KR-71 Dainty Dish [Behaves close to real SR-71]

[AdmiralTigerclaw]

This SR-71 clone was made with the primary mods of B9, Ferram Aerospace Research, and Procedural Wings, along with many others.

It behaves nearly identical to a real SR-71 with the exception of a reinforced frame and 80 KN more engine power. Rotation is about 175 knots and landing can be expected to be around 200 knots. Cruise speed is mid mach 3 with the ability to go faster since the engines are more powerful (and the compressor fans don't melt). Endurance for the vehicle is about an hour and a half which will get you a range upwards of 6,000 km at cruise (You can circumnavigate all of Kerbin with that).

All additional pertinent mods and stats are listed in-video. Some for the environment, and some for the fuel truck you see.

I may have overstrengthened the frame itself as it can handle more than 2 Gs provided no excessive aerodynamic loads... In case you missed it (due to a slightly longish pause after the showcase flight), the final third of the video is me literally finding ways to break the thing. Surprisingly, a few failures I was expecting took real effort to push the aircraft beyond its envelope. I tried to overspeed the aircraft to decimation, burn it up in the atmosphere, and even push it through its Critical AoA for the dreaded backflip of doom. I think I tuned the control surfaces to the point that it won't LET that happen.