Twinky827 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 This challenge is a simple one: Make a plane land with little to no movement at all. NO HELICOPTER BLADES ARE ALLOWED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherDalfite Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 That kind of defeats the purpose of it being a plane. There are planes that can take off vertically, but not land with no horizontal speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko dash Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 this is fairly easy even before pugins with C7\'s heavy rcs units. and with the mechjeb\'s new abilities to kill horizontal movement all you have to do is control the decent rate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinky827 Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 Fine, some lateral movement. But it must only land with RCS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkman Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 There are planes that can take off vertically, but not land with no horizontal speed.Not so.Harrier Jump Jet vertical landing, no horizontal speed. at 4:50 in the videohttp://youtu.be/sOT-kRWLhMA?t=4m50s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDwarfIV Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Not so.Harrier Jump Jet vertical landing, no horizontal speed. at 4:50 in the videohttp://youtu.be/sOT-kRWLhMA?t=4m50sNinja\'d.Harriers can Vector In Forward Flight [that is, slam engines into reverse, and lose the enemy extremely quickly.] They can hover at a fixed position and altitude. They are, its fair to say, a brilliant design. A French one, but developed by the British after the French inventor couldn\'t build it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excalibur Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I can make one that takes off vertically and hovers. However I\'m finding it damned difficult to actually make one that can transition to forward flight, back to vertical and make a landing.I\'m using the Damned rotatrons to rotate engines/thrust but it\'s SO unstable. Seems I can either make a design hover, or fly conventionally, but not both!I\'d love to see if anyone can make this kind of design work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinky827 Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 I can make one that takes off vertically and hovers. However I\'m finding it damned difficult to actually make one that can transition to forward flight, back to vertical and make a landing.I\'m using the Damned rotatrons to rotate engines/thrust but it\'s SO unstable. Seems I can either make a design hover, or fly conventionally, but not both!I\'d love to see if anyone can make this kind of design work!Your in 1st place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ping111 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Take tim\'s eagle lander.Add wings.? ??Profit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim_Barrett Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Take tim\'s eagle lander.Add wings.? ??ProfitLol, you are right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excalibur Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Finally!! http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=11022.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maikie_G Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 I gave this a shot with a design philosophy of 'If it ain\'t broke don\'t fix it.'The Harrier works, so I sorta copied that. Had to move the elevators though, because the engine exhaust was meddling with them.It works. Sort of.It can land vertically. Once.(the engines will snap off)It can make a vertical takeoff, but these are frequently followed by a backflip and a corkscrew which leads to either an explosion or horizontal flight.For the rest she handles like a regular plane, as long as you point the engines slightly down to compensate for her lack of lift.My advice on flying this: Don\'t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excalibur Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 I gave this a shot with a design philosophy of 'If it ain\'t broke don\'t fix it.'The Harrier works, so I sorta copied that. Had to move the elevators though, because the engine exhaust was meddling with them.It works. Sort of.It can land vertically. Once.(the engines will snap off)It can make a vertical takeoff, but these are frequently followed by a backflip and a corkscrew which leads to either an explosion or horizontal flight.For the rest she handles like a regular plane, as long as you point the engines slightly down to compensate for her lack of lift.My advice on flying this: Don\'t.Quality, to me it looks just like the old Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer (Google it). Love the flying advice too lol.Could you please post the .craft file? I want to ignore your advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maikie_G Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Here you go.When on the launchpad, immediately kick on sensitive controls. Launch at full throttle, pull up until you\'re flying upside down, then roll upright. That resulted in the least exposions on my end.Requires C7, C7 hardpoints, C7 Experimental, C7 beta gear and Damned Robotics. I think that\'s it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hrdlicka Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I will have to put a screenshot on here. I made a nice vertical takeoff jet that flys like a dream and capable of long distance surveys of kerblin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbowtrout Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Holy necro! Please let old threads that are no longer important die. If it is so important, start a new thread!Locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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