Ulric

Docking with The Kraken

The Kraken, Jeb's new flagship to kick off his pirate career. 1669 Tons, 16 KR-2L engines (8 forward, 8 rear), 8 lasers, 1 Klaw, 4 standard docking collars. 4400+ DeltaV

The KSS Kerremlin, first vessel in the Kerbin Space Defense Fleet.

Length: 35.4m

Width: 18.8

Height: 13.2

Weight: 583.4 tons

Crew: 36

Armament: 12x Goalkeeper CIWS with 38,400 rounds, 3x Lasers, 12x HE-KV-1 missiles.

Delta V: 3600

Orbital laser strike.

The 5 "Mainsails" that provide it with propulsion.

Kerboyan/Gurkevich Sumbission

Internal Prototype Designation: KeG-2B
Crew: 2 (Pilot, WSO)
Length: 15.6m
Wingspan:10.2m
Height:4.4m
Mass (clean): 13.4 tons
MTOW: 30.4 tons
Unit Cost (includes internal 30mm cannon, ammunition, and countermeasure pod): 39,957
Maximum Speed (clean): Mach 1.37 (Sea Level)
Maximum Speed (clean): Mach 3.07 (15km)
Maximum climb rate: 650m/s
Maximum altitude (flameout): 28km
Maximum altitude (apogee): 51km
Maximum G force: 31.7
Sustained G force during turns: ~12-15
Ordinance Separation G force: tested up to 20.6
Hardpoints: 2 wingtips, 6 underwing
Internal armament: nose mounted 30x173mm cannon, 600 rounds.

KeG-2D

The KeG-2B is an envelope pushing aircraft that won't break the bank. The simple and rugged, but still sleek, construction reduced the costs of the airframe, allowing for more cutting edge technologies to be poured into the areas that really matter. The twin F119 Turbofans not only provides respectable output even at altitude, but also has a full 20 degrees of thrust vectoring on the pitch, allowing for impressive maneuvering abilities. Combining this with the 6 dorsal airbrakes allows the aircraft to pull incredibly tight turns, and pull out of steep dives that would send most aircraft straight into the ground. The durability of the airframe can survive nearly 32 G maneuvers if handled carefully, and can comfortably take a sustained load of 15 G. These airbrakes also give the KeG-2B shortfield landing capabilities, increasing its operational flexibility.

The KeG-2B has a respectable low altitude speed of Mach 1.37, allowing the pilot to bring its  30x173mm rotary barrel cannon to bear against any unfortunate ground targets quickly. At an altitude of 15km, the aircraft can cruise at a maximum speed of Mach 3.07, and with a range of 9000km with a standard fuel load.  With a maximum takeoff weight of over 30 tons, the KeG-2B can haul 17+ tons of ordinance to the combat zone if so required.

To manage all of these weapons, the KeG-2B has a two kerbal crew with a dedicated weapon systems officer. This allows the pilot to handle the impressive power and maneuverability of the aircraft, while the WSO can focus on efficiently putting the hurt on priority targets. The cockpit controls are duplicated however, and the KeG-2B can be successfully operated by a single kerbal. From low level bombing runs to high altitude, high speed intercepts, the KeG-2B can handle any task with ease, and quickly change rolls thanks to the unmatched agility.

These are just the base performance characteristics of the KeG-2 aircraft. The KeG-2D upgrade has six more hardpoints (two more underwing, for a total of eight, and four on the fuselage), and two options for more advanced sensor packages. For a negligible increase in unit cost of 8,700, the flexibility and battlefield endurance of the aircraft is increased substantially by giving it an impressive total of 14 hardpoints and an improved sensor package.

Pull a Lockheed and lower the price on paper, while making sure the manufacturers come from every province of Kerbalia

sadly, the performance was abysmal, so it would only make it into the competition based on its sexiness alone.

Design attempt that underperformed and went over budget (surprise surprise) The Ku-8.

Modified SSTO YB-49

Escape pod separation. This was included to allow Jeb to return without too much hassle.

I approve. I'd presume he's got the SAS as a fly-by-wire approximation to deal with the porpoising issue the original had and give a nice accurate drop?

SAS actually causes horrible oscillations and wing flappery that can tear the ship apart, so it stays off most of the time.

Sometimes problems happen.

The will never see them coming. Stealth boat delivery at its finest.

They use such wonderful phrases like "advanced interception with terrain".

Also, great example of bow shock at the 10:35 mark.

Sweden Intensifies

J35 Draken

Stack the wings to add more lift, and use structural reinforcing struts as much as possible. The main thing is that you want to "stitch" your wing segments together with them.

The magic is real.

A thread dedicated to incredibly wacky small arms from the before times.

We will start with the Mars Automatic Pistol, almost literally a hand held artillery piece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBKqvLpxpU4

Don't worry about it, I missed it at first as well, but then again, I just woke up.

CF-100 "Clunk"

An older build, but still a good one, the classic MiG-17

MiG-25 and MiG-25PU

 

Obvious design implications were not followed through to conclusion; the hard realities of recurring experience were ignored; and the habits of self-deception and wishful thinking drove out critical analysis and reflection. Are navies any organizations today very much different?

This seems to be a reoccurring problem for many people.

I don't know if my MiG-21 has made it up here yet.

I think someone said F-104, yes.

Unlimited POWER!!!!

114 tons of VTOL glory.

66 ton payload successfully lifted.