Glider Challenge

[hawkwing]

I remember an old glider challenge from before the forum implosion. To prevent infiniglide, no control surfaces were allowed.

This. One thousand times this (I went by the same rules with my submission). The assumption you should make when approaching a challenge is that flagrant use of glitches and exploits is against the rules unless otherwise stated. Challenges do not exist to be broken. they exist to be completed.

[Tex_NL]

After 9 hours my craft has splashed down. I have no idea how long it has been in the water exactly as I was asleep when it happened. Since I was only going at 3.3m/s nothing was destroyed when it hit the water. There is nothing in the flight log.

For a similar reason I can't say how far it exactly glided. After slash-down it retained some velocity and is continuing on it's course at a leisurely 0.2m/s. It traveled a total distance of 94km.

[SpaceK531]

After 9 hours my craft has splashed down. I have no idea how long it has been in the water exactly as I was asleep when it happened. Since I was only going at 3.3m/s nothing was destroyed when it hit the water. There is nothing in the flight log.

For a similar reason I can't say how far it exactly glided. After slash-down it retained some velocity and is continuing on it's course at a leisurely 0.2m/s. It traveled a total distance of 94km.

Well, let's assume that the craft splashed down at 9 hours, and travelled 94 km.

Max altitude = 149 m

Max distance = 94 km

Glide time = 540 min

Glide efficiency = 94000/149*540 = 340671.14

This has a better glide efficiency than mine, but since there is no way of knowing when it splashed down, it's not accurate. Maybe kerbal alarm clock has an option to pause when it hits something?

[pigletx2]

Just make it so FAR is required, makes true gliding possible and fixes infini-winglet-lift-gliders.

[Spartwo]

I think we should revive this thread because infini-gliding is impossible thanks to the slow controls.

[Tex_NL]

I think we should revive this thread because infini-gliding is impossible thanks to the slow controls.

I hate to burst your bubble but the new control mechanics did not render infiniglide impossible, it still works just fine. I admit it's not as easy as before BUT IT STILL WORKS!

I even triggered mach effects for a brief second with this thing. Too bad I missed the screenshot.

[Spartwo]

Oh....YAY!