PIC HEAVY - Lifting Body Aircraft (wingless)

[HafCoJoe]

LOTS OF ALT - F12 PART CLIPPING!

The X-24 Lifting Body

https://www.dropbox.com/s/w1qac5b0fcuyu9d/X-24%20Lifting%20Body.craft

This Plane is a model off the real life Martin Marietta X-24 experimental plane _{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Marietta_X-24A}

Careful on landing this sucker if it tips over, it will quite literally blow itself apart due to all the pieces inside...

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Have fun!

p.s. Whoever it was that posted the forum asking for this thank you

[GusTurbo]

Pretty cool. Any plans for a space version?

[HafCoJoe]

I could if you want

All it'd need is to replace 2 tanks with space fuel, add a rocket engine, and internal airhog to the max...

It'd probably be un-landable with all the weight though. Unless I added more lift...

Well, its worth a try!

[GusTurbo]

Question: how do you land this craft? Without any lift, it seems like it would be difficult to come in at a shallow enough angle.

[HafCoJoe]

It's actually impossible to build a plane in KSP without any wings due to mechanics of drag vs. lift (only wings have "lift" everything else has drag to my understanding). This one has its wings INSIDE it. Soooooooooo technically its not a true "lifting body" aircraft but its as close as it can get! And its just about as close to the actual aircraft as I'm willing to try

Edited November 10, 2013 by Avera9eJoe