Tempest: 31600 ton, 460m stock parts VTOL SSTO | KSP 1.12.3

[@judet2992]

“WHY WON’T YOU DIE?” “Hah. *Autostruts, son.”*

[@Stratzenblitz75]

My favorite two things: rocket SSTOs and gargantuan turboprops. Stellar design and video!

[@beimanuel942]

yoooo its the game breaker himself!!!!!!!

[@vanlaukaus]

Thanks as always! Those turboprops were inspired by the ones from your Helicarrier video, by the way!

[@ruskiwaffle1991]

hi daddy

[@kenzo_1172]

@@vanlaukaushow did u do them?

[@Aptol]

You know it's epic when Stratzenblitz75 comments.

[@Baconroblox464]

Taylor swift grabbing a snack from the fridge

[@byrongibson794]

Crazy😭

[@thisflyingpotato4227]

🤣

[@saber1885]

Lol

[@joe-go-jint-aJ2997]

damn 🤣

[@loganmeyer1069]

Fr

[@turtleman1466]

This guy has too few subscribers, the choice of music, the build quality, the story. Truly one of the greatest KSP videos and builds I have seen

[@vanlaukaus]

Thank you so much for that! Looks like I'm starting to get somewhere with help of the almighty algorithms.

[@XAORESS]

imagine if Russia had those rockets IRL 😅

[@gpops22az70]

You are right he has too few but at least w/ this craft he as got one more me

[@HekateMGO]

Ace Combat music is an instant sub from me.

[@afterglow7984]

​@@Howitzer9 indeed it is

[@Ace-gi8pf]

I love the implication that the Kerbals just said "fuck it, we ball" and made a Helicarrier for their test launch.

[@Captain_Echo]

now this, this is what KSP was always known for. may KSP (1) live on as the home for the best creations in Kerbal history.

[@pigeonpigeon7404]

Think it will as long as ksp2 doesn’t pull silly shit like no man’s sky

[@yournotgully]

nah ksp 2 will completely overshadow it in 8 years

[@Captain_Echo]

@@yournotgully if not longer lol.

[@RaisinBran]

@@yournotgully Let’s hope it’s more like two years lol. Although at this pace I’m loosing copium

[@pilett]

Plane crazy is what got me into KSP, nice pfo

[@pepsiatlas5452]

that had me tearing up a little ngl. the cinematography, the scoring, the design of the ship. the narrative of a grand return to space especially. it all excellent!

[@vanlaukaus]

thanks a lot!

[@NomIsReal]

The Ace Combat music too

[@EnderRobber101]

@@vanlaukaus amazing but does this use dlc?

[@holidep2898]

@@vanlaukaus it fr felt like watching a scene of humanity entering space age

[@glizzygoat]

foreshadowing hard asf rn

[@Saitam305]

Great use of the Ace Combat OST, and what a beautiful craft you built!

[@dustindv7635]

Even looks like something that could be used in future Ace Combat game campaigns.

[@saugondeese6306]

​@@dustindv7635arsenal bird type shenanigans but even bigger

[@zoneofendless.]

Of all the things I expected Daredevil to be used for, this was definitely not one of them And I wouldnt have it any other way Absolutely incredible

[@stevennotthe2997]

theres this other thing where this chinese guy recreated tianwen-1 in RSS using it. bequtiful video, you should check it out

[@SpacePixel]

This, my good sir, is masterfully done! Splendid cinematography & editing, fitting story, an epic spaceplane and tremendous patience that was put in this production make it truly remarkable. You outdid yourself on this one, congratulations!

[@vanlaukaus]

Thanks a million and cheers! Trying my best here!

[@jackturner3867]

Even making a craft this size is hard, making it stable is ridiculous. Getting it to fly? Not possible, and certainly not past the kerman line.. right? Why are you pitching up? What? How? WHAT? HOW?! Amazing work.

[@Piglin_Emperor]

Me: Wait that means i shouldn't Need 80 Kerbodyne Engines with just 1.4 Trust to Weight for a Duna Landing?

[@noproki2838]

I want to see, how he lands that thing.

