Pushtank Biplane - Flying to Duna in style!

[geb]

Are you tired of the same old belly-mounted drop tanks on your spaceplanes? Don't feel like trying to cram even more mass onto the wings? Have no fear! The push-tank design is what you need!

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The pushtank biplane is perfect for anybody who has wanted to glide through the skies of alien worlds without having to balance a wobbly spaceplane on top of an unstable booster.

... just be careful not to gimbal the booster engines too much while in low atmosphere. They can burn the wings right off!

Edited October 13, 2012 by geb

[goldenpeach]

... just be careful not to gimbal the booster engines too much while in low atmosphere. They can burn the wings right off!

this is why the belly-mounted tanks are the most used.

[geb]

this is why the belly-mounted tanks are the most used.

It's not as dangerous as you might imagine. Running on ASAS control is fine; the wings don't take any damage. For some reason, once you get above 10km, you can gimbal as much as you like and make a gravity turn as normal. It's only manual control in the first 10km that make bits fall off.

[The Destroyer]

This is awsome.

[Commander Zoom]

I love it.

[Cydonia]

Can't wait to fly this.

[wooaa]

this might be a dumb question, but how do you use the ship after you have downloaded it?

[geb]

this might be a dumb question, but how do you use the ship after you have downloaded it?

if you look around in your KSP saves folder, you should have two folders called "VAB" and "SPH", for the vehicle assembly building and spaceplane hangar. This one goes in SPH. Once the craft file is in there, you can load it just the same as any other saved plane.

[wooaa]

i dragged it in there, but i still cant se it. also, when the file was download, it was downloaded as a text file. is that meant to happen?

[geb]

i dragged it in there, but i still cant se it. also, when the file was download, it was downloaded as a text file. is that meant to happen?

Did it get renamed with .txt on the end somehow?

[Steamtex]

You are a genius, OP. Why didn't I think of this design?!

[tomjonsilver]

it downloads as a txt file for me bummer

[Ted]

it downloads as a txt file for me bummer

Don't worry, the .craft files are editable with Notepad, so they might show up as a text file. Just place it in your ships folder and it should work.

[sal_vager]

Also, if it is an actual .txt, just change the file extension to .craft

[tomjonsilver]

I'm on a mac so having trouble with that

[RailgunSpoon]

This is a badass looking contraption.

[bradley101]

Awesome craft

[that1guy]

looks sweet, one question though, can it return to Kerbin?

[Scoundrel]

Sweet little design. Is it just me or does this sort of look like a pod racer from star wars?

[bashabashabasha]

When I try to download the attachment it says you do not have permission to download it.

Any Help?

[iFreak]

Download doesn´t works. Only downloaded a "clear.gif".