KerbalX

Details

• Type: SPH
• Class: aircraft
• Part Count: 34
• Mods: 10
• KSP: 1.12.5

Mods

• Ferram Aerospace Research
• Kerbal Foundries Wheels and Repulsors ALPHA
• Procedural Fairings
• Procedural Parts
• RealChute Parachute Systems
• RemoteTech RSS Configuration
• Squad (stock)
• b9 aerospace proceduralwings
• conformaldecals
• roengines

The X-1E was the result of a reconstruction of the X-1-2, in order to pursue the goals originally set for the X-1D, both lost by explosions during 1951. The cause of the mysterious explosions was finally traced to the use of Ulmer leather gaskets impregnated with tricresyl phosphate (TCP), a leather treatment, which was used in the liquid oxygen plumbing. TCP becomes unstable and explosive in the presence of pure oxygen and mechanical shock, This mistake cost two lives, caused injuries and lost several aircraft.

the changes to the original design are
A turbopump fuel feed system, which eliminated the high-pressure nitrogen fuel system used in ‘062 and '063. Concerns about metal fatigue in the nitrogen fuel system resulted in the grounding of the X-1-2 after its 54th flight in its original configuration.

A re-profiled super-thin wing (3⅜ inches at the root), based on the X-3 Stiletto wing profile, enabling the X-1E to exceed Mach 2.

A 'knife-edge’ windscreen replaced the original greenhouse glazing, an upward-opening
canopy replaced the fuselage side hatch and allowed the inclusion of an ejection seat.

The addition of 200 pressure ports for aerodynamic data, and 343 strain gauges to measure structural loads and aerodynamic heating along the wing and fuselage.

The X-1E first flew on 15 December 1955, a glide-flight controlled by USAF test pilot Joe Walker. Walker left the X-1E program during 1958, after 21 flights, attaining a maximum speed of Mach 2.21. NACA research pilot John B. McKay took his place during September 1958, completing five flights in pursuit of Mach 3 before the X-1E was permanently grounded after its 26th flight, during November 1958, due to the discovery of structural cracks in the fuel tank wall.

Tips to Fly
1. have Atmospheric Autopilot & Mouse Aim flight installed
2. use Mechjeb2 kill rotate
3. I have added a drag chute in case you need to slow down quicker on the runway
4. on landing deploy flap deflection to 53, should be enough to slow the aircraft down quick enough for landing
5. install ship manifest, to drain the fuel after you shutdown the rocket engine
6. not recommended to fly pass 20 kilometers
7. have fun flying, please done crash it, its expensive to build unless your on sandbox

Link to RP-1 Express install wiki: https://github.com/KSP-RO/RP-1/wiki/RO-&-RP-1-Express-Installation-for-1.12.3

Built in the SPH in KSP version 1.12.5.