[@superacornoak7917]

This is incredible, it is amazing seeing a channel of this size making content exceeding the quality of some million subscriber channels! Fantastic work, I hope to see more from this channel!

[@vanlaukaus]

Thank you! More stuff is surely coming!

[@keilerbie7469]

The Arsenal Bird's soundtrack playing when flying what is essentially the Arkbird is a beautiful thing

[@maximuskay1]

I've come back to watch this at least three times this year, that's how impressive this build is. Props for the countless hours slaving away to create such a magnificent spectacle of kerbal engineering.

[@neuronoc.7343]

2:51 "This is Poopoo 2, standing by!"

[@TDChannelKSP]

This is one of the most beautiful stock craft designs I've ever seen, incredible! Love those giant duct fans. Very well shot and edited too, it was nice to watch.

[@paranaenselol]

Olm

[@vanlaukaus]

Eyy, thank you! Those fans were the trickiest part of the craft to work with, but, indeed, in the end it was worth it. Glad you enjoyed!

[@EnderRobber101]

@@vanlaukaus because you said do not ask, now I am wondering about how you fixed it magnetically

[@EnderRobber101]

@@vanlaukaus because you said do not ask, now I am wondering about how you fixed it magnetically

[@Hazard-ish]

This is completely superb and exactly what KSP was made for. My favourite part is definitely 3:30 -- beautifully synchronised to the music, too.

[@tutelwt]

One of the most amazing ksp builds i have ever seen, along with the camera work and music. This man deserves so much more credit for his work

[@jchowe07]

Honestly, that was really incredible. When the ship lit up all of it's thrusters after going vertical, the musical timing was spot on. Epic design too, so elegant.

[@stratos2]

Utterly amazing work! Great editing, great pacing, great music, and an insane craft. I cannot fathom how many times you had to speed up the footage for this to be usable, let alone get around camera tools breaking when one tries to actively slow the game down. Those huge propellers are also some exquisite sorcery, color me impressed that they don't blow up. Good job! I am looking forward to what you create in the future.

[@vanlaukaus]

Some clips here are playing at over 200 times the speed.

[@FireheadGaming123abc]

I love your channel and your planes! The central engine cluster on this leviathan looked so cool in the upper atmosphere. It looked like the craft could ride upon that jet alone (I know it actually couldn’t, but god it looked cool). Great vid, you are so underrated!

[@omurize2007]

Really good job on choosing a music that fits the lore, Kerbalkind indeed dared to return to space

[@lukehopgood3465]

KSP megabuilds and AC music?! Especially DAREDEVIL! This song always gives me shivers. This video left me in awe.

[@Fishman7523]

Incredible video!! The editing, scoring, and build itself were all amazing!!! Good job!

[@matthewc9934]

This looks and sounds amazing, idk how this doesn’t have millions of views

[@kathrynvega6867]

the music is perfect, this gorgeous monstrocity is definitely something you'd expect to see in AC

[@NotHonkyTonk]

Loved the shot of all all the planetary surfaces cut to the music, That was excellent.

[@scifidino5022]

There is no way this works without infinite fuel (and infinite computing power)! Phenomenal work!

[@meribor]

Unless every inch of internal space was reserved for fuel

[@anthonyherbert-rm5ql]

we shall remember this person as the builder of all... the god of the TEMPEST!

[@RaderGH]

I LOVE the build up. Goosebumps at 2:50 ... This is amazing!

[@Arcayenneist]

Okay. That was absolutely awesome. The hilarity of the (actually beautiful) oversized SSTO was overshadowed by the cinematography and scoring.

[@thatonequietkid7170]

this brought a tear to my eye. the lore, the music, the absolutely brilliant design. whatever you're doing to make this kinda content is clearly working, because this is amazing!

[@zotzot5]

Now this... this is awe-inspiring!

[@Alblaka]

I was like "Okay, it looks cool, but how the heck would you ever turn that thing, there's no way gyroscopes can manage that ma...". Then the fore thrusters fired and I closed my mouth again. Well done.

[@epicspacetroll1399]

3:31 Me: "WHAT!?!? THERE'RE EVEN MORE ENGINES????" Nice work. As someone who loves messing around with stock KSP rotorcraft, I never dreamed someone would make such a huge VTOL using them.

