BigWing heavy missile launcher plane.

[Galane]

The BigWing heavy missile launcher plane. The SRB missiles are mainly to show how much payload the plane can lift.

Can it demolish big tanks like VAOS' "Hell Rain"?

Action group 1 dumps the first pair of drop tanks. 2 drops the second. 3 drops and lights the missiles. 4 lights the missiles without dropping them. It flies great using the big SRBs. (Do note that KJR may be what keeps the wings from ripping off when doing that.)

With the big missiles mounted, just use all the runway to accelerate and concentrate on keeping the plane tracking straight. Be ready to pull up as it runs off the end. Climb won't be fast. The fore and aft structural fuselage sections could be swapped out for more fuel for a much increased range, but you'll have to arrange pipes or use a fuel balancer mod to maintain center of gravity.

Dropping the tanks and missiles has little effect on how it flies. Without the SRBs it is stable at 3x warp. At 4x warp it wants to come apart so don't fly it at 4x warp.

Of course its climb and other flight performance are much improved without the huge payload. More decouplers or some pylons could be added for use with smaller missiles or other payload.

MechJeb's autoland brings it in perfectly. Throttle down to about 30% then 25% when it lowers the wheels. Cut throttle just before touchdown.

Since the RAPIER engines don't generate electricity, it relies on the two batteries. Customization with some type of power generation is highly recommended.

You can fire ze missiles at zero/zero without blowing up the plane. The missiles will slide down the runway (destroying their nose cones and RGUs) then fly off the end and into the water or sometimes climbing a bit.

http://pastebin.com/iZJdN1eq Requires ReStock Reloaded parts package.

BigWing by g_alan_e, on Flickr

Edited July 11, 2014 by Galane