Giggleplex777

BSC, Revisited!

Rotate 90 degrees so that your wings are perpendicular to the ground, turn the nose up fast, and then try to slow it down.

Playing around with tailsitter designs. They work surprisingly well, but they'll never be great VTOLs.

Does it have to carry at least two Kerbals?

Thanks! I accidentally figured out the docking port technique while I was trying to avoid using cubic struts. I was going to vote for your entry, but I clicked on the wrong one. *Facepalm* Tarmenius's entry was pretty good anyways. BTW, it's "he".

I happen to have the four finalists parked on top of the VAB already.

Damnit. I still haven't finished my reviews. :/

Make a VTOL with wings!

Everyone's hating on the jet-powered entries, but I recently learned to fly jet VTOLs from testing these entries. They may be difficult to fly at first, but they provide a good learning experience later on.

My votes: Edit: Reviews: I originally wrote a few lines for some of the crafts, but that took too much time so I'm going with the + - system. Andrew Hansen - Wernhermobile + Multiple modes + Rover wheels + Action groups + Description + Ladders + Abort system - Rover wheels break easily - Jet mode is slow - Unbalanced as rocket fuel drains Briansun1 - VV-2V + Easy to fly for a jet-powered VTOL + Description + Action groups + Ladders + Seats + Parachutes + Low-ish part count - No vertical navball option - Side tanks don't drain DisarmingBaton5 - VTOL Ostrich + Looks cool + Low-ish part count + Very agile = High TWR - No description - No action groups - Landing legs do not allow landing while moving forward (i.e. a rolling landing) mhoram - Kerbol Flying Object + Looks cool + Long flight time + Description + Hard to break - No action groups - Low TWR - Sluggish - No ladder - High part count MiniMatt - Snack Wagon VTOL + Looks cool + Good craft description + Very easy to fly + Action groups + Ladders + Abort system + Low-ish part count = Why so much science? = 24-77s were probably not necessary - Landing legs do not allow landing while moving forward (i.e. a rolling landing) PDCWolf - RocketPower VTOL2 + Good craft description + Advanced fuel flow + Abort system = Keeps the overall design of the original - High-ish part count - Low TWR - Sluggish Ravenchant - Pack Mule + Looks cool + Drop tanks + Action groups + Easy to fly + Description + Abort system + Landing gear and landing legs + Long flight time - Hard to EVA out with drop tanks - Narrow landing gear base SaplingPick - Leapfrog + Description + Turtles! + easy to fly - High-ish part count - No description Spartwo - Tern + Looks cool + Easy to fly + Landing gear + Very agile = Weapons? - Lots of part clipping - No description - High part count Tarmenius - Bullfrog + Very easy to fly + Good craft description + Action groups + Ladders + Drop tanks + Low-ish part count + Landing gear - Rather narrow wheel base ThePseudoMonkey - Omega 16 + Good craft description + Long flight time + Low-ish part count - No horizontal navball option - Sluggish yaw and roll UpsilonAerospace - Pavo + Looks cool + Good description + Easy to fly + Abort system - Fairly short flight time - High-ish part count - A bit part-clippy Rhomphaia - HALO + Looks cool + Good craft description + Tweaked jet engine + Parachute = High troque - Tricycle landing gear Kasuha - Morpheus + Long flight time + Rover wheels + Description - Low TWR - High-ish part count - Hard to get Kerbal on - Not a very good rover MajorJim - LLTV Bedstead + Looks cool + Abort system = Jet engine - No description - Landing legs are easy to break - High part count Psycix - VTOL Training or Learning + Low part count - No ladder - A bit wobbly - Landing legs are easy to break sploden - RocketChair + Easy to fly + Abort system = A bit lander-ish - Hard to get Kerbal on Xeldrak - CRPLTV + Good craft description + Horizontal navball option = RCS - Landing legs are easy to break Ran out of steam at the end. :/

I think you attach a fuel line from the vehicle's docking port to the vehicle's tanks. Any new tanks docked to the docking port will drain in to the vehicle's tanks (attach it to the short center tanks in your case). Also, check your fuel lines to see if they are going the right direction. The first end you put on is where the fuel drains from and the second end is where the fuel goes. If you still can't fix it, send me the .craft file and I'll see what I can do.

Meanwhile in China... Calculus in Grade 9.

Pics? To bad you didn't submit it to BSC.

Kerbal powered airplane challenge: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/68414-Kerbal-Powered-Aircraft-Challenge

I only used 1 cubic strut be cause I was afraid that the thrust would be blocked.

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Has anyone tried this? I've yet to see anyone with a different "My Profile".

The jet engine is toggled by action group 1. If it doesn't work, you should redownload the .craft file.

It only has 23 parts!

I had a question:

Yes, I have. Unfortunately, I don't have time to try to build it.

Haha I was caught off guard by that while testing and I went up 1km before coming back down on the VAB.

Yes! I wanted to get the big nozzle look of the LT-T30 with the thrust vectoring and efficiency of the LV-909. I not to sure about whether I like the glowing 909 or not, but it was to keep the part count count and for the thrust to get through the engines.

Testing new engines:

Testing new engines: