Eve rocket plane.

[FREEFALL1984]

So I made it to Moho, without any real issues, and I thought I would revisit Eve, I got Jeb on the surface without any problems. but it appears I bogged up my staging on my new lifter and set some fuel lines the wrong way (schoolboy error I know) meaning I only have 6km/s DV to get back into orbit so a rescue mission is required, Now I could fix my lifter and send that back, but I thought I would try something a little more interesting, I thought, if eves atmosphere is so thick then I can surely use it to my advantage, sure it contains no oxygen so there isn't any possibility of jets, but I imagined a staged rocket plane with an initially low T/W but a high degree of lift could help me get into orbit. The use of the highest efficiency engines with the highest T/W (mini cubic strut engine clusters) and keeping the throttle low enough to both keep the plane moving through the soupy atmosphere and to allow the thing to climb in the high gravity. I'm thinking a LV-N engine once high altitudes have been reached and an couple of mini clusters on detachable fuel tanks for the initial climb. and disposable wings which can be dumped once I'm out of the worst of the atmosphere.

Has anybody tried this before and is it an effective method,

[Kasuha]

I have heard it is not an efficient way to get out of Eve. Terminal velocity is about 40 m/s and if you're flying mostly horizontally you're not ascending very fast. Imagine how long ascent do you need to get to 30 km where only the atmosphere starts to resemble Kerbin's.

[Red Iron Crown]

This challenge should be of interest to you: Flying off of Eve.

Also, it's odd that this thread shows as "Answered" with no replies.

[FREEFALL1984]

This challenge should be of interest to you: Flying off of Eve.

Also, it's odd that this thread shows as "Answered" with no replies.

Perusing that challenge most people are using mods, nobody has dared to try it on a stock game, will I be the first? lol

[Red Iron Crown]

Perusing that challenge most people are using mods, nobody has dared to try it on a stock game, will I be the first? lol

Check out this one from another thread. It's all control surfaces, though, so it might be infinigliding. Not sure, I'm not really a plane guy.