FAR ion-glider with only RTGs for power

[Pds314]

It's not perfect. I have yet to be able to take off, but I've proven it (barely) capable of straight-and-level flight, with it's TWR of 0.10

At 8 ion engines, 96 RTGs, 32 inline tanks of Xenon, totaling 22400 units, a Mk 1 cockpit, 3 landing gears, 4 struts, 2 elevons, and a 33-meter wingspan and wings set to something a bit more than the durability of cardboard, I've managed to show that it could take off with a long enough runway by hacking gravity and then turning it back on again. The thing weighs about 15.66 tonnes.

[KotDemopan]

I know im Obsessed with hiding RTGs in most of my vehicles, but this is ridiculous!

[Pds314]

I know im Obsessed with hiding RTGs in most of my vehicles, but this is ridiculous!

LOL, yup. The vehicle is almost 50% RTGs by weight.

And this is basically Three-Mile-Island with wings, considering what happens when it almost inevitably loses its wings due to an imperfectly executed maneuver.

Technically, there isn't really that severe clipping. Just the RTG fin things to some extent.

Now, does anyone know of a mod that gives me access to a 4000-meter-long runway? Or maybe even a 5000-meter-long runway?

Edited January 8, 2015 by Pds314

[ValCab33]

Now, does anyone know of a mod that gives me access to a 4000-meter-long runway? Or maybe even a 5000-meter-long runway?

One of the Kerbin-Side bases, "Area 110011" has a 4,8 km long runway: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/82785

[Naten]

This cannot end well, you have no tailplane! Oh noes!