sal_vager Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 "Build the biggest/fastest/highest X !" No. This is a smaller, simpler challenge, for fun rather than fame, it was inspired by this, this and this. Build an itty bitty, teeny tiny aeroplane... And fly it as far as you're able... And enjoy yourself... Goto Stock Scoreboard. - Goto Modded Scoreboard. This is a points based challenge and you rate yourself, it's on an honour system but if you are suspected or proven to be cheating there is a separate scoreboard for you, but you really should try to be inventive. The points are gained like so: [table=width: 500] [tr] [td]Enter the challenge.[/td] [td]100 Points![/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Fly a kilometre.[/td] [td]1 Point for each whole kilometre.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Carry a passenger.[/td] [td]1 Point for each Kerbal.[/td] [/tr] [/table] And points are lost... [table=width: 500] [tr] [td]Too heavy.[/td] [td]-1 Point for each 0.1 mass including fuel.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Too wide.[/td] [td]-1 Point for each 0.1 width.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Too tall.[/td] [td]-1 Point for each 0.1 height.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Too long.[/td] [td]-1 Point for each 0.1 length.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Too complex.[/td] [td]-1 Point for each part.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]We're doing this live.[/td] [td]-50 Points for no Kerbal.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]If only I could fly.[/td] [td]-100 Points if you travel less than 1 kilometre.[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]By any means necessary.[/td] [td]-10000 Points if any part of your journey is by means other than airborne.[/td] [/tr] [/table] Spoiler I start with 100 points, plus another 1 point for a single Kerbal on board. The craft sans Kerbal in the SPH has a total negative value of -76. (-15 -3 -12 -18 -28) So my craft gives me 25 points, (+101 -76) And as you will see, any parts discarded at launch do not count to the points awarded. Craft file. And here is the Zunzuncito in flight. 25 points for my aeroplane plus 33 points for distance travelled earns me 58 points, a modest total for a modest challenge. And if you'd like to show you participated, Raincrafter has a nice little signature badge for you here. Stock Scoreboard. Starhawk and the Itty Bitty scored 11,235 Points! (Obsession Award) Tank2333's Bee18 Hornet X3 scored 6,940 Points! Bluejayek and the Pipsqueek earn 5900 Points! Captain Vlad's JA-2A Sparrow Turbo earns him 4,824 Points! (stock craft, modded install) Jean Deaux's ]Wisp 2 scores 1611 Points! Jakalth with the new and improved AquaGnat2 (63% more Gnattitude!) scores a whopping 1375 Points! Points!xendelaar and The Arrow score 1173 points! GraviTykillz and the fly score 1161 Points! the_bT and the PP-2 score 958 Points! Tritan20's Flea scores 906 points! Squiggsy's Pigmy-4 scores 710 points! Red Iron Crown's Micro X-Wing scores 535 Points! Jakalth and the Aqua Gnat scored 462 Points! Torquimedes and the Kurchick scored ]375 Points! @Maverick_aus, scoring 638 pints with the Cricket! Bluejayek and his Pipsqueek score 361 Points! FleshJeb's I've Got My Ion You! scores 309 Points! fenya's midge1 scores 194 Points! waterlubber's Meeshtop scores 116.635 points! Darren9 with the mini1, scoring 137 Points! (stock craft, modded install) sdj64 and the Flamingo scored 134 Points! Lhathron the Elf and the Honeybee score 68 Points! sal_vager (me) flies the Zunzuncito to score 58 Points! Munstation takes to the skies with his Wing-pack Mk I scoring 49 Points! TechnicalFool, 17 points with the teenyplane1! insert_name takes to the skies with the gnat, scoring 16 points! RAINCRAFTER and the Tiny Plane scored 6 Points! Batz_10K flying the TinyPlane scored a whopping -20 Points! The Bard takes to the air in The Starling, scoring -25 Points! Radon86's Skyler-1 gets -27 Points! (No Kerbal)(Best Try Award) FlipNascar and the kerplunk score -5628 points! Modded Scoreboard. pellinor's Vtol V5 scored 4,875 Points! Wanderfound has another go with the Kerbodyne Nano and scores 3,702 Points! hoioh and his Rutan_VariEze scored 2,234 Points! Damaske's kopwith Kamel scored 1,448 Points! Tank2333 and the Bayplane 3000 scoring 1,358 Points! Slam_Jones's Fire Hawk Jr scores 545 Points! Kagame flies the Bitsypie Mk7 to earn 95.523 points! Lego8_bit flies the tiny Lean and mean to score 4.63 points! Wanderfound and his Kerbodyne Nano scored -10 Points! (Best Try Award) Cheater McCheatypants Scoreboard. Bluejayek's Ion't do rules! breaks the record with 50,060,400,166 Points! (Smart A.S.S Award) GoSlash27's ]KrakBadger comes in second with -100000 Points! (By any means necessary) Goto Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BagelRabbit Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 A long