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Bendable (or equally Kerbal) aircraft challenge


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I have a selfish motive for this. I want to see if I can get some momentum going for a new, silly and very Kerbal subgenre of aircraft: ones that maneuver by bending or in some way fly without using any traditional control surfaces.

 

I've built two of these and the concept works.

 

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So, your challenge:

 

Build a functional aircraft that uses no traditional control surfaces.

 

RULES:

 

No flaps, elevators, rudders or ailerons or anything that mimics them.  Using hinges is fine. Using a hinge attached to wing that acts like a traditional flap is not.

Static surfaces (eg tailfins without rudders) are fine.

The craft must takeoff and land horizontally.

It must actually fly--no ballistics.

No additional reaction wheels (standard SAS is fine).

No fly by wire

It needs to be a plane or a reasonable facsimile thereof (though I do appreciate the skill that goes into building copters).

Mods are fine as long as they are not cheats. 

Keep to the spirit of the challenge. Don't go looking for loopholes.

Despite the title, the aircraft does not need to bend. If you can manage something different with thrust control, flapping wings, shifting of mass or whatever, go for it!

 

Below are two examples to better give an idea what I am talking about. 

 

https://kerbalx.com/Klapaucius/Viktor-Bendable-Aircraft

https://kerbalx.com/Klapaucius/Milo-Centipede-Plane

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