Lockheed P-38 Lightning

[Teirusu]

Some one gave me an idea the other night in Roverdude's stream

 

SAS powered stock part Lightning.  Built with a bit of EE Redux magic, however.  Engine pulled out on the bottom there so you can see it, the SAS bits are fairly clipped in there but at least instead of using RTGs, they're powered by fuel cells so they're slightly less cheaty?

 

 

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/z2g7q5pdz6nv1ax/P-38 Lightning.craft?dl=0

 

How to fly, for those interested!

Best to turn on SAS and the brakes first, then hit '2' to turn on all the fuel cells.  Press '1' after to decouple the engines from the main craft.  (They're attached by docking port jrs.)  After that, switch to each engine separately and slowly trim them up to full, pausing in-between trimming to let SAS briefly stop the engine so lift doesn't start to drag the craft.  Once you have both engines trimmed all the way up, quickly cycle through both engines and turn off SAS and the engines will begin to spin up to full power.  Finally, swap back to the plane and turn off the brakes and have fun buzzing the KSC!

 

[qzgy]

Cool! Does it fly well?

[Teirusu]

Oh yes, she flies really nicely.  I've spent a lot of time tuning that bearing setup on that engine so it runs as smooth as possible.  Pretty much up to the limits KSP can do with such a setup.  The engines hiccup a bit on a steep dive, but otherwise seem to stay together no matter the G-loading.

 

 

Jeb definitely enjoys it!

[Gman_builder]

Interesting concept, but i think you could do more work on the actual look of the plane.