C7 SpacePlane Exchange

[Gojira]

I just noticed how bill is trying to hide, judging by his position far lower than the other two. It made me smile.

lol, it does look like that

[Polecat Industries]

Even Bob is smiling at the mayhem?

Jeb has been giving him classes.

[Guest Flixxbeatz]

FLX Industries presents: Ectopius MK.1

(my very first C7 aircraft )

Simple design. Oh well, just a starter in this pack

Role(s):

-Orbiter (planned, intended)

-Ordnance carrier (current)

[xeranes]

Well, because I made it with C7 parts I guess I can post my turbine-thingy here, although I would hesitate to call it a plane...

Post is here: http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=4918.0

[venku122]

There are several cool spaceplane designs in my screenshot montage from the Screenshot thread in General Discussions

[cardgame]

This ship is pretty nice for, well, flying and gliding. It can also land on about any flat surface at speeds less than 40 m/s. Handling is pretty good imo.

RCS thrusters are included for improved maneuverability, particularly while landing the craft. EDIT: Added VTOL capabilities. Be very careful with the thrusters now - they\'re heavy. Just double tap them while flying, hold for a short time to achieve a VTOL.

Buzzing the KSC:

Also: perfect glide landing at a mere 25 m/s. Back wheels first, like a Kerbal boss. (But really, it works much better landing on the back wheels)

[NovaSilisko]

Bit of a bump, but...

Here\'s the Poofles Mk1 HTVL suborbital spaceplane:

[Cravitus]

The variant of spaceplane that got me into an unescapable orbit around the sun, farther out than Kirbin....

The prototype of the LongHawk (A jet I\'ll post later)....

The X3 EU (Exploration Unit) ProtoHawk. (No download cause of technical difficulty)

The thing actually surprised me when it got me out past the Mun, let alone farther out than Kirbin to the sun.

[RedDwarfIV]

Here is the Pride of Kerbonia, and two stage to orbit, landable (Jeb looked sad when we told him) space plane.

A few things of note here:

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  [li]For some reason, it seems to want to start tumbling wildly when it begins re-entry. With a firm but deft hand on the stick, you can recover from this.[/li]
  [li]When landing, pop the nose parachute at about a thousand meters. It will want to flip over, but you have enough command authority to maintain your heading and touchdown at about 15m/s.[/li]
  [li]I used parts from C-7\'s pack, Sunday Punch\'s pack, and NovaSilisko\'s pack.[/li]
  

They all do that on reentry. Its incredibly annoying with much larger craft.

[Willbl3pic]

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Also: perfect glide landing at a mere 25 m/s. Back wheels first, like a Kerbal boss. (But really, it works much better landing on the back wheels.

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Don\'t you mean [glow=red,2,300]front[/glow]?

[cardgame]

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Don\'t you mean [glow=red,2,300]front[/glow]?

Go ahead, download the .craft and try to land with the front wheel touching down first... I dare you.

edit: Uploaded my Delta II craft.

It\'s based on the Delta I, which is the VTOL Experiments .craft without the RCS.

Much, much more stable, both in flight and in landing.

If you haven\'t seen it around the forums yet, here\'s a screenie or two:

Protip: the Delta II in its current configuration is not intended for horizontal landings. You can put wheels on it if you\'d like, I\'ve gotten it to land pretty decently using wheels, but personally I prefer VTOL and skids seem to work better for me.

[Cravitus]

I now present my CRV-X16 (CravTek Recon Vehicle Experiment 16)

This craft features, an, admittedly, slightly modified engine.

This variant, in particular, while missing the shocks, landing gear, or boosters, is armed with both Railguns and Missiles for deep offensive strikes. Jeb, however, complains that the railguns are too heavy, slowing him down.

(And yes, the watermark was inspired by Syrsa\'s signature- I just had to.)

[Tim_Barrett]

I now present my CRV-X16 (CravTek Recon Vehicle Experiment 16)

This craft features, an, admittedly, slightly modified engine.

This variant, in particular, while missing the shocks, landing gear, or boosters, is armed with both Railguns and Missiles for deep offensive strikes. Jeb, however, complains that the railguns are too heavy, slowing him down.

(And yes, the watermark was inspired by Syrsa\'s signature- I just had to.)

