Can I beat KSP Using ONLY PLANES? (Modded KSP1)

Given the current situation with KSP 2 I figured now was the perfect time to kick off the new KSP 1 version of our KSP2 Aircraft only series! Using only planes as launch vehicles (satellites and non-atmospheric probes stay the same) and I am PUMPED to get started, we have visual mods like Paralax, Scatterer, Volumetric clouds (EVE), Planetshine, TUFX, HUD Replacer with Ztheme (full mod list below) and we finally are going to have the breaking ground robotics to play around with!!
.ckan mod file now on my discord! (along with all the craft files for vids! :D) / discord
Full mod list alphabetically:
Advanced Fly-By-Wire (Windows), ASET Consolidated Agency, ASET Consolidated Avionics Pack, ASET Consolidated Props Pack, Astrogator, ballisticfox's lukewarm TUFX, ballisticfox's neutral TUFX profile, ballisticfox's vintage TUFX profile, BetterTimeWarpContinued, Camera Tools continued, Chatterer, Contract Pack: Bases and Stations Reborn, Contract Pack: Tourism Plus, Custom Asteroids (Kuiper belt analog for OPM), Custom Asteroids (stockalike config), Custom Barn Kit, DE_IVAExtension, Distant Object Enhancement, Environmental Visual Enhancements Redux, Extraplanetary Launchpads, Extreme Plane Contracts, Far Future Technologies, FreeIva, Hide Empty Tech Tree Nodes, HUD Replacer, HullcamVDS Continued, Kcalbeloh System, Kerbal Engineer Redux, Kerbal Konstructs, Kerbin Side GAP, Kerbin Side Remastered, Kerbin Side Remastered - The Life Aquatic, Kerbin Side Remastered GAP, KSC Harbor, KSP Community Fixes, Minor Planet Sampling, Minor Planets Expansion, Near Future Suite ( Aeronautics, Construction, Electrical, Exploration, IVA Props, Launch Vehicles, Propulsion, Solar) Outer Planets Mod, Outer Planets Mod - Parallax with Scatters, Outer Planets Mod - Visual Overhaul, Parallax, Planes With Purposes, PlanetShine, Pood's Deep Star Map Skybox, Probe Control Room Recontrolled, RasterPropMonitor, REPOSoftTech-Agencies, Reviva, Scatterer, Stock Waterfall Effects, Textures Unlimited, Through The Eyes of a Kerbal, TooManyOrbits, Trajectories, TUFX, Vessel Viewer Continued, VesselView-UI-RasterPropMonitor, Warp Everywhere, Water Launch Sites, Waterfall Core, WaypointManager, ZTheme
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[@smooneychad]

I now have a .ckan file for the mod list I use in my discord, all the .craft files for the series will be going up there too! :D discord.gg/QUrDGbkPfS (there's also a "lite" version for lower spec PCs) *All of this will be in the smooney-crafts channel at the top of the channel list*

[@crazykingjames]

came to comments and was not disappointed

[@ritabuba4831]

Kerbals are weird creatures. They can attach flaps onto nothing, use plastic (metal?) bottles as landing gear, but refuse to do something with these damn flying trees!

[@smooneychad]

The flying tree menace must be stopped!

[@Lockheedsr71blackbird]

The tree bug, a majestic creature of kerbin. With branches for wings and roots for legs, they are a sacred creature

[@spaceflightfox8494]

1:14 "we aimed for ze stars but kept hitting London" moment

[@BattleshipBismarck-yo6wm]

Ah, another DoctoRat enjoyer

[@screwandwrenchrob4778]

Poor Von Kerman his engineers kept putting his bombs I mean rockets sideways

[@livethefuture2492]

Still... real history > wokist revisionism in ksp2

[@CherryBotV2]

@@livethefuture2492 what even-

[@jaju5544]

@@livethefuture2492 What

[@Ancient_Hoplite]

Jeb is the kind of Kerbal that would say: The first time I saw a jet I shot it down... and then I fixed it and flew it myself.

[@Phoenix2.5D]

Wehrner Von Kerman was just thinking back to his days working on the Korten Ko-299 for Kerbany in Kerb War II for the SRB glider

[@Olive_Gamer139]

0:20 More like WAS working as a dev at KSP 2...

