B9 Heavy VTOL Cargo Aircraft

[Vorgra]

B9 Heavy VTOL Cargo Aircraft

This is a Vertical Take off and Landing Aircraft, VTOL for short, it uses no wings for lift what, and can fly almost perfectly, that being said, its a pain to land.

How to use:

To Keep under Control, While moving slowly and Landing or taking off, Use RCS.

When you are travelling at least 20m/s don't use RCS, its a waste, the rudders are sufficient.

I recommend you use SAS, else you will be fighting the whole flight.

The Aircraft now has a top speed of 79m/s and has a cruise distance of 900+ Kilometers, it has improved speed control (aka it has the top third of the throttle control that applies lift, anything below will cause the thing to basically drop out of the sky), it should be able to lift at least 5ton in the cargo bay, and can be pretty much left to fly 900km without user input, so it may be a nice addition to those building stations on kerbin. (and if you manage to get it to another planet with an atmosphere, it would be an incredible asset)

Upon first use, toggle VTOL, lower Legs and raise landing gear, activate VTOL Thruster, SAS and RCS, turn off SAS to control the craft, upon reaching 15m/s turn off rcs and activate the Turbojet engine, now fly it like a plane, or at least like a plane that is utilizing only thrust to fly (utilizing SAS to you don't have to keep it flying straight yourself)

And the link to the Downloads (SpacePort doesn't want to work)

http://www./view/vyy73i0wbbdmp3a/Heavy_VTOL_3.craft

After some testing, Don't full throttle at take off, use 2/3rd's throttle

I have also added some radial chutes that can be used with the key [4] as either a helper for high altitude drops or an aerobrake to stop horizontal velocity if you are having difficulty.

Edited June 7, 2013 by Vorgra
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[Anubis]

the link does not work

[Cinon]

Here is the correct link http://www./view/vyy73i0wbbdmp3a/Heavy_VTOL_3.craft