Donmy Kerman

@QF9ESure, that is allowed, but the craft itself still has to land at both the island runway and at the KSC, so I don't get the point of a kerbal jumping out.

Might try this Are exploits allowed?

@Nazalassa If it could fly it would definitely count as a plane. For this challenge a plane is a craft that can stay in the atmosphere for extended periods of time and land and takeoff on its own.

@QF9E Just searched it up, turns out they can! Will move you from the rule benders section.

@QF9E How did you repack the chute then?

@The Dressian Exploder Nice plane. Will add to the leaderboard. @QF9E You're not supposed to use the engineer's special abilities...

Yeah, that's good enough. I'll add you to the leaderboard.

@QF9E Yes, the KerbalX link works as proof of part count. How far can the plane fly?

Yes, it does have to have a kerbal. Anyways, your submission will count for the Hard category.

When he crashed his plane into the island runway, Jeb lost his plans for the XF-59. He now has to quickly draft up plans for a simple plane to show to the KSC administration to avoid being fired. Challenge: Make a plane with as few parts as possible. Scoring: Planes will be scored by part count. Ties will be resolved by cost. Rules: Your plane must be able to fly from KSC to the island runway, land there, take off, and land at the KSC without parts breaking, running out of fuel, and entirely under its own power. Flying on other worlds is allowed, as long as that world has an atmosphere and you spend multiple minutes in the air. No using the engineer's special abilities. No exploits. No mods that add parts, change physics, or change the stock solar system. Visual and informational mods are allowed. The craft must have at least one kerbal for the entirety of the flight. The kerbal must be inside a pod, airlock, or sitting in a chair. Categories: Normal: Make a plane with fewer than 15 parts. Hard: Make a plane with fewer than 10 parts. Bonus: Make an impressive submission. Low cost, even fewer parts, a good-looking plane, bending the rules, the possibilities are endless. Leaderboards: Normal (the people who completed the challenge as intended with a plane) OJT (14 parts) - 21,676 funds Hard (<10 parts) QF9E (3 parts) - 21,305 funds QF9E (4 parts) - 5,135 funds The Dressian Exploder (4 parts) - 6,622 funds Nazalassa (7 parts) - 2,495 funds QF9E (7 parts) - 7,458 funds QF9E (9 parts) - 16,456 funds Bonus (particularly impressive submissions) Nazalassa (7 parts) - A very nice little plane. QF9E (7 parts) - Unconventional landing gear The Dressian Exploder (4 parts) - Nice use of the combined intake-fuel tank part. QF9E (4 parts) - No wings! QF9E (3 parts) - "Is a rocket a plane?" RoninFrog (0 parts) - Literally used 0 parts. OJT (14 parts) - Made an SSTO for the challenge. Rule benders RoninFrog (0 parts) - 0 funds - Didn't use a craft - a kerbal on their own can fly on Duna, it seems. Submission format: Video/screenshots of craft flying, landed, and in VAB/SPH, showing cost and part count.

Wolfhound engines are absolutely overpowered.

I did a low mass Duna+Ike mission (sorry for the duplicate post, I thought the original was deleted): Mass of 3.398 tons without pilot (3.443 tons according to this thread's rules) Part clipping is used in the second stage to store extra fuel and in the ion stage to make it smaller. Mission Report

I did a Duna/Ike mission: 3.4 ton Duna/Ike mission Total mass without kerbal: 3,398 kg Note: part clipping is used on the second stage (a ball is clipped into the FL-T100 tank for extra dV) and in the ion stage for extra compactness

5 tons to Eve by Proxima