Boeing 747 replica with shuttle.

[Megalodon 720]

As the title says this is a replica of the Boeing 747 carrying the space shuttle. It weighs 90 tons and comes in at 242 parts. The shuttle is not space worthy, it can't decouple from the plane and it's engines aren't connected to any fuel. Despite this you could save it as a sub-assembly, tweak it a little and strap it to a rocket and perhaps it could get to space.

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NOTES:

Take off requires extreme care as to avoid tail strikes, fortunately it shouldn't take long to get used to it.

Edited August 1, 2014 by Megalodon 720
Updated the plane, before the left wing had a tendency to fall off.

[VR_Dev]

Dude this thing is awesome. I really like the wing work, and the custom engines.

When I downloaded it though the struts seem to be glitching out.

Definitely not the way it looks in your picture

Also for your post. Maybe stuff like hotkeys, instructions to launch the rocket. All would be helpful

Edited August 1, 2014 by clown_baby

[tg626]

And now for something completely different.... Are those ROADS in the first screen shot?

[Megalodon 720]

And now for something completely different.... Are those ROADS in the first screen shot?

Yes from the KSC++ plugin.

Dude this thing is awesome. I really like the wing work, and the custom engines.

When I downloaded it though the struts seem to be glitching out.

http://i.imgur.com/VvI1hJB.png

Also for your post. Maybe stuff like hotkeys, instructions to launch the rocket. All would be helpful

Definitely not the way it looks in your picture

This is odd, they definitely shouldn't be acting like that. I'm not sure how to fix it sadly.

Edited August 1, 2014 by sumghai
Consolidated consecutive replies by the same poster

[FishInferno]

now this is LEGIT

[Megalodon 720]

@clown_baby, I think the problem might be due to the sheer amount of struts holding it together, unless someone gets a fix for it then I think you may have to replace each one.

[Majorjim!]

This is REALLY impressive!!

How far can the jumbo fly?

[Megalodon 720]

Not sure, I had to get it to fly on the eight engines so most of the 3 metre tanks are empty. I'll do a test in a minute.

If I did the equation correctly then it can fly for about 180KM

Edited August 1, 2014 by Megalodon 720

[Megalodon 720]

This post needs deleting. I forgot where the delete button is.

Edited August 1, 2014 by Megalodon 720
Should have just added to the previous post.

[GusTurbo]

This is amazing! Have you used this to do a glide-test with that shuttle?

[Megalodon 720]

No, the shuttle can't detach from the Boeing.