Landing on Island Control Tower

[coleto]

Since I saw the island control tower rework with flat roof I wanted to land on it.

It is quite far, so regular rocket VTVLs have a hard time, and landing a jet VTVL on such a small surface is not pleasant.

Recently I managed, and I keep looking for easier/faster ways to do it. I haven't been able to find anyone else making screenshots/videos of it, though.

I can't be the only one! Who else landed on that thing? How did you do it? Post your pics.

I used jet engine (can hover a long time without changing mass significantly) to carry the weight plus RCS/rockets for control.

[Scarecrow88]

Grasshopper was quite easy, as it is stable and has a good power to weight ratio, which makes controlling the height of the hover quite simple.

The Hummingbird was a little more difficult, as a small change to the throttle setting of the lift engine has quite an impact on the climb/descent rate, but with the usual delay of the jet engine, which made it quite tricky.

And just for variety, I landed my Harrier lookalike on the largest of the Aztec pyramids a little while ago. Landing was quite easy, as the landing area is quite large compared to the island tower, it just took ages to get there.

All landings were made using the lift engines and throttle for height control, and normal pitch, yaw and roll controls for horizontal positioning.

Edited August 27, 2014 by Scarecrow88