[SHOWCASE] Show us your VTOL's

[panzerknoef]

I noticed I hadn't seen a showcase on this yet so tadaaaa here it is!!

I'll start of with my own brand new VTOL, The Dragonfly

landed on a coms dish I know the pic is kinda bad, might improve it one day.

Now I am curious to seeing yours!

[Spartwo]

[Mareczex333]

F-35

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[Cruzan]

Oooh...I'm going to have to make an album. It seems like everything I make is a VTOL! haha

Until then, here's a vid that shows a VTOL I designed for my tutorial videos.

The Berret! and the Craft File

[Cupcake...]

Well... Alright...

Edited January 22, 2014 by Cupcake...

[Rune]

These are the last ones I did, for 0.23. A two-seater with awesome endurance, and a short range passenger transport:

Rune. VTOL's lost a lot of the "art" factor with reaction wheels.

[KerrMü]

made only 2 VTOLs so far, the first was horrible, but the second one did pretty well (though I´m still practicing on flying VTOL).

[Yakuzi]

made only 2 VTOLs so far, the first was horrible, but the second one did pretty well (though I´m still practicing on flying VTOL).

Great design KerrMu, I really like the look of that VTOL unit!

[_Aramchek_]

[razgriz86er]

id say vtol isn't about sas, though sas is a nifty half ton counter balance. full fuel to empty fuel vtol is about balancing center of dry mass over center of fuel http://i.imgur.com/vCJOqev.png this would be an example of an ssto vtol that stays balanced full to empty since the vertical engines and dry mass are over the center of fuel (i count the fuel tanks behind the cockpit as dry mass since the craft was balanced with them having 0 fuel also they launch dry as well).

though balancing engine thrust between two or more engines is another way of getting around that to a degree

http://i.imgur.com/coaRjCX.png the vtol balance is perfect though the forward thrust is a tad bit high due to the vertical engine being slightly below the center of masses. to fix this i simply cut the thrust on the two upper engines by 10%.

a trick to finding out where the vertical engine's thrust lays is to temporarily cut the thrust of the forward engines. by doing this you don't shift the mass of your vehicle.

applying the same trick to fuel tanks can show you if your fuel is truly balanced as your craft burns. ( COM should remain static at all fuel levels )

TAC fuel balance mod is very handy as fuel lines can't solve every problem.

also the Editor Tools mod can find the dead center of a fuel tank. useful for placing vertical engines at the center of fuel.

*disclaimer, this way of balancing doesn't count for Center of Drag/lift so high vertical speed may and most likely will cause unintended explosions*

and since this is a show off thread~i figured landing on an antenna on top of a building not just once but twice would be a good show of skill and design

[polkovniknades]

Have you ever crammed 12 of your VTOL jets on the VAB helipad?

[9t3ndo]

Here are mine =)

Orca MK5 .craft

[O-Doc]

I have too many to post. But, here's the Armadillo, the flagship of the Kerbolian Armada. It's a command and control vessel with a whole bunch of accessories including both a light and heavy battlesuit.

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