The SpaceX Falcon 9.
This is my tribute to an amazing flying machine. The first orbital class rocket capable of landing back at Earth to be re-used. This is what space travel needed. This is the technology that will take us to Mars. At half the cost.
How to fly it:
VTOL: Landing Legs
Trim: Grid Fins
Activation Groups:
1. Ist stage engine
2. 2nd stage engine/stage separate
3. Dragon and trunk separate
4. Dragon parachutes, and Dragon separate
5. Dragon Fairing separate
6. Solar Panel Fairing separate (Broken, I'll fix it in a future upload.)
7. Solar Panels deploy.
How to fly IMPORTANT
Trim all the way up. Activate group 1, take off and fly to desired height, the throttle all the way down and deactivate group 1. Throttle to full, and activate group 2, the deactivate group 2. Throttle down, and activate group 1, trim to neutral. Deploy the landing legs when you are close to the ground. Throttle accordingly (Duh!). If you landed, good job! It's hard! Switch to the other camera, deactivate group 1, and activate 2. Throttle down when you're high enough. deactivate 2, and activate 3. Activate 7, and 5, Then Enjoy the sight. Now activate group 4, when you are ready to go home.
It takes practice to fly this thing!
A while ago, I noticed that nobody had made a truly good Falcon 9, (No offence to those who made one!) so three months ago I set out to do just that... and got bored. Now, after getting over my procrastination, I'm happy with this, so please Enjoy.
Here's some screenshots:
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Falcon 9 (prototype)
- Successors 3 airplane(s) +28 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 13.2ft (4.0m)
- Length 13.2ft (4.0m)
- Height 118.6ft (36.1m)
- Empty Weight 29,027lbs (13,166kg)
- Loaded Weight 31,154lbs (14,131kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.623
- Wing Loading 214.4lbs/ft2 (1,046.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 145.3ft2 (13.5m2)
- Drag Points 64677
Parts
- Number of Parts 356
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 1,410
Even though it takes practice to land I haven’t mastered it yet it’s still really fun to just mess around with
No, I didn't post this accidentally unlisted, I wanted to write up the description first, and test the screenshots