Rotational Resistance Lander (RRL)

[ledogen]

I have not yet seen a craft like this, so I'm assuming that it doesn't exist. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Also, this is my first ever post.

This is a minimalistic vessel that should be able to land on any planet with an atmosphere. Pressing E will use wind resistance to increase the craft's rotational momentum, and will also make the craft fall faster. Pressing Q will slow the craft by using up the stored kinetic energy. Essentially E makes you fall faster, and when you near the ground, Q will slow you down.

15 Gs!

It weighs so little, that with 4 seperatrons, you can de-orbit it from about 120,000 M. Once re-entry is complete, if holding E, the craft will hit terminal velocity at about 500 m/s. When you slow down from that speed, the craft will pull 15 Gs until it is around a nice 10 m/s (on Kerbin) and then will hit the ground with no problems.

My plan with this one was that it'd be the most lightweight way to get someone from space to the ground. Obviously it only really works on Kerbin, Duna and a few others, but why would you want to conquer a planet with no air anyways? Also, it should be noted that it is a son of a Jeb to get up out of an atmosphere.

If anybody really wants this thing, i could put up a link, but its pretty easy to design yourself

[SofusRud]

I believe Danny2462 did something like this

cool design though

[ledogen]

Ahh, so someone beat me to it. Oh well, it makes a good escape pod i guess. Fewer parts, more simple. However his design does look hella good.

[spaceman1999]

Get rid of the capsule and make it MOOSE! (Man out of space easily)

[m1xte]

This is called autorotation and it can be used to emergency land a helicopter IRL.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorotation_(helicopter)

[Redshift OTF]

That is a very cool design. It would be nice if you could use it to escape planets with an atmosphere, like Eve for example.

[koshelenkovv]

It's seems like notorious control surfaces bug.

Try do this without controlled winglets, only using tail fins.

[SunJumper]

I think parachutes are still lighter...

[ledogen]

If you check out that link posted by m1xte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorotation_(helicopter)) You'll see that it is necessary to reverse the pitch of the winglets in order to turn that stored rotational inertia into actual lift.