Air Speed Record Challenge

[AppleBlaze]

One day when I was playing and I had a question in my mind, what is the highest speed for a jet that players have ever achieved? So I decided to post this.

(@AquaAlmond Productions challenge is pretty old so i wanna start a new one )

This challenge is about air speed record.

Everyone make their own stock aircraft and try to reach the fastest speed as you can! You can put your submission  in the comment. Video or pics is ok

Here are some rules for the challenge.

1.No cheats at all.

2.No SRB (Solid Rocket Booster)!

3.It must be all stock (no mods)!

4.Mk1 parts is not allow.

5.No rocket engine except rapier engine.

6. It must be on Kerbin.

7.No more than 6 engines and 4 intakes.

8. You can use timewarp to gain speed.

9. It have to be in 1 stage( no decuplers, separators)!

10.It must take off from the runway(any).

11.You can't go above 10.000m.

12.It must have enough fuel to fly at least 25.000m.

13.Any version of the game.

14.It must be a plane, rocket with a bunch of jet engine is prohibited.

15.It must be full crew control(no drone)!

16.It can land on water, it don't need to land back on KCS(crashing is.... umm, ok too).

17.The aircraft should have a name.

 

Please fair play and follow the rules.

This is just a challenge so have fun  and enjoy it.

I will show my aircraft soon. It kinda fast

 

Edited September 2, 2023 by AppleBlaze
Wrong word sorry

[AppleBlaze]

https://imgur.com/a/ADt4AZ6 
 This is my aircraft, Imgur say it's 18+ but it not and i don't know why 

It reach Mach 4.24 before exploded cuz overheat

The new version is faster but i don't know the highest speed due to my pc crash

Edited September 3, 2023 by AppleBlaze
Adding new information

[Duke MelTdoWn]

Hi, good challenge, I will try to tackle this!

May I ask why no Mk1 parts? They might be more aerodynamic than Mk2 or Mk3.

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Highest Speed over Land: 1558 m/s

I used Engine Pre-Coolers to attach two Whiplash in addition to the two Rapiers, I hope that is OK?
Main problem is heating, next version will get a heat shield. If we are allowed to fly higher we could go faster (less drag and heating).
Thanks to the Pre-Coolers I was able to still accelerate a little after the Shock Cone Intake boiled off.

Spoiler

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Highest Speed over Land: 1750 m/s

Is rotating the heatshield 90° into the airstream so that it has less drag considered cheating? If it is in normal position my max speed is 1193 m/s.

I am in a slight dive here. And I crashed into the sea.

Spoiler

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Highest Speed over Land: 1936 m/s

Use a fairing in front for ultra low drag. Two Small Heatshields rotated 90° in front to protect it. Wings mounted at 0° instead of 5° so you don't have to push down to stay very flat. I crashed this one on landing.
Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3041717110

Spoiler

 

Edited September 26, 2023 by Duke MelTdoWn

[AppleBlaze]

On 9/26/2023 at 10:48 PM, Duke MelTdoWn said:

May I ask why no Mk1 parts? They might be more aerodynamic than Mk2 or Mk3.

Because it's more aerodynamic so it not allow. The goal of this challenges player to push thier creation to limits so they can make more type of plane  Have fun! And the plane looking good 

Edited September 30, 2023 by AppleBlaze

[AppleBlaze]

On 9/26/2023 at 10:48 PM, Duke MelTdoWn said:

Is rotating the heatshield 90° into the airstream so that it has less drag considered cheating?

Simply no