[@kimchi2780]

Nertea is a legend

[@smooneychad]

I've gotten a lot of comments about this and just to quickly clarify why I said "is" rather than "was"; I just wanted to go the safe route since the only fully confirmed lay offs at that point were blackrack and the CMs. The rest (although obvious, I mean 70 lay offs, literally everyone yeesh) are still unconfirmed, and everyone *is* still working as far as we know until June 28th (when the actually layoff happens). Phew, this is reminding me what a trainwreck the entire situation is though lol

[@ultimate9056]

@@smooneychad You can't get any less confirmed then government paperwork submitted to have all 70 employees laid off The only question of if is whether they will wait the full amount of time till the scheduled date or provide everyone unemployment packages for an early layoff (which as you said we have seen for some employees)

[@EvanNyameyeTachie-Menson]

"We don't care about kerbing, we care about the science" -- Smooneychad

[@BotanistOnDuna]

Modded ksp1 is so much more fun, exciting, and better than ksp2. We never needed ksp2 in the first place, and I am a fool for buying it.

[@smooneychad]

I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel the exact same way after playing modded ksp1 again for this. Though I'll still come back to ksp2 to finish up my plans there, this is just so much more fun already

[@TheRealMeowMeow01]

We needed not "KSP2", we needed more optimized KSP1 But T2 wanted full control over franchise

[@BotanistOnDuna]

@@TheRealMeowMeow01 Couldn't have put it in better words. Not to mention, less glitchy parallax 2 and less broken mods in heavy installs.

[@BotanistOnDuna]

@@smooneychad Just a tip: don't make more KSP2 videos if it feels more like a chore with glitches than actual fun. In the long run, KSP2 will die and be remembered as a scam, and moddedKSP1 content will be far more popular. Speaking of mods, do try FreeIVA and B9 procedural wings. And MK4 spaceplane by Nertea.

[@TheRealMeowMeow01]

@@BotanistOnDuna also FAR You can't play "planes only" without FAR, since it's complex aerodynamics simulation allows you to make a lift-wing bodies and other interesting things

[@YoutubeChannelOfSomeDescriptio]

I was sold on this series the second I saw outer planets mod. Good luck, have fun!

[@Iamlurking504]

You've re-lit my KSP spark. Thanks, man! Love from kerbin, "Rr-wear!" -G. Kerman

[@naibakie8519]

Awesome stuff. This reminds me of The Winter Owl's 'no parachutes - planes only' Let's Fly videos from waaaaaaay back in the day. :) They named a manufacturer after the guy for that stuff.

[@andrewruss5824]

I love this series man, keep up the great work and I cant wait to see the future planes, that Internal view mod is also pretty cool

[@DrakyHRT]

This is all that i needed, truly, i hope your channel blows up to 1 million soon, i love planes in KSP as well as SSTOs, although sadly my pc can only run the game at like 15 fps with the mods i have installed.

[@smooneychad]

Thank you! Also same here I get an average of around 10-15fps with everything installed (thank god for sped up footage)

[@wyrdean_9649]

Interesting choice, didn't expect this, but I respect it Hope to see more in the future

[@Android_ELITE]

as someone who basically only uses ksp to build fighter jets these days, watching the starter rocket with basic fins actually maneuver made my soul hurt. gotta love early game career/science mode lmao

[@Xoruam]

18:00 Dude is doing his dive-bombing practice runs LOL I can almost hear the Jericho trumpets.

[@smooneychad]

Now I’m wishing I would have added Jericho trumpets in the background lol

[@paninor]

i dont know where you came from or where you've been all my life though you are my new fav ksp content creator; subbed :)

[@JRHaley]

You can add the spoilers/air brakes to the breaks action group even if you haven’t upgraded any buildings if I remember correctly. Also you can turn up the friction on the main landing gear and turn down the friction on the steering gear (so for your current aircraft the tail wheel) and that will make them handle significantly better on the ground and make the wheel brakes actually effective.

[@bpg5530]

Very glad that Kcalbeloh System + Extraplanetary launchpads are included in the series, my favorite mod combination. Looking forward to next episodes

[@aartemiswhite]

Amazing. I was hoping for this series after watching the KSP2 one 😁

[@danitheman7235]

Amazing Video gonna look forward to this series.

