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Signus IV "PulseFire" @ 2,075m/s - Stock Just hover-over the links, it will show some pics and one gif Ready for launch - https://gyazo.com/d94d7a7009ff7c3defa774bffd61fe17 It's Crew - https://gyazo.com/36d8df3c63167d5a3dfba8e54ca4e485 Nearing the periphrasis of 51,000 M - https://gyazo.com/acd6b0148af2b7def796c1a428d9dd4a Wobbles last minute - https://gyazo.com/a9f4f08fbfefac77ba7b47f5a94d38fc We're ok now - https://gyazo.com/0dce8a7f391b088f45813698aeaa33c3 AirSpeed - https://gyazo.com/8d7d5ca9e2ceb46d4276191a1ebf7761

Just as a point, you could use a large SSTO to get you to a moon or a planet, use said kerbals to colonize said planet or moon. ^ Solid advice for KSP tbh

Sound's good tbh, count me in @DarkOwl57! Also I am doing circumnavigation by boat so I am not sure when I will release the rover

Yes this is the last resort, if we use this at max thrust you will most likely crack the metal

I do question that statement, as the British Police Force is not all the best, I think it's a joke, you hit the nail on the head, however the CAA would prosecute. That's going to be about 100+ mph and 105Db+ Sadly yes. Lazers are another way of disrupting air-traffic (I just know I haven't been cautioned or arrested for it)

Yes the weather in the UK is horrible all year round The engine has two coolant systems, a "Passive" coolant system that cases the engine in coolant, bringing the temp down, failing that we have made a solution, "Active Flooding" this floods the engine with coolant, snuffing out the engine, and rapidly cooling the engine, with this method we have cooled the engine from 700 degrees to roughly 80-100 degrees Celsius. We have both of those, actually ones just been explained! The Controller is custom Gold Certificate Jet controller, I say custom as we had it upgraded in nearly every way! Even a custom name! Yes. To plainly put it we can adjust the fuel to air ratio for "Cleaner" combustion, the thing is that unclean combustion can/does give nasty fumes. Thanks!

Sorry, mb, we do use a airflow at 200+ PSI. Should have explained huh?

First and foremost, Yes its legal. (As far as I know in the UK) Second, Super fast is a indeed a issue, To put this simple, we are making a custom control interface that allows it to be controlled by a PC, you will need a flight stick, but this is far away yet and for the now we plan to use a standard RC Controller The fact it bends steel is horrible yet fun to watch It is quite cool but not yet impressive as I wish Well the engine has been treated to a nice coat of heat paint, and to be honest it's not the best paint but hey-ho. If you refer to my response of Streetwind's comment, you'll see the method we've devised I like it But i guess it doesn't need more TWR

Well the drone is 10th of the scale of a real UAV, I could always go with a heavier material Well, its currently mounted on a static steel frame that's been used to test my other engines, we are not ready for the "Kinetic Tests" yet as this issue comes up, the main concern at this time is that during a moving test we can't control it to well*, however we will be doing standard take offs as the tests, although that sounds silly, we need to know the basic reactions of a drone, if it can't take off on its own then we have failed. *The pilot is still learning as we are making a new interface designed to function with the critical systems in the drone. Examples are camera, thermometer, mach counter, and speedometer as well as a idea called sector sensing, this idea is that we can detect data influxes and anomalies, so for instance the nozzle has reached a critical temp state, we are able to tell during flight what damage has and exactly where. Don't be silly, if I didn't expect negative feedback I wouldn't have asked the internet

Now before you think, Why am I doing this kids homework? Well your not I am a Engineer and am struggling to work out the golden number for the Thermal Expansion, TWR and Thermal Irradiation (More Chemistry) of my Jet engine! I am making a Drone, with a Jet engine, a RAMJET in specific, I have made four versions of the DIY engine and all of them melted or gave massive TWR that it bent a steel frame, I worked it out and the engine on the frame has a TWR of about 23.67, but my maths crap, and yes that's alot for a drone made from a DIY engine. I need help. Any takers?

