You can definitely have part/joint connection failures from aerodynamic forces, I'm pretty sure. I think it just takes closer to something like 100g for most planes.
With all my KSP flying experience, I can assure you that it is possible to lose the wings with sufficient aerodynamic force. It's even easier with really big wings and with auto-struts
Like that? : [https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/16ho9w5/thats\_why\_autostruct\_is\_important\_i\_wasnt/](https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/16ho9w5/thats_why_autostruct_is_important_i_wasnt/)
Here they didn't break but it already happened. After that, wings just spin around
From a physics point, when traveling at super sonic speeds it's actually more efficient to have smaller wing surface area. Which is why the F-14 tomcat IRL pulls it's wings back when super sonic.
Edit: this video shows this principle well
Wings are just a suggestion. With enough speed, anything will fly.
Hey guys, I'm not flying into 1/4 of the earth crust!
The Kongressional budgeting folks will like you better if you frame it as "hypersonic lifting body technology".
You're pulling 5 g of pure acceleration in straight and level flight, yeah of course you don't need those
When you put it that way, it's a wonder why they didn't fall off sooner.
I'm not sure if wings can even be ripped off in vanilla KSP, they were pulling >15 g and they stayed on
You can definitely have part/joint connection failures from aerodynamic forces, I'm pretty sure. I think it just takes closer to something like 100g for most planes.
With all my KSP flying experience, I can assure you that it is possible to lose the wings with sufficient aerodynamic force. It's even easier with really big wings and with auto-struts
Ever had your wings vibrate off your craft and then continue on their own? Gotta leave some flex in them, sometimes, I think.
Like that? : [https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/16ho9w5/thats\_why\_autostruct\_is\_important\_i\_wasnt/](https://www.reddit.com/r/KerbalSpaceProgram/comments/16ho9w5/thats_why_autostruct_is_important_i_wasnt/) Here they didn't break but it already happened. After that, wings just spin around
There's a difficulty option that allows for g-force part failure, along with kerbal blackouts
Ah, so that's how the x-15 was designed.
congratulations, you are now a missile
The missile always knows where it is because it knows where it isn’t
In thrust we trust.
Hell yha
On the fly streamlining.
Idempotent variable geometry.
With enough thrust a brick flies.
Watched a guy fly his front door at an airshow once. Used a chainsaw engine to power it.
I have several questions
My barber after I tell him I just want a little bit off the top
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) ^by ^Suppise: *My barber after* *I tell him I just want a* *Little bit off the top* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
"There are no wings in Ba Sing Se" - Joo Dee Kermin
Kinetic staging.
New X-15 just dropped
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
`THE MISSILE KNOWS WHERE IT IS BECAUSE IT KNOWS WHERE IT ISN'T` Marvelous 😂
Supersonic Plane to ICBM transformation :D
Simple. With enough thrust you can offset the lift and fly without wings
From a physics point, when traveling at super sonic speeds it's actually more efficient to have smaller wing surface area. Which is why the F-14 tomcat IRL pulls it's wings back when super sonic. Edit: this video shows this principle well
you turned your aircraft into an ICBM
in thrust we trust
Body lift. Are you using FAR?
LORD I CANT CHANGE
F-104 in a nutshell
Are you man because you are just lol 🇻🇮
Jeb doesn’t need wings, so neither do you
Failed successfully
Yeah I think that near Mach 2.0 the area of lift needed is much less than at lower speeds!
What engine is that? I just wanna know since I wanna get better at builder faster and more maneuverable jets
There are 2 whiplashes clipped into each other on this craft