[@BonejanglesTV]

This is the first vid of yours I've seen and I gotta say, I love the (presumably) Appalachian accent lol

[@smooneychad]

You’re probably the first person to get it exactly right! Thanks and thanks for watching! :D

[@ILikeBlackholes77]

Id love to see a darkstar in later game

[@Bagthebag]

this is great i have always wanted a series that played with the "newer" ksp mods i am looking forword for the rest of the series!

[@smooneychad]

That was the same reason I wanted to do this, seems like there's a lot of showcase's but I couldn't find anyone doing a playthrough with all the newest/best mods. More on the way!

[@Bagthebag]

@@smooneychad i cant wait!

[@The_cgull]

Cursed cirrus jet jumpscare in the thumbnail

[@Steve-s4b]

You modded your framerate into oblivion, I'm hoping it's just an artifact of whatever recording software you used. Awesome series though, looking forward to watching the rest of it.

[@smooneychad]

Any framerate issue are definitely because I’ve modded it into oblivion since I run and record all of this on a laptop. My apologies for that I try to fix up most of the footage (2x speed at least) but a PC update is well overdue! Glad you like the series though thanks for watching!!!

[@Steve-s4b]

@@smooneychad I didn't mean for that to come across negatively, though reading it back to myself now it does. lol The framerate in your later videos is much better! I *really* appreciate the mod list in the description, gonna do some experimenting!

[@hatoffnickel]

Nice! I'm more excited for this replay through than I ever was for KSP2!! I might suggest one last mod though: lgg's ScienceAlert ReAlerted fixes ksp1's archaic science system

[@smooneychad]

I'll check that out!

[@BonejanglesTV]

Would love to see you build some sort of submarine or carrier based SSTO in this series!

[@smooneychad]

I have big plans for something like this still a few videos out but it’s gonna be awesome!

[@devdev-re8yp]

if only KSP2 could've turned into something like this....

[@erich930]

The Cessna landing gear on your jet was so comical! It's about as Kerbal as you can get

[@smooneychad]

Cessna space program lol

[@mgk1397]

You said the breaks are too weak, but have you tried turning them up in the action menu? I think they are set to 50 or 75% but you can turn them all the way up to 150 or 200% (I forget). I've never had the brakes give me any trouble, though I still hate those landing gear.

[@lordharu8682]

the IVA's are so cool but damn that throttle looks like the worst position it could actually be at

[@smooneychad]

idek how jeb was flying like that lol

[@spacescienceguy]

Wow, your KSP looks incredible! I need to try your mods next time I play.

[@6CaptainFalcon9]

Awesome video! I'm sad that we won't get to see the spiky ground textures or randomly falling through planets but hopefully some equally hilarious glitches happen :D It'd be amazing if you could post screenshots of your most list too 🙂

[@smooneychad]

I'm sure I'll run into some weird ones, the kraken is alive and well in KSP1 as always lol Also there should be a full list in the description and I'm working on getting a .ckan file ready by the next episode so everyone can download the mods more easily :D

[@6CaptainFalcon9]

@@smooneychad Thanks legend! I should've known you were already working on it! 😤

[@subtle7461]

@@smooneychad Thanks man, I've not modded KSP much (at all) but really interested in trying this challenge myself so the ckan file is really appreciated!! :D

[@jamesgattera9760]

There are so many mods here that it's only frustrating where I sought inspiration. "None of those parts are available for me."

[@hubbletrubble7875]

I was just thinking I’d love to watch this series with KSP 1!

[@Glys_The_Creeper]

God we never needed a ksp 2... take two just.. ruined it...

[@Jake_Gotthard]

KSP 1 mystery goo landing gear on a tilted rocket (plane) before gta 6 is crazy

[@The_cgull]

18:08 War thunder ahh approach

[@wafflewarrior3782]

what mod did you use for this neat, dark mode UI? it looks really nice IMO :)

[@manuelundalexander]

ZTheme, all the mods are in the description

[@AwCrudNoSword]

the dracula flow drop was insane

[@smooneychad]

Jebula flow

[@YICHEN-k8h]

Thanks for the inspiration😊.

