Kerbal Express Airlines - Regional Jet Challenge (Reboot Continued)

[Steven Kerman]

Coruumai Industries presents...

Coruumai Industries C10 Turboprop

https://kerbalx.com/popinstuff12/Coruumai-Industries-C10-Turboprop

--Action Groups--
1 - Toggle ladder
2 - Toggle engine
3 - Toggle reverse thrust

Fuel cap - 1400
Fuel burn rate - 0.466 per second
Recommended speed - 280m/s
Recommended altitude - 4000m
Range - 841
Price - $16,151,000

Coruumai Industries is proud to present it's first line of aircraft, the C10. This plane has all the safety and entertainment that an airline such as yours would look for. We hope that you consider purchasing a few after youv'e had a look around!

Coruumai Industries C11 Turboprop

https://kerbalx.com/popinstuff12/Coruumai-Industries-C11-Turboprop

--Action Groups--
1 - Toggle ladder
2 - Toggle engine
3 - Toggle reverse thrust

Fuel cap - 1400
Fuel burn rate - 0.466 per second
Recommended speed - 280m/s
Recommended altitude - 4000m
Range - 841
Price - $16,701,000

The C11 is the same as the C10, but offers more passenger capacity. We did think to make the seats removable and ajustable this time around, so you could have a cabin where every kerbal has some legroom to themselves.

[Steven Kerman]

Also I have a question, is it legal to use the Size 1.5 parts and how many passengers will they count for if so?

[Lego8_bit]

I have seen some entries with 1.5 it counts as mk1 and mk2 parts passenger count wise

 

[hoioh]

1 hour ago, Steven Kerman said:

Also I have a question, is it legal to use the Size 1.5 parts and how many passengers will they count for if so?

It's legal to use, but the OP has not decided the Kerbal content yet. As it takes a while for a plane to get reviewed, by the time your's is up for review I'm sure we will know what size they really are

[MaverickSawyer]

On 3/3/2019 at 12:46 PM, Steven Kerman said:

Coruumai Industries presents...

-snip-

Okay, that's an outside the box way to fix the whole tailstrike issue. Love it.  

[FahmiRBLX]

Airplane+ has been updated yesterday.

[espartanlast1]

The New of Espartan Industries

SA-700

the new family of single-aisle aircraft, equipped with two high-efficiency turbofans and wings with laminar flow, made entirely of carbon fiber

https://imgur.com/a/fjzPib4

https://kerbalx.com/espartanlast/SA-700

--Action Groups--
1 - Toggle Flaps/Slats
2 - Toggle Airbrakes

Fuel cap - 3000
Fuel burn rate - 0.39 per second
Recommended speed - 270m/s
Recommended altitude - 6000m
Range - 2076
Price - $147.90.000

Seats - 168

(shorter versions will be released later)

 

SA-700LR

The Long Range version

https://imgur.com/a/BUMNdPM

https://kerbalx.com/espartanlast/SA-700LR

--Action Groups--
1 - Toggle Flaps/Slats
2 - Toggle Airbrakes

Fuel cap - 9106
Fuel burn rate - 0.58 per second
Recommended speed - 280m/s
Recommended altitude - 6000m
Range - 4396
Price - $182.770.000

Seats - 192

SA-400

The medium regional jet

https://imgur.com/a/cfRbBzX

https://kerbalx.com/espartanlast/SA-400

--Action Groups--
1 - Toggle Flaps/Slats
2 - Toggle Airbrakes

Fuel cap - 3000
Fuel burn rate - 0.36 per second
Recommended speed - 270m/s
Recommended altitude - 6000m
Range - 2250
Price - $108.115.000

Seats - 96

Edited March 24, 2019 by espartanlast1

[Aeroboi]

Super Jumbo SC64 (mechjeb)

I made a mach ~3.00 supersonic SuperJumbo that (can) also land/takeoff from water.

1. Category Super Jumbo
2. 239 Parts
3. 836 Passengers (4 crew)
4. Seaplane/Supersonic Jet
5. Takeoff speed 110m/s or 75m/s with afterburners if you thrust the nose up using the Panthers at the front.
6. Range = 5000Km
7. Max speed = Mach 2.87 at 11km.
8. Price: $1.930.985.000

Action groups:

• 1:Toggles wet/dry engine mode on panthers.
• 2:Toggles Panthers on/off.
• 4:Toggles nose cargo bay Panthers to lift nose up.
• 5:Toggles front cargo bays.

