KSC is haunted. or The Ghost of Tony

[Tex_NL]

Watching some of Manley's 'Tony' videos after CalculusWarrior mentioned them (http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/31713-Every-space-station-in-0-20-should-have-this?p=392043&viewfull=1#post392043) I tried to build a Tony plane. The results where not exactly what I expected. One thing led to another until I came up with this unmanned and unpowered 'ghost'

After release from the launch clamp it rights itself and floats at about 80 meters at a few m/s all without any keyboard input. If handled gentle it can be steered and stay afloat for, well, a lot longer than I am willing to wait.

Ghost of Tony.craft

Edit: I've got a 'Ghost' flying around KSC for nearly an hour now and it's still floating.

Leaving it on a straight trajectory it very, very slowly descents but by turning it it gains a few meters again.

Edited May 26, 2013 by Tex_NL

[sytaline]

I am scared!

[sjwt]

infinite glide bug, how you haunt us all.

[firerider521]

Oh god.

TONY'S GETTING HIS REVENGE!

[Rage097]

Poltergeists are running KSP. How else would your rockets fly?

[0jam3290]

Somebody should tell Scott about this, I'm sure he'll be interested by it.

[illectro]

I sense a video..

and maybe another song.

[RC1062]

and maybe another song.

Uh oh... :S

How'd you fly it without power? Or was there a powered version?

[Tex_NL]

If you mean power in the sense of electricity, it has a single PB-NUK to keep it alive.

If you mean power in the sense of propulsion/thrust, that's where things get interesting. It doesn't have any! It stays in the air solely by the infini-glide bug already mentioned by sjwt.

[bulletrhli]

Damn Tony Probe... why do you always have to present yourself in my fun dreams and turn them into nightmares. RUNNNNNNNNNN!

[RC1062]

If you mean power in the sense of electricity, it has a single PB-NUK to keep it alive.

If you mean power in the sense of propulsion/thrust, that's where things get interesting. It doesn't have any! It stays in the air solely by the infini-glide bug already mentioned by sjwt.

Ah! That makes more sense.

[Burninate]

Attempted to re-create (too lazy to pick up the .craft), forgot about battery, ran out... and was astonished to see that *even with fixed control surfaces* and no torque, this will break the sound barrier dozens of times going up and down.