Akagi Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Early one morning, the geeks at the SPH (me) decided to build the strangest plane they (me again) could think up. The builders (once more, me) thought up the most excellently stupid aircraft EVER. Engines in the front No vertical stabilizer Almost no control Two dry-mode Panthers After that, the plane-pushers (no one) put, and by put I mean teleported, the plane onto the runway. We took off, banking-turned over the launchpad, went fairly fast with the plane level, and then pulled up, placing the nose at 20 degrees with SAS on. This is crucial to the flight. I jumped out, piloting brave test pilot Criseny Kerman towards the ground, and switched back to the uncontrollable plane. This is where things started to get weird. Criseny had parachuted maybe 2.5 kilometers down. Strangely, the plane was still flying off into the distance. The plane kept going and kept going a n d k e p t g o i n g a n d k e p t g o i n g And it flewandflew And began to climb And sunk back down And climbed And sunk And on Skip 3, I took some screenshots. And we just kept going On Skip 5, we passed some mountains which I named the E Mountains And finally, on Skip Six, the engines didn't give us enough thrust because the plane was pointing too steeply up for the intake to collect enough air. The E impacted the water and was destroyed. It had reached a highest point of 14,609 meters and had traveled roughly 1.6 million kilometers of ground distance. Rest in peace, E. Our "E"xperiments will continue shortly with the launch of the second E, named the El-ahrairah. The Story of Project "E"-for-Excellence will continue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleventeen Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 I didn't really grasp the absurdity of this design at first. I am interested to see how this goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akagi Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 Up again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Fluffy Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 E Sorry, I had to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akagi Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, Admiral Fluffy said: E Sorry, I had to. Listen to Rush E for 25 minutes and I'll make you an E badge it's OK We're on Skip 3 now, the descent phase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akagi Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 Skip 6! Flight stats so far: I've been using some rather unorthodox techniques to fly this, including dropping out of warp to lower the nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akagi Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 Sorry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davi SDF Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 What can i say except "KSP "aerodynamics" are really weird and an enigma in itself"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleventeen Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) RIP. I swear this is possible. I set out this morning to create a passively stable craft that could circumnavigate, but immediately got distracted, and ended up working on something completely unrelated. Edited April 17, 2022 by fleventeen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant203 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 11 hours ago, Akagi said: El-ahrairah. I seem to remember that name from a worship song. Sure you wanna name that thing after God? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleventeen Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 E is for F, clearly. Let's all take a moment of silence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akagi Posted April 17, 2022 Author Share Posted April 17, 2022 9 hours ago, Vagrant203 said: I seem to remember that name from a worship song. Sure you wanna name that thing after God? Nope, it's the Prince with a Thousand Enemies from Watership Down 13 hours ago, Davi SDF said: What can i say except "KSP "aerodynamics" are really weird and an enigma in itself"! Passive stability and upward trim! 1 hour ago, fleventeen said: E is for F, clearly. Let's all take a moment of silence. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleventeen Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 8 hours ago, Akagi said: ? Yeah I have no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akagi Posted May 6, 2022 Author Share Posted May 6, 2022 Hey guys! I'm back! Here's some shots of me tesing air-launched Es. But sadly, the pic I snapped of the deployment was accidentally overwritten. It kinda tumbled off, so powered deployments are a must. (Note: the A-1 mothership plane landed hard and exploded, killing all crew) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleventeen Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Akagi said: It kinda tumbled off, so powered deployments are a must. You could try angling the deployed craft slightly upwards, giving it a lift vector which passively pulls it away from the mothership. If you notice in my Stratolaunch craft, the payload pylon is angled slightly downward for this reason. I am not 100% sure this will solve your issue though. Your E craft seems to defy conventional physics. Edit: They did a similar thing for Space Shuttle testing. Also RIP A-1 crew... Sometimes progress means sacrifice. Edit 2: Just throwing this out there, you could try using the Strato-1 to launch this. I'd like to get feedback on the usability of it. Shameless plug: https://kerbalx.com/fleventeen/Strato-1 Edited May 7, 2022 by fleventeen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akagi Posted May 7, 2022 Author Share Posted May 7, 2022 STATUS OF A-1: Left and right wings: destroyed Crew cabin and nosecone assembly: destroyed Main fuselage: fragmented Upper wing ridges: destroyed except for the command pods, which were inline mk1 cockpits I'm going to redo the A for the A-2 Amaterasu. I swear if I crash this, I'm just gonna stop making As Edit: @fleventeen can I release the Strato-1 with an E attached to KerbalX? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akagi Posted May 7, 2022 Author Share Posted May 7, 2022 Shots from Strato-1 testing (I had to strut the E on): STATUS OF VEHICLES: Strato-1: landed intact E: broke its intake off Takeoff View from the E's cockpit (all the test drops are crewed) This is how I'll launch all my Es from now on! Landed. Those thrust reversers were very useful. Splashed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHACK4142 Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 3:55 PM, Akagi said: Listen to Rush E for 25 minutes and I'll make you an E badge I've probably listened rush E for a total of more than 25 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant203 Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 I've the sudden urge to create Badger, Mushroom, and Snake probes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleventeen Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 15 hours ago, Akagi said: Edit: @fleventeen can I release the Strato-1 with an E attached to KerbalX? Go for it. I guess just credit/link the original, and make sure it's named something to clearly to indicate what it is (E launched via Strato-1). 14 hours ago, Akagi said: (I had to strut the E on): Interesting. I never really had to use struts in my testing (granted, there was some slight wobbling). Did you have a catastrophic issue without any struts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akagi Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 12 hours ago, Vagrant203 said: I've the sudden urge to create Badger, Mushroom, and Snake probes. ? 8 hours ago, fleventeen said: Go for it. I guess just credit/link the original, and make sure it's named something to clearly to indicate what it is (E launched via Strato-1). Interesting. I never really had to use struts in my testing (granted, there was some slight wobbling). Did you have a catastrophic issue without any struts? The nose kept falling and then ripping off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watermel00n Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 I want to make my own E, but how? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akagi Posted May 9, 2022 Author Share Posted May 9, 2022 5 hours ago, Watermel00n said: I want to make my own E, but how? Tutorial coming soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akagi Posted May 8, 2023 Author Share Posted May 8, 2023 On 5/9/2022 at 2:10 AM, Watermel00n said: I want to make my own E, but how? It took me a year but I found out how: You just need 3 things: -aerodynamic center of lift over center of mass -powerful engines -lotsa fuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipse 32 Posted November 30 Share Posted November 30 On 4/16/2022 at 5:55 PM, Akagi said: Listen to Rush E for 25 minutes and I'll make you an E badge challenge accepted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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