Weekly Aircraft Development Competition

[MiffedStarfish]

With the votes in, and the polls closed, I'm happy to announce the winner of the Amphibious Transport Competition is... @Vexnium's  CA600N Humpback! Congratulations! You get to set next weeks specifications.

[Joseph Kerman]

Uhh...  @Vexnium, if you don't come by tommorow,  the runner-up may choose instead. 

[Vexnium]

On 2017/7/8 at 9:44 PM, MiffedStarfish said:

With the votes in, and the polls closed, I'm happy to announce the winner of the Amphibious Transport Competition is... @Vexnium's  CA600N Humpback! Congratulations! You get to set next weeks specifications.

As you wish

Week 7:

Topic: Gliding

You are to design a glider provides pastime to Astronauts and/or for tourist to KSC. 

To test, you can choose the starting point —— on mountain peak, tow by another plane or even take-off itself.

In KSP, you can not soaring a Glider with thermal column or any other advanced aerodynamics, so the engines

are unprohibited, but you must ensure that the aircraft is gliding unpowered.

Crew: at least one pilot.

Range: able to tour around KSC

Speed, weight and size are unlimited as long as its capable to glide.

Edited July 15, 2017 by Vexnium

[Joseph Kerman]

Yeah, I have one delta-wing glider I can submit.

[Bob_Saget54]

Introducing the Falcon Mk. I!

The first entry into the glider category, this little beast weighs in at 2 tons and costs only 12,000 Kerb-bucks (Minus rocket cart*)

* - Rocket Cart not necessary to take off, just makes it faster and more fun to do so

A nice image of the glider and the cart both in effect, Jeb approves of this take off tactic.

The cart propels the glider to a speed of ~100 meters/sec before detaching and coasting to a stop to be used again, the glider continues on as normal.

Just a picture showing that even though there is an engine, she can actually glide quite well.

Buzzing the R&D Building.

The Falcon landed next to the propulsion cart.

The craft is dangerously quite agile, and Saget Aerospace Industries takes no blame for any injuries/burns caused by this device

 

 

[Joseph Kerman]

Here it is, the Albatross I.

https://kerbalx.com/The_Kerbal_Way/Glider

Edited July 11, 2017 by Joseph Kerman

[MiffedStarfish]

Since its not MY challenge this week, I thought I'd enter my Hanglider, the aptly named "Hanglider Mk1"

@Vexnium are you putting up the poll?

[Guest]

Wait, I have a design coming later today. I'll put a poll up if needed.

[Guest]

NVM, I forgot again.

[MiffedStarfish]

Can you put up the poll?

[Guest]

 

4 hours ago, MiffedStarfish said:

Can you put up the poll?

Thats exactly what is was doing

http://www.strawpoll.me/13429802

4 hours ago, MiffedStarfish said:

Can you put up the poll?

Is there a difference in strawpoll.me and .com?

Edited July 14, 2017 by Guest

[Ozelui]

Do i still have time to submit my glider?  I guess not since the poll it's already made, but just in case:

http://imgur.com/a/crofN

https://kerbalx.com/Ozelui/Glidiator

Edited July 13, 2017 by Ozelui
kerbalx link added

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Ozelui said:

Do i still have time to submit my glider?  I guess not since the poll it's already made, but just in case:

http://imgur.com/a/crofN

https://kerbalx.com/Ozelui/Glidiator

I'll make a new one.

[MiffedStarfish]

The poll I just made is unneeded. 

How would people feel about diversifying the specifications from "planes" to "everything in atmosphere"?

Edited July 14, 2017 by MiffedStarfish

[Vexnium]

damn I was off this week  gone for travel and planned to stay in Russia til next Thursday.

I will try to finish the badge in this week, but unfortunately I'm unable to finish my glider.

It's finished.

 

21 hours ago, MiffedStarfish said:

The poll I just made is unneeded. 

How would people feel about diversifying the specifications from "planes" to "everything in atmosphere"?

Absolutely great idea!

Edited July 15, 2017 by Vexnium

[Skylon]

11 hours ago, MiffedStarfish said:

The poll I just made is unneeded. 

How would people feel about diversifying the specifications from "planes" to "everything in atmosphere"?

Including rockets? Might need to start imposing more range/deltav requirements

[Ozelui]

16 hours ago, MiffedStarfish said:

How would people feel about diversifying the specifications from "planes" to "everything in atmosphere"?

Variety is always a good thing, i like the idea.

[Guest]

23 hours ago, MiffedStarfish said:

The poll I just made is unneeded. 

How would people feel about diversifying the specifications from "planes" to "everything in atmosphere"?

Well, the title is Weekly Aircraft Development thread. Good idea anyway.

[Bob_Saget54]

2 minutes ago, dundun92 said:

Well, the title is Weekly Aircraft Development thread. Good idea anyway.

Considering how it is @MiffedStarfish's thread, I think if public support is sufficient, he can change the competition to whatever everyone approves of.

 

[Guest]

17 minutes ago, Bob_Saget54 said:

Considering how it is @MiffedStarfish's thread, I think if public support is sufficient, he can change the competition to whatever everyone approves of.

 

Yes, I know.

[MiffedStarfish]

Hmmm... It's still a draw, so I'll tell you what, we'll decide this... with a race! First to reply between @Joseph Kerman and @Bob_Saget54 gets to do next week.

[Guest]

ops..

sorry

Edited July 15, 2017 by Guest

[Joseph Kerman]

Here.

I will do next week.

[Bob_Saget54]

Go for it @Joseph Kerman, make it a good one

 

[Joseph Kerman]

Week 8

Aircraft Type: Rocket Plane

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Description: Jeb, Bill, Bob and Val, for some reason, managed to destroy the last jet by "accident". Gene was rather furious; how can he build planes now? Then, Wernher had a crazy idea. Use rocket engines! 

Requirements: You must build a rocket plane that could take off under it's own power, fly for at least 6 minutes, and glide back to the Runway or make a trip to the Old Airbase. 

The rocket plane has to have at most 2 LFO engines. LFO engines, in fact, are the only ones allowed in this challenge, since @Stratzenblitz75 wasted all the SRB's on his Eeloo mission. 

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Restrictions:

Altitude limit: None, you may go suborbital.

Speed limit: None, you may hit hypersonic speeds.

Weight limit: 50t, any heavier and efficiency drops. 

Design limit: No part clipping that involves fuel clipping. 

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After 3 craft have been submitted, they will (hopefully) be analyzed by me. The winner will be the one who hits the highest altitude, speed, and burn efficiency. 

So may the best one win!!! 

Edited July 16, 2017 by Joseph Kerman