payload with wings to orbit?

[xendelaar]

Electric propellers on a Duna plane FTW!

Hehe. I would love to use electric props in the game if they were stock.... but since they're not stock. It feels a bit like cheating for me. So that's a no go. I did trie to make props myself in .90 with reaction wheels and stuff. .. but it was too slow and very prone for kraken attacks

Edited October 2, 2015 by xendelaar

[xtoro]

Meh, just think of it like you are NASA and buying a part from SpaceX... IMO electric prop planes on Duna can't be beat. Take the stock craft Albatross, remove fuel, add solar panels and a prop or two, and you can fly anywhere during the day all day.

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See this thread http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/94384-Sun-Racing?p=1434826#post1434826

That plane I built can infinitely fly around Kerbin because it flew at the right speed to always be directly under the sun. Flew for a couple days and did a few laps around the planet with it.

[xendelaar]

Meh, just think of it like you are NASA and buying a part from SpaceX... IMO electric prop planes on Duna can't be beat. Take the stock craft Albatross, remove fuel, add solar panels and a prop or two, and you can fly anywhere during the day all day.

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See this thread http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/94384-Sun-Racing?p=1434826#post1434826

That plane I built can infinitely fly around Kerbin because it flew at the right speed to always be directly under the sun. Flew for a couple days and did a few laps around the planet with it.

Very cool design.