KYR-70 Valkyrie High Altitude Recon Plane

[Alphasus]

A high altitude reconnaissance plane that flies at 20,000 m and at 1300 m/s. It can fly for 3 hours at that altitude and airspeed. It can circumnavigate kerbin 3 times over, with 14.04 Mm of range(Kerbin has a diameter of 3.9 Mm).

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Inspired by the XB-70 Valkyrie Mach 3 Bomber Project

She can withstand the heat easily, even at sea level.

Edited August 23, 2015 by Alphasus

[Alphasus]

Hmmmm, guess I'll have to make something more interesting next time.

[GDJ]

It's kinda neat looking. LOTS of engines. How's the yaw response?

[Alphasus]

Actually quite good. It will flip out and oversaw if you yaw too much however. The vertical stabilizers are actually the wings that my fighters use, with larger control surfaces on this.

[GDJ]

Cool!

Yeah, mach 3 and 3 circumnavigations....that's actually really good. Best I've done is Mach 5.9 and one lap around Kerbin.

[Alphasus]

How did you get Mach 5.9? Is that in 1.0 aero and heat?

[GDJ]

How did you get Mach 5.9? Is that in 1.0 aero and heat?

Nope. 1.04, a really slippery design, 21500 metres, single RAPIER engine, and alot of practise.

Look up the circumnavigation thread. I'll look for the link. Give me a second.....

Edited August 23, 2015 by GDJ

[Alphasus]

Oh I am wondering if mechjeb autopilot is fine there.

[GDJ]

Look like you found it. See you there.

[Yukon0009]

Hey there's an option that lets you add the blue 'Stock Craft' to the thread title. Nice plane BTW.

[Alphasus]

Thanks!