Fly 'Round the World!

[The Destroyer]

I did it in 45 minutes in a modded plane awhile ago. It was traveling near-orbital speeds, but I made some mistakes.

...it takes patience. Much patience.

[736]

Can I use oxidizer to transfer through tanks for Vtol trim? As long as I don't burn it for propulsion?

[Pds314]

what about ion engine? can we use it in gliders? its thrust is anyway insufficient to get into full orbit...

Nope. Its thrust is fine, especially now that they've been updated, its Isp is insufficient for such an innefficient burn.

[Cryphonus]

I really want to see this done with an altitude limitation of 12k. I have been trying that for a while now.

[B1LL60]

That's an fast build plane witch does it's job. No more, no less.

Name: Flash I

Partcount: 19

Mass: 5.48 t

Topspeed: 2459 m/s --> over Land: 2276 m/s

Time: 33.31 min

http://imgur.com/a/jnZ7y

BTW: I don't believe s.o. will do "Unefficient" or "Too low!" --> look at Coneshot's entry for the "Kerbin Circumnavigation Challenge - Reloaded"; it took him about 22.5 hours!

Ok, he did it twice, but that means 11.25 hours for a single circumnavigation.

@ Batz_10K: From the pictures it seems that you have to correct your landing gear. If the plane has a higher ground clearance (in your case) at the main landing gear than at the nose gear you can avoid sutch hazards during takeoff or landing.

I joined in on another circumnavigation thread but that was rockets, mods and no rules. This is what I was after! You beat me though :-( but I do like what you've done!

My attempt the "NKSP - K52 Phoenix Class - SPEEDRUN .3"

7 Jets (5 at cruising height)

32 Intakes

1990 Fuel

Time 33.58 mm-ss

If anyone can suggest ways to get quicker, flight paths, take off/landing, using certain parts please let me know. I'd accidentally got myself hooked on this challenge a while ago and only recently got into the forums, I'd love to get sub 30min with stock parts, no cheats, no mods just basic Kerbal!

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/3280054973723472989/D9C3F056A1BD826C0881BE583A1E82E1371978B1/

[Tidus Klein]

May I suggest a leader board for AJE?.....maybe.

[B1LL60]

May I suggest a leader board for AJE?.....maybe.

AJE? Air Jet Engine?

Sorry still learning the forum speak