EDIT: OK, not fixed, sorry, underestimated the necessary force needed to really dispatch the tanks safely, buuuutt I'm almost there. Lol, will be truly fixed soon with next update

So.. i "FIXED" the drop tanks. they probably wont blow you up now. high speeds make it less likely to work properly.

use slider 1 (-100) to lower the craft to horizontal "drop" position.
i started it vertical to improve performance on takeoff and also to allow for dropping the tanks before takeoff if desired.
The tanks still make it fly like someone strapped an elephant to a paper plane and then propelled it to over 6000 m/s with 4 jet engines that spit more fire than Balerion and Vhagar combined.. Brownie points for anyone who gets the reference!!

to use engine brakes, turn the ag labeled engine brakes on and set brake slider to 100 as well as set throttle to 100 to apply reverse thrust. (its powerful but since fuel runs out so fast, it won't last long.

TIP: The aircraft can fly at only 5 percent throttle, this is intentional. In fact, its the only way to prevent running through ALL your fuel too quickly. Autopilot IS YOUR FRIEND, fast forward is NOT!!
There's still no way to prevent the craft from flip flopping around if you go too fast at too low of an altitude with the tanks still attached, that's just physics haha.

ENJOY! XD

Bonus feature If you set the brake to full, turn on engine braking, and throttle to full on the ground just long enough to ramp up the engines before releasing the brake. it pauses
just for a second before launching at full throttle from dead still. Beat that Lamborghini!

GENERAL INFO

PERFORMANCE

  • Total Delta V: 0m/s
  • Total Thrust: 149kN
  • Engines: 11
  • Wet Mass: 5.38E+6kg
  • Dry Mass: 5.32E+6kg

STAGES

Stage Engines Delta V Thrust Burn Mass
2 2 0m/s 0N 0s 88,845kg

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    @ZeusSpaceAgency thanks, took awhile to get it stable.
    Also stable is a strong word.
    More like, semi-stable.
    As stable as a hypersonic semi truck can be

    22 days ago
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    Awesome craft 🤯

    23 days ago

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