A plane for a new world

[not giving a name]

Throughout the forums, everyone shows the big, bulky, expensive and sophisticated craft with incredible range, efficiency, speed or size. but  kerbin needs a domestic cargo service too, something mass-producible, able to reach remote landing sites and transport the cargo distributed across kerbin. YOUR GOAL: A Reliable, Unique, Long Range and Durable Craft to carry mid size cargo (multiple 2.5 service bays worth) Anywhere On Kerbin (or Laythe ).  dlc and part mods not allowed (for fairness). kraken drives are ok.

my attempt - bluebird 2 seaplane [min speed - 40m/s, cruising speed200m/s, sea or land landings] bluebird 2 file

Edited April 3, 2022 by not giving a name
linking demo craft

[Nazalassa]

On 4/3/2022 at 9:05 PM, not giving a name said:

kraken drives are ok.

Now the challenge is trivial.

[not giving a name]

uh oh ...

[Fletch4]

so, if i use the kal 100 to make a fuel glitch, but then remove the controller while keeping the values the same, is that legal?

 

[not giving a name]

you guys are making me reconsider the kraken rule, but sure - keep in mind cost though, and I'm sure that remote airfields will have a hard time understanding black magic 

[Nazalassa]

On 4/24/2022 at 9:37 PM, not giving a name said:

uh oh ...

Please, just don't tell me you did not allow Kraken Drives anymore...

I got ideas and my computer, graphic card issues.

[not giving a name]

no, they are allowed, but if my graphics card burns down my house from docking ports, I'm blaming you

[CFYL]

As a brief mission report: I may have misunderstood the challenge, cuz I built something Mk-III size. Actually I already have 6 cruise jets which basically meets the requirement of "long range" and "durable". But for "unique" I built a Cruise Jet 7. It can take off at 120m/s ground speed with full fuel, or 80m/s with 10% fuel. Landing, however, is only possible with most of the fuel depleted, somehow like real airplanes which need(?) to release fuel for emergency landing after takeoff. One attempt to land the plane with full fuel resulted in catastrophic failure. Pics below.

Spoiler

 

I may try to use the 2.5m cargo bays as the fuselage later

[Second Hand Rocket Science]

I'm loading up KSP now. This is such a cool idea!

[Nazalassa]

Finally got some time for this challenge!

I know mods aren't allowed, but can I use kOS to map thrust to docking port acquire force for my Kraken drive?

[dnbattley]

10 hours ago, Nazalassa said:

Finally got some time for this challenge!

I know mods aren't allowed, but can I use kOS to map thrust to docking port acquire force for my Kraken drive?

It's not necessary to use such ways to modify the force as you can create continuous, variable force by an antagonistic arrangement of two docking port drives, each using an airlock, with an offset to their extension creating an imbalance of force (which is mapped to the throttle).

I have a craft in KerbalX which demonstrates this:

https://kerbalx.com/dnbattley/Space-Arrow-CVK-Jet-Mk-1

[Nazalassa]

I'll see what I can do.

 

 

Plus, the kOS script gives unbalanced propulsion for a few physics ticks, which is not good.