[@ThebrainlessBoi0]

My guy, from one Kerbal head to another, THIS IS THE GREATEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN

[@BeamBinge]

this is the most amazing thing i have ever seen.

[@gevitar04]

Gotta love the music, massive fan of ace combat as well as your channel :D

[@Wilge_Zomer]

stellar cinematography, your video was a joy to watch.

[@Gordon_Workshop]

Поздравляю с постройкой крупнейшего ССТО!

[@h.a.9880]

This video is incredibly well-made. It matches the love for details of the SSTO that it showcases. I just wonder, how did you make that awesome creation so solid? Anything that huge should be wobbly as pudding in KSP1.

[@vanlaukaus]

glad that you enjoyed! sadly, there is a little trick here: the title and the preview say "stock parts SSTO" and not "stock SSTO" for a reason. to be more or less stable this craft needs the Kerbal Joint Reinforcement mod, which, obviously, makes stock wobbly joints much stronger.

[@h.a.9880]

@@vanlaukaus Ah I see, I was thinking it was done via autostrut or immense use of struts hidden somewhere. Well, KSP is a great game, but at some points, you need to help it if you want to make something as magnificent as this craft! Keep up the great work!

[@vanlaukaus]

@@h.a.9880 indeed I will! While it uses KJR, though, it by no means abandons autostrut. In fact, I am pretty sure that every single part of it has both autostrut and rigid attachment turned on - but it is not enough on such a scale.

[@personzz1789]

The Ace Combat music was the perfect choice lmao

[@aaronbouquet644]

The Michael Bay of KSP vids. Excellent job cranking the epic up too 11

[@road_net]

2 HOURS AGO?? I"VE ONLY SEEN THE THUMBNAIL AND I"VE GOT BUTTERFLIES BABYYYYYYYY

[@gravityzap08]

How on earth does this thing not cause your PC to blow up!? Flawless work!

[@ez_theta_z9317]

aight so this just popped up in my recommendeds boy am i glad that it did, and if any ksp vehicle is worthy of that song, it's this

[@mikko0846]

You are as underrated as humanly possible And that's no good

[@vanlaukaus]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@beimanuel942]

there are 2 things i love sstos vtol and this combined both. bravo!!

[@viking_1880s]

Whole another level of imagination is used to build this ssto, lovely ❤

[@original-0216]

the AC7 music hits hard amd the story hits as hard

[@theMooly]

Very cool! Very impressive built, you made it into an excellent video to demonstrate its sheer powerr :D

[@bradleycolloff]

Now just who do you think you are!!??!?!?! immediately subscribed

[@VigorousPlay]

You need more subs. That was incredible! 👍

[@lewismassie]

Yeah the Ace Combat music was the right choice for this.

[@LordPastaProductions]

Absolutely stunning! You deserve my subscription, I hope to see more cool stuff from you.

[@vanlaukaus]

Surely coming!

[@renashabell3614]

I love the 2 RTX 9090 Ti on the wings. Looks too good.

[@rishabh5610]

What an insane craft. I am in awe. Praise the emperor.

[@DP1SDABDDST]

The fact is computer didn't crash trying to play that is astonishing in itself

[@CboTheSecond]

Yeah this is worthy of the soundtrack, hell it seems like the sort of super-vehicle I'd have to shoot down in Ace Combat, great stuff!

[@vancedburner8052]

Looks fantastic! You definitely need more subscribers

[@Magi..]

You know an SSTO is big when "having enough fuel" Becomes a suggestion instead of a requirement.

[@SolitarySpade_Davon]

Never would I ever have thought Daredevil would be used in KSP content, but here we are.

[@genrystikman9340]

If something stupid works that means that this isn't stupid.

[@cannaer8164]

Simply great shit. Sub earned, well done lad

[@LTDominator-fo1he]

give this guy a medal for that craft...

[@elongated_musket6353]

Glorious ace combat music. Always maid my spine tingle

[@TarahVanessa]

NASA computer is required for this task

[@BilobateDrip]

Gives me Gradius vibes. Awsome video!

