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[quote name='Nik_601']Messing around with hydrofoil. It's able to reach speed up to 175-180 m/s, but then its wings crash

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Clearly I need to [s]steal[/s] be inspired by you foil design. Because I can't get close to those speeds without serious engine thrust. But I've found that usually around 150 it gets all wobbly anyways.
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[quote name='Zucal']Working on a heavy lifter for my save.

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What a funny angle to launch a rocket at... You must want to go straight to the mun... :P Hmm *Light Bulb* I have an idea for a challenge!!

Looks great!

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With 1.05, the new mining parts and the new mk0 LF tank I wanted to go back to my idea of dual axis fuel balance aicraft but this time IT WILL WORK.

[IMG]http://imgur.com/AawhW8T.jpg[/IMG]
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Finally, after 5 awful months of working on this thing... [SIZE=1](well, I wasn't working on it constantly, just on and off occasionally)[/SIZE]

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/xZCK0fT.png[/IMG]

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The cargo bay door/ramp may be just a few minutes away from actually working as I type this post.

Pls. Just work!

EDIT: NVM false alarm! Does anyone know how to undock 4 claws at once? WITHOUT any undocking first and causing the ramp to tilt over. Action groups are buggy.

EDIT 2: Change the "few minutes" to a few hours... or days.... weeks? The amount of bugs I am encountering is beyond bad. Edited by RocketPilot573
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After giving up on it for a while I decided to come back and have another look at my attempted SSTO. As I was insisting on 4 Rapiers I eventually doubled the amount of fuel it contained and make the vehicle much larger. The result is that it now gets to orbit with ease and has enough fuel to dock and return to kerbin.

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To be honest I never really expected this to fly, but a pair of crudely slapped on canards later, here it is veering off the runway and into the sky:

[imgur]1mRjk[/imgur]

Those canards were necessary because the thing is a big floppy banana of a plane, and without them holding it up the nose drooped and splattered everything over KSC.

It's 188 parts with a cargo bay big enough to hold mk3 parts, but at the moment it's practically useless since it's too floppy to turn harder than what you see in this album, and the way it's put together (those mk2 fuselages in the sides are not connected to each other) is supremely draggy. Maybe a redisigned version will look better and be a little less bendy, but until then it's a bit pointless.
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I rebuilt my cargo plane from a few posts ago:

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/i4OxYCc.jpg[/IMG]

Now certified to suck 80% less than the old one, it flies reasonably for a several hundred tonne brick, and has cargo bay space for 3.75m parts. It is hideously slow though and when heavily loaded (its 100 tonnes empty but 230 tonnes at standard fuel and 308 at full fuel, so there's quite a lot of variation in flying characteristics depending on weight) it takes ages to climb and can't get very high. I think speed will get a lot better if I go through the design adding nosecones in various places, but this will add quite a few more parts, and it's already at around 200.

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Patrol Boat deck is complete with the browning, the bofors, and now I've made actual entrances below decks, time to work on the crew quarters now! Anyone have any tips to make it so the kerbals aren't drowning in water inside the crew quarters?
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/r1mJDkr.png[/IMG]
Jeb mans the bofor AA guns.
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/eowxV51.png[/IMG][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/riKAKMQ.png[/IMG]and the Browning Machine guns...
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/cTe9S4K.png[/IMG]The dual version...[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/I5hEmBB.png[/IMG]The whole deck![IMG]https://i.imgur.com/0NUKm32.png[/IMG]WIP crew quarters! Edited by SaturnianBlue
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Good news everyone!

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/vYebzcA.png[/IMG]

My massive cargo plane is almost complete!

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/OOvIrLA.png[/IMG]

I apologize if the aft end looks a little messy, I need to add some more parts to close some gaps around the cargo ramp.

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/s32e5kV.png[/IMG]

Turns on a dime!

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/wG4A3eb.png[/IMG]

Crazy huge engines here... 8 Wheesley and 1 Goliath... times 4!

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/OMpK4Mt.png[/IMG]

Cruises along at a pleasant 150 m/s.

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/p3OWAre.png[/IMG]

Obviously, it helps if the cargo plane as a cargo ramp!

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Closes too! Usually the door would be needed on the ground for loading and unloading payloads, but I'm sure the Kerbal Paratrooper Division will be pleased to know the door can open in the air too.

[url]http://gfycat.com/DefenselessHorribleEgret[/url]

First Class window seat!

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/ZdPsxT1.png[/IMG]

I like this plane.

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/CqJ3ukm.png[/IMG] Edited by RocketPilot573
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[quote name='BlueCanary']To be honest I never really expected this to fly, but a pair of crudely slapped on canards later, here it is veering off the runway and into the sky:

[url]http://imgur.com/a/1mRjk[/url]

Those canards were necessary because the thing is a big floppy banana of a plane, and without them holding it up the nose drooped and splattered everything over KSC.

It's 188 parts with a cargo bay big enough to hold mk3 parts, but at the moment it's practically useless since it's too floppy to turn harder than what you see in this album, and the way it's put together (those mk2 fuselages in the sides are not connected to each other) is supremely draggy. Maybe a redisigned version will look better and be a little less bendy, but until then it's a bit pointless.[/QUOTE]

Increase the length of the tail, then it will be fine.

[COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR]

Glad to see some influences of my BUFF series passing the revue.

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[quote name='eorin']Almost a mini B-58

[url]http://i.imgur.com/g8IbKuP.png[/url][/QUOTE]

Reminds me ... I should update mine.

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[quote name='FlipNascar']Bigger is always better right?

Originally only had three engines, but she couldn't break 30m/s. So wouldn't get up in the step.. So with a bit of Goliath overkill it now does 152... And doesn't roll. Although turning at those speeds may tear off control surfaces... Time to build a Mach 1 hydrofoil!

I don't think I'm ever going to space again a this rate...
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[url]http://i.imgur.com/xIeY6bq.png[/url][/QUOTE]

You got this released yet?
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[quote name='Azimech']

You got this released yet?[/QUOTE]

Yes! [URL="http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/140084-Pride-of-Veere-144-Passenger-Hydrofoil-150m-s"]Thread[/URL] and [URL="http://kerbalx.com/flipnascar/Pride-of-Veere---Hydrofoil.craft"]download via KerbalX[/URL]

[quote name='Nik_601']MiG-29 is approaching!
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Not to wade in... But I am... sorry. If you take some of the medium landing gear you can really recreate the blend between fuselage and wing. Makes me think I should update mine and re-engine it with some Panthers...
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[quote name='Azimech']Increase the length of the tail, then it will be fine.

[COLOR=silver][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR]

Glad to see some influences of my BUFF series passing the revue.
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I'm not sure that would help since the problem with that prototype was bendiness - the nose and tail drooped, pitching it down. The redesign though (a few posts below it in this thread) is much less floppy, and flies much better.

But yeah, lots of influence from the BUFF series (which is awesome btw). In fact, for comparison what is the performance of the BUFF 3 like? Particularly climb performance and maneuverability? Also fuel efficiency, mine looks to have a much higher fuel capacity than the BUFF but it burns at quite a high rate. I can't really try the BUFF myself because the part count is so high, but it seems reasonably similar to mine in terms of configuration so I'd imagine it should fly similarly, if I've got mine right - and since I have little to no experience with planes this big, I don't know if I have.
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