Can I get to SPACE Using ONLY PLANES in Modded KSP1!? (Aircraft Only: Ep 2)

We have only one challenge in this episode, getting to SPACE! There's one issue though, we've got some absolute junk for parts... (looking at you fixed landing gear) we'll make it work though! I also discovered a possible new launch location to land at, and by the end of the episode we're gonna have some interesting toys to play around with.... (PROPSSSSS!!!!!)
Modpack and Craft files - / discord
(both in the smooney-crafts channel)
Alphabetical Modlist:
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
Music by: steviasphere.bandcamp.com/music
Outro Song: steviasphere.bandcamp.com/tra...

[@DaMan5545]

“Coming in for a really bad landing” *proceeds to land softer then I ever have in my life*

[@Nicolas_Gamer5476]

skill issue tbh

[@DaMan5545]

@@Nicolas_Gamer5476 whomp whomp

[@DaMan5545]

@@Nicolas_Gamer5476 I’m better at flying rockets then I am planes

[@Nicolas_Gamer5476]

@@DaMan5545 skill issue tbh

[@An_M4A3]

​@DaMan5545 aren't we all? The other guy doesn't count

[@thedawg16]

I think your wingtip lights are backwards. There are some good diagrams as to how they should be placed, but I think that the light needs to be visible from 0-100 degrees (if 0 degrees was straight forward) for the wingtip lights, and you also need a white tail light

[@smooneychad]

Yep you're right, literally backward! lol good thing the Kerbal FAA isn't watching (or are they...)

[@Rodhern]

Close, I believe the ICAO standard is 110deg. 😀

[@nikz000]

What a nerd, I love it 🥰

[@CertifiedMicrowave]

@@smooneychad why would they even need and FAA? they dont have one! they just dont care, theyre kerbals! if someone dies they die, just moving on

[@Iamlurking504]

You're genuinely making the best Kerbal videos nowadays

[@smooneychad]

Thank you!! :D

[@Bagthebag]

Out of every language we have nowadays this man chose to speak facts

[@LuckyLuke3331]

Agree!

[@vulduv]

12:00 because you attached its non-decoupling node to the node in the service bay. Instead of the node that actually does the decoupling. The arrows on the sides of the decoupler shows which is which. The thicker side of the arrow is the one the decoupler will remain attached to. (And before anyone comments about the arrow having its thin side towards the plane's body, that's just because he moved it into that position, the actual node it's considered to be attached by is still the wrong one.)

[@smooneychad]

Complete brain fart on my end, didn't realize it attached to the back node, good eye! Probably best I brought it back to base though rather than dropping it on some kerbal fisherman's head

[@nekrugderzweite8298]

Man after years of ignoring the game in my steam library you ignited the spark again and i wish i has the time to start designing and doing all these missions again. This is such a fun game!

[@smooneychad]

That's awesome, hope you can find some time to play soon! :D

[@BreadMan96]

I was introduced to you by this series Keep up the good work!

[@michaelgemmaandrews7621]

Only use aeroplanes and I mean only. Even when you're going to another planet or building space station, only use aeroplanes.

[@smooneychad]

Everything that launches from kerbin or lands on a body with an atmosphere will be an aircraft of some kind, even more so than the KSP2 aircraft only series, now that I have props and robotics there's a million possibilities!

[@scottwilliams846]

You put the decoupler on backwards. That's why it didn't come off. Bonus points: Extra money from recovering the extra part.

[@smooneychad]

I truly failed successfully lol

[@scottwilliams846]

@@smooneychad I wish I knew how to change my KZbin name. I kind of want to change it to my Discord name of CanIChangeThisLater

[@Raidensreal]

I just found your channel and I must say I love this concept. Keep up the good work! Also I'd be interested in seeing a full flight later on if that would be possible.

[@kaihenthe]

this video made me decide against watching memes out of boredom, love the content

[@CharlesBoiWomen]

This is real nice! These are some great videos

[@smooneychad]

Glad you like them! More on the way :D

[@LuckyLuke3331]

Hello, I impressed by your pilote skills! And this is an highly moded KSP (no need to add the "1" because there is no 2... or just a discontinued / adandonned) Nice video! Thanks

[@smooneychad]

Thank you! :D The only reason I add the 1 is because I have KSP2 version of the series that's technically still ongoing, just to prevent confusion (sucks I have to specify but oh well lol)

[@Casthen_]

just a question, i think your mod selection is fantastic so could you tell me what those mods are or make a video about it (i think a lot of people would appreciate that)!! i loce your vids, keep it up and one you might just blow up!!! (:

[@smooneychad]

There's a link to a .ckan file of the modpack in the description (and some basic instructions on how to use it) and I just added an update modlist there too if you just want to look through what I have! and thanks, more on the way!!! :D

[@electroowl_6583]

If you want to do ksp plane only series I would recommend you to download the mouse aim flight mod which allows you to steer your planes with mouse (like in war thunder)

[@DrRussian]

While It's a nice mod, Im fairly sure he's using a flight stick which makes it redundant.

