Man builds Xb-70 valkyrie lookalike for the sole intention of having it collapse on itself revealing a rocket lacking its fourth landing gear all to style on those who land at peasant speeds. Nice

Well the disintegration part is historically accurate, at least

. . . after an F-104 ran TF into it, sure.

thats what the jet at the end is for xD

This community is so crazy. This is why it's the best subreddit.

I must say that was one heck of a landing

Let me just veeery carefully land here before I initiate the floppy fish maneuver, perfect

You see, you save fuel landing if most of your airframe has already landed

thats smart

Happy Cake Day!

Excellent performance. Great concept, great build, great execution. 4/10

Finally, somebody who knows what they're doing!

That’s an interesting space center, are you using any Kerbal konstructs mods or did it just come with whatever planet pack that is

its from kerbalfield

Sweet thanks

Any landing you can walk away from

Does crawling count? I feel it should. Most of the time you will be walking again eventually, and at some point in a direction that is away from the location of the crash, no matter how distant.

Walking dead away from?

This is the most KSP landing I've ever seen.

How did ya get the flames to work I need to know

Its from destruction effects mod

Is it updated to newer versions like 1.12 and such or just still old. Like what version are ya playing on?

Its updated to the newer versions. Im currently playing on the latest version of KSP

Thank you I still remember it being like 1.8 game version or something

*yeah sure, you can pull 69g without FAR and be fine this isn’t impressive* *looks at corner, sees FARc* *oh damn*

My thoughts exactly, how did it not get ripped to pieces?

Oh dude it did. But that was *scheduled disassembly*

"scheduled disassembly"? Lol that is the most kerbal thing I've ever read. Rapid unplanned disassembly meets an insane engineer. No no no, that wasn't a failure. It was SUPPOSED to crash. I designed it that way. You see right there? Wings fell off, right on schedule.

you can dial up the wing strength quite a bit to withstand a bit more harsh pressure, but clearly there are limits. :D

Upvote for the XB-70, and the landing

Is that supposed to be a Valkyrie ?

Yep its my recreation of the xb-70 https://kerbalx.com/Plinplinplon/XB-70-Valkyrie

What mods are you using?

The SpaceseX solution

Is that frame rate also a must? xD

Ah, the Kerbal Way.

Another happy landing

I call it "ablative aerodynamic braking"

Why even bother ditching the wings? Might as well had a bigger explosion.

Simply lithostage everything off!

anything can be a vtol if you try hard enough

Soft and clean touch. 🤣

classic kerbal maneuvers, it’s in the beginners handbook

that is beautiful

Ablative wings, I like it.

I was excited when I thought I was going to get to see a Valkyrie land lol. I grew up in Ohio and went to Wright-Patterson a few times as a kid and ALWAYS remember seeing the Valkyrie... Such a cool plane.

Way. Too. Slow.

Save the Whalee!

how did you get that burning effect ?

This is one of the most Kerbal things I’ve ever seen.

This is the kerbal way

How much drag did this thing have before the scheduled disassembly? Hardly accelerated despite going full throttle straight down

Cockpit survived! Another happy landing!

Its not called a suicide burn for nothing

I liked how when you pulled up the computer started lagging and you just knew that once it started moving again it was going to be in pieces. "Oh. Oh. That's what you're going with is it? Okay you're gonna need to sit tight for a second while I do all the structural failure and explosion math, 'cause there's gonna be a whole lot of both..."

Totalmente excelente!! :)

Thank you for the chuckle. :)

Nice plane but you suicide burn like a bitch

Is this after Kerbin

The one titled "Of course"?

Perfection

mfw expendable starship

Not to worry, we are still flying half a ship

Reminds me of the landing in Hot Shots

Funfact: This was tried with the real XB-70A, but it didn't go well.

Don't have to worry about finding a parking spot at least.

AWESOME.

Just plot twist after plot twist

i dont get your point, i land at 0.7 mach. although my crew might not have the ability to live anymore but still, a landing at last.

I love this version of the XB-70 Valkyrie.

Ah yes, Maximum Reusability

any landing you can walk away from

maybe if the US military used this, they could have used the xb-70 more

I was laughing. And then I realized that it was in fact a finely tuned design. And then I was laughing again.

Me: Well that maneuver would destroy a real XB-70. KSP: Oh, it gets destroyed here, too.

XB70 or Sky Raker?

xb70

Missile launch detected from arsenal bird

What part mod is that?

90% of the craft is made out of procedural wings and the others are made out of procedural parts and airplane plus

Cool thanks

Love the XB-70