Finally trying my hand at flying a plan

[Kottabos]

So, I have been avoiding the spaceplane hanger since I started playing KSP as I am an awful pilot. But, unfortunately for me I do actually want to build some sort of a reusable space plane for future mission. And so I decided to try piloting, and building my own plane. The following video is the results of that decision:

Hope you all enjoyed the vidoe, and I would of course love any feedback/suggestion on flying or any plane design tips you may have. Thanks for watching

[Jod]

To actually land on the runway you will need a good symmetrical rudder that does not contribute to roll when changing heading. Also - you need to kill engines earlier, 100m/s is hardly a healthy speed for landing. I'm not a good pilot either so I just add a lot of wings so I can glide at 40 m/s just above ground almost indefinitely.

I use only the SPH for all my designs and it is HARD to balance all 4 force centers with only 1 plane of symmetry. So do expect twitchiness unless the craft is fine-tuned empirically. Getting a reusable spaceplane took me a week of hard work. Check out my tutorial on balancing, it might help:

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/33681-Jods-list-of-aerodynamics-issues

[Kottabos]

Thanks for the additional info Jod, and thanks for the tutorial link a lot of helpful stuff. I'll have to head back to the drawing board with all that new info, especially with the balancing, but hopefully it'll help me finally get into space with a plane. Thanks again my friend.