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Here's a stock dragon. (Like, the flying reptile.) .Craft File is Out!

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BagelRabbit

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I've been working on this for a couple of days now... it's pretty sweet and actually surprisingly stable.

The Dragon is meant to terrorize the poor, simple villagers around the KSC. Kerbals are thus provided as sacrifices to prevent the mighty dragon from attacking. These "sacrifices" are then trained to be astronauts, and launched into space. While frowned upon by Kerbal rights activists, this process has been proven to be very reliable and is now frequently used by KSP staff.

[EDIT: Here's some images of the completed Dragon!]

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...as compared to the WIP Dragon...

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... and here's the Dropbox File! https://www.dropbox.com/s/r3re345mvwbpg7r/Dragon.craft

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'You should have acted, they're already here. The elder boosters told of their return. Their staging error was merely a delay. For the time after the Kraken-world opened, when the sons of Kerbin would spill their own fuel. No-one wanted to believe, believe they even exist. And when the truth finally dawns, it dawns in explosions. But, there is one they fear. In their tongue, he is Boosterkiin; Jebediah Kerman!'

FUS RO BOOM!

What? You've got to give me some credit for that! Anyway, nice dragon. For a minute, I thought you meant Space-X, but seeing an actual dragon was much better than I was expecting :D

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I've been working on this for a couple of days now... it's pretty sweet and actually surprisingly stable.

The Dragon is meant to terrorize the poor, simple villagers around the KSC. Kerbals are thus provided as sacrifices to prevent the mighty dragon from attacking. These "sacrifices" are then trained to be astronauts, and launched into space. While frowned upon by Kerbal rights activists, this process has been proven to be very reliable and is now frequently used by KSP staff.

http://i.imgur.com/bbvY6OP.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nWDub7O.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/rNR4XMN.jpg

I'll release the Dropbox file once I'm satisfied with this design. In the meantime, do you have any feedback?

Pretty sweet indeed. Does that glide on ions and VTOLS (and firebreaths) on rockets? It should.

Rune. Here, a cookie for your troubles!

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Wow. This design seems to be rather popular.

That looks pretty good, I can't wait until the file is released.

I’ll release the design either later today or tomorrow, depending on how easily construction continues. It’s already at <250 parts, so that’s mildly worrisome. Regardless, I’ve tweaked a few little things that seem to make it work much better.

'You should have acted, they're already here. The elder boosters told of their return. Their staging error was merely a delay. For the time after the Kraken-world opened, when the sons of Kerbin would spill their own fuel. No-one wanted to believe, believe they even exist. And when the truth finally dawns, it dawns in explosions. But, there is one they fear. In their tongue, he is Boosterkiin; Jebediah Kerman!'

FUS RO BOOM!

This is possibly the best quote I’ve seen on the KSP forums. I may just use it in my signature.

Anyway, nice dragon. For a minute, I thought you meant Space-X, but seeing an actual dragon was much better than I was expecting :D

That seems to be a common sentiment, as seen below. I’ve changed the title to make it a little more clear.

Pretty sweet indeed. Does that glide on ions and VTOLS (and firebreaths) on rockets? It should.

I’m trying to get this thing to VTOL on rockets. It certainly does breathe “fire†(Its nostrils in that last picture are LV-1R engines) but I don’t think that I can get it to glide on ion engines. I’m just using normal rockets for that function at the current time.

I came here expecting this type of Dragon (http://i.imgur.com/oPQZjLf.jpg) ... I was pleasantly surprised.

The title has been changed, so hopefully no more confusion. I wasn’t even thinking about the Dragon spacecraft when I made this, so sorry for that.

Interestingly, due to aesthetic battery placement, this craft has over 15,000 units of ElectricCharge. Also, the large wing area and several control surfaces cause the wings to “flap,†or at least oscillate, above 120 m/s. I’m wondering whether I should attempt to curb this motion, or whether I should keep it for maximum “accuracy.â€Â

Thanks for your comments, and I'll leave you with this image of a nighttime test of the light system!

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It looks like he used stock lights, you can change the light colors now.

Indeed. You can right-click on lights and change their colors now.

The trouble is mounting them in the right places.

.Craft file first thing tomorrow.

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.craft file is here!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r3re345mvwbpg7r/Dragon.craft

Be sure to read the instructions before flying, as the craft is really very finicky. But it's a dragon.

If you don't want to read the instructions or if you want to view the Dragon in flight before you fly it yourself, here's a Promotional Video!

Let me know if anything is broken or weird, and I'll try to fix it right away.

Enjoy!

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BagelRabbit

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Hi !

it's cool, and the design is great.

The shadow on the ground really look like a dragon love it

bravo !!

(tested on a short fly, before this post)

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Thanks! :D

This actually brings me to a question. The Dragon looks cool enough... but how does it fly? I think I'm too used to its quirks to provide an accurate judgement...

If y'all have the spare time, can you give me some feedback about the Dragon's performance in the air? I'm detecting a little instability that would maybe be fixable, if I knew what was causing it. It shows up at high speeds, and when pitching up or down a lot.

Once again, thanks for all of the +Rep, the nice comments and the suggestions! I really love your feedback... the Forum is such a great place.

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BagelRabbit

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Put an LVT 30 in its face. Fire makes everything better :)
Tweakables.

I think that one of the really great things about this craft is the fact that it's 100% stock. The only other dragon on the forum, The Destroyer's Toothless, requires a load of mods to function. This isn't really a bad thing, but I much prefer all-stock builds. In this case, at least, they seem to require a little more skill to pull off, and I like showing off whatever I can do well in KSP (which is not a lot, actually).

Since making the Dragon, I've been experimenting around with other animal-shaped designs:

...oh, and I'll probably revise the images on the first page to include the (somewhat-better-looking) completed dragon.

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