[@SplarcieRS]

dont quote me on this but im pretty sure you are supposed to have just enough speed to where you dont smack the ground extremely hard and explode, but on your descent onto the runway touch down the back landing gear before the front landing gears while keeping them fairly level to each other. should help

[@riscaper1598]

How did you disable the grass in parallax 2? And does it actually increase any noticable performance.

[@smooneychad]

It's a big impact on my PC (I'm on an IGPU though), I'm pretty sure you just turn the terrain shaders/quality to high rather than ultra and that disables it

[@riscaper1598]

@@smooneychad thank you

[@angelmarinarenas5626]

I'd like this series to continue with FAR on, (I haven't seen it on the list) it would make it harder but also more realistic

[@donierz]

I also love the iva views, so please do more! Thanks!

[@draftymamchak]

Add KSP-IE to your instance as well. It’s actually for interstellar exploration unlike the Far Future Technologies mod which is for advanced interplanetary exploration.

[@Meaty_Michael_0]

The fact I subbed to this Channel not even 10 minutes into the video 🤑

[@Jake_Gotthard]

Time to binge Watch all episodes while eating chips

[@smooneychad]

Might want to get more chips, finally got a new episode out! :D

[@Jake_Gotthard]

@@smooneychad i ran out of chips on the 3rd episode. I was a *_little_* hungry

[@anisdjerrab]

amazing video! I nearly didn't reconize KSP 1 bocause of the thousands of mods you installed. Unfortunately, my pretty bad config don't permise me to insall thase amazing mods😪

[@Michael-o2s3k]

16:59 IT'S CALLED A TRIJET.

[@Michael-o2s3k]

But if it uses propellers then its a Trimotor.

[@smooneychad]

I’ll try to remember that in future vids!

[@deltainfinium869]

The only thing I dislike about ksp 1 mods is how hard it is to get them to work. Even with CKAN most mods don't have their most recent updated version on it or it thinks mods are incompatible which work fine with each other, or are outdated but also still work fine. I tried curseforge but it doesn't even have kopernicus. The lack of a proper centralized modding database makes it really really hard to find what you want. Spacedock seems to have the most mods on it, but I couldn't find a search function or any filtering settings.

[@asdfghjklqzwx]

you should add RCS build aid, it shows your dry COM as well.

[@donierz]

This makes me wanna play again!

[@BentleyGaming-roblox]

This looks alot like KSP 2 but the only diff is terrain and water-looks on surface

[@smooneychad]

What's crazy is that it's gradually getting even better as time goes on and more visual mods come out!

[@diogoafonso6993]

Those aero fx look nice took a look to the mods list couldnt find the mod for it. Are the fx stock, but it looks improved because of tufx, or do you use a mod for it?

[@smooneychad]

My best guess it that they look better because of tufx, it would be awesome if there were a mod for better aero fx though!

[@fakiAZer]

This is so much better than KSP 2 its crazy

[@springnutica]

A nice mod with can help you is rsc build aid with does help when putting rcs on craft but also shows you the center of mass when the craft is out of fuel which will help you a lot

[@smooneychad]

Ah yeah that would have definitely been very helpful! I feel like I probably forgot so many usefully mods like that, it's always a struggle lol

[@springnutica]

@@smooneychadanother mod I remembered just now is x science or something like that which shows you all the science you can do in your situation in one menu and do said experiments in the same menu

[@eekee6034]

RCS Build Aid is high on my list of mods to install for this reason. I drain the tanks to see how COM moves. Some of my spaceplanes have more than a dozen pairs of tanks which makes it quite a trial.

[@kimchi2780]

Was working as a dev for KSP2.

[@Budget_Monkey]

what version of ksp was this recorded on? i tried copying the modlist and couldnt find half of it that said love the ksp1 series sofar!