As is mentioned, can use Panther engines at the front to quickly rise the nose, or soft land the nose when performing a water landing.
Can takeoff from runway and land anywhere.

Explanation water landing: It is difficult!

Best is to use Mechjeb Smart A.S.S. Surface mode and hold pitch at 9° on MTOW and use 1/3 to 1.3/3 throttle and make sure you softly touch the water on the rear then use action group 4 to activate the panthers on the back and 2 to cut the forward throttle and push the nose down with "W" until the nose comes down far enough and then "S" to keep it above water until it settles down. Try to practice this. If you fail to reactivate the front Panthers at full throttle to late it nose will hit the water to fast and the Panthers will be destroyed. If you activate them to fast the nose will steep climb out of the water and potentially pitch backwards.
Reactivate action group 4 to deactivate the front panthers. Best is to land at 70-75m/s wait for the rear to sink halfway into the water then press 2 followed by 4 and span "Z" to max throttle to settle the nose down.
To get out of the water use action group 2 to toggle forward throttle and accelerate to 72m/s and then activate action group 4 while pressing "S" until the nose comes up far enough. Don't wait long enough to deactivate otherwise the nose will pull up to hard. Press "5" to toggle cargo bay doors.

May require practice.
Should be able to do without Mechjeb and steps should be re-producable as handling with SAS seems good enough. Just make sure the back of the plane touches as softly as possible and try to land not faster then 85m/s

Instructions:

Fly runway and takeoff 5° on dry engine settings at MTOW and accelerate. Keep accelerating at 5° on dry until reach 3300meter altitude. Activate "action group 1" to switch to wet mode at 3300meter altitude and maintain 5° until 12km and then level off within 0° to 1°  and try to hold 0° until above 830m/s and then hold 0° from there on.

39001 / 8.05 * 857,8 = 4155Km range at Mach 2.89
Note: That is in wet mode after traveling 150km from the KSC. On dry it could do much further.

Album: https://imgur.com/a/rlqAuHI
KerbalX: https://kerbalx.com/Aeroboi/Super-Jumbo-SC36

 

Edited March 26, 2019 by Aeroboi

[FahmiRBLX]

12 hours ago, Aeroboi said:

Super Jumbo SC64 (mechjeb)

I made a mach ~3.00 supersonic SuperJumbo that (can) also land/takeoff from water.

1. Category Super Jumbo
2. 239 Parts
3. 836 Passengers (4 crew)
4. Seaplane/Supersonic Jet
5. Takeoff speed 110m/s or 75m/s with afterburners if you thrust the nose up using the Panthers at the front.
6. Range = 5000Km
7. Max speed = Mach 2.87 at 11km.
8. Price: $1.930.985.000

Action groups:

• 1:Toggles wet/dry engine mode on panthers.
• 2:Toggles Panthers on/off.
• 4:Toggles nose cargo bay Panthers to lift nose up.
• 5:Toggles front cargo bays.

As is mentioned, can use Panther engines at the front to quickly rise the nose, or soft land the nose when performing a water landing.
Can takeoff from runway and land anywhere.

Explanation water landing: It is difficult!

Best is to use Mechjeb Smart A.S.S. Surface mode and hold pitch at 9° on MTOW and use 1/3 to 1.3/3 throttle and make sure you softly touch the water on the rear then use action group 4 to activate the panthers on the back and 2 to cut the forward throttle and push the nose down with "W" until the nose comes down far enough and then "S" to keep it above water until it settles down. Try to practice this. If you fail to reactivate the front Panthers at full throttle to late it nose will hit the water to fast and the Panthers will be destroyed. If you activate them to fast the nose will steep climb out of the water and potentially pitch backwards.
Reactivate action group 4 to deactivate the front panthers. Best is to land at 70-75m/s wait for the rear to sink halfway into the water then press 2 followed by 4 and span "Z" to max throttle to settle the nose down.
To get out of the water use action group 2 to toggle forward throttle and accelerate to 72m/s and then activate action group 4 while pressing "S" until the nose comes up far enough. Don't wait long enough to deactivate otherwise the nose will pull up to hard. Press "5" to toggle cargo bay doors.

