B-52 Stratofortress

[generalmiller]

This is my version of a B-52. It actually handles really well. It has a slight upwards pitch on its own and it rolls smoothly as well. Yaw is a little bit weak on its own though. It's actually fairly easy to land if you line up well on the approach, as it can't really perform any major last second course corrections due to it's size. Any comments about it or suggestions on how to improve the design are welcome. Also if you want to take it and post pictures I'm fine with that too.

The main reason I even built this is because I always like recreating the X-15 program and that needs a B-52. And it's good at carrying air launched rockets because of the cargo bay's size.

Action Groups

1:Cockpit Lights

2:Cargo Bay Doors

3:Engine Group 1 (Far Left)

4:Engine Group 2 (Middle Left)

5:Engine Group 3 (Middle Right)

6:Engine Group 4 (Far Right)

7:Flaps (These essentially keep the plane from pitching up and enable near level flight without SAS. They do cause an extremely insignificant downward pitch.)

8:Ladder

I have the engines bound to action groups instead of staging so in case of failure or destruction of one group I can switch off the other side to compensate. I've actually tested the destruction of an outer engine group and part of the forward wing on one side and after the thrust is balanced out the aircraft is still capable of landing without too much added difficulty.

Download

http://kerbalx.com/generalmiller/KSP-B-52

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Edited May 7, 2015 by generalmiller

[zekes]

Pictures? Got 'em

Edited May 7, 2015 by zekes

[Im The One]

my only question is have you gotten it to fly with a nose down attitude like the real thing. other wise it is really good

[Goodle...]

zekes my thread's here

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/119695-CROW-Prototype-Hypersonic-Jet-%28FEEDBACK-WANTED%29

[zekes]

Generalmiller, The tail is a bit to small, other than that it looks good.

[Im The One]

zekes my thread's here

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/119695-CROW-Prototype-Hypersonic-Jet-%28FEEDBACK-WANTED%29

i would just private message him. This is generalmillers thread to show off his craft not yours to ask someone else to look at something. sorry but I do believe he deserves this