Battlestar Galactica Mark I Colonial Viper v 2.0 [KSP 1.0][STOCK]

[Guest Space Cowboy]

http://youtu.be/Lhf4pLwMlzI

Controls appear in craft dropdown in the SPH

Vast update to my previous KSP 1.0 stock Viper

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Edited June 5, 2015 by Space Cowboy

[gmiddlemass]

Very good looking replica...

So say we all.

[Deutherius]

Very nice replica, spot on.

Can it space?

[Guest Space Cowboy]

Viper love ...

I may try a couple things to see if she'll SSTO but even so when you get there you'll have nothing left to burn. Without a mod or infinite fuel I doubt flight to space will be fun. Someone needs to make a full scale Battlestar and Cylon Base - in a 3D program not from stock parts.

Edited June 5, 2015 by Space Cowboy

[Guest Space Cowboy]

Thanks for the comments. They encouraged me to keep going. Looks better, flies better. Aft section basically rebuilt from scratch. All visual wing distractions dealt with (I think?) It had a frame core before but now it has a fuel tank core. It will take a lot of abuse on landing now thanks to a few struts. Full RCS. SSTO envelope unknown. Still stock - look for a dramatic release in a day or two. I have one minor adjustment to make as somehow the twin front tubes picked up a small but distracting twist. Will be very easy to resolve.

V2.5

Mod suggestions welcome. I am thinking of the paint / skinning mod, and possibly some different engines. Working guns for sure and probably a wing mounted cam.

Edited June 7, 2015 by Space Cowboy

[LtWhiskers]

Looks brilliant. Nice work.

[FleshJeb]

Extra sweet ride! You have a lot to be proud of there.

The proportions look a bit off (wing area, nose length)? but that might be necessary to make it fly.

[Guest Space Cowboy]

Flashjeb your assessments were accurate. I had not done a blueprint check but your comment has prompted it. THANKS!

Vertical stabilizer is too big, and my nose is to short as you noticed. Engines are too long.

This pic is a composite between the fuselage blueprint and the wing, and I BELIEVE this wing I cut and pasted is FLAT, appearing wider in this pic I have made below. Looking at the front view above, my wing span looks ok.

============== PROGRESS AS OF 16:18 ZULU 08JUN15 ==============

Note: transition from front half to rear half still to go, and looks like engines all need to shift fwd. Out of time right now.

Note: color picture I was referencing above with the vertical stabilizer - IT IS TOO SHORT (other web references including actual model) I am happy with the new vert stab shown below. Bottom engines too low.

Edited June 8, 2015 by Space Cowboy

[FleshJeb]

Wow! I admire your dedication!

That thing looks like a LOT of fun. I might need to get over my distaste for flying other people's craft. It feels like cheating.

[Guest Space Cowboy]

I have version 4 "prototype" flying now and I am not sure why but it performs better (more stability and speed) than the others.

I have a hidden rudder and elevator in the nose. I placed them a but aft and that may have calmed it down a little.

Something was holding "version 3" back not sure if it was weight, or the new aerodynamic masking / shadows, or my interfering with the engine exhaust.

Planning a little addon function for reactor thermal runaway emergency scenario (cockpit sep).

Found out by looking at the blueprints I had gone way too complicated on the engine / fuselage construction. Snapping the side engines and the top engine on a central fuel tank is perfectly fine.

Disclaimer: I have run into a problem with getting the nose cone "right". I am on the shallowest incremental angle on the side tubes, and to have the right length, it just ends up being a bit too wide near the cockpit. I COULD go into the CRAFT and hand enter the angle, but I'm not going to.

Hoping to knock this out today. But can't rush it.

Edited June 9, 2015 by Space Cowboy

[Brainlord Mesomorph]

I tried that in Stock 0.24, it wasn't atmospherically stable.

good job!

[Guest Space Cowboy]

I am hiding control surfaces so cheating a bit.

[Guest Space Cowboy]

New one: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/124946-Battlestar-Galactica-Mark-I-Colonial-Viper-v-4-0-KSP-1-0-2-STOCK?p=2008705#post2008705