42-i Generation3 Opener - Light Transport Ship [WIP]

[Tim_Barrett]

To kick off my new generation of battlecruisers and ships for 42-Industries, I will release updates on my opening craft celebrating gen3!

So far I have the main structure of my newest transport cruiser. It is unnamed for the time being until I get the final form of it complete, so I can name it after any resemblance of real-world objects. Engines have been added, meaning it can fly at the moment, but is fairly slow with a 200m/s speed at takeoff.

I'm taking suggestions, because I have decided to designate this one to the community, shaped by you guys!

This will not be uploaded to the 42-i thread until I can fix it since the server update completely messed it up, if you have not noticed yet. Until then, I will work here. The medium and heavy variants might as well be in this thread too.

[m5o5]

wow...just...wow

[Sbowyer28]

Hmm, How bout Griffon since you like Mythical creature names. I would suggest Pegasus but, Pegasus is my favorite aircraft, And I usually dont say that bout other peoples stuff.

[Tim_Barrett]

I like that. Griffon it is.

Oh and I already used 'Pegasus' for my first craft.

[Lazurkri]

I was going to suggest "Rapier" since its thin but very long, but I like Gryphon too!

[Sbowyer28]

Sorry for my bad spelling, Griffin I mean, Lol.

[ALILOOOONG]

madre de dios!

[Foursh]

This is a light transport ship?

[Millst0ne MK II]

The Gunphknuckle?

[puppy1305]

U.S.S kenterprise

[kerby1883]

You are one ship building master! If you need another large starship builder then let me know. I would love to work for 42i

[FunkMunki]

Nice ship! I can only imagine the lag on my system.

[Shadownailshot]

That thing flies? In space?

[kerby1883]

<-- Confused Kerbalnaut. How are you connecting the large fuel structures? I don't see any couplers holding it unlike my design.

[Tim_Barrett]

By using some re-scaled swept wings I got a while back from these forums, and the large ones are very strong. Just connect the ends with struts and you are golden.

This won't work for anything larger, though. It does cut some weight off however.

[Lazurkri]

This is a light transport ship?

You should see the Dreadnought someone made; thing's so big it takes my kerbalnaut a full minute to climb from the front to the back!

[Shadownailshot]

My computer would crash if I tried to fly these things. Are they all single stage to orbit?

[Sbowyer28]

Tim ya lag when ya use this thing, I wouldnt even be able to play with it because I would be waiting two minutes or another frame Can ya post a vid please too.

[Shadownailshot]

Are these all SSTO?

[Lazurkri]

Are these all SSTO?

Obviously...

[Shadownailshot]

That's quite the feat.

[Tim_Barrett]

Tim ya lag when ya use this thing, I wouldnt even be able to play with it because I would be waiting two minutes or another frame Can ya post a vid please too.

I have zero lag when flying this. It gets laggy when I add all of the details, like extra nose cones, guns, etc. I also don't have any launch lag because any computer would die from KSP when one of these had just sit and compressed itself. The launch stablizers are a great way to get these things off the ground by making them sideways.

Also, I have some sad news. This one will have to be discontinued. The stack-on-wing design just won't cut it now, and the physics get nuts... cannot fix it - cannot fly anymore. :<

Sorry guys. However, I will be making other ones, but I need feedback. Should I put this on my 42-i thread (which the new forum just shat on, it's so messy) or make a new one specifically for these ships?

[comradephil]

That looks familiar!

I've been trying to get similar designs flying recently, but failed miserably. Well done to you for getting it working.

[scotty]

Can i get a .craft download to muck about with? i so want to stick solids on the side of that thing xD

Edited August 15, 2012 by scotty