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[Aqizzar]

Yeah, your Kerbonauts have randomized names now.  Jebidiah has retired to mission control, and now you've got a whole crop of faceless astronauts with incredibly hillbilly names to throw skyward.

They still basically react like Bill, Jeb, and Bob did.  The personalities are tied to the portrait slot.  I'm sure that's going to change.  But I know Jebidiah will always loom large in KSP's legend.

[LoSboccacc]

Spoiler: the swan (the ugly one) (click to show/hide)

it has lot of fuel, but because of bad assembly, it get some right yawing attitude
(and whatever james say, it landed safely)

[Sheb]

Now, who'll be the first one to land on the moon and come back with a plane? I'd suggest using a massive plane, carrying a rocket (for interplanetary stuff), itself carryin a smaller plane/glider (for landing).

[LoSboccacc]

you should better define plane, because I see at least a dozen way to cheat at this 

[Sheb]

Well, it should use athmospheric engines while in the athmospher, look like a plane and take off and land from the runway.

[Rex_Nex]

Huh. Either real-world physics confuse me, or KSP doesnt model some things right. I run out of fuel at 900m and slow down to ~30m/s. About a half hour later I'm gliding at 1200m up and 35m/s. How is that possible? I can glide indefinitely.

[Graknorke]

Huh. Either real-world physics confuse me, or KSP doesnt model some things right. I run out of fuel at 900m and slow down to ~30m/s. About a half hour later I'm gliding at 1200m up and 35m/s. How is that possible? I can glide indefinitely.

Sorcery.
Also what kind of vessel is this?

[Rex_Nex]

This one:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Without the boosters on the wings, since they come off when they run out of fuel.

[miauw62]

I wont buy this game if i cant have the good ol' Jeb D:

[Aklyon]

You can, he's just not there all the time.

[Sheb]

Not entirely sure, but if it's altitude above the ground, maybe you were 900 m over a 600 m hill, and now you're 1200 m over the ocean. That, or it's the wing flapping and powering you for free.

[Aqizzar]

If I'm not mistaken, altitude is actually measured from ocean-top level.  I know I crashed into the ground at an "altitude" of 64m, but that might just be meter ignoring the Space Center object.

[Rex_Nex]

Yea, altitude is from sea level, not the current land elevation.

It could be flapping the wings. I wasnt there actively trying to flap them a ton, but I had to be constantly adjusting my plane to stay straight. That mighta done it.

[Sheb]

There was that bug where winglets used by a SAS would propel the craft, because the SAS would continuously flap them to direct the craft. And since the SAS don't use power, you get free propulsion. Try to see how high you can climb in this fashion.

[Aseaheru]

I think it has been decided that cones or spheres are better than winged objects for space craft. or so NASA thinks. i think.