Eve and jets

[kerbal fella]

So I'm gonna send a plane to Eve ahead of my lander and I need to know, do jets work on eve?

 

[FTLparachute]

No, but if you have Breaking Ground you can use the propellors.

[Duke MelTdoWn]

I prototyped such an Eve SSRT with propellers. It still needs to get a lot bigger to work for Eve and I have not tested it there yet.

Some considerations I had along the way:

- Put the propellers inside service bays. Close them when you switch to rocket motor to reduce drag.
- Use counterrotating propellers to cancel torque.
- Use fuel cells (inside forward service bay) to energize the propellers. This causes less drag than using e.g. OXSTAT solar panels.
- Use some super efficient engines like Vector or Dart.

Some open questions I have:
- How fast can you fly on Eve before aerodynamic forces tear up deployable solar panels?
- How high can you fly on propellers in Eves atmosphere?

Edited Wednesday at 10:34 AM by Duke MelTdoWn

[kerbal fella]

10 hours ago, Duke MelTdoWn said:

I prototyped such an Eve SSRT with propellers. It still needs to get a lot bigger to work for Eve and I have not tested it there yet.

Some considerations I had along the way:

- Put the propellers inside service bays. Close them when you switch to rocket motor to reduce drag.
- Use counterrotating propellers to cancel torque.
- Use fuel cells (inside forward service bay) to energize the propellers. This causes less drag than using e.g. OXSTAT solar panels.
- Use some super efficient engines like Vector or Dart.

Some open questions I have:
- How fast can you fly on Eve before aerodynamic forces tear up deployable solar panels?
- How high can you fly on propellers in Eves atmosphere?

Its gonna be a unmanned scout drone to find a landing spot

 

[Vanamonde]

Air breathing engines do not work, but as people have said, wings and propellers work even better and are a viable alternative. 

[umbra humanus]

You should make a helicopter with propellers  for Eve. Not that it is practical, but it is a cool idea.