The KSR Ku-160 - Fancy, stock, hypersonic bomber - Tu-160 replica

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When the bureaucrats of the noble Kerbal's Socialist Republic learned that some planes were able to travel faster than the speed of sound, they at first mocked the idiocy of this idea. Then a squadron of Kritish supersonic jets bombed the Island Air Force Base. The jets were gone so fast that by the time our noble pilots woke up and put on their flight suits, they were long gone. Consequently, Ferris Industries was contracted to construct the new, curvy, Mach 2-capable Ku-160, based on the real-life Tu-160. With its four turbojets and, frankly, ridiculous amounts of fuel, this wonder of machinery was able to nearly circumnavigate Kerbin even with my pathetic piloting skills. And with its top speed of over 2520 km/hr (700 m/s), forget about letting those Kritish escape the beating they deserve .

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3: Toggle ladder

Can sometimes be a bit wobbly. Unfortunately, as this is my first hypersonic craft and I'm not exactly experienced with building techniques, the plane's nose has to be considerably farther up than your velocity vector. Any advice on how to correct this would be vastly appreciated. One more thing: be EXTREMELY careful during landing. This thing has a tendency to fall apart if you bring it in for too steep of a landing, which means you'll probably have to be throttled up until touchdown to make sure your trajectory isn't too steep. Also, because of the clipped nose cone, EVAing can sometimes be a bit wonky. Overall though, I really like this one

Creator's Note

If you find this difficult to use in any way, be assured that I had trouble with it too, and that it is a lot about aesthetics, and just happens to be an OK flyer. This is my third contribution to the forums. If you even remotely like what you see, check out the Vertikal and the KiG series!

Edited November 4, 2013 by Save Ferris

[Odo]

I suggest taking pictures at day, I cant really see whats happening in any of these :/

[Save Ferris]

I suggest taking pictures at day, I cant really see whats happening in any of these :/

Ah well, lesson learned. Try it out for yourself in day .

[Odo]

Ah well, lesson learned. Try it out for yourself in day .

Im flying it right now its really steady, feels like it has some power behind it, but it cant manuever very well. But I suppose thats to be expected from a bomber!

The word I would use to describe how it flies, is smooth.