New mothership [Stock][22.X]

[Guest Space Cowboy]

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This doesn't warrant a full Spaceport entry in my opinion but wanted to share. It is one mother of a high speed large scale airplane. I'll be picking this up later for new and improved two stage to orbit vehicle system. I put RCS on it and am not sure why. The other one worked fine without it. I tried to get something working to keep the COM unchanged from wet to dry weight, but that's didn't work out. I also plan to try to remove the canards because I consider them a cheat. I will also be removing some of the spine and many of the struts also.

Flight around the patch (may still be processing) :

http://youtu.be/LOQZhBgEgQQ

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[Guest Space Cowboy]

Probably will use Weld It on this. 22.X only.

[Guest Space Cowboy]

No weld it. I am flight testing a final version right now. It is good enough for a release of it's own. I am trying to get a good video right now.

It does have some minimal rocket capability. I will demo that.

[Guest Space Cowboy]

Here is version II which I plan to use with a parasite shuttle

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http://youtu.be/dnu51CLTLTk

[Guest Space Cowboy]

>>Download Mothership II-B<<

Jets - 1

Rockets - 2

Jettison rocket tank - spacebar

Re-did the under spine straps, and the framerate kicked up, and I can't get it to break up inflight either. That was a rare occurrence, but one reason for no full Spaceport release. I added a few straps to the upper fuselage too.This thing flies very well and without SAS at all, very maneuverable. The fuel burn balance is perfect now, burning from outside tanks inward. If you look underneath it, you will see my fuel rail layout. It taps the center fuselage so burn priority is now outside (front and back) in. If you leave the rockets on even after the small rocket tank is empty you will dump unburnt fuel thru the rocket engines. When the plane is light it is even more like a fighter.

I have not named the engines yet but was thinking Rocket Dynamics Hybridyne F-101

I have vastly reduced then engine count from 20 to 8. I am trying to lighten it and increase intake performance obviously. Since I end up throttling wayy down at the edge of the atmosphere, it stands to reason I cant use that much engine, per intake. It needs air at high altitude not a large number of engines. It needs the "right" number of engines. When the adapted the J-75 for use with the U-2 spyplane, they added a coarser blade fan to the front of the engine, sort of a turbocharger for a jet.

Edited March 10, 2014 by Space Cowboy

[Guest Space Cowboy]

Long vid of II-B

(may still be processing)

http://youtu.be/P3HRzpSpisY

[Guest Space Cowboy]

Mated to previous shuttle. I found a trick. Although subassemblies usually only have one node, if they consist of a "top" part such as a fuselage piece - 2 nodes will be on it. This allows for reconstruction. I had to take the mothership apart by grabbing each fuselage, and the parts connected, and making subassemblies of each "slice" of the Mothership. I was then able to reconstruct with a different tree order, since each slice had 2 nodes!

[Guest Space Cowboy]

Found flight profile. Video and Spaceport Download imminent .

[KissSh0t]

I like how you made the redial air intake engine... that is really cool.

[Guest Space Cowboy]

thanks! they provide thrust up to 30000

[Guest Space Cowboy]

http://youtu.be/ALzlpkCFtSU

[Guest Space Cowboy]

It's killing me. Standby for destructive video post.

Edited March 11, 2014 by Space Cowboy

[Guest Space Cowboy]

Project funding was stopped due to breaking several deadlines so all hardware was ordered destroyed by the corporation vice presidents for insurance purposes. Here is the leaked video of the event:

http://youtu.be/VTp1FuYeZvw

[Guest Space Cowboy]

Design has a lot going for it. I will give it a rest and wait for the brainstorm.

[KissSh0t]

The small one that comes away is quite maneuverable, Really liking the wing design on that.

[The Destroyer]

That's a lot of bumping and posting

[Guest Space Cowboy]

KissSh0t I am going to release a jet only variant today due to your interest.

Edited March 12, 2014 by Space Cowboy