The Airplane Challenge

[JupiterII]

This is the last in the list. Because of me it\'s now the first.

[comradephil]

I went halfway around the world and foamy circumnavigated kerbin.

[Damonjay]

It doesn\'t seem spaceplanes need to have especially extravagant wings judging by the look of the Skylon.

the skylon has small wings because its Supersonic. the smaller the wings the faster it can go. a problem is that we cant land if your going any faster then 20 m/s and i have a bad feeling that the skylon\'s speed to generate lift just to remain in the air would be above 50 m/s

[Sordid]

the skylon has small wings because its Supersonic. the smaller the wings the faster it can go. a problem is that we cant land if your going any faster then 20 m/s and i have a bad feeling that the skylon\'s speed to generate lift just to remain in the air would be above 50 m/s

Are you quite sure about those numbers? 20 m/s is a mere 72 km/h. Even piston-engined World War 2 fighters had landing speeds double or triple that.

[Damonjay]

im going off my landing experience

every time i try and land anything above 35ms the thing falls apart.

[Plymouth]

So i hope the C7 parts are legal. Well, this plane is actually supersonic, and even capable of getting into space, but the best height to fly is under 25 km. If above- it becomes pretty hard to control, if below 15 km- it can\'t reach it\'s max speed.

here\'re some pics:

and here\'re some pics of cargo version of this plane:

Tell me if i can accept the challenge.

and BTW this plane is called 'project 679'