Speedpipe - mach 6 open cockpit jet

[tjsnh]

I give you, the Speedpipe:

http://kerbalx.com/tjsnh/Speedpipe

Load a Kerbal onto the command seat (I drove one over on a rover from the launchpad), punch the throttle, zoom climb to 27000-28000 meters, level off, and watch your speed punch to mach six while your exceedingly brave pilot roasts some snacks in the aircraft's slipstream. Stock aerodynamics (0.90), no mods or cheats.

... mach 6, 28000 meters, sitting on an RTG, open cockpit ... what could possibly go wrong?! ...

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*Snacks not included.

[Yukon0009]

A fitting tribute to our old, horrible and beloved aero.

[tjsnh]

Easily capable of hypersonic circumnavigation without going into orbit.

SR-71 eat your heart out!

[FlipNascar]

I had something similar, only I went even more barebones... Wings are for suckers!

[SquaredSpekz]

I wonder how 1.0 will take that craft...

[tjsnh]

I wonder how 1.0 will take that craft...

It'll explode very quickly from air friction.

If you max the throttle, it shoots to over 300m/s VERY quickly, under 1000m of altitude. In 0.90 you start getting mach effects in mere seconds, I expect a massive fireball of doom in 1.0.