[@smooneychad]

1.12.5 but I've got almost all versions of KSP set as compatible in ckan (settings->compatible game versions) so I can get some of the out-of-date mods that I wanted but still work despite being listed as incompatible. Almost all should be on ckan, except for volumetric clouds and a couple other things that are manual only or paid. Also glad you like it! :D

[@eekee6034]

I love everything about the solid fuel plane. :D The landing gear whose drag keeps it nose-up when it rolls over, the shenanigans with the center of mass and the TWR under 1.0. I once made a much bigger spaceplane with no control surfaces. It had a lot of reaction wheels; especially Mk2 drone cores which have much more torque for pitch than the other axes. I need that HUD Replacer skin. Looks just right for my eyes. 9:36 Those aren't landing gears, they're bouncing gears! Am I right? I'm becoming a landing gear specialist but I can't figure out how to work with the ones on the stalks. To be honest though, KSP planes often come down pretty heavy; carrying a lot more fuel than they would IRL. Some of the stock planes only have 2 Mk0 tanks -- 100 units of fuel. I like to build planes which are stable without SAS -- under keyboard control -- so I can fly them with a scientist who can reset the experiments. It was quite a challenge, but I'm starting to get good now. I love IVA view because it's the view I'd get if I was really there. 👨‍🚀I can understand the landing difficulty though. I don't like landing at all, when it comes down to it! I hate it the least when I can see my landing lights illuminating the ground; that gives me perspective. If I flew real planes, I'd probably limit myself to WW1 open cockpits and land with my head over the side looking at the landing gear! 😅

[@jonlannister345]

I just wish the latest version of Realism Overhaul had better career mode. Default now it's Sandbox-Only, and if you get RP1 it turns it into a horrible slog of endless menus that make little sense; more like a DVM simulator than a rocket building game. Kerbin feels like a toy when you've gotten good at getting objects to the Moon and Mars. Getting into LEO is more of a mission than getting to the Mun.

[@smooneychad]

I literally just downloaded RO with RP-1 to do some messing around and see if a future aircraft only series would be viable on there and I have to say you’re right! I’m sure if I had the time to set down and learn it, all of the complex menus and stuff would make perfect sense but I’m on a pretty tight schedule and it’s definitely not streamlined for that.

[@sabaqara636]

U have to make aircraft carrier

[@smooneychad]

Now there's an idea! I can't wait to get started on some stuff like this

[@Splarkszter]

KSP could easily be remade and made opensource by the community

[@heriek113]

do you plan landing on a planet using a vtol aircraft? its an awesome idea for a thumbnail too

[@smooneychad]

Definitely, hoping to bring out some designs I've made in the past (most of which are vtol) and get some real use out of them in this series

[@JeanYossa]

what mod did he use 2:17 for the hangars beside the runway?

[@smooneychad]

Kerbinside I believe adds those :)

[@JeanYossa]

@@smooneychad thanks for the reply, it looks amazing.

[@Toastedguyig]

Is that new ui an update or a mod?

[@smooneychad]

It's a mod HUDReplacer with ZTheme, works really well!

[@byuga6186]

what version is he playing on? im trying to get the mods to work but it says some are incompatible

[@smooneychad]

If you’re given the option you should be able to safely just ignore the incompatibility warning, it’s most likely from some of the older mods in the pack, they still work fine but ckan doesn’t like to think so. Lmk if that works though! :D

[@ThatOliveMrT]

Operation Paperclip reference 🗿

[@ChadCarney-hu3du]

whats that cockpit mod! ive been looking for something like that

[@smooneychad]

DE IVA extension, Reviva, FreeIVA and Near Future IVA Props. Let me know if those work out! :D

[@oofman3990]

Cant wait for the next one!

[@stickythestickfigue9548]

YES WE HAVE REACHED PEEK LEVEL OF KSP!

[@quazar5017]

next challenge: can you beat KSP by FOOT

[@smooneychad]

*x1000000 physics warp*

[@Cooltraxx77]

Im subscribing because i like your accent

[@smooneychad]

That’s sick thanks!

[@Cooltraxx77]

@@smooneychad caught up with the series and have learnt alot about building ssto’s so staying for the great content also 👍🏻

[@Meowzofficial]

I think you use real plume because of the particles but I think waterfall is way better because of the mesh system

[@smooneychad]

I have waterfall as far as ik, i used to use real plume though and i can agree that waterfall is way better!