May require practice.
Should be able to do without Mechjeb and steps should be re-producable as handling with SAS seems good enough. Just make sure the back of the plane touches as softly as possible and try to land not faster then 85m/s

Instructions:

Fly runway and takeoff 5° on dry engine settings at MTOW and accelerate. Keep accelerating at 5° on dry until reach 3300meter altitude. Activate "action group 1" to switch to wet mode at 3300meter altitude and maintain 5° until 12km and then level off within 0° to 1°  and try to hold 0° until above 830m/s and then hold 0° from there on.

39001 / 8.05 * 857,8 = 4155Km range at Mach 2.89
Note: That is in wet mode after traveling 150km from the KSC. On dry it could do much further.

Album: https://imgur.com/a/rlqAuHI
KerbalX: https://kerbalx.com/crafts/52312/edit

 

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[Aeroboi]

7 hours ago, FahmiRBLXian said:

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[espartanlast1]

Turboprops of Espartan Industries

We are proud to present the new KRT, it comes in two sizes, the small one for small airports with 48 seats and the large one for high density routes with 72 seats. 

It includes its most famous characteristics:
Small wheel in the tail to prevent the tailstrike and save on pilot training.
The height has been reduced to the minimum allowed to reduce airport costs since it does not need any airport equipment for luggage or passangers.

KRT-48

https://imgur.com/a/1ZTNiv4

https://kerbalx.com/espartanlast/KRT-48

--Action Groups--
1 - Toggle Flaps/Slats
2 - Toggle thrust reverse

Fuel cap - 1800
Fuel burn rate - 0.11 per second
Recommended speed - 150m/s
Recommended altitude - 5000m
Range - 2454
Price - $84.650.000

Seats - 48

 

KRT-72

The Long Range version

https://imgur.com/a/RyBqvxY

https://kerbalx.com/espartanlast/KRT-72

--Action Groups--
1 - Toggle Flaps/Slats
2 - Toggle thrust reverse

Fuel cap - 1800
Fuel burn rate - 0.12 per second
Recommended speed - 150m/s
Recommended altitude - 5000m
Range - 2250
Price - $96.150.000

Seats - 72

[life_on_venus]

Fleetwings SH "Hustler"

Category entered: Small hopper, Small regional jet

Craft file link: https://kerbalx.com/life_on_venus/Fleetwings-SH-Hustler

Cost: 22,532,000

Cruising speed: 180+ m/s at 3000m. 45 degree climb from runway

Range: 800/0.10 * 180/1000 = 1440km

Sales pitch:

• Small enough to fit on a helipad for the tightest urban airports
• Phenomenal rate of climb ensures a safe, quiet altitude is reached quickly
• Thrust reversers and airbrakes mean landings can be done steeply
• Endurance for 3 missions plus reserve means less refueling time
• Twin cabins allow faster turnaround of passengers and luggage
• Airplane can reverse itself from remote stands, saving time to call a tug
• Good cockpit visibility ensures taxiing is not an issue
• Twin engines increases safety when flying over water
• With excess fuel and ample power, the SH "Hustler" can pull double duty as a small regional jet

[eagle92lightning]

Not on my laptop currently so I can't get pictures but I built a really cool single turboprop powered airframe yesterday, based it off of the TBM-900.

[kingstevenrules]

eh.. bump? seems like this post got lost in time..

[FahmiRBLX]

4 hours ago, kingstevenrules said:

eh.. bump? seems like this post got lost in time..

And that's what I'm worried about.

Anyway, my test review in the discussion thread I've started is almost done. Check it out. 

[Thorn_Ike]

Hi,

What's the passenger count on the newly introduced Size 1.5 cabins for Airplane Plus?

[dire]

Supersonic Hopper Victor Terra Lumen. https://kerbalx.com/direstorm/Victor-Terra-Lumen

Built by the Victor Terra Phlogistonic Laboratory.

Ignition sequence. Set brakes. Set lights. Vertical Ascent engine bays should be open and vertical ascent engines should be Wet. Activate all engines and spool until brakes fail, then release brakes. NOTE: Vertical Ascent engines and bays should be toggled with landing gear. Do not toggle landing gear until plane can maintain level flight.

Liftoff at 60 m/s. Raise gear at 90 m/s. Vertical Ascent engines should toggle OFF and bays should close.

Continue climbing until cruising altitude of 21500 meters and speed of 1495 m/s (Recommended Cruising Altitude).

Landing: Descent to 10km and 1000 m/s. Toggle brakes to decelerate to subsonic speeds near landing site. Toggle landing gear. Vertical Ascent bays should open and vertical ascent engines should toggle ON. Toggle lights OFF. Vertical ascent engine mode should now be DRY. Using high-maneuverability mode, pilot to landing site at low speeds and deploy parachutes.

