There may be over the weekend - I have received requests for demonstration of the use of the rotors for descent and vertical landing.

It's as challenging as handling infamous tailsitter aircraft historically (all test pilots find it hard to land them) but in KSP one just needs to trust the navball and the altitude…

The floating camera setting definitely messes with the sense of speed because of the high zoom levels and relative speed of camera vs the craft. I set it this way for cinematic effect and show more detail.

For KSP videos where I recorded from the normal external view FOV, the sense of speed is great but the craft…

The wing area may look puny but with rotors feathered and generating lift like wings, plus the supplementary canards and tailplanes, the combined lift is actually enough for sustained flight at reasonable angles of attack.

The rotors are designed with added wing area (they get broader towards the tips) for additional…

Hi, craft builder here and 'baconspaceprogram' on youtube.

The key mods are B9 aerospace for the spiffy sci fi like cockpit, B9 procedural wings for custom wing shapes, and F.A.R. for more plausible aerodynamic physics. F.A.R. actually makes things more difficult to fly but offers more control over the monitoring of…

Do keep in mind I am using a cinematic camera mod, and the speed differential between camera 'platform' and craft is 1 meter per second and the zoom is relatively high in some perspectives. Thus it will look like it is 'hovering' or moving very slowly.

The same effect can be observed whist driving in a car and…

Hi, I am the craft builder, and baconspaceprogram on youtube. Thanks for your comments on the issue. I am really curious about the rotor torque or lack thereof as well.

Yeah, the craft is named the Focke-Wulf Triebflugel. This and the Roton Rotary Rocket inspired me to try my hand creating a VTOL SSTO craft.

Truly, I expected that to happen when I created the rotary rocket in the video. I was really surprised when the thing ascended like some crazy 1945 secret project!

Hi, video creator and creator of crazy stuff in KSP "Baconspaceprogram" here :) Thanks for your observations.

Hi I am 'baconspaceprogram' on youtube!

Thanks for featuring my creation. I was inspired to make these 'secret prototype' craft based on suggestions and inspiration from the KSP Facebook community. I found the Roton Rotary Rocket and the Triebflugel fascinating in that they both use powered rotors that don't require…

Hi, Baconspaceprogram here.

Indeed I wanted to ascend through the thicker part of the atmosphere demonstrating the rotor lift of the "Triebflugel", but execute the transition to horizontal flight about 10,000 ft to demonstrate fixed-wing mode. I thought to leave the rotor bearings unlocked because the rotating section…

It could be that the airflow coming up your windscreen gave the fat bird a sort of air cushion effect to float it out of the way just in time. That and adrenalin :)

For rotary winged enormity, I present the Mil V-12 with its 105 ton max takeoff weight. It's the largest production helicopter ever built.

Try the Mil V12 for size.

Angry Birds GO is a neat little kart racer but I also want a more 'extreme' version called Need for Egg: Pork Pursuit. Already made a parody in their physics game (Bad Piggies)

Meanwhile, the Bad Piggies have become bacon in space. A quite tasty proposition I might add.

Likely to be no playable Pigs in this version, so I took the liberty to make my own.

The Focke Wulf Fw190, one of the Luftwaffe's mainstay fighters of the war did have an electro mechanical engine management computer called "Kommandogerat" (command-device) which regulated things like fuel air mixture, propeller pitch, supercharger boost, timing, etc. All so that the pilot could just shove the throttle…

I happen to think your two pictures of the DeltaWing were just perfect. The first one captures the dynamic contrast between nature and what looks like a mechanical killer whale surfing on a sea of asphalt.

The second one, which is now my desktop wallpaper, has astounding sharpness on the car. Hats off to you for the…

These pictures are fantastic, thank you :)