[SHOWCASE] Most insane Aircraft

[Xacktar]

Well.....

There is the Gnat, ion-powered plane.

Then there is this thing, a big-ol' space truck.

And my favorite... the Breakbird, which crumples on command to air-drop a rover.

You can see the Gnat and the space truck in action in my All Kerb'd Up videos, there is a link to the latest one in my sig.

[Brofessional]

[Fiddlestyx]

This is the Razorback. It flies pretty well, except it can lose control when turning (if you take your hands off the controls it will regain control on its own though).

Edited February 7, 2014 by Fiddlestyx

[Tw1]

Time to bring out my good old "Ambitious Infiniglider."

Full album here.

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Also, the "Infinite Infiniglider".

Left in on overnight, and it was still going in the morning. 'Round and round and round...

Edited February 7, 2014 by Tw1

[Moar Boosters]

Do you guys think this is enough engines to get me into orbit?

[Espresso]

Do you guys think this is enough engines to get me into orbit?

http://i.imgur.com/8mcDdEf.png

Your name says it all.

[Xacktar]

This thread is awesome.

Kudos to all!

[Geschosskopf]

My most insane/extreme aircraft was designed to fly in the most difficult flying environment there is: Duna.

Behold, the mighty D'OH (Duna Observation Hybrid). It had a kethane generator in the rear fuselage to provide electricity when the solar panels weren't up to the job of running the Firespitter props, hence the "hybrid" part of the name. With its massive wing area, it was able to fly at 35m/s at 2500m (on Duna) and thus land safely in the very bumpy dune fields that average that altitude over most of the planet's surface.

But the huge amount of lift demanded by the thin Duna air made the D'OH incapable of launching on a rocket, so the only course was to build an even bigger SABRE-powered ascent stage onto the back and fly it off the runway. Then, once it got into orbit, dock a nuke-powered transfer tug on the behind.

But it was able to achieve 6300m once and maintain a bit over 6000m on Duna, while providing the 2 Kerbals perched on the nose an unobstructed view.

It had the legs to circumnavigate Duna without refueling and visited both the Face and the Buried Rover in the same trip. It was heading for the Pyramid when the Supernova of '22 wiped it out

Edited February 8, 2014 by Geschosskopf

[Lazer Cut]

So I told you guys I'd update my post with my BSG Galactica replica, and I totally forgot about it. Anyway, here's a prototype I've been working on. The project is unfortunately on hold atm due to school and my other hobbies.

The plan is to create three separate crafts that I'd launch with a heavy lifter, and then assemble it in orbit. There might be a part count problem though. I'm suspecting it will come up to about 2000 parts...

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[Kerba Fett]

For my fastest in atmosphere aircraft I left off all the unneeded drag. Like wings, landing gear, control surfaces.....

A reaction wheel and engine vectoring are it's only control. And it handles pretty good at over 500 m/s.

[Poryy]

Oh hey! It's Sigly being a master pilot as always! Hello Sigly!

[Whatshtisthis]

50 tons. And not enough struts.

[Streetwind]

Once, when I first tried out Kethane, I commited a crime against aerodynamics...

...Jebediah didn't seem to mind though.

[Arsonik]

Made this pic.As you can see, there's no name and the buttons are grayed out, sign that you pretty much lost everything you worked on.

This ONLY happens to me when I try to use Ubiozor Welding tool

[Arsonik]

So I told you guys I'd update my post with my BSG Galactica replica..............

Where the hell do you land the Raptors after fighting off the Cylons? You must have mean't 20,000 parts! (Looks cool)

[Silverchain]

Project Cheapskate Wonga, ultimately intended to jump the canyon on Dres.

Once I've ironed out the explosions.

[zhollett]

this looks fun, dropping some of my finer moments

[Kellas]

Something I made a long time ago when I was first experimenting with stock aircraft. I can't remember how well it flew... Looked cool though

[mellojoe]

Here's my craziest, but it pales in comparisson to some of yours:

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Inspired by Virgin Galatic's White Knight, it carries 3 kerbal pilots. The drop ship in the middle is carried to about 20km and 1500m/s before dropping free and continuing to burn to orbit. Both it and the mothership can fly completely normally, and return to land safely. The mothership drops the orbital craft then immediatly returns home. The orbital craft can make orbit, but needs to refuel to do anything out of the ordinary. I've taken it to the Mun and Minmus and back safely to KSP. Flies like a dream...

[mellojoe]

[qromodynmc]

I have prototype series called "Weirdo mk" this is one of them

[Lazer Cut]

Did this:

Interplanetary SSTO aircraft carrier. Takes 10 small jet planes with VTOL capability to about everywhere in the Kerbin system.

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[KvickFlygarn87]

Did this:

Interplanetary SSTO aircraft carrier. Takes 10 small jet planes with VTOL capability to about everywhere in the Kerbin system.

http://imgur.com/a/fn6xy

Cool looking!

[FleshJeb]

Did this:

Interplanetary SSTO aircraft carrier. Takes 10 small jet planes with VTOL capability to about everywhere in the Kerbin system.

http://imgur.com/a/fn6xy

That's a sweet ride! I bet it's really hard to pitch over when the orange tanks are empty. Is it landable when it's out of fuel?

[MadScientist235]

I tried to create an airborne aircraft carrier. Unfortunately it didn't work out, but it was quite the experience.