KTP-70 and KTP-80 cargoplanes

[kapteenipirk]

So here are my first proper 1.0.5 aircraft builds, The KTP-70 Skylifter and The KTP-80 Stratocarrier cargo planes.

First we will be talking about the KPT-80 Stratocarrier, a 4 engined beast that unfortunetly doesnt really work as well as i would have hoped for but it does perform suprisingly well considering that its 65 meters wide and 61 meters long.

The original idea behind this craft was to create a long range heavylift aircraft for carrying lots of stuff around kerbin and that it would be able to do so even from short runways.

It has a top speed of about 200-230 m/s witch is not too bad and takes off when it reaches a speed of 60-70 m/s. The handling isnt too bad, it seems responsive altough rolling takes a bit of time.

Landing with this aircraft can be very tricky since the aircraft doesnt handle too well at low speed and you have to go 80 m/s or below before you can pull your landing gear down. If you pull them out at speeds above that (didnt remember this and pulled out my gears at a speed of about 120 m/s) and everything gets ripped apart. (Fun fact my cockpit survived the splash down even if it hit the water at a speed of 70 m/s).

NOTE: remember to never just drive vehicles in to the back of cargo planes without tying them down (docking or decouplers) or they will bounce all around the place and brake into pieces.

Done this a couple of times myself . it once made me lose one of my 4 engined Belugaish aircrafts, couple of rovers and 5 kerbals .

Here are some picks of it. Ended up spicing it up a little by adding some lighting to it. But dont worry the version i put up for download is fully stock.

Here we have its little brother, The KTP-70 Skylifter. Its a lot more capable aircraft due to it size (big aircrafts the size of the A-330 to A-340 to the B-747 are difficult to master) being a about two times smaller than the Stratocarriers allowing for a more rigid and efficient design. The top speed of this one is 300 m/s and lifts off at a speed of 50-60 m/s, its also very manouverable making it the perfect transport aircraft for small to medium distances (just put some external fuel tanks on the wings if you want more range) and for operating from small unpaved runways.

So there you have it folks, two transport aircrafts from my colletion. I hope you enjoy them .

Mods used: B9 (lights, removed from the downloadable version) and Flag decals.

Download links:

KTP-70: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fdtxlb8dfh0yqma/KTP-70%20Skylifter.craft?dl=0

KTP-80: https://www.dropbox.com/s/422ssjn2aqjpuyy/KTP-80%20Stratocarrier%20%28Stock%29.craft?dl=0 (this version is fully stock). Seems that i accidentally left a couple of B9 lights in there but its all fixed now.

Edited November 14, 2015 by kapteenipirk

[Majorjim!]

She's a monster!

What parts are B9? Could you replace those parts with stock ones? Stock craft get more attention. It looks like it was tricky to build so good job man!

Oh, and the title says it's a stock craft. :-)

[kapteenipirk]

Thanks:). The title says its a stock craft since the versions i put up for download are fully stock (the only thing thats non stock is the lights and the flags and i removed them from the stock version)

[AlexanderTeaH]

Very B-52-esque, I love it! Although the tail configuration reminds me of the 747 outfitted for shuttle transport.

[kapteenipirk]

Thanks .

[inigma]

Now land it on the island runway!

[kapteenipirk]

Its not actually that difficult to land on to the island runway, you just need to remember to slow down early enough.