Island VTOL Race

[FlipNascar]

Seems I can do one or the other, but never both.... Hangar or VAB. But, I did bring 18 Kerbals along for the ride. Either I make a mistake and crash, or KSP crashes... Placeholder-ish to "git 'er done" later...

Edit: Got 'er done. Think the hangar landing was a little rough, the wings flexed a bunch, and then when I landed on the VAB it just fell apart - wasn't even a heavy landing. But seeing as all 18 Kerbals survived it counts as a good landing. 13m 06s.

Surprisingly the craft isn't too shabby at this VTOL lark it started life as a 16 PAX SSTO, I just slapped on some VTOL engines and it worked. With a lowering fuel load she does become more sensitive, and I'm sure anyone with a joystick will find it much easier to fly. Happy to share if anyone wants it.

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Edited March 22, 2015 by FlipNascar
Challenge completed

[Torquimedes]

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Given:

- A request to build a Moller Skycar

- A challenge to land on the island runway without breaking 150m

- A challenge to land a VTOL on the island hangar and then on the VAB

I concluded if I can build a Skycar, surely it can complete both of those challenges easily enough, including the bonus of reaching zero altitude on the way. How hard could it be? Oh, the hubris of ambitious engineers...

I was surprised that landing on the hangar was easier than the runway landing for the Low Flier Elite challenge. The tricky part was lifting off from the hangar, I initially forgot to set SAS correctly and nearly flipped over.

Craft and aero are stock. Time of completion was 17:34.

This video is an engineering demonstration of the craft completing the challenges. My pilots have not practiced the run to find the fastest time possible. I'm told the Benny Hill theme should be playing over the middle section of the video.