The_Hamster

I've made a prototype of that thing with over 1.4K parts. Pretty much does backflips because of the shape of the wings. Check it here: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/5237-Recreate-the-Arkbird/page4?highlight=arkbird

So this is the concept craft which is probably still just for show since if anyone tries to fly it, it lags the comp completely and it will still try and do Immelman turns. So there are a number of problems here. One of the problems is that because of the wings being so long and far back (not to mention structurally weak) it's centre of lift is so much higher than the centre of mass. Also around the front I think I may have overdone the angle of the curve that goes along to the wings, so I might angle it gently. Another problem is the amount of parts the prototype has: let's say around 1,4K. This is mainly because of the overlapping of the wing connectors along the front (which may also lead to why there's so much lift being created). So what I need to do now is to start from the ground up, lay down the frame with support girders, go easy on (lessen) the angles leading to the wings and make the wings shorter and closer to the main body for a stronger structure and fuselage. Still, not bad for about 2-3 days of work, quite proud of the shaping of the large intakes for the ramjets inside.

Yeah, give or take, I started this after 2 days after doing the first 3 tutorials and just mucking around with vehicle assembly, but thank you.

In hindsight, I may have made the wingspan a bit too long and a bit far back. It has a great tendency to do immelman turns at the moment. Then again, I want to actually finish the craft as a concept, then move on to completely redoing the interior with support girders. Might make the wings shorter when I get up to that stage.

Hey guys, I'm pretty new to KSP, but I'm pretty ambitious on making large things. Over the past days I was actually making an SSTO-based Arkbird design, and when I was looking for the reference pictures (used the first one) it led me to here. So I thought I'd post some pics of my own. So, the aircraft is obviously incomplete due to the fact that the wings and most of the body is missing, and it already has around 810 parts (pretty much from all the support struts, girder sections and wing pieces. It carries 2 orange fuel tanks each supplying fuel to 4 thrust-vectoring rockets. It has 12 ramjet air intakes plus 8 additional intakes and around 20 150L tanks supplying 18 thrust-vectoring turbojet engines for flight in the atmosphere. It has an SAS nose system with RCS boosters within the interior construction. Because of the weight and size of the wings, they do have a tendency to flap from exterior forces, hence "support-strut city" on the inside. I'm still trying to make it sturdy, and I hazard a guess that if it were completed (which it will be) it would have over 1,500+ parts. Flying this thing as it is, it has enough lift to get off the ground but it is extremely unstable. And yes, it will be hard to fly on my comp, but even so, I shall attempt it.