More Pod Racers

[Darren9]

Upon request, inspired by Plur303's challenge Here and his craft Here, here are a couple more of them with a wider design.

Hack Pod Racer - Based on a true sci-fi engine has unlimited fuel and way too much thrust, you could race this all the way to Jool if it functioned at all well outside an atmosphere, but it doesn't, so you can't

You'll need the following mods:

Firespitter-propeller-plane-parts

Sceppies-0-5m-minipack

Kas-kerbal-attachment-system

Taverios-pizza-and-aerospace

Hakari-s-Hyperdimension-Space-Junks Sci-Fi Engine

KSPX-kerbal-stock-part-expansion

Quantum-strut

Rollkage mk1-2

Infinitedice-strongstruts

I think that's all of them except a TD-M3 low force decoupler that's found in the Nova-Punch pack, it's a massive pack, I've put that single part in the .zip, it's an old part - put it in the old parts folder.

Flight Instructions

Have a Kerbal pilot stood by the runway before you launch

Activate the three airbrakes below the pod

Lower the Kas winches (Action Group 1) and connect them to the pod (undocked) with the pilot, put the pilot in the seat

Manually disconnect the bottom decoupler

Switch back to the upper ship and change one KAS winch to docked then disconnect the two upper decouplers manually

Switch to the other part and change the other KAS winch to docked (makes one complete craft with two KAS in docked mode)

Drag the launch stabilizer struts to the bottom stage, activate both engines manually and set 1/3 throttle, hit space and go! (Action groups 1 & 2 adjust the winch length)

Large Pod Racer

290 parts and maybe looks better than it handles but it's still possible to scare the trees. Also it eventually runs out of fuel and can't land to get any more - expect your pilot to die

Uses all the mods for the Hack Pod Racer except the engine and also:

B9-aerospace-pack-release-2

Half-meter-parts-and-other-useless-crap

And the decoupler from Nova-Punch and a small metal plate that's included in the .zip, old parts again - put them in the parts folder.

It launches the same way as the first one, set 2/3 throttle and push hard forwards to get it level. (be sure to set the airbrakes that are partially hidden in the bottom of the pod)

Here is the .zip with the two craft and two parts

* Both may explode on the runway if re-loaded from a save, it never happens when launched from the SPH *

[freakazoid13]

Woah...THAT'S AWSOME

[John FX]

At last, now we have some instructions on how to construct these crazy craft!

[Bigred2989]

[Justin Kerbice]

Amazing ! Congratulations for this good job !