better 300+ jet

@AviatorNixen yep

@UPGIndustries yea
I've used so much auto vehicles for the classified mission and I still can't manage
It like how the fuck do you expect me to do that

@AviatorNixen to be honest, me either.
I'm bad at rendezvous missions because I'm terrible at connecting the two orbital paths. A planet is easy cause it has mass and gravity when you enter the soi but another craft seems extremely difficult to intercept.

@UPGIndustries yea
I still haven't tackled the space ones yet
Nuh uh for me

@AviatorNixen yeah I use a hybrid plane/ rover with folding wings. It works 4 out of 5 times but yeah, quick saving is a must.
The longer distance Drood rescue missions are the difficult ones. I love the short ones though cause they're so easy but the longer ones can be tough

@UPGIndustries they drood ones are hard?
I just kinda of added parachutes to my jet and it worked XD
Land, pick em up, quick save, pray you take off from a bump and do not crash

@AviatorNixen lol I hear