[@geoffreyporter6373]

A good mod you can add is Precise Editor, it lets you rotate and move things to the 0.0001 degrees or meter.

[@smooneychad]

That might be extremely useful later in the series, I'll check it out!

[@jzerious4523]

Hype hype hype! This is a creative series

[@RodentRisk]

i love this series! please continue!!❤❤

[@EnderGamerHQ]

Gotta say... i Freaking LOVE your accent its really soothing somehow, keep the series going its really cool!!!

[@CrispiestBubble]

more more more! im loving this series good shit keep it up! :)

[@brycedonfrancisco2926]

Man this series is gonna be good.

[@AnomymoustTank]

Such a fun seris! Def gonna sub to see this one out.

[@dan7rex]

You should use NavUtilities continued mod, which gives you ILS for the added realism and navigation to the runway.

[@eekee6034]

This is not the first time I've heard "stabilator". :) I heard & read it waaay back in the 80s, I'm sure. That first landing was a very good landing for that gear, IMO. I flew the near-ultralight stock electric plane around Kerbin, and even with that featherweight plane, I had trouble with that gear. Definitely no need for drogue chutes at 53m/s; it's under 120mph. Last time I did a 30-minute atmospheric flight, I got half-way around Kerbin in the Ravenspear Mk4 (or maybe 3). It was in a straight line, or at least a great circle, so I imagine it was less fun than this flight. :) It would have made that 1029m/s contract easy though. I learned a lot about flying in Kerbin's upper atmosphere on that flight.

[@heriek113]

loving this series!, do you plan on using those fancy procedurally generated wings and control surfaces tho?

[@wuttho]

these videos are the highlight of my week

[@guizinhopro1232]

"propeller prop planes"

[@peggygawel7244]

My first video here was part 1 of this series and i like it i like your Style You earned a sub

[@LilJbm1]

This is a really cool series! Do you have a modlist for this series?

[@smooneychad]

Should be in the description and there's also a .ckan file of the modpack in my discord from installing them all easily :D

[@misterbluescreen]

best pilots in the world *proceeds to crash into the runway lights*

[@Hamburgerhelperanimation]

Love your vids

[@chetjohnson6264]

You piped up for me last night and I think I have finished everything you have posted keep it up need more lol

[@chetjohnson6264]

Ps. Do maby have a mods list you are using for the paythro?

[@mcnuggets892]

@@chetjohnson6264I think it’s in the discord in the description

[@horiginsfs7561]

Impressive stuff! (especially with that damned cessna landing gear) From what mod could i get that cockpit by the way? My laptop's memory is barely hanging on at this point, but i can strain it a bit more.

[@smooneychad]

DE IVA Extension with Reviva, Near future IVA Props and FreeIVA (for getting out of the seat)

[@gangalore7431]

Yo. Awesome video. But what graphical mods do you use? It looks awesome.

[@smooneychad]

I use, EVE Redux (with true volumetrics), Scatterer, TUFX, Planetshine, Waterfall and I believe that's it, there's a list and a ckan file in the description if you need it! :D

[@BadnewsBenji]

I'm gonna go play and wait for your video about a hypersonic concorde lol

[@stevechil5226]

You're better off using the atmospheric engines in a gradual climb until about the altitude that they flame out before you activate the rocket engine, you'll get significantly more efficiency out of the vehicle that way

[@olivetho]

Finally unlocking retractable landing gear... only to immediately switch to a plane with unretractable ones. It's like getting a birthday present as a kid, but holding off on opening it so you can "save it up" for later 😂

[@agsystems8220]

If you want planes to fly much better with stock physics give the wings some base AoA. Fuselage drag is drastically increased when it has any AoA, and contributes most of the drag. Ideally you want to be pointing directly prograde, but with the wings still providing lift. An SSTO with junos and terriers is possible doing that, though I didn't quite manage to get it to the point a mun flyby was possible.

[@smooneychad]

This plane had 1 shift+rotate notch AoA (whatever that translates into degrees) Since my only goal with this was to leave the atmosphere, I just went with the zoom climb. A juno and terrier is something that didn't even cross my mind, that's awesome!

[@eekee6034]

@@smooneychad I don't know what happened to my other reply, but the optimal AoA is probably on Kerbal University too. (That's a series by... either Proxima or Lt_Duckweed, I think.) I think it's 5 degrees (one shift-notch) for supersonic, but my memory isn't worth trusting.

