Packet Rocket Racer
She’s a good “career game friendly’ racing jet for the “Village Air Races”, and can be crewed by one droonaut. She requires the techs “Getting Comfy” & “OP Leaf Blower” (also “Touching the Sky” tech for the wing flaps). I managed to complete the last Village Air Race (5 minute time limit) with at least 20 seconds to spare!
For Flying: She tends to be a nose diver, so before takeoff trim her down a tad by setting the pitch slider around -24%. It’ll make a noticeable difference in how much you have to fight the pitch while fling at speed. Activation Group 1 turns the engine on and slider 1 controls the flap settings.
For Landing: to get a nice slow landing (65-75 meters per second) into Juno Village runway, reduce thrust to around 4% with flaps down (slider 1 position -75% is prolly all you’ll need). Just as you cross the runway cut all thrust and you may still have to nose her down a bit as she tends to want to pitch up with the flaps extended to -75% but with a bit of practice you should be able to set her down easily and get stopped with the brakes.
GENERAL INFO
- Created On: Windows
- Game Version: 1.3.115.0
- Price: $565k
- Number of Parts: 25
- Dimensions: 4 m x 9 m x 10 m
PERFORMANCE
- Total Delta V: 0m/s
- Total Thrust: 0N
- Engines: 1
- Wet Mass: 1,691kg
- Dry Mass: 1,434kg
STAGES
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7 days ago
It worked! Yay! The landing wasn't perfect, but that's because I didn't have much practice landing a plane on the Juno Village Runway. I can now unlock the ALI runways, and those should be much easier to land on. I think I might try this craft for that contract.
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7 days ago
@Toinkove, ok. Thanks for helping. I usually quick save after each checkpoint.
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398 Toinkove7 days ago
@VectronTechnologies only with the “cutting corners” air race did I quick save during a race. Mostly because that race is pretty long and there is one particular checkpoint that is really difficult to hit without slamming into a ridge of terrain.
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Otherwise I just quick saved before take off and just flew the races a few times (with a good number of failures) The first few rounds should be easy but as the time limit gets shorter you really need to know the course well and when/where to slow down or speed up! -
Try and keep her from going above Mach .80 as the craft can become aerodynamically unstable!
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This issue can probibly be fixed by making the wings a bit thicker (this is what I’ve been told but hav not actually tested the theory myself)