[@akashverma726]

Subscribed buddy..and the ship was awesome dude..

[@tobiweinmann3790]

fucking hell that thing looks absolutely stunning its the best looking SSTO i have seen this far

[@Adam_32]

I look at the thumbnail and my neurons are activated.

[@jotasietesiete4397]

If i was an alien and saw that this planets "first" spaceship was like this i'd be scared

[@mrscruffy8045]

The design wouldnt work without the music - it's so uplifting. ;D

[@HafCoJoe]

Everyone: "But... why?" Vanlaukaus: "Because I can."

[@vanlaukaus]

Exactly!

[@emperorpalpatine2957]

"How much thrusters do you need?" Kerbals: Yes.

[@DarlanMartins]

Damn good job on the cinematic looks stunning

[@jerry22717]

Holy shit, this is an amazing video. Great job!

[@heretic391]

That's crazy big, well done! maybe you'll get offers so this can go in a scifi film :D

[@powerbongo922]

This is honestly awe inspiring

[@Jan_Strzelecki]

I'm simply _flabbergasted_ as to _how_ this contraption can take of horizontally with all engines seemingly being in the back. In any other game I'd assume that physics were ignored, but this is Kerbal Space Program, where physics _can't_ be ignored 😯

[@kianheus93]

This is perfect KSP. make bigger, add boosters, repeat!

[@Slava_Yarmolenko]

Nasa has just called... Someone stole their supercomputer...

[@bidet1515]

Waow ! Kerbalkind at its finest ! , begining their new space program with the largest ship possible without any test on smaller ships ;)

[@Napoleon_e2]

This guy should be a cinematographer

[@Coffee_Toffee]

This... Is absolutely the most jaw dropping thing I've ever seen in this game

[@mrnopain]

There are plenty of good comments so I am just going to state the obvious. What is missing from this video is more.... More of the video.... I want twice as long. I want Kerbal cuts showing the kerbals riding up on the ship. I want see like a Pilots prospective flash cut with gauges showing giving the realness to the build and that you actually put this thing into the Kerbin world. I want to see that big @ss thing flying through the debris cloud (if possible) and then trying to get repaired from all the obvious damage lol. Even if there was some wizardry involved this is a very nice looking ship and the attention to detail shows.

[@vanlaukaus]

Thanks a lot! I'm not sure how possible all of this is, but... noted.

[@oriontherealironman]

This is your captain speaking. We've turned on Unbreaking Joints and turned on Unlimited Fuel. I hope you enjoy our flight. The next stop will be: Everywhere.

[@mast3r-633]

that song you used is from one of the last missions in AC7 right?

[@vanlaukaus]

Yep. This is a cover though, you can find a link to it in the description.

[@Toastedguyig]

The fact that this thing is so big you not only need motors to spin the props, but you also need vector engines to spin them and on top of that there’s another 20 or more vectors also pushing the craft up is kinda crazy, then the like 40 vector engines on the back with 12 mammoth engines

[@jarakal135]

The music from ace combat. My mqn you are a true master

[@charlie_armstr0ng]

came for the giant rocket, STAYED FOR THE MOVIE

[@strategicgamingwithaacorns2874]

For reference, most Battleships made before the Washington Naval Treaty weighed less than this SSTO.

[@rogirek3362]

"Kerbalkind gave itself a second chance to become an interplanetary civilization." You might say they established... a Kerbal Space Program 2.

[@Koldatt]

This is inspiring work right here. GG

[@kimarykorlumiose7728]

you get a like from me for the cinematography and ship design, but you get my subscription for going turbo-based with Daredevil

[@John_D_Hill]

"Tilt earth 90° an..." "Um... tilt the Earth?" "Am I speaking not english!? Yes tilt Earth 90°"

[@Amarok410]

my icecream melted when those main thrusters kicked in.

[@Pondimus_Maximus]

Holy crap! 😳 That’s one incredible ship! 🖖😀

[@maelmauron7530]

Deep Space Kraken is going to have one hell of a feast

[@camramaster]

I subscribed because of this video. Imagine what we could make if Nasa had the same budget that Kerbals do.

[@camramaster]

But can it land?