Brendan2097

Your design has a real "Crimson Skies" souped up hot-rod airplane vibe, which is worth bonus points

Hey Cupcake, that's a pretty cute n' spunky looking VTOL! I bet your Kerbalnauts will be zipping all over the place in their lunch breaks. The challenge probably specifies using stock parts, but I can't bear going back to using them due to the general fuggliness and lack of basic geometric parts for making things 'purdy'. If I can't make a craft functional AND stylish, I tend not to make it... I am pleased to say that I have just completed a VTOL challenge of my own though... With a VTOL capable plane made with the B9 parts I have just circumnavigated Kerbin It took about an hour and I spent most of the trip skimming the atmosphere between 22-33 km up. Top speed was 2150 m/s or so, which also makes the craft truly hypersonic. I had to stop Jeb from going on EVA so he could "touch the fiery stuff" outside the window. Boy, was he tempted. Most insanely, I used just over 200 units of fuel! (I guess the engines may be a little TOO efficient for realistic Kerbal-tech, although k/w wise they aren't over-powered). Definitely one of my most successful planes so far, although not the fastest. (I think some of my Sasquatch Marmalade "stealth" planes hit 2400 m/s). Have a look at the B9 parts - they include simple to use VTOL engines and you can have some fun with quick builds. They look pretty cool too.

Hahaha... Yes, have to admit, with the nice new scenery upgrade I did indeed... Buzz the tower!

Flying there and back again with stock parts is a true challenge... Not only that, but the craft tends to bee pretty ugly I have just completed my first true atmospheric circumnavigation of Kerbin... One tank of gas, no stops, all the way around to land at KSP again. It took about an hour and the max speed was 2150 m/s or so (Mach 6+), which means as well as being VTOL, my craft was truly hypersonic. I used the B9 aerospace parts. They look much better than stock parts and build better airplanes