nicky4096

helmut: it's slightly better with a test craft: - inline cockpit: 1715 m/s - with mk1 command pod: 1718 m/s both were using the same ascent profile, taken at the same time, etc. but i gotta say! draining the monoprop makes such a difference! both were taken with drained monoprop, but on the first run with the mk1 cmd pod i forgot to drain it and it peaked at 1710 m/s. also, about beating you, would you consider flipping intakes an exploit? what about using the mk1 cmd pod?

nice job helmut but guys! there is so much simple stuff you could do to go at least 5 m/s faster XD ! use the mk1 command pod, flip the intakes, etc.

spaceplaneaddict, i was doing 1740 m/s.

what does everyone think of a complete reset of the velocity board? infinite rep to the person who beats 38:24 without a rapierspike... my heaven would be a 'exploity' division and a 'real' division. who knows :-) will it happen?

well... not much to say

zolo, pretty sure the conical shape doesn't interfere with drag. it's always been an improvement in my tests. it might actually have less drag, since the inline dome pokes out a fair bit.

try flipping the intake at the front it won't help much and it might actually be detrimental because of less intakeair but it has slightly less drag that way. one other thing to try: replace the inline cockpit with the whats-it-called, the little grey conical one (i really should play KSP more, damn Minecraft!) and offset it in a bit. should shave off some weight and drag

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!? nice

nicely done noname. anyway, sadly my plane was too unstable to properly land, as well as having too much fuel, too much lift, and full monoprop. also, no parachute but here's a 'demo' anyway:

finally got bored of minecraft again so i'll be back :-) working on a 1 engine plane... 1733 m/s! dis gun be gud edit: 256 posts! ZOMG edit2: argh looks like i have to go to bed :/ will have to finish tomorrow

that's pretty awesome mun.

nefrums, if you steal my spot.....

i missed it also, i see your new title and location!

since the AI flies the planes quite badly, using kOS might be an interesting idea.

mun, you mistyped the imgur link nice job though!

...4 hours later... http://postimg.org/gallery/1qkt97l0e/6cc57657/ so, twice round on basics anyway, 3 times round *might* be possible. but i'm not going to wait 14 hours to fly around at 200 m/s.

thats pretty awesome maverick although be warned that you might not be able to go on the board because you used KAX engines. but if you pull it off, you get a cookie anyway, i may be able to do a grand circumnavigation on basics:

actually, sorry, i think i misunderstood what you said. since the basic jet run was more than 1 hour, i could swap it for my 1:10:something first run without loosing my velocity entry, right? at first i misunderstood that it would replace my velocity entry but i think i am wrong!

a solution would be to start the planes farther apart.

well, i did it. also, look at that imgur tag! 'AAA8O'! anyway, im not sure if you want to put it on the board. it's by far the fastest basic jet entry, but about 3 hours slower than my 38:24. different categories for different engines would be nice, but you're the boss

actually, since people like bach are long dead, i don't think you're stealing anything from them if you use that. just an idea

well, heres a bunch of stuff:

firstly, congrats on 1,024 (2^10) posts! and that is the reason i will never try the elcano challenge

i think i can circumnavigate kerbin on basics: i did the math, and i should have enough fuel. see you in 1 1/2 hours!

i think switch guard mode on.