Silly glider I made today

[cubinator]

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A silly little reentry vessel for three Kerbals. I tested this exactly zero times before using it to return from Minmus. I did a Mun flyby to reduce speed, slowed down further with the lander stage's remaining fuel, and kept a shallow reentry profile with a periapsis around 45-50 km. This was sufficient to keep heating at acceptable levels throughout the flight. Unfortunately I lost too much speed before nearing the ground and was not able to try out the unicycle landing gear, but in any case it is perfectly safe to land in.

Here is the link on KerbalX: https://kerbalx.com/cubinator/Mini-Plane

Edited August 18, 2020 by cubinator

[adsii1970]

@cubinator: What's the little black artifact hanging off the back of the vessel?

[cubinator]

Just now, adsii1970 said:

@cubinator: What's the little black artifact hanging off the back of the vessel?

Radial decoupler that I attached the wrong way because I was lazy.

[cubinator]

https://kerbalx.com/cubinator/Mini-Plane

Here is the link to download the ship. It can fly to Minmus and back.

[Commodore_32]

You should do an entry with it at the Lunex challenge.

[SPACE-MAN]

A beautiful flyboi.