A-8 Scimitar - Global Strike Craft

[guz667]

Greetings and Welcome!

Today Guzworks unveils its to-date greatest fighting craft: the A-8 Scimitar.

The Scimitar is a powerful aerial system with a lot of versatility. It's fast, it's agile, it can carry and deploy a wide-range of payload packages, and it can go the distance. The A-8 is Global Strike Craft (GSC). It can take off from one point on Kerbin and circumnavigate the planet. With the fuel to all the way around the world, the A-8 Scimitar can deliver it's payload anywhere on the planet and return. The A-8 is the superior Fighter/Bomber solution for your needs. Get yours today!

Please see the stats, picture, and demo video below.

A-8 Scimitar

Type: Global Strike Craft (GSC), Fighter-Bomber

Cost: 51,550

Mass (Dry): 8,797kg (8.797t)

Mass (No Payload): 11,897kg (11.897t)

Max Test Payload: 6,269kg (6.269t)

Tested Max. Takeoff Mass: 18,166kg (18.166t)

Longest Flight Time: 58m 37s @ 23km Avg. Altitude

Longest Flight Distance: 3928.576km Over Ground

Cruise Altitude: 20-21.5km

Cruise Speed: 1250m/s

Highest Altitude Achieved: 25.720km

Highest Speed Achieved: 1501m/s

Maximum Tested G-Force: 9.5G

(Refer to the specifications above rather than the video...I used an earlier version of of Kerbal Engineer incompatible with 0.23.5 for statistics and it gave me wonky results. As well, initial thoughts on how high cruise speed should be were not very safe. Doable, but not safe.

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Controls:

Configuration 1: 6x R-14-III Mischief Rockets and 2x M-101 Drop Tanks

1, 2, 3 - Fire R-14-III Mischief Rocket pairs

4 - Release Drop Tanks

0 - Extend Cabin Ladders

R - Extend Communications

Backspace - Initiate A.S.S. (Advanced Separation System) A.K.A.: Eject

Configuration 1: 6x R-14-III Mischief Rockets and 2x M-101 Drop Tanks

1, 2, 3 - Fire R-14-III Mischief Rocket pairs

4, 5 - Release R-15 Riot Remote Rockets*

6 - Release Drop Tanks

0 - Extend Cabin Ladders

R - Extend Communications

Backspace - Initiate A.S.S. (Advanced Separation System) A.K.A.: Eject

*Release from between 1500m - 3000m. Switch to munition, orient to target, throttle up, hit Spacebar to engage engine, guide onto target.

Get Your A-8 Scimitar!

Craft Files:

A-8 Scimitar (No Payload)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9743897/KSP/A-8%20Scimitar/A-8%20Scimitar.craft

A-8 Scimitar (6x R-14-III Mischief Rockets and 2x M-101 Drop Tanks)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9743897/KSP/A-8%20Scimitar/A-8%20Scimitar%20%28R-14-III%20%2B%20Drop%20Tanks%29.craft

A-8 Scimitar (6x R-14-III Mischief Rockets, 2x R-15 Riot Remote Rockets, and 2x M-101 Drop Tanks)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9743897/KSP/A-8%20Scimitar/A-8%20Scimitar%20%28R-14-III%20%2B%20R-15%20%2B%20Drop%20Tanks%29.craft

Edited May 27, 2014 by guz667