BSC - Ravenspear Mk. 1 - And the winner is...

[Sirine]

Has anyone tested my plane yet?

If so, what can I improve on?

Tested your plane. No over pitch, but Hard to Yaw. Too much fuel, too less Air Intake...

For Air Intake, only use RAM air intake, that is the only usable air intake in High Altitute 6 to 1 TurboJect Ration is the best (Bring you up to 32km-Full throttle).

Landing no problem. Stable no ghost drifting. Basically is a good plane.

Improved on tail strike.. move your wheels backward (Prevent tail strike), and put your front wheels higher, so it shape like / (inclining up).

Engine facing direction should be inline...serially, having angle only decrease the performance. (Press shift + Q,E to finetune the angle).

[FlandersNed]

Tested your plane. No over pitch, but Hard to Yaw. Too much fuel, too less Air Intake...

For Air Intake, only use RAM air intake, that is the only usable air intake in High Altitute 6 to 1 TurboJect Ration is the best (Bring you up to 32km-Full throttle).

Landing no problem. Stable no ghost drifting. Basically is a good plane.

Improved on tail strike.. move your wheels backward (Prevent tail strike), and put your front wheels higher, so it shape like / (inclining up).

Engine facing direction should be inline...serially, having angle only decrease the performance. (Press shift + Q,E to finetune the angle).

Ok, based on your feedback, I've:

-Changed the deluxe winglets to av-r8 winglets and moved them forward, giving the plane extra yaw, extra pitch, extra roll and reduced chance of tail strike. This also pushes the COL closer to the COM.

-moved the back gear back and the front gear back

I have not changed the radial intakes nor changed the angle of the engine nacelles because they are an integral part of the design and safety aspects.

Otherwise, I have:

-moved the position of the radial intakes to be better symmetrically

-added a strut to each engine to make sure they don't fall off unless the plane breaks apart; this pushes the part count two up to 38.

New pictures:

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New link: http://www./download/dl9gntw4e495yce/Super_Spear.zip

Edited October 1, 2013 by FlandersNed

[Mesklin]

Let me introduce Speed Fury, very fast, very easy for fly and landing, equiped with emergency escape system.

Brief tech info:

Mass: 8.3 t

Parts count: 37

Number of engines: 1 (one engine prevent from rotating in case of jet flameout)

Maximum speed: 1600-1800 m/s

Lift-off speed: ~90 m/s

Landing speed: 35-45 m/s

Effective range: almost circumnavigate Kerbin

Crew count: 1 or 0 (can be used in unmanned mode for dangerous tests or practice)

Key bindings:

1 - open antenna (for cool view)

2 - on/off ladder

Abort - off engine, decouple plane from cabine, open chute

Lift-off instruction:

1. Turn on SAS;

2. Full throtle

3. After 80 m\s turn up nose and fly;

4. Off gear

Landing:

Off engine, on gear, nose up for drop speed at 50-60 m/s and after it easily landing with nose up at about 10 degrees (vertical landing speed 4-5 m\s). You can land without any touches to keys.

Some pictures:

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Craft file: here

[Tidus Klein]

I've tested all of the entries so far by flying them until they crash (a very bad way to evaluate planes) and here are some of the things I want to say:

- Zekes' plane is very maneuverable

- Gusturbo's plane flies kinda like my plane

- Daveofdefeat's plane is mounted on a launch clamp for some reason

- HueHue's plane has its center of lift too far back

- A few planes had rolling issues

- Some planes pitch very slowly (those didn't last very long in my tests)

O hay how did you like mine? PS I was going through my planes pics and realized I have an intake on the left side missing 0.0 oopps, will update download later.

[Xeldrak]

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.

[GusTurbo]

It's the final countdown!

[Giggleplex777]

Xeldrak, can you update my entry on the list to the C-7B?

[zekes]

...lol my FRAK's got 12 downloads more in less than 10 hours!

[Xeldrak]

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

[GusTurbo]

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

Well he gets an "A" from me.