[@smooneychad]

@@eekee6034 I'd be willing to bet I picked that up from one of those vids cause I've been doing the 1 shift-notch on wings for awhile (when I actually remember that is lol)

[@Mac-XD]

Good video

[@michelvanbriemen3459]

If you're using interstellar, you should give the thermonuclear ramjet a look. It's rather efficient.

[@Qsxnja]

Really good❤ are you still growing so fast and do you know stratzenblitz75?

[@smooneychad]

Thanks, and yep definitely one of my favorite ksp youtubers dude's insane!

[@Qsxnja]

@@smooneychad can you do Something Like that Underground thingy? That we're very cool

[@landon5030]

What flight stick do you use? I picked up a cheap logitech one at a thrift store for like $8 and now I’m hooked, so I’m looking for some recommendations

[@smooneychad]

Turtle Beach VelocityOne, it's about $100 new and has a ton of buttons and 2 throttles. It's my first flightstick as well and I love it, I heard it was a great start and I'm not disappointed (got a desk clamp mount with it as it can be really unstable just laying on a desk) Like I said though it's my first one as well so that's all I have to go on. Good luck though!! :D

[@war_fish]

MOAR

[@smooneychad]

The pfp, the name, the comment I'm dying rn lmao

[@MrBmnmtfk]

Let's goooo

[@duboiplayswert4641]

Yah I’ve been waiting bro

[@mimachugames2171]

Nice vid

[@WildmanTrading]

Nice wide for you to

[@leonardobonanno5115]

Bro what mod are you using for the extra runways on Kerbin? Is it a plugin to Kerbal Konstructs?

[@smooneychad]

Yep! it's Kerbinside Remastered (With: GAP, Extras, The Life Aquatic, versions) works through KK. Hope that helps! :D

[@lol_fire_2232]

16mins damn just finished the first one and searched for the second one

[@eeveegg5]

Hell ye

[@Nitr0nic]

Yessssss!!!

[@Fireburnin21]

Is Ferram Aerospace in your modpack?

[@LDTV22OfficialChannel]

Found this series by random chance.

[@thesnuuy]

whats good gang

[@tiationaearesarutonasothar5289]

what is your ksp 2 like vfx stuff

[@crobotdk9651]

what mod-setup whatever thing are you using?

[@crobotdk9651]

as in like mod manager

[@smooneychad]

I'm using CKAN, super useful for lots of mods like this

[@xx_redwood_xx9737]

How do you do those flyby shots?

[@smooneychad]

Camera Tools mod with the "Stationary camera" mode :)

[@nathanwhitfield7834]

Which mod is the black hole and star systems? I’d love to try that mod

[@smooneychad]

The black hole and stars are from Kcalbeloh, I cannot wait to visit those later on!

[@Leaf-ps9ds]

What mod was that storm from? EVE or something else?

[@smooneychad]

It’s the True Volumetric version of eve from blackrack’s patreon ( it’s like 5 usd I believe)

[@mr.artemich6905]

nice video. can you send all your mods in google disc?

[@RWNFN]

how are your juno engines so shiny, i want good reflections but cant find a mod on how to do so

[@smooneychad]

That’s from TURD (great acronym) to get it just get Textures Unlimited on ckan ( or manually) and install the stock+dlc turd configs here: forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/topic/174188-112x-textures-unlimited-recolour-depot/ I’d also highly recommend Lazy Painter as it lets you record the entire craft at once instead of one part at a time

[@kristinabegail]

Stabilators

[@titangaming1831]

What state are you from?

[@smooneychad]

Kentucky :D

[@coonnorman9925]

Modpack?

[@smooneychad]

Yep it's in my discord in the description! :D

[@penguinboyplayz9692]

can you please give us a file for mods for Mac, I play KSP1 on Mac .

[@ham17keeper67]

4 mins damn

[@hatoffnickel]

Get the ScienceAlert ReAlerted mod!!!

[@undyinglich6326]

Mod list?

[@smooneychad]

Should be in the description now ith a .ckan file too for easy install if you want all the mods :D

[@kilonenenumber1]

i installed all the mods and my computer wants to crash on loading

[@smooneychad]

That can happen on installs that may have had mods previously installed before (happened to me on one at least) you could try a completely fresh install folder of ksp and it may work better, just make sure to backup your saves! Let me know if you get it working :)

[@lcasbdr254]

i think i need 22.30 bucks

[@mirayantimudrika567]

pesawat apa yang bisa keluwar angkasa

[@tyronealfonso]

Zoom climb? Lol no

[@stevehale520]

how is that not a zoom climb?