A little lander

[Condor]

Hey KSP community!

I've been playing the game for a few days and decided to get a forum account. After building a couple of rockets that can get into orbit, I decided to try and do something more difficult. This little lander thing resulted. Originally I tried to cushion the landing of the command capsule with a mini liquid engine from Wobbly Rockets, but after some experimentation I found that on Kearth, wings=shock absorbers. They'll actually take a 30 meter fall if they hit the ground just right.

I landed this on the water tower repeatedly, on the VAB, and on the spherical tank connected to the launching pad. I have yet to attempt a palm tree, but that's my next goal.

[Legoasaurus]

O.o you, my friend, have jjust won the game.On that note, I lost the game.

[Condor]

It turns out the palms don't have collision detection, but that doesn't matter, because I just found something incredibly weird. Lots and lots of wings attached to active SAS will, for some reason, give you lighter than air flight.

This is a little glider, which floated way better than any actual plane I've tried to make.

Which led to this

and this

It turns out they are propelled by their own explosions quite well

The more densely packed the fins, the better

Also a Kerbalnaut mood enhancer! This last one, which I've attached, has been floating for ten minutes!

How to use: Activate SAS immediately. Get a good amount of speed up using the boosters, then mash the space bar until the entire fin and capsule system separates. Then go make a sandwich, it will still be flying.

[Lawn Dart]

Whoa thats awesome! 8)

[Puzzlemaker]

Huh, that may be a bug.

Still awesome though.

[Minthos]

I've always known SAS are an inexhaustible power source. Seems you've managed to use that power to make a perpetual motion device, and a flying one at that

[Tim_Barrett]

Sorry, you are just a tad late there bud

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[Key of door]

Try spining with a lot of winglets.

[Corona688]

Lots of drag, no weight. SAS holds it in a position of maxiumum drag.