[Xeldrak]

All sumissions are closed - time to start up photoshop

[Xeldrak]

Primary elections have started! Vote

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Get all .craft files in a single zip file

HERE

Please 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!

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I will now retreat to test you submission - wich might take some time

Edited October 2, 2013 by Xeldrak

[DaveofDefeat]

You put my plane under brobel.

[Clouds]

You put my plane under DayofDefeat.

...and brobel's as mine.

[AmpsterMan]

AGHHHGHGHGHGHGHGHGH!!!! I MISSED THIS ONE TOO!!!

Sorry I was just really looking forward to it. Regards to all that are competing

[Giggleplex777]

I think you mixed a few guys up in the picture.

[Giggleplex777]

O hay how did you like mine? PS I was going through my planes pics and realized I have an intake on the left side missing 0.0 oopps, will update download later.

It was okay at first but then I lost control while pitching.

Edited October 1, 2013 by Giggleplex777

[Giggleplex777]

Max G-load when full (higher is better) and part count (lower is better) of the planes:

antbin - The Ravenspjaar Mk1

- 5.9 Gs

- 57 Parts

Blaster - KermaJet RS1M

- 6.1 Gs

- 24 Parts

boolybooly - Ravenspear Mk1

- 4.9 Gs

- 21 Parts

brobel - X-3 Peregrine

- 8.6 Gs

- 36 Parts

Captain Sierra - Nighthawk

- 7.3 Gs

- 51 Parts

Clouds - Ravenspear G2 Mk1

- 4.2 Gs

- 32 Parts

DaveofDefeat - Ravenspear mk1 v2

- 6.1 Gs

- 53 Parts

FlandersNed - Super Spear

- 7.8 Gs

- 36 Parts

Giggleplex777 - C-7B

- 14.4 Gs

- 32 parts

GusTurbo - Chickadeecutlass Mk1

- 8.4 Gs

- 51 Parts

HueHue - Dragon IV

- 1.9 Gs

- 39 Parts

mcirish3 - Ravenspear Mk1 Ultra

- 8.8 Gs

- 96 Parts

Mesklin - Speed Fury

- 5.2 Gs

- 37 Parts

mrluckypants96 - RS1M

- 7.6 Gs

- 40 Parts

Rhomphaia - Eaglehammer Mk2

- 8.2 Gs

- 26 Parts

searlefm - The Arrow MK2

- 4.6 Gs

- 24 Parts

Sirine - Ravenspear Mk1.1

- 5.9 Gs

- 42 Parts

sploden - Ravenspear Mk1 improved 07

- 8.1 Gs

- 58 Parts

ssTALONps - ATX-3 'Raven'

- 6.1 Gs

- 67 Parts

Tidus Klein - Scout 1 S,F

- 7.2 Gs

- 42 Parts

Xeldrak - CR Draco

- 3.7 Gs

- 33 Parts

zekes - FRAK-1

- 18 Gs

- 103 parts

Edited October 2, 2013 by Giggleplex777

[brobel]

yea you mixed me and clouds up and maybe some others

Edit: actually i think its realy mixed up

Also: are we going to restart voting because some people mite have voted for something they didn't want to vote for

Edited October 1, 2013 by brobel

[AmpsterMan]

For what it's worth, this is what I would have posted

[Xeldrak]

DAMN! You forget to check everything twince just once and this happens...

@AmpsterMan: And I was wondering why you didn't turn up!

[zekes]

Max G-loading (higher is better) and part count (lower is better) of the planes:

zekes - FRAK-1

- 16 Gs

- 103 parts

I have like double the G-loading of everyone else... except you giggle

[AmpsterMan]

@AmpsterMan: And I was wondering why you didn't turn up!

Thing is I don't come by the Forums often enough to find out when things get posted Lol

[Xeldrak]

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

[Giggleplex777]

It's either GusTurbo, Rhomphaia, or Zekes for me.

So hard to choose!