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Approaching the sunrise after over two hours of continuous flight.
Description
Cheap, has a thermometer, and under the 30 part limit. Perfect first plane when just starting your career at the KSP.
A stock aircraft called First KSP Plane. Built with 30 of the finest parts, its root part is Mark1Cockpit.
Built in the SPH in KSP version 1.9.1.
Details
- Type: SPH
- Class: aircraft
- Part Count: 30
- Pure Stock
- KSP: 1.9.1
RECOMMENDED CRUISE
Altitude: 9 km (~29.5k ft)
Speed: 270 m/s (604 mph)
Expected Use Time: 3 hours
EXPECTED RANGE
Approximately 2,935 km before immediate landing necessary.
The early-career plane at the SPH.
* I know this picture was taken in a fully upgraded SPH, but you won’t regret using this plane when it’s time.
Perfect night landing, and more than halfway around the world too. Not a bad range for an early career plane.
Calculation of the estimated range at cruising speed and altitude:
- {(1000 kal)/(0.11 kal/sec)} * {(270 m/s)/(1000 m)} =~ 2,454 km
Of course, this is theoretical. Actual testing proved it can fly way farther than that, but you only really need to fly farther than 1,890 km if you want to cover any location on Kerbin.
UPDATE - JUNE 2023
While I was redoing my aircraft range calculations using the law of cosines and arc lengths yesterday, I realized that I never took this plane for a real range test. Sure, I did a range estimation and have already proven that it can fly more than halfway around Kerbin back in 2020, but theories and incomplete tests are by no means an accurate assessment. I had to give it my all.
I took this plane for a range test using the cruise settings I had logged earlier. I planned to keep flying west until I was extremely low on fuel before landing. Then, using the Distance to Runway
that MJ gave and the arc length calculator I made two days ago, I saw how far this plane can really fly.
The full HUD on when the plane has 30 fuel units left and requires an immediate landing.
- I was at a straight-line distance of 777 km away from the KSC flying TOWARDS it since I’ve already passed the halfway point (as expected).
- Using the law of cosines and arc lengths, and subtracting the result from the circumference of Kerbin since I took the larger piece of the circle, I calculated the plane’s range to be 2,935 kilometers before you need to land immediately.