time ago (namely, July 2013! I didn't even have a screen-recording program.) I made this thing: If I remember correctly, it had four parts (five counting the Kerbal), it had no fuel, it travelled from one end of the runway to the other (at about 5 m/s!) and it was tremendous fun.Because this was done back in 0.20, it might not work anymore... I should probably update this post when I can replicate this in 0.90.Anyway, just a bit of inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Perhaps it's time you rebuilt it UpsilonAerospace? What you lose on dimensions you might make up for on distance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Is there an atmosphere ceiling on the 1 point per kilometer? If not, Jeb better bring some extra supplies, he'll be in orbit for awhile Also, I assume the plane requires its own propulsion, and thus towed or launched gliders are out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) The tow plane would be part of your airborne vessel, so you'd have to add that, but I'm sure there's other ways to get a craft in the air Oh and Kerbins radius is 600km, so....600 * 2 * pi / 2 = 1,884.95559215387 which is the furthest you can be from the KSC.By any means necessary. -10000 Points if any part of your journey is by means other than airborne.You'd get -8,115.04440784613 points Edited February 9, 2015 by sal_vager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alshain Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 What are you calling "cheating", because I could build an infini-glider and just assume infinite distance points . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 What are you calling "cheating", because I could build an infini-glider and just assume infinite points.That would put you on the Cheater McCheatypants scoreboard, you know if you're cheating or not, and the rest of us can probably figure it out, such as if you put your plane on an escape trajectory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technicalfool Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) Javascript is disabled. View full album30 parts, 1.7 tons in the SPH with attached pod. 27 parts/0.9 tons without attached pod. Manned, 30km distance. Stalled and splashed down hard 30km from the launch site. Seperatrons used for taking off, single PB-Ion for flight.Not bad for a first attempt I suppose.Edit: 26 parts/0.8 tons minus the launch clamp AND the pod. I make my total points 17.Harder than it looks, is this challenge. I may have to go for distance. Edited February 9, 2015 by technicalfool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren9 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I launched piloted 6 part, 0.2T, 2.1m wide craft powered by a single sepratron at 12% thrust. Climbed to 1Km on the thrust and started gliding, and glided, and glided, and glided, and glided, didn't actuate the control surfaces at all apart from to adjust the glide angle a couple of times. After 15 mins I deliberately ended the most uneventful and boring flight I've ever made (would of took over two hours to slow enough to a safe landing speed). I think maybe the SAS adjustment to keep level was giving me some infini-glide, it was maintaining height and loosing 0.1m/s every 30 seconds or so, I'm not sure that can be avoided?Javascript is disabled. View full album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Very nice Darren9, that scores you 137 points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren9 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Very nice Darren9, that scores you 137 points It could be possible to hold a ladder and get airborne on EVA pack thrust, would that be considered cheating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 If there's an aeroplane attached to that ladder it should be fine, I don't think you'd get much extra performance from the jetpack in Kerbins atmosphere though But can your attention hold out long enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batz_10K Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 The Tiny-McTaterTotI have no idea how big it is, or how far it goes... (1 lap around the KSC seems to be about it before you run out of fuel...) I guess you could drive somewhere if I only I hadn't turned off the wheel motors...Javascript is disabled. View full albumSeems to be impossible to land without breaking the wheels. (it won't fly slower than 34m/sec) oh well. I think this is the only time I have ever found the small gear bay to be too large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Nice aeroplane Batz_10K, if you show me the craft stats in the editor or the map and the F3 flight results I can work out your score, total distance travelled is fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren9 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 If there's an aeroplane attached to that ladder it should be fine, I don't think you'd get much