Thrain

Here is my Folker Tri-plane entry. I have KER installed, but thought that was allowed when I first read about this challenge. I will go back and repeat this challenge without it if that is required.

Here is my first attempt at a challenge entry. Hopefully I get the formatting correct for the album to show up. This design is obviously my imitation of an X-Wing in stock KSP. This can easily get into orbit and deliver a satellite to LKO.

Does this means it is calculating 1 day as 24 hours? So if it said year 1 day 2 it would actually mean Kerbin day 5? If that is the case, how were years calculated?

thanks so much, that helps explain some of my issues then. My latest behemoth was at max pitch just to maintain altitude at ~21km and seemed stuck at < 1300m/s. Now I know why. Mass: 65t Lift: 93 6 turbojets with 1.25 ram intakes each and 300 liquid fuel for each turbojet. Time to redesign this with less lift and cut some mass too. Thanks again for the answers.

Is there any way to determine what the minimum and optimum amount of lift is for a give spaceplane mass in stock? Currently, when I try and design a new plane and take it for a test flight, I have no idea if the poor performance is due to insufficient lift, too much lift/drag, or not enough thrust/power (moar boosters!). I am sure this all depends on each individual craft design, but is there any general rule of thumb people use? Edit: changed to answered. Thanks to all who responded.