MiG -105

[SpaceTrashCan]

Heyho,

I've seen all kinds of replicas on KerbalX and in the forum, tons of MiG's too. There are a lot of Burans and Spaceshuttles built by the community. There are a couple of DYNA-SOARs too. So i wondered why there were no MiG 105's, since it is basically the soviet concurence program to the DYNA-SOAR. So i decided to build one. I think this was great part of spaceflight history (I know they weren't actually in space with it ) that has unfortunatly has been forgotten about.

 

Incase you wonder what the MiG 105 or the SPIRAL program, were:

The Mikojan-Gurewitsch MiG-105 was a soviet space glider (russias concurente for the Amercian Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar). The plane rose from the Spiral project, the Soviet Union first attempt to build a reusalbe spaceship. Multiple Prototypes were build in 1965. Until 1978 the glider performed a total of eight test flight, neither aiming for space (100km height). Test flights were performed with the Gliders own rocket engine. The project was unfortunatly cancelled. The USSR wanted to focus on the Buran Project
For orbit flights multiple lifters were taken in consideration. Starting with simple ideas like putting the glider on top of a soyus rocket, to more complicated systems, like putting the glider on top of a rocket, which is put on top of a plane, which lifts teh whole system to 20 km height, from where the rocket takes over and the plane departes (The craziest space flight idea if ever read about).

My Version:

- is a little bigger than the original

- doesn't look quit as smooth, it's kinda edgy but i couldnt find a much better solution within my design skill

- flies kinda well (sometimes not loss of control but catches itself quickly again)

- Glides well and lands safely on the ground (I don't recommend water landings)

Craft File:

https://kerbalx.com/SpaceTrashCan/MiG-105

Pictures:

   

 

 

[EvenFlow]

Loving the way the cockpit is modelled! Are you perhaps planning to include a carrier vessel for the Spiral? There are some concepts floating around online even if the carrier vehicle itself never left the planning stage.

Just as an example, despite the horrible resolution.

[SpaceTrashCan]

Thank you. I thought about something like that too. That is gonna take a lot of try and error to get that lifter done But a good challenge, and a lot more interesting than the old Plane-On-Rocket method i used

[Kerbal pancake]

Great plane comrade