Ahh thank you @SpannerMonkey(smce) for pointing that out! Amended

Hello Kerbanauts! I have a challagne for all of you! The highest current world absolute general aviation altitude record, propelled aircraft is 37,650 metres (123,520 ft) set by Alexandr Fedotov, in a Mikoyan Gurevitch E-266M (MiG-25M), on 31 August 1977. One of the leading test pilots of his era, Aleksandr Fedotov was a Major General in the Russian Airforce, he graduated from Flight School Stalingrad in 1950. He was a pilot in the air-force from 1950 to 1957,graduating from the Aravmir School for Military Pilots in 1952 and worked then as an instructor pilot. In 1958 he graduated from testpilot school and worked for the OKB Mikoyan. In 1965 he worked for the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI). Between 1961 and 1977 he achieved 18 world records, including three absolute records on E-166 and MiG-25-jets. He held since August 31, 1977 the world altitude record for planes that take off under their own power (123,524 feet). Between 1976 and 1978 he was involved in the EPOS "Spiral"-Program. In 1977 he performed the maiden flight of the MiG-29. He died in a crash of a MiG-31 (together with V. S. Zaytsev) in 1984. He became a Hero of the Soviet Union in 1966 and in 1969 a Meritorious test pilot of the Soviet Union. So what's this got to do with the challenge? Well, all you have to do is build and fly a Plane to the highest peak the fastest, there is also a land category except I would only expect you to climb the mountains by the KSC. Rules : Well the rules are as follows ; No engine mods, Stock propulsion only. Wing mods are fine, wings don't add speed, just control. The plane or Land thing must be MANNED, if not expect to be added to the "skrub list" I want some form of proof as I will be making a badge, video is better but screenshots will do I want the plane's take off and a few mid flight ones too and finally the flight report with the landed plane. Yes you heard right you gotta land too! Here is the formula to work out score :Max altitude / Parts * 100 = A score so for instance, 400 / 90 * 100 = 444 Badges are won so to be given a shot you gotta be one of the leaders (in top 5) of a weight classes below, (I will make a leader-board as the entries come in :D) Feather = Under 5T Light = Under 10T Medium = 11-15T Heavy = 16 - 30T Behemoth = Over 31T Safe Flying, Kenji Info found here on Aleksander - http://thetartanterror.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/aleksandr-vasilyevich-fedotov-1932-1984.html

The semi finished half bothered product! Not bad for 20 mins huh?

I'll give it a go

Here is the Draufgänger or Wolf - https://gyazo.com/4a7db0b8b9aeeacb049450747e240047 - stationed on the mountain, has a wet mas of 15 tonnes, and a dry mass of 12,360 - https://gyazo.com/e3671f771afcdbc7448f25d19bbe55ba All at a cool top speed (in this run) of 703 m/s - https://gyazo.com/4aaf0978c05a5187931439a77716b009

