Air Superiority Fighter Competition

[HeroBrian_333]

Working on it, but I have a TON of planes to fight. Could be a few days.

[HeroBrian_333]

Arggh! My game crashed while doing the battles!

[HeroBrian_333]

Ok, EuroViper requires a {LOT} more time and R&D. On to the next concept! (still working on the battles, just getting very tedious)

[Piatzin]

Which one's EuroViper again lol

You should make a list of the contestants

[AeroGav]

Ha, they all got issues.

 

Bryntröll  by @Thor Wotansen   - likes to do backflips when you switch back to the runway to spawn an opponent.   The Kraken has  taken an interest in its landing gear.  Need to remember to pull the gear in before switching to Space Centre,  and to lower it again before starting the match.

Mine (Kryfoon)  - doesn't always fire its guns, sometimes hits itself with its own missles

Fighter 2    by 53miner53 - prone to stalling, and also engine stalls.   Bit of a low rider too,  prone to destroying engines no matter how gently you drive off the runway.  Amazingly well balanced though - lets you flip at will, but somewhat controllable !

BeGentle by @Fleshjeb - actually this one's low maintenance, well done !

Monstron - bobs ominously on spawn, but survived the Kraken !

Seriously though,  it is hard to pick a best fighter with head to heads, because its so random,  and because the best design to take down something like @Eidahill's Monstron would be like a bomber interceptor ,  and might struggle against a nimble jet.

Edited November 18, 2017 by AeroGav

[Thor Wotansen]

Try the Vessel Mover mod, it lets you spawn things without going back to the space center.  It also makes setting up a lot easier.

[HeroBrian_333]

EuroViper is mine, I have also noticed those problems, and I use vesselmover.

[Piatzin]

28 minutes ago, AeroGav said:

Ha, they all got issues.

Ah-ha! I don't see my Berzerker drones mentioned.

*Evil grin*

[HeroBrian_333]

Just now, Earthlinger said:

Ah-ha! I don't see my Berzerker drones mentioned.

*Evil grin*

 Beserker drones are not very maneuverable. They are essentially missile fodder.

[Piatzin]

4 minutes ago, HeroBrian_333 said:

 Beserker drones are not very maneuverable. They are essentially missile fodder.

Swarm tactics, my friend.

*Frenemy

Lol and I had supposedly made them to be nimble

Edited November 18, 2017 by Earthlinger

[HeroBrian_333]

3 minutes ago, Earthlinger said:

Swarm tactics, my friend.

*Frenemy

Lol and I had supposedly made them to be nimble

They are. {When compared to a bomber with an engine that has no gimbal, no SAS, no RCS, and no flaps.

I can live with being a frenemy.

[Piatzin]

1 minute ago, HeroBrian_333 said:

They are. {When compared to a bomber with an engine that has no gimbal, no SAS, no RCS, and no flaps.

I can live with being a frenemy.

Lol I can put some more work into them

[HeroBrian_333]

Try adding control surfaces onto the wings.

Edited November 18, 2017 by HeroBrian_333

[Guest]

On 11/15/2017 at 10:11 PM, Eidahlil said:

I hope you like monsters. Because this is how you get monsters. I approve.   Though setting a part limit might be good for your sanity's sake.

Here's a small monster of mine for the show (no lasers this time): http://kerbalx.com/juzeris/Monstron.craft

OH MY...

[Piatzin]

1 hour ago, HeroBrian_333 said:

Try adding control surfaces onto the wings.

That'll make the part count go up

Naw

[HeroBrian_333]

Just now, Earthlinger said:

That'll make the part count go up

Naw

Is two parts that significant?

[Piatzin]

Just now, HeroBrian_333 said:

Is two parts that significant?

Two parts here, two parts there....

I'd rather make a new plane and leave the Berzerkers as they are. I think they're decent

[Guest]

the f-38 super bullet:

https://kerbalx.com/dundun93/F-38-Super-Bullet

[AeroGav]

Interesting to compare different kinds of maneuverability as well.

My Kyfoon https://kerbalx.com/AeroGav/Kryfoon 

focuses on sustained maneuver performance,  it takes about 7 seconds to do a 360, but can keep that up indefinitely. 

@53miner53 's Fighter2    lets you swivel the nose off prograde almost at will,  exceeding the stall angle by 90 degrees or more, though such maneuvers  leave you "dead in the water" and take a good few seconds to recover from.

@Thor Wotansen 's drone, https://kerbalx.com/Thor_Wotansen/Sanngrior

has insane instantaneous maneuver performance, takes less than 2 seconds to do a 180 , after that it's lost most of its airspeed and is unable to generate much turning force because it's bumping against the stall limit,  you need to fly straight for a few seconds between such harsh actions to recover momentum.

Edited November 18, 2017 by AeroGav

[Guest]

@HeroBrian_333, when will dogfights start???

[Dimas152]

are biplanes allowed?  gon make a Po-2

[FleshJeb]

This is just me weaponizing a old proof-of-concept -- Using Goliaths as VTOL engines. Unfortunately BDA closes all cargo bay doors when combat starts. It still did a lot of killing and it taught me how good the ECM is.

 

 

@HeroBrian_333 do the rules allow the Vulcan turrets? They only say lasers and Goalkeepers are not allowed. If not, I'll go back to the Hidden Vulcans.

Edited November 19, 2017 by FleshJeb

[Piatzin]

This plane proved too high in part count for swarm tactics:

(50 parts)

[FleshJeb]

4 minutes ago, Earthlinger said:

This plane proved too high in part count for swarm tactics:

(50 parts)

Why do you need landing gear?  Start that sucker on its tail.

[Piatzin]

11 minutes ago, FleshJeb said:

Why do you need landing gear?  Start that sucker on its tail.

Right and if I want to land?