Mach 2 on Kerbin Ocean

[gilflo]

Hey guys

Have you ever reached Mach 2 on Kerbin Ocean?

This is my goal as I reached Mach 1.6 on 2 runs, staying alive and touched Mach 2 on the third run but killed my Kerbals..... You can see that on this HD vid

I am going to try harder....and you?

 

[gilflo]

Mach 2 on water has been reached today by Jebediah and Bill Kerman and they are still alive to show you this vid. Are they the only Kerbals to break the speed of sound  and reach twice this speed  on the water?

Look at the HUD where SITUATION must stay "SPLASHED" to assess this record.

Vertical speed and heading are stabilized by Mechjeb with personal PID setting as you cannot play with flight controls at such a speed on water if you do not want to die!

 

[Aeroboi]

19 hours ago, gilflo said:

Mach 2 on water has been reached today by Jebediah and Bill Kerman and they are still alive to show you this vid. Are they the only Kerbals to break the speed of sound  and reach twice this speed  on the water?

Look at the HUD where SITUATION must stay "SPLASHED" to assess this record.

Vertical speed and heading are stabilized by Mechjeb with personal PID setting as you cannot play with flight controls at such a speed on water if you do not want to die!

 

Seen the Elcano challenge?

Maybe you want to use that vessel and submit. IIRC you could use refueling vessels along your route to refuel. I'm not sure if many people are going to optimize a craft that can do better, especially as your using mods.

Maybe there's still room for improvement now that I see what limit there is

[gilflo]

yes, I have seen it and did it a long time ago.

Some people told me it was floating plane because of the wings, so I rebuilt it with no wing but still to ailerons at the back and reached again Mach 2, but with half fuel..

It could be a very good challenger for an Earth maritime tour on RSS!