VTOL Forward Swept Wing Jet

[RocketTurtle]

So I made a VTOL forward swept wing jet. After reading the Legend series by Marie Lu, and reading the part with the Colonies' jets I just had to make one in KSP. The VTOL forward swept wing idea sounded fun to make. So I did.

After takeoff.

Towards dat VAB.

Here we go!

Wai-nononononono...

Welp. I landed!... sort of... I DON'T RECOMMEND TAKING SCREENSHOTS WHILE TRYING TO LAND ON THE VAB...

Well then, carrying on...

Action Groups

1. Toggle forward engine.

2. Toggle VTOL engine.

Instructions

1. Brakes on.

2. Throttle to full.

3. Activate VTOL engine.

4. Gear up.

5. At about 100 M ASL, activate forward engine.

6. Around 70-80 m/s pitch up 5 degrees and turn off the VTOL engine.

7. HAVE FUN!

Download: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6r1qNKmBVMeV291VG44bU9wejg/edit

Edited November 14, 2013 by RocketTurtle

[RocketTurtle]

Nothing? ...

[Pogosi]

Looks nice, will try it out when i get home...

[RocketTurtle]

I made a better flying one. I'll upload it.

[Tw1]

I came to the forum tonight, thinking I need a VTOL, fast, capable of getting me to the south pole range, and with no questions asked.

This product works as advertised. Would recommend.

Not quite as stable as I like, but it was plenty fine.

Exceeded 1km/s, with style.

Sparkles! This must be some sort of undocumented feature!

Landing at destination. Perhaps I should've learnt to land this thing first...

Overshot my landing and crashed. Opps.

Ended up having to revert flight on this one.

Edited November 16, 2013 by Tw1

[RocketTurtle]

Lol thanks.

Yeah, stability is usually a problem with forward swept wings... and canards. Glad you liked it though!