The Right Stuff

[Wayfare]

"There was a demon that lived in the air. They said whoever challenged him would die. Their controls would freeze up, their planes would buffet wildly, and they would disintegrate. The demon lived at Mach 1 on the meter, seven hundred and fifty miles an hour, where the air could no longer move out of the way. He lived behind a barrier through which they said no man could ever pass. They called it the sound barrier."

Over the course of nine test aircraft designs, I learned two things:

1. I suck at airplanes.

2. I don't need no demon to make my controls freeze up and my plane disintegrate.

But at the nice round number of 10, I finally beat that demon through some truly Kerbal design:

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The X-10 Supersonic Aircraft (Test) included such unique amenities as a U-B-Savd detachable cockpit and landing take-off gear.

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Ening Kerman, the twelfth fourteenth latest in a long line of test pilots to try their luck at the stick of an X-series.

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Ening's words at take-off: "Yeeeeaaaaargh!"

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By a fair margin!

The demon was defeated, the pilot survived, and I'm done with airplanes for now. Mission success!

[Festivefire]

On the subject of the sspeed of sound, it would be cool if we had a Mach indcator in the cockpit. I have never broken Mach from the runway before without loss of control or disintegration. I need to try now.

[Wayfare]

I'd be happy to provide the craft file, but I think anyone should be able to figure out how to replicate the X-10 without too much hassle