Craft will finish descent vertically. Maintain forward speed.

Price: 231,951,000 per unit.

Do you need a craft that can lift a company of soldiers from a parking lot in Los Kerbos and set them down on a football pitch in Bangkerb? Do your executives want to fly from New Kerbork to a meeting in Laika and be back in time for supper? Look no further! The Lumen can take off from practically anywhere, land practically anywhere, and has controls so simple a palsied monkey* can get your passengers home safe.  T-Z-Go has never been so much fun!

*For typical palsied monkies. VTΦL is not responsible for any passenger deaths resulting from pilot by atypical palsied monkies.

Edited August 23, 2019 by dire

[Jeb-head-mug kerman]

I Present the Endre Er STS 1A 'Osprey', designed for Imperial Business aircraft co/IBA

http://

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Who says you can't do a loop?

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Category: Supersonic Jet

class: Osprey SST

Max Cruising speed: Around 805 m/s (MACH 2.3) at around 15km with afterburners, can do around 300+m/s on normal mode

Range: around 3400km+ Far longer without afterburners

Price: $59850000

Passengers:32(40 when counting crew cabin)

Takes off at around 70m/s

Action Groups: 1: Toggle mode on Panthers, 2: Toggle Airbrakes

Mods: SXT, Airplane Plus

Download:https://kerbalx.com/JebHeadMugKerman/Endre-Er-STS-1B-Osprey

Marketing/Sales:

Very fast business jet, with cruise speed over mach 2.3, mach 3 in a dive, allowing you to get from city to city quickly

Very low price for a very high quality aircraft

Incredible manouverability, to easily get out of trouble

Good low speed handling, makes takeoffs easy

Luxurious interior, with 32 passengers

enough range to travel half the world

slows down very easily

The Osprey is a small business jet for luxury kerbals with lots of money needing to get from one place to another quickly. It has a drouge chute and airbrakes for landing at short strips. It is also exceptionally manouverable, and quite fast, with a cruise speed of around 800 m/s(mach2.3) another bonus to this plane is it's low speed handing, which is quite good..A faster and slightly larger version is being designed right now. 

 

 

Edited September 9, 2019 by Jeb-head-mug kerman

[AHHans]

Hmmm...

Are robotic parts from the Breaking Ground DLC allowed?

[Jeb-head-mug kerman]

Wait, so do the crew cabins have different amounts of passengers than what it says in the game? If so, what is the crew count for the 1.5 size cabin?

[sturmhauke]

The OP hasn't posted at all since February, and the secondary judges (including myself) haven't posted any reviews in several months for various reasons. I wouldn't expect any reviews anytime soon, if at all.

[life_on_venus]

15 hours ago, sturmhauke said:

The OP hasn't posted at all since February, and the secondary judges (including myself) haven't posted any reviews in several months for various reasons. I wouldn't expect any reviews anytime soon, if at all.

That's sad to hear, but thank you for the time and effort you put into this challenge. I really enjoyed looking at everyone's submissions and making my own, even if I couldn't compete.

Perhaps the challenge can be revived for KSP2. Judged submissions would obviously be really cool, but some kind of scoring system could be made public so we can see how our designs stack up to those of others!

[FahmiRBLX]

3 hours ago, life_on_venus said:

Perhaps the challenge can be revived ...

And that's what I'm planning to do. So far, I'm in the processof applying to be one of them so I can finally grab the torch and overhaul everything needed.

3 hours ago, life_on_venus said:

... But some kind of scoring system could be made public ...

Including a public scoreboard, monthly submission intake, specific fleet demand (Reminiscent of American Airlines request for Convair 990), Best Manufacturer Award, etc.

Edited September 10, 2019 by FahmiRBLXian

[Potato flavored waffles]

On 9/8/2019 at 12:09 PM, AHHans said:

Hmmm...

Are robotic parts from the Breaking Ground DLC allowed?

No. On the first page there is a review of the rules and only a few mods are available and they have to be accessible by all and breaking ground costs extra.

I also haven't seen any reviews in a while. I think this page kind of fell apart through the summer.

[life_on_venus]

9 hours ago, FahmiRBLXian said:

 

I'm curious how everyone found the Jumbo Jet challenge, I struggled to achieve the 4000 km range required. Any tips for that?