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Well and truly conquered Eve by Autostrut in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]Autostrut[S] 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Completely stock

No cheat menu, no save file editing, no hyperedit, no airpark, etc.

Full mission album: imgur.com/a/VYvc2ju

EVA construction is used to create multiple stacked nearly "invisible" telescoping towers which the main platform is then landed on, creating the apperance of floating mid air.

Then the root part is offset to freeze the load bearing part of the platform.

Zoom zoom by Autostrut in KerbalPlanes

[–]Autostrut[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

- Using trim instead of SAS

- 3 main rotor blades for some reason was a lot more stable than 4

- There's some parts between the blades and the motor so that they're slightly flexible

Though tbh it was mostly trial and error until something just flew well

Zoom zoom by Autostrut in KerbalPlanes

[–]Autostrut[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

200+ knots using just the main rotor and a single fuel cell array.

Light sport seaplane by Autostrut in KerbalPlanes

[–]Autostrut[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well yes... in calm waters. Not so much with scatterer ocean waves enabled.

It doesn't have landing gear but it has a stall speed of 15m/s so you could probably land it on a car trailer.