{AMRSD} Bell X-1 "Glamorous Glennis" and B-29 "Superfortress"

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

Hi all, thanks for taking a look at my latest craft!

The Bell X-1 was the first aircraft to break the speed of sound, on October 14, 1947. The Bell X-1 is carried to altitude by a B-29 Superfortress, then dropped to accelerate to a bit over mach 1.

Enough history, let's have some pictures:

How to fly:

Take off.

Turn 90 degrees to the left.

Climb to 3000m, this will take a while. Browse the forums for a bit.

Drop the bell X-1.

Climb at a 20 degree angle to 4000m, then level off and go supersonic. 333m/s is about right.

Land. Now, they both can land, separately. I haven't got the B-29 and the X-1 landed on the same flight.

Note: This thing loves to run into watermodule.slider.collider, or have bits of it randomly overheat. Warranty voided by visiting forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com.

Enjoy!

Download*

*Broomstick not included.

[selfish_meme]

I haven't got time to test it out right now, but it looks awesome, and knowing your past builds I know it probably is awesome! Have some rep.

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

I haven't got time to test it out right now, but it looks awesome, and knowing your past builds I know it probably is awesome! Have some rep.

Thanks!

[Majorjim!]

Hey man,

I flew it and I really had fun! It's easy to fly and handles fine. Flying the X-1 was super fun too. Good job man.

I did think it could be cleaner though. You could hide some if not all of the wing struts. It really does look better when they are hidden. The cockpit view is a bit broken by the three clipped cockpits And the tail could be cleaner too, but these are minor niggles.

It was a lot of fun and I really got that test pilot feel!

Rep for ye!

Edited September 28, 2015 by Majorjim
lol reap..

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

Hey man,

I flew it and I really had fun! It's easy to fly and handles fine. Flying the X-1 was super fun too. Good job man.

I did think it could be cleaner though. You could hide some if not all of the wing struts. It really does look better when they are hidden. The cockpit view is a bit broken by the three clipped cockpits And the tail could be cleaner too, but these are minor niggles.

It was a lot of fun and I really got that test pilot feel!

Rep for ye!

Thanks! Thanks you for the suggestions too, I'm always happy to get suggestions. The struts should be hidden, yes, and the tail isn't my favorite, but there's a bunch of z-fighting if it's perfectly flat. Probably a rebuild of the tail would be best for that. The cockpit view is weird, but I wanted a low-part-count way to make the large window, and that looked right. If I was just releasing the X-1, I might have made custom windows.

[Majorjim!]

Thanks! Thanks you for the suggestions too, I'm always happy to get suggestions. The struts should be hidden, yes, and the tail isn't my favorite, but there's a bunch of z-fighting if it's perfectly flat. Probably a rebuild of the tail would be best for that. The cockpit view is weird, but I wanted a low-part-count way to make the large window, and that looked right. If I was just releasing the X-1, I might have made custom windows.

No problem mate! There are always ways something can be improved. Struts is just the easiest to clean up. I tried removing the longer ones but it really needs those!

Yeah the tail is tricky due to the flatness. I'm sure it would be possible to approximate the tail shape with no z-fighting. As I said they are minor issues.

[Azimech]

My my! That looks verrry good!

One small thing though: everyone building static propellers keeps them oriented the same way, like a Mercedes star. It looks a bit unnatural.

I like it more like this:

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

My my! That looks verrry good!

One small thing though: everyone building static propellers keeps them oriented the same way, like a Mercedes star. It looks a bit unnatural.

I like it more like this:

http://i.imgur.com/Tiw4Ni4.png

Oh, that's a good idea! Thanks!

[Sampa]

MRS, pull out that orange paint! That is awesome work!

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

MRS, pull out that orange paint! That is awesome work!

Thanks!

[Dnaha]

Now this right here is a cool looking craft (well two crafts if we're being techincal). I'm gonna have to try this one:D

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

Now this right here is a cool looking craft (well two crafts if we're being techincal). I'm gonna have to try this one:D

Thank you, and enjoy!

[pTrevTrevs]

Good work! Now make a B-52 and X-15.

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

Good work! Now make a B-52 and X-15.

I was considering it.

[Castille7]

Nice crafts, I like how you used the fairings, the Cockpit has a really good shape like the original B-29

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

Nice crafts, I like how you used the fairings, the Cockpit has a really good shape like the original B-29

Thanks!