Faithful AV8 Harrier

[Mick777Oz]

Tried to build a Harrier as close to real as i could from stock parts. Hope you guys like my flight envelope test. Jebediah seemed to enjoy it...

Craft file: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39336044/Harrier.craft

[loppnessmonsta]

That's really cool. But can it shoot down terrorist helicopters through skyscrapers?

[Mick777Oz]

I may have to work on arming it. Missiles? bombs?

[ROFLCopter64bit]

I may have to work on arming it. Missiles? bombs?

The big SRB as a missile, a fuel tank as a bomb and the sepratrons on a radial decoupler as ammo.

[Master_Cheez]

Again, mick, you never cease to amaze me. Nice job!

[HoY]

Extremely well done!

[soranno]

remarkable balanced aircraft. Is the VTOL engine simply a basic jet clipped into the structure?]

EDIT: took a look at the craft to see for myself

do you operate it with FAR mod?

Edited April 25, 2013 by soranno

[Clouds]

That's some of the coolest flying I've seen, in your demo video! Gonna have to give this plane a try.

[TMS]

Yeah, neat design and flying demo. I've tried my fair share of VTOL crafts and didn't ever really feel like they were finely balanced.

How does it handle fuel balancing?

[Mick777Oz]

Glad people like the Plane. And thanks for the kind comments re' flying.

Haven't tried any mods for KSP, Soranno. I not big into mods, I try to stick with stock games for as long as possible. That said if the aerodynamics update is delayed further I might look into FAR mod.

TMS, The fuel is in three tanks, feeding from the outer pair to the central tank. The cockpit is actually attached to the central tank not the front tank. I couldn't get the darn thing to empty the tanks properly with fuel lines when the cockpit was attached to the front tank. The centre of mass is pretty darn close to the centre of the middle tank so the balance doesn't vary much at all as the fuel drains. The VTOL engine is clipped inside the fuselage and again aligned with CoG. The central gears and air intakes are all attached via clipped girders. Just your regular clipping nightmare (though nowhere near as bad as my space shuttle).

Edited April 25, 2013 by Mick777Oz

[Rune]

Looks awesome, and you fly it like an ace. What to say, other than good job?

Rune. Also takes the "faithful" statement to a whole new level. Even the RCS firing reminds me of the real one.