissions are closed - time to start up photoshop

Hm, never thought about it...but now, that you ask: Carbon. Because Carbon -> Carbon Nanotubes -> Space elevators

Giggle was awarded his "B", and you still still have ~1.5 hours to go if you want to submit a plane.

Is that your new entry, Flanders? Cause only one enry per capita is allowed Mesklin has been added. As I'm writing this, you have ~5.5 hours left.

The list has been updated. As I'm writing this, you still have ~13 hours to go.

@Sirine: Haha, no - I laughed my ass off. Anyways - as I'f told you - beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I actually perfer the spoon-version, I know how the plane looks with a normal, circular intake, it was one of the versions in the design process. Also - form follows function - the ram intake is the most efficient one @Tidus Klein: Don't worry - just remeber it for the next challenge As I'm writing this, you still have ~27h to go.

@Sirine: Well, beauty is always in the eye of the beholder. When building a BSC, I think that form follows function. And if you look at planes like the MiG-17, you'll see that central intakes were not too uncommon.

My mother always watched star trek - I'm born 1987, so I basically grew up with TNG. I do not remember a time when I wasn't familiar with the TNG staff. DS9 was "allways there" in my mind aswell. I remember watching Voyager for the first time, when it premiered in germany. So, yeah - I love star trek and if you count our the non-cannon stuff, I think I have a rather extensive knowledge of all things Star Trek (ENT not so much, but some aswell)

I present you my entry, the ChemRock Draco. I had some problems comming up with a submission for this challenge. Earlier designs were.....problematic. But (thx to HueHue) while looking up the Planes for the inspirational pictures, I read about the MiG-25 Foxbat - and after watching a short documentary about it, I knew what I wanted. Like the MiG-25, I went for a very powerfull engine (in my case three turbo-jets) and didn't care about range. After some testing and tuning, I fear the only resemblence the Draco holds with the Foxbat are the two large vertical stabilizers and the shoulder mounted wings. Since it looks more like a Draken from above with its big delta wings, I decided to call it Draco as a small homage to the Saab aircraft. I also added a description and some flavour-text to the description window - I think thats a sign of a thoroughly built KSP craft. Now, the triple-engine setup has some advantages, you can deactive the outer or the inner engines by action groups and change your Intake/Engine ratio. This way you can take the Draco to the outer edges of the atmosphere by flying on a single engine, fed by three ram-intakes without the danger of a asymetrical flameout. Of course the plane has a cockpit ladder with a dedicated action group I added a pair of canards, so the plane hat a little agility in lower atmosphere. It's still quite sluggish, but I think thats fine - it wasn't built for low atmosphere flight. True to it's soviet role model, it's a rugged plane with only 33 parts and no frills. Fully tanked, it holds 900 units of fuel and weighs 11.53 tons. No partclipping whatsoever, as usual. ..and I dearly hope, that they give the Mk2 Cockpit a usable interior in the next update. Sadly, IVA flight are impossible with this cockpit. Download the CR Draco >>HERE<<

hmmm....now I consider making the next challenge a SPH one again, just to screw around with captain sierras expectations..... As I'm writing this, we have ~53 hours to go