The first of three installments of the Iron Horses series, and also my first story here anyway Enjoy, Kenji ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We wake up to the same sound every morning. Constant gunfire. The axis have pushed us back and we were the last ones, the last five left from our squad. We peer from the trenches to see the dust settle, the carnage that lay before me is nullifying. I couldn’t breath, freinds lay before me soaked in their own blood, I fell to the floor. Sarge pulled me up and we got back in the tank. We moved on as if nothing happened, it felt wrong, I stared at the floor in despair. “It’s not your fault” spoke a whisper, I look up to see Karl loading the next shell ready just in case, he repeated harsher this time, “It’s not your fault, look alive then” I started with a look of desperation at him, and simply said “How can I know on that we could have saved them?” He proceeded to ignore my question, maybe he thought it was rhetorical, but who cares anyway. He began to tell me a story about a mission in that he was the sole survivor due to a local taking him in and helping him recover, suddenly Ernst, The commander of the tank, turned and screamed “BRACE!” slamming the roof shut. It was then we were hit, a lone Panzer of in the distance had shot out the track, we fired back but to no success, we were out of Armour Penetration Rounds and only had High Explosive left, the second shell hit us and Ernst was flung from his seat into the tanks underlay, we were in grave danger. Our radio operator James was already on the lines calling for assistance, he flicked through the channels all to be dead, just plain silence. It all fell away in the blink of an eye. I knew, I knew what was to happen next, I was going to die here. I think we all knew it was our time. Time ceased as the third shot was fired, the tank was ablaze. Now I am the only one left, some time has passed but these scars may never heal. As I was dragged to the bomber I felt nothing, it was all a blur, where were they? Where was James? Where was Ernst and the other crew? The machinegun fire faded away and the humble whir of the bombers engines was all there was as I was flooded by medics and emergency personnel, I was loosing blood fast, as the plane dived to perform a landing I blacked out. We had landed in US soil and I was at last safe from harm, nothing could hide the nightmares I keep having as I see the massacre over and over, men cut down like butter to a hot knife, they fell to the MG fire of the Germans. I needed to go back. I needed to fight again. I was given the privilege much sooner than hoped and was back to the hangar within a week, as the new commander of my squadron I was the oldest and most experienced commander of the squad, and the only one to see combat. I felt a despair in my heart to see so many young men, I knew what lay ahead. We marched on and waited at the mouth of the Gulf and marched on to the desert, we were immediately met with enemy Panzer fire, we took cover to identify the primary targets, sure enough there it was! The prized Wüstenfuchs in his Tiger I tank, we crawled forwards slowly, a thunderous sound rang through the desert valley we had been spotted “M3 DOWN!” screamed Jacobs the Tiger had begun its assault, followed by its ensemble of Panzer VI’s. We fell like flies. We returned fire, “600 meters and counting commander!” I gave the order and we destroyed two of the six Panzer VI’s it was not met without consequence as the Tiger was beginning to flank the right as the other three Panzer VI’s flanked the right, the coms were wild, I begun to fade out and imagine back in France when I lost everyone “ORDERS COMMANDER!” exclaimed Jacobs, “Never back down advance and push forwards” I commanded the remaining tanks. We began our assault on the Tiger and managed to cripple its left track and before I could react the Tiger fired dead at the center of our right armour and dazed the crew, I couldn’t see anything just a blur of sand and steel, a sharp ringing in my ears, our gunner Reynolds was dead, I took his duty and unloaded a shell into a hull of a Panzer VI sending a flurry of shrapnel everywhere, we had the upper hand at last! I heard a ringing again getting louder and louder, the commander of the Churchill next to me screamed at me with the full force of his lungs “Stuka!” I look to the sky in horror, a haze of yellow and white screaming at me with the full power of its engine, they began their strafe of our light tanks, dropping bombs and firing their cannons, it looked grim. I saw the Tiger behind the rocks slipping away, “Load the damn gun Jacobs” and sure enough he loaded the cannon, I took a breath and time slowed, I squeezed the trigger releasing the shell full force into the ammo racks of the Tiger, it was no more. I had won. I clambered out of my tank and looked around, I was copied by the remaining tank crews. We rejoiced for now as we had won!

I would suggest using wing command or possibly just have the pilots on standby and change one planes team

I will amend

Yeah that works 100%, I will make a GIF when I get home.

It works fine for me, there is no landing legs on the plane what plane did you test? It works great on my copy so I don't know why its not for you the forward flap can be changed to pitch but it honestly works fine for me.

Now I got sick of the Sakura and all its problems so I made this - https://gyazo.com/678427b8dd817c8a402c88c9912482d5 - Blanked out the flags as it may offend some, meet the Wülfennacht 448 Falke, cool name huh? Its a jet that's got a twist, it can take 21G's during a turn. Do a 145 degree turn in a second. And if that's not enough its tri-engine. All within the part count. You could have all this for a egg! Yes folks this isn't a y o l k all this for a measly egg. Cya on the battlegrounds, Kenji