Universe: Beta
Story: Cart Wars
First seen: 1993 - 1994
Type: Flying kid contraption
Year(s): 1993 - 94
Crew: 1
Passengers: 0
Top Speed: 120mph
Weapons: Tomato machine guns, turnip bombs
Defence: None
Capacity: Some turnips
Length: 4m
Width: 3.5m
Height: 1.4m
Fuel Type: Petrol
General Info:
The first (of many) flying vehicles invented for the Cart Wars setting. I had a rather cargo-cult level understanding of flight at the time. I beleived if you built something vaguely plane-shaped, "got an old engine", and put it all together, it would fly.
This "plane" had wings that were just planks of wood, a fuselage that was a random metal tub I remember seeing dumped on a farmyard somewhere, and landing gear made of shed corner bits and plastic wheels. All sent aloft by a propellor that's also just old wooden offcuts, and a lawnmower engine!
Variants:
I vaguely recall drawing up a 1-seat fighter, and 2-seat training / bomber variants. Maybe.
Origin / Inspiration:
Seeing that metal tub laying around, and getting an idea that Cart Wars could "take to the sky" to see what our enemies were up to... in a gravity race on a very short, not-very steep hill. This was the seed of Cart Wars evolving into something very silly, before being scaled back.