[@Meowzofficial]

@@smooneychad ah ok the srb plumbes looked particel-y 😅

[@war_fish]

ksp 1 but its ksp 2

[@MohamedMoursy-vv6mh]

how did you make Outer Planets Mod - Visual Overhaul work with ksp 1.12.5? 😭

[@smooneychad]

I'm just using the version listed in ckan (though it will probably not show up unless you enable older versions as compatible) I also have the OPM True volumetrics and parallax add ons. They all seem to work pretty well, lemme know if you need links or anything! :D

[@MohamedMoursy-vv6mh]

@@smooneychad no, i don't need links but when i installed Outer Planets Mod - Visual Overhaul v0.3.5 and open ksp it says unsupported version please use ksp v1.3. how did you overcome this? my ksp version is 1.12.5.3190

[@CarlPants885]

What fligth stick do you use?

[@smooneychad]

Turtle beach VelocityOne :)

[@penguinboyplayz9692]

I wish my Mac could handle these mods..

[@smooneychad]

Working on a light version of the mod pack I'm using, with almost none of the visual mods but everything else included so people with lower specs computers can play along too, hopefully that may work, so keep an eye out!

[@gophers6969]

1:16 lmao

[@nekrugderzweite8298]

I am really looking forward to the next episodes! Btw: For me personally, i dont really like iva

[@smooneychad]

More on the way! I agree, can be a little boring in just a tiny plane. iva should be a blast though when we start having large aircraft or stations to explore! (hopefully lol)

[@Phlyinhigh]

i know this is a bit late but what part of the south are you from?

[@Operator_Suerte]

Hi there smooney!

[@smooneychad]

Howdy! :D

[@ford6]

Your "air brakes" activated the wrong way, causing them to act as flaps, causing more lift

[@manueldumais6447]

what version of ksp is the mods run on?

[@smooneychad]

1.12.5 :)

[@jg_mg2364]

9:51 ain’t no way he just said “elavons” 💀💀

[@smooneychad]

Part name is elevon (like the roll+pitch control surface found mostly on delta wings) but I was using them as ailerons (just roll) and airbrakes though ones like these are more so like split-flaps

[@jg_mg2364]

@@smooneychad ahhh ok mb

[@smooneychad]

@@jg_mg2364 all good! :D that stuff gets confusing with the part names lol

[@beefstew6512]

0:25 "Was"

[@smooneychad]

🥲

[@uCruz_]

"[...] Which is made by the same guy who is working as a dev in KSP 2 [...]" Was... was woking in JSP2 (Junk Space Program 2)

[@Adrewpy]

How do you get dark mode for the HUD

[@smooneychad]

HUDReplacer mod with Ztheme, it's a very well made mod really impressive

[@stockjjk222]

RIP KSP2

[@kerbalnaut6692]

Floating trees > ksp2 parachute deployment game crash any day.

[@mimachugames2171]

Cool video could you put the mods in a file and make the file public?

[@smooneychad]

Yep, gonna put all of them together in a .ckan file once I get the bugs ironed out, should be linked in all the future vids! :D

[@mimachugames2171]

Thx btw i love your vids

[@Keisaii]

which mod is for the better menu and GUI

[@smooneychad]

HUDReplacer with Ztheme :D

[@Go_Pr0]

Hey man, what pc are you running that game on?

[@smooneychad]

As funny as it may sound, a cheap-ish hp laptop (i5-1135g7 with irisXe graphics, 64gb ram upgrade)

[@oversecus833]

Still waiting for that feet cam buddy...

[@smooneychad]

Sorry, working on a back-of-head cam as well now too!

[@Zannae]

18:42 - Where is this quote from?

[@superb_gaming_5]

Try using the kiwi tech tree. You WILL NOT regret.

[@SergeantLuke41]

Really should make a aircraft carrier then land your planes on it, would be cool to see.

[@smooneychad]

Definitely gonna do that soon, I feel like laythe would be perfect for it!!

[@SneakyRobinX]

now we need aircraft only in rss ro :)

[@smooneychad]

That's the only logical next step (god help me though, RSS RO SSTOs are no joke lol)

[@Capital_snack69]

Roses are red Violets are blue You're funny Im to subscribing to you

[@smooneychad]

A truly beautiful poem welcome aboard!

[@DefNotIllutional]

YEAH BOI