Need a place to brag; FIRST AIRCRAFT LANDING! :D

[Tassyr]

Sorry to brag but I just gotta... first time I landed an aircraft without makin' a crater!

*cue cheering ghosts of a million kerbals*

[Thomas988]

Nice job! It's always nice to see KSP'ers achieving big things.

I'm not too great with planes, as most of mine crash in a horrifying explosion of death and misery, and sometimes I land safely in some random field.

[astropapi1]

Congrats! Now you should switch to the other cockpit and attempt an IVA runway landing.

[Skyrunner27]

I remember when I realized the best way to land an aircraft is at speed and to not stall to land.

[AlphaBeta]

Nice, Babylon 5. And the plane is cool too.

[Kerboman]

Nice landing! Landing planes has always been impossible for me. ..

[katateochi]

Congrats OP and your plane looks cool. Landing a lander is satisfying, but there is something extra awesome about landing a plane!!

[OneEyedShark]

awesome! i remember my first landing.. no i don't but still

To talk about something else, am i the only person that play in full screen?

[qromodynmc]

When I found ksp,first thing was building a plane. I didnt care abour rockets much at start. Planes are easy for me,I can land,Land on iva,I can make vtol,I even went to mun with one of my planes

Wish I was this good at rocket designs.

[Tassyr]

Nice, Babylon 5. And the plane is cool too.

Yeah, I forgot dropbox's screenshot program gets EVERYTHING. XD

[SpaceSphereOfDeath]

My first aircraft landing was with the stock albatross II :/ it was in 0.17, once you land that thing you can land anything.

Well done on landing it now with enough practice you could get onto a runway

[theend3r]

I even went to mun with one of my planes

Now try landing on Mun and landing back at KSP with SSTO without refuelling. One of the achievements I'm most proud about.

[ArmchairGravy]

Congrats! Getting plane landings down took a lot of practice for me. I think it's just as difficult as docking.

[SkyRender]

Landing a plane is a big step! Landing it without any sort of extra instrumentation (ie. fully stock) is even more challenging, and landing a spaceplane after going to space can be the hardest challenge of all thanks to the shift in center of mass relative to center of lift. You've taken your first step to a more efficient way to get into orbit.

[StrandedonEarth]

Congrats!

Luckily I had lots of practice landing while playing Combat Flight Sim 3, although most of my KSP landings still end up as parts scattered across a conveniently located field. Shot-up planes handle like what I created in the SPH, so it was good practice. But in KSP the only runway I've managed to land on is the island runway, which resembles some of the WWII airbases in CFS3. And I still haven't gotten an aircraft to orbit, nevermind landing from orbit.

Edited February 10, 2014 by StrandedonEarth

[bobcook]

Sorry to brag but I just gotta... first time I landed an aircraft without makin' a crater!

Congratulations! I'm not particularly skilled with planes either, but I do recall my first successful landing and it was such a great feeling. Woot!

[huggy]

When I found ksp,first thing was building a plane. I didnt care abour rockets much at start. Planes are easy for me,I can land,Land on iva,I can make vtol,I even went to mun with one of my planes http://i.hizliresim.com/eQV7J3.jpg

Wish I was this good at rocket designs.

Assuming that is an SSTO, how did you get to the mun, on one tank of rocket fuel?

[NoPanShabuShabu]

Congrats! Now you should switch to the other cockpit and attempt an IVA runway landing.

Or, you could try it with that cockpit... Stock of course.

[NoPanShabuShabu]

But seriously, that first step is very satisfying and important. I've found that for myself, and seen it from many other posters here, that flying aircraft is one of the most deadly pursuits in KSP.

[qromodynmc]

Assuming that is an SSTO, how did you get to the mun, on one tank of rocket fuel?

No it wasnt ssto it was dyna-soar style rocket, I made plane in sph as a subassembly,then Put it on a rocket at VAB,Then lift off

[mellojoe]

Awesome. Congrats!

I don't do too much in planes very often because landing is such a pain. I can never seem to work out how the fuel drain will impact center of mass ... and then the center of lift gets out of whack .... and then i'm cartwheeling everywhere. Great job to you!

Also, I dig the Dynasoar replica. Got a shot of the thing on the launchpad?

[qromodynmc]

Awesome. Congrats!

I don't do too much in planes very often because landing is such a pain. I can never seem to work out how the fuel drain will impact center of mass ... and then the center of lift gets out of whack .... and then i'm cartwheeling everywhere. Great job to you!

Also, I dig the Dynasoar replica. Got a shot of the thing on the launchpad?

With 0.23 you can see your craft's empty mass,Right click to tank and remove fuel

Also too bad,I didnt save the craft file :/

[KvickFlygarn87]

Hmm, judging by the fact that you have Jeb, you're a fan of reverting ;-)

[Comrade Jenkens]

Nice looking aircraft. First landing is always difficult.

[Dispatcher]

Good job! Planes were/ are so hard for me to land that I made some "self flying" planes. But sometimes those are not technically correct, as the CoL is ahead of or close to the CoM with some of the planes. I also made a few "self orbiting" rockets because starting out, getting to orbit was hard for me. But maybe I've learned a few things since then.