Working Tilt Rotor

[Chiboko]

After watching far too much ghost in the shell I decided that I needed a tilt rotor in KSP.

Instructions

• Stage to release wings from main body
  
• Switch to the wings and press '1' to activate the engines
  
• Use 'Q' and 'E' to tilt the wings backwards and forwards.
  
• Use the landing gear on the wings to lock them in a horizontal position (Under no circumstances toggle the gear on the main body)
  

This craft is capable of vertical takeoff, hovering and horizontal flight. Attempting to rotate the wings to vertical at high speed has... entertaining results.

Takeoff

Flight

Download: http://www./download/fop5ff71e7x7a6d/Tilt+Rotor.zip

[the_bT]

A. This is great

B. There is no such thing as too much Ghost in the Shell.

[Naten]

Ho-ly crap.

You deserve a cookie.

Great job! I've been trying to make some sort of stock rotor, tilt, or anything mechanical, but it's really hard. Great work, how did you even do that?

[Majorjim!]

how did you even do that?

From the pic it looks like docking ports and lots of reaction wheels to overcome the docking port 'magnets' very clever.

Nice work, very inventive! rep for you.

MJ

[SpaceXray]

Wow that is awesome! Works similar to the VTOL in the Ghost in the SHell series!

[Chiboko]

nope, no docking ports. feel free to dismantle it and see how it works. I'd appreciate being credited if anyone decides to upload a craft based on this design.

[kodemunkey]

reaction wheels i assume?

[ScriptKitt3h]

Holy.... this thing is amazing....

Now make an ARMED variant. Just to see if it'd work.

[Chiboko]

An armed variant would require some weight re balancing but if you feel like trying then I direct you to my other thread: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/74434-Castigo-Armaments

Please let me know how it goes

[xxjetterxx]

Okay, I must dismantle this