Land the WRONG way up

[hebdomad]

Land nose first into the ground WITHOUT exploding.

Attached is the 'Facepunch'. It was developed for Search and Rescue operations but development ended quickly once it was found it was near impossible to take off once the pilot had landed the craft on it's nose.

To qualify you must show all take offs and landings.

You must only use stock parts.

You must take off horizontally.

You must land vertically onto the nose of the aircraft.

Beginers

Your challenge is to land the 'Facepunch' on it's nose.

Download the craft file and put your pilot skills to the test.

Regular

Build your own aircraft and land on it's nose without exploding.

Advanced

Build your own aircraft and land on it's nose without exploding...

...but take off again and land horizontally again on the KSC runway.

Honour roll

Sean Mirrsen (almost)Advanced

sebzim4500 Beginer

Edited August 6, 2012 by hebdomad

[Sean Mirrsen]

Well, it's sorta halfway between regular and advanced, but meh. I was never good at those precision runway landing things.

Say hello to the mighty Lawndart.

Here's how its flight went:

(img limits are stupid. The pics are in link form.)

Takeoff!

Flipover for first landing.

What this was about: Nosestand!

Second takeoff!

Second flipover!

And precision landing on the runway.... er, or somewhere nearby.

Flies like a tiny drunken brick. Don't be hasty retracting the landing gear on takeoff, and don't forget to turn off the reverse engines before firing the first stage.

The new attachment system is unusable, so here's the craft file on my Dropbox: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4152380/Lawndart_1/Lawndart.craft

[sebzim4500]

I humbly accept my promotion to the rank of 'beginner'.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Well, it's sorta halfway between regular and advanced, but meh. I was never good at those precision runway landing things.

Say hello to the mighty Lawndart.

<snip>

Okay, this was completely unintended, but this is hilarious. When the Lawndart is on the runway, do these three things in sequence: Extend upper pair of landing legs; Raise nose gear; Extend lower pair of landing legs.

Instant nosestand!