Guest ThatCrazyPilot Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 I got an x-37b model for Christmas. Can\'t wait for this nowWhat scale? 1:1 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venku122 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 What scale? 1:1 ?1:72 Still the biggest model I got. The other two were 1:400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThatCrazyPilot Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Look at that reinforced carb... plastic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venku122 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Look at that reinforced carb... plastic?Die cast steel. The x-37b is fricken heavy. its just barely balanced by the weighted base Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GroundHOG-2010 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 This IS an X-37, though...Sorry wrong spaceplane. (I thought the X-20 Dyna-Soar was the X-37) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cepheus Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Nova\'s far overestimating the amount of patience that we have. ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThatCrazyPilot Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 First post updated, 0.1 released! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThatCrazyPilot Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThatCrazyPilot Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 First post updated, 0.1 released!Wait, where is the landing gear?! I can\'t land without my nosecone getting blown-up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 Wait, where is the landing gear?! I can\'t land without my nosecone getting blown-up...No landing gear yet. I\'m waiting for animation. You don\'t need the nosecone once you land, anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelcommando1807 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Hit a mountain, blew up all but the body and wings of the shuttle, continued going for a little bit in a different direction and ended up landing on another part of the mountain range.This thing scared the heck out of Jebediah. I approve. Shame it didn\'t scare him for longer, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThatCrazyPilot Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 This thing is so light, it just won\'t stop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelcommando1807 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Hah, managed to destroy it!Took a bit of a powered nosedive at about 120 m/s, but I did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venku122 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 I strapped it to a 5 segment srb, sent it to 300km and then tried to land in the ocean. Very impressed how it recovered from a nose dive at a couple thousand meters. No RCS required. I gently bled speed and altitude and landed in the ocean losing only the engine block and nosecone. very successful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 I strapped it to a 5 segment srb, sent it to 300km and then tried to land in the ocean. Very impressed how it recovered from a nose dive at a couple thousand meters. No RCS required. I gently bled speed and altitude and landed in the ocean losing only the engine block and nosecone. very successful!It\'s nigh-indestructible if you fire it into the water straight down. I hit the seafloor, once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venku122 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 ill try that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieD76 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Right..where to start. Nova...personally i think the way in which this craft handles should be the basis of every shuttle/glide entry type craft for when horizontal VAB is released as its perfect! Maybe it could do with a little more mass all over but other than that it handles brill. So far i\'ve managed to get into orbit and adjust orbit hights, detatch and 'dock' with my jetesoned stage (which without RCS i think is an achevement) I\'ve managed to land perfectly just by pulling up in the last 1000mtr to drop the velocity below 50mps and verticle hight to about 5mps. I\'ll admit i overshot the runway first time round but on only my second go i was way off to the right but managed to glide round 90degree\'s and land across the space center, even though i was a really far distance away. Honestly i hated the 'plane' mods on here and tried C7 once then deleted it, but this mod has changed my mind and will be giving C7 another go once i\'ve put this down. Only problem i have with it is the fragile nose cone, but i can live with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 I\'m almost afraid to try making it heavier, so I don\'t break the flight mechanics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venku122 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I\'m almost afraid to try making it heavier, so I don\'t break the flight mechanics. how about you make the fuel heavy so you have to empty it before landing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThatCrazyPilot Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I\'m almost afraid to try making it heavier, so I don\'t break the flight mechanics.Why not to make a backup file??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 how about you make the fuel heavy so you have to empty it before landingHmm...I\'ve been flight testing it with a mostly full tank of fuel (in suborbital testing), but I think you might be onto something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardBoardBoxProcessor Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 you know if you pklay with drags and make the stuff on top have .001 or so more drag it will automatically tilt the way you want in reentry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GroundHOG-2010 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Thanks again Nova. :-* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarkun Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 1:72 Still the biggest model I got. The other two were 1:400That\'s a JAXA H2A 202 rocket there in the bg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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