Signs You're In For a Short Flight

[Corona688]

The old topic was one of the most fun and long-lived things I\'ve ever set rolling.

I\'m sure it\'s not done yet either, since I experienced another one for the list a few days ago

540) When your rocket isn\'t content to blow up on the pad just once, and keeps flaring up every time you think it\'s done.

[Bioman222]

(541 The launch pad is rolled under the VAB just to get the rocket on the Launch Pad

(542 Bill & Bob are smiling and Jeb is screaming his face off

[Tim_Barrett]

Wow good times!

Anyway - falling back onto the launch pad at max thrust.

[samstarman5]

That inevitable sound of part dislocation before the view has even settled on your rocket on the pad. You know quite well what part just dislocated without looking.

[Volt]

543) When your aerobatic plane takes more skill to keep stable than to do aerobatics in.

[Railsmith]

544) When the wind-rushing sound takes less than a half a second to reach its peak pitch and volume.

545) When your spaceplane is sitting at a 45-degree up angle before you touch anything.

546) When said spaceplane hits the lower atmosphere when coming down from a 990 m/s speedrun, and your engines do their best chromatic impression of Big Bird.

547) When you legitimately consider a spin-stabilized lander.

548) When your second stage has the same number of engines as the first.

549) When your flight plan includes a powered backflip in-atmosphere.

550) When you get your watch out to measure the time between frames on launch.

551) When you get a clock without a second hand out to measure the time between frames on launch.

[MaxMurder]

552) When your spaceplane flies better in reverse.

553) When you realize that you installed your fuel lines backward.

554) When staging is done by burning off the lower stage with the upper stage\'s engines.

[sgtblazing]

555) When your flight plan involves using the drop after the runway to become airborne.

555a) When that drop takes off your rearmost engine and you say 'Ehh, its still symmetrical.

[Majiir]

556) The crew have bailed out of the capsule even though 0.16 isn\'t out yet.

[SteevyT]

557) You point your SRB\'s over your tail control surfaces in an attempt to increase your control surface authority.

[G Addict]

558) When the only thing holding your rocket upright on the pad is the launch tower.

[Czman007]

559) When you forget to add wings to your plane

[Vanamonde]

560) When you find yourself making a flowchart to be sure you\'re assembling the staging sequence properly.

[ElectroxSoldier]

561) When you notice your rocket is turning on it\'s self, even with SAS and RCS on.

[NIN3]

561B) when you find that your plane has a terrible list off to one side, yet is still airborn and controlable.

562) When you have more engines then fuel tanks.

[Da_Dumples]

563) When you accidentally hit space too many times during launch and all your engines go flying off.

564) When your engines overheat on the launch pad

[Eldestish]

565) When you\'re craft breaks apart and the pieces fall into the ocean.

[CanuckOverlord]

566. You leave half the rocket on the pad taking off.

567. Your three fuel tank stacks decide to go three different directions, whilst remaining coupled at the top

[Newt0570]

568: When you see this:

...and launch anyway

[Markus Reese]

569: The designer put the solid booster ignition in the same stage as their decouplers

[Alchemist]

570. The plane fies as if its fuel is ethanol. And pilot\'s fuel, too.

[dogon11]

571) When your plane hasn\'t taken off AFTER the end of the runway, and the ocean is coming up fast.

(shouldn\'t this go in the games subforum?)

[SunJumper]

572) When your SRBs burn out, and you stop going up, and start going down.

[dogon11]

573) When you realize that your first stage needs RCS and lander legs to get off the pad without blowing up.

[Australian Sloth]

When your rocket has struts used like duct tape just to keep the central fuselage together