Finally did it. Made a working spaceplane.. yay

[LadyAthena]

Been playing this game for.. what? 1.5 to 2 years on and off. Been to every planet, seen all the sights, even made a station orbiting Jool and Eeloo for god knows why. I never bothered to make space planes though. This time I decided, dang it.. I'm gonna do it. It's something I've always failed to do and have enough fuel left over to come back down, and not have it expldoe, or be so imbalanced, or just plain not enough fuel. After much frustrating testing, and balancing and yada yada... I did it! I have to say, it looks pretty wicked too <3

Thinking about adding some big boosters and propping it vertical though to land as a plane on Eve, or Duna, with some small drop tanks under the wing etc for the jet fuel to get out of the atmosphere, dropping the tanks once the engines die from oxygen.

[IMG]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/397803147467521758/AE0E501B66EEA4243810ED0F8DA3CF8EFFCE27E6/[/IMG]
[IMG]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/397803147467600170/0BB3A69A3FFF156097A86518D3B270DB47A032AE/[/IMG]
[IMG]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/397803147467600398/C041675A2EE6C9F0AE9A262B208BAB6A6BEA9D0A/[/IMG] Edited November 24, 2015 by LadyAthena

[DunaRocketeer]

Good going! It's a great feeling to fly SSTO's, refueling them and sending them up again.

[LadyAthena]

[quote name='DunaRocketeer']Good going! It's a great feeling to fly SSTO's, refueling them and sending them up again.[/QUOTE]

It's certainly difficult to build one that works well in all conditions. You wouldn't think it would be one of the most difficult things to do.

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

Congrats Lady :)

It also took me a while to figure out the right Thrust to Weight ratio for a proper plane but someday I succeeded.

Meet "Betty" - The workhorse for small orbital insertions

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/QxSSUZR.jpg[/IMG] Edited November 24, 2015 by MalfunctionM1Ke

[Zephram Kerman]

Planes are harder than rockets. So congratulations! Looks nice too.

[Captain Vlad]

Congratulations! I bet that felt good: the first time I got one into orbit (and not just space) then took it back down and landed it on the runway after many failed attempts was...an awesome feeling. Serious gamer's rush, there.

Edit: What mod is that cockpit from?

[LadyAthena]

[quote name='Captain Vlad']Congratulations! I bet that felt good: the first time I got one into orbit (and not just space) then took it back down and landed it on the runway after many failed attempts was...an awesome feeling. Serious gamer's rush, there.

Edit: What mod is that cockpit from?[/QUOTE]

Thanks, it was quite a rush when I re entered and realized all was well, and it glided smoothly down to the runway.

The parts I used were all from this: [url]http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/97525-1-0-4-WIP-OPT-Space-Plane-v1-7-1-8Test_ver1-available-30-09-15[/url]

OPT Space plane pack.

[Tourist]

Good work LadyAthena.

There is nothing like the moment when after blazing through the heavens like a metor, you can place the wheels safely down on the runway at the place from where it took off.

[Findthepin1]

Great job.



[quote name='LadyAthena']...even made a station orbiting Jool and Eeloo for god knows why...[/QUOTE]
Can it orbit Jool and Eeloo at the same time? :D

[LadyAthena]

[quote name='Findthepin1']Great job.




Can it orbit Jool and Eeloo at the same time? :D[/QUOTE]

XD you know what I mean

Edit: If you kraken enough you can....

[SpaceplaneAddict]

PLZ I begeth of thou, thine must certainly dominate Dres! [SUB][SIZE=1]Please it's lonely....[/SIZE][/SUB]