extra performance from the jetpack in Kerbins atmosphere though But can your attention hold out long enough? Tea was nearly ready, and, more importantly Andromeda followed by Star Treck had started on TV. I'll have a better attempt later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank2333 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 HelloThis is my entry for this contestI used FAR but used only stock partsmy craft sets me back with -158 pointsi flew about 1440km so i should have 1358 pointsmy craft features a RAPIER engine 2 radial intakes and a rocket seat+chute for the save abort proceduremax speed about 1530 m/s at 25km+here are the pictures of the flight and some rocket seat testing (could be deadly at max q ^^)http://imgur.com/a/zRDUH#0craft info should be visible in the first image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Wooo pretty impressive Tank Going in Modded due to FAR though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damaske Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 My entry saddly goes for modded content as it used a propeller, cockpit, and one piece of hull/tank from Retro furtre and landing wheels from firespitter, 100 for entry +1 for one kerbal + 1585 for 1,585,347m traveled by ground distance, total distance traveled was 1,591,347m Not sure what one i should use so i used the lower number. 20 part craft -204ton Weight -403.7m Height -375.1m Width -519.6m Lenght -96My total comes out to 1442 if using the lower ground distance number, or 1448 if using total distance traveled.Modded partsv12 propeller engine classic two prop, 65 max thrustRetro Cockpit MK 1Rectangular fuel tank 4m tapered 200 units fuelFS1LG2 Fighter Landing GearFS1TG Fighter Tail GearJavascript is disabled. View full albumWill try a total stock plane next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Total distance is fine, an entrant can fly in circles if they choose to Thanks for entering Damaske, 1448 points to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damaske Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) Total distance is fine, an entrant can fly in circles if they choose to Thanks for entering Damaske, 1448 points to you!whoops i forgot to but th ename in my post, Its "Kopwith Kamel" to go with word play on Sopwith camel Edited February 9, 2015 by Damaske fixed spelling on plane name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munstation Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) Hey I'm here, I made a jet-pack a few fortnights or so ago and I decided it'd be a great idea to slap some wings on the thing!Welcome the Wing-pack Mk I(Click for full size) And I'm honestly not really sure if this should be considered cheating, but this is just a jet-pack with wings slapped on so its got a bit of infiniglide. Video should show what I mean. Re-watching the video makes me think it's too wobbly to not cheat.Estimated score: 49 points.100 + 10 + 1 = 111-9- -9 - -17 - -18 - -9 = -62 Edited February 24, 2015 by Munstation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) Er mer gerd, that's brilliant! Try to avoid flapping the control surfaces too much Munstation and don't forget to subtract your jetpacks mass, dimensions and part count Looks like 49 points there:100+1+10=111-9-9-17-18-9=-62 Edited February 9, 2015 by sal_vager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slam_Jones Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) Hi! Got a submission for ya.Modded install, but no modded engines used.Not too concerned what class it's put into.Non-stock parts:Infernal Robotics Rototrons (front wing adjustment)Infernal Robotics Hinge (VTOL angle adjustment... I did not use VTOL engine in this challenge)HullCam camerasPowered by a single TurboJet.Also has a Basic Jet Engine as a VTOL engine, which was NOT used in this challenge.Javascript is disabled. View full albumPoints:100 + 677 + 1 = 77853 - 49 - 32 - 66 - 33 = 233778 - 233 = 545 points! Edited February 10, 2015 by Slam_Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FleshJeb Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) Presenting: I've Got My Ion You!EDIT: All stock, my first time using 0.90. Attempted to avoid infiniglide at all costs.100+326 km+1 Kerbal-8 Mass-20 Width-11 Height-46 Length-33 Parts=309 pointsThanks for the fun challenge Sal! Now to refine this into an Ion seaplane for Eve.Javascript is disabled. View full album Edited February 10, 2015 by FleshJeb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihtoit Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 This puppy is a throw-together to investigate a crash site 24km offshore. It made it back (ish). I'd say, a very rough 50km, 3 tons on the runway (it was only about a third fuelled on takeoff), parts mods from B9, no rescaling.I *cannot* stick the landing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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