Z3P - Zeppelin Series

[SuperWeirdBoy]

Hi guys,I did not see any Zeppelins here so here are mine.

v2 : not so ugly but not efficient

Needs every bit of the runway to take off. Cruising speed : 80m/s.

Download : https://www.dropbox.com/s/b1avqjxvdw71cir/Z3P-2.craft

v1 : Ugly but efficient.

Flies ok, use RCS to stabilize after liftoff. Then disable RCS and fly with power below 20%. You will be able to fly slowly but safely.

Important note : No Helium nor Hydrogen is used, but KSP physics being awesome, this "works". Of course you cannot keep your altitude if you don't move forward ...

Download : https://www.dropbox.com/s/5yanksoi4wahtbh/Z3P.craft

Edited September 17, 2013 by SuperWeirdBoy
Preparing for the new Zeppelin v2

[zekes]

wow. that wins ugliest KSP craft ever. awesome man. You outdid me...

[SuperWeirdBoy]

wow. that wins ugliest KSP craft ever. awesome man. You outdid me...

That's for sure, I'm really bad with using these panels to do something eye candy

Anyway the idea is here, and it flies

[Mekan1k]

How.... How does that work?

[SuperWeirdBoy]

How.... How does that work?

KSP magic

All these ugly wings provide a bunch of lift so it can flies at low speeds. It is not real zep' since there is not Archimede law in KSP.

[DisarmingBaton5]

It needs a name change. Z3P=>UG1Y.

How does it work?

[NASI Director]

Dear Diary, it seems that even the faulty physics and aerodynamics in KSP have faltered tonight. How he managed to do this is beyond my capabilities and beyond those of who went before me.

This is too much. I need a scotch.

[SuperWeirdBoy]

Yes, it is ugly, never said the opposite

It works because all these wings provides a bunch of lift that allows this massive thing to fly even at very, very low speeds.

The small thrust needed makes that this thing can fly a 40 m/s.

[Cupcake...]

Dear Diary, it seems that even the faulty physics and aerodynamics in KSP have faltered tonight. How he managed to do this is beyond my capabilities and beyond those of who went before me.

This is too much. I need a scotch.

KSP's physics are fine, it's real life physics that are all wrong, I mean wouldn't the world be a great place if we could pick up a freshly made kebab on our infini-gliders?

Cupcake...

[SuperWeirdBoy]

Because I know you guys just love my ugly ships, there's a new zeppelin in the first post ><

[M.Wolfy]

Ok, that one can't be considered ugly, its beautiful

[Dooz]

Kerbal magic does it have to speed down the runway to take off if it didnt my mind would be blown even though its still blown

[DisarmingBaton5]

The new one looks a lot better. I may get the gatling cannons just for this purpose.

[SuperWeirdBoy]

Kerbal magic does it have to speed down the runway to take off if it didnt my mind would be blown even though its still blown

I will have to put an extra set of wings inside to increase the lift. It looks that the wings lift is not dependent of their position (inside/outside the ship) so that may increase it a lot.

[Spacepigu]

All of you do realize that one can do this to great effect using rigid control surfaces, right?

[Generalstarwars333]

This sounds cool. You know that wings in a high angle of attack generate more lift, right? (If you're already doing that I'm sorry. I can't see imgur so I'm just going on text descriptions.)

[ExplorerKlatt]

Just so you know these craft were released 2 years ago. They used KSP v.21.1 so they probably don't work anymore.