Most well behaved aircraft

[run1235]

just wondering what all people have as far as their most well behaved aircraft(preferrably under 4x physics warp)

this oens mine, it has less than 1m/s altitude change per second at 4x warp and less than 0.01m/s speed change using only 2 juno's at 9.5k with a fuel time of 4+hours

[Wabbit]

Seems like my aircraft all bend like crazy and lose quite a bit of efficiency under any sort of time-warp over around 2x. 

[run1235]

1 minute ago, Wabbit said:

Seems like my aircraft all bend like crazy and lose quite a bit of efficiency under any sort of time-warp over around 2x. 

need to strut your wing then most likely.

[panzer1b]

All of my recent planes instantly explode when time warping at X2...

Then again, ive recently gotten into making customized electric engines (not quite as epic as infiniglide but i do get infinite range with em) and those really hate time warp when they spin at like the maximum allowed speed for the game...

At least my "conventional" ones work fine at any time warp, thanks to strut spam (err autostruts nowadays) so even my probably best SSTO capoable normandy replica flies fine at x4, no flex, no explosions, no considerable loss in efficiency that im aware of (use x4 habitually to help deal with the excruciatingly long ascent to orbit which is like half an hour at X1).

Edited September 21, 2016 by panzer1b

[Rath]

I made a plane that is not necessarily well behaved or stable, but it's stability is so neutral that it can be controlled perfectly with only the vector thrust.  Does that count?

Also, is it just me or are your front wings angled?

[The Flame Cat]

On 9/19/2016 at 11:00 PM, run1235 said:

just wondering what all people have as far as their most well behaved aircraft(preferrably under 4x physics warp)

this oens mine, it has less than 1m/s altitude change per second at 4x warp and less than 0.01m/s speed change using only 2 juno's at 9.5k with a fuel time of 4+hours

Download link?

[DunaRocketeer]

I've got a couple of examples that I found particularly easy to fly -

First is the upper-stage shuttle shown in the image below. The thing drops like a rock until the last twenty seconds of flight, when I trade velocity for lift. Flairing vehicles can sometimes be a little dramatic, but this thing's handling becomes incredibly neutral - no drifting about or unwanted pitch and yaw. Landing has never been easier.

Next is a much lower performance aircraft I use for early career survey contracts. You can chuck it about with reckless abandon - something I don't dare do with my higher performance vehicles. It will also land anywhere; a proper rugged bushplane.

[run1235]

6 hours ago, The Flame Cat said:

Download link?

i'll have to rebuild it, ended up failing horibly in that campaign.

[run1235]

7 hours ago, The Flame Cat said:

Download link?

https://kerbalx.com/Lynsis/Kesna-170 here you are good sir.

[EpicSpaceTroll139]

On ‎9‎/‎20‎/‎2016 at 0:19 AM, run1235 said:

need to strut your wing then most likely.

Sometimes struts just aren't enough

Edited September 22, 2016 by EpicSpaceTroll139

[run1235]

14 hours ago, Rath said:

I made a plane that is not necessarily well behaved or stable, but it's stability is so neutral that it can be controlled perfectly with only the vector thrust.  Does that count?

Also, is it just me or are your front wings angled?

yes, the front set of wings are angled to help with getting it off the ground at a lower speed, and i have a set of control surfaces that are manually controlled as flaps

[Rath]

Oh, so like Super-Flaps®

[run1235]

41 minutes ago, Rath said:

Oh, so like Super-Flaps®

what are those? never heard of superflaps before.

[Rath]

I made it up.