Why are the least extravegant aircraft made by the most talented (or above average) artist?

I\'d consider that background expert quality.

But now you need a plane to live up to that name aswell.

[GuitarKerbal51]

Made a jet fighter like deisign and called it Gr3as3d L1ghtn1ng.

Which I also rigged with 2 missles (The missles work perfectly, you just have to be carefull when firing them)

[Cravitus]

Why are the least extravegant aircraft made by the most talented (or above average) artist?

I\'d consider that background expert quality.

But now you need a plane to live up to that name aswell.

Eh. I spent like 5 minutes on the background. And I feel new still, joining the KSP community very recently, as well me being new to the whole building thing.

[jgjiscool]

Eh. I spent like 5 minutes on the background. And I feel new still, joining the KSP community very recently, as well me being new to the whole building thing.

Welcome to the Explosion-eers club! Most of the spaceplanes I build end up that way. Exploded I mean. My first spaceplane was built with *cough* stock parts and it was literally a flying pile of dark brown... anyway, this looks like a fine effort, even managing to add some of the finer details such as the weapons. Hopefully shortly after this screenshot was taken, it didn\'t suddenly go haywire and Crash \'N\' Burn!

[Cravitus]

Welcome to the Explosion-eers club! Most of the spaceplanes I build end up that way. Exploded I mean. My first spaceplane was built with *cough* stock parts and it was literally a flying pile of dark brown... anyway, this looks like a fine effort, even managing to add some of the finer details such as the weapons. Hopefully shortly after this screenshot was taken, it didn\'t suddenly go haywire and Crash \'N\' Burn!

It didn\'t. It got into orbit.... And got stuck in space because the engine is so powerful.

[C7Studios]

Man, I really like the schematic images you did. What technique did you use to do that?

[Guest Flixxbeatz]

[sting_auer]

Cruiser model 1:

Just a simple craft I made. It can fly as little as 1 notch on the throttle (one of the tiny notches, not the big ones).

Best used with a joystick, but it is possible to fly without it.

[Golakka]

So! I have some interesting designs i made work

Arkbird RCS (Trainer)

A easy Less Difficult version of the Arkbird for getting use to the flying style. Very stable and easy to land. Wont win any speed records. Can launch into orbit and recover with fuel to do loops.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2M36OXYM

Arkbird Mk2 (Standard Use)

Jeb would be proud, double Triple the power, double Triple the difficulty of the RCS, can carry much heavier loads piggyback. Much harder to land.

(Bill and bob aint to happy here)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TVHE0U15

Arkbird Super Transporter (WiP)

OH GOD WHAT!? So its a stretched arkbird with a H Tail to accomidate truly titanic size packages. Rather nice flight characteristics loaded, Huge ammounts of lift and High power, Exceptional Yaw stability.

NIGHTMARE TO LAND (Uses a Mk2 hull dual engine part, Get it http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=4435.0

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V6LRKDEV

[Iskierka]

The first in what should hopefully be numerous 'officially' classed aircraft, the MA-01:

And, to my knowledge (and that of the few who were on IRC at the time of asking), the first effective taildragger. The gear configuration gives it quite nice landing, and very nice takeoff characteristics, though it is quite touchy coming down. (With two-plate gear, the wings will not forgive any bank. With actual gear instead, the rear mounting tanks explode quite dramatically.) I\'ll probably download the water skids to test their effectiveness.

While it means sacrificing the lower wings, and possibly an elevator or two, that much gear supporting it results in quite nice water characteristics. Sits neatly with pod clear out of the water, and -would- be able to takeoff again ...

[Cravitus]

The CTI presents it\'s first shuttle, also launched from a B.A.S.E. unit, light enough to land in ANYWHERE without any damage, the S-01 Igor. It\'s RCS clusters are so powerful, it can fly using JUST the RCS units, and act as a makeshift boat in emergencies!

To land: Use RCS (Applies anywhere).

WARNING: THE CTI IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR CRASHES CAUSED BY LACK OF RCS FUEL, PILOT SKILL/CREW, WINGS, OR RCS.

Not yet for download due to all my .craft files being invisible (Someone help?).

[White Owl]

Nice job on the biplane taildragger! 8)

[Guest GroundHOG-2010]

Nice job on the biplane taildragger! 8)

Good luck on your spaceplane.