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From Ground to Sky From: SixAndAHalfMen & UCTech Series Ended

I make a lot of space video using KSP - mostly real missions, but some other ones too. That latest is...

Zeppelin Staaken R.XVI As you might have guessed from the title, the aircraft that im about to show you, is based on the WW1 Zeppelin Staaken bombers. The idea for this monster of a bi-plane began when i got this feeling of wanting to do something from WW1 after playing some bit of Battlefield 1. I also wanted to build something with an actual interior. The interior idea i used first in the "Raven", witch is a specialized cargo-plane that you'll get to see very soon (Knowing me, don't get your hopes up). In this case, i took the interior idea a bit further, and decided to make a full interior with command seats placed in all the crew positions. The Interior works quite well, except for one thing. To enter the aircraft, you'll need to use the ladder to climb in to the gondola located at the belly of the aircraft. The problem with that is, that the gondola is too tight for Kerbals to fit in ...unless they suddenly learn how to crawl. The crew compliment on the R.XVI is quite incredibly big: Pilot, Co-pilot, Radio-operator, Navigator, 6 Gunners (belly x2, tail x2, wing pods x2), 2 Observers (also serve as nose-gunners) and 4 In-flight engineers (1 sitting in each engine pod). 16 crew members in total . I was going to write some piece of history for this craft, but i just couldn't come up with anything good nor sensible. Let's just say that the Kermaininan engineers wanted to create a huge bomber with the nimbleness of a heavy bomber and the massive firepower of a big airship. It was to be inpervious to air attacks because of its defensive weapons. And could also destroy AA positions with it's two heavy machine-guns mounted on the two "gun baskets" on the belly of the aircraft. Basically the perfect tool for bombing the big cities of the Kritish isles. Technical specs: Top speed: 96 m/s. Stall speed: about 45-42 m/s. Armaments: 6 50.cal machine-gun turrets, 2 30mm turrets and god knows how many bombs. Length: 39.5m. Wingspan: 62.2m. Height: 16.4m. Mass: 225.7 tons. Parts: 1055. Mods used: Download link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4p2glz125rk2sy0/Zeppelin Staaken R_XVI.craft?dl=0 I hope you enjoy this little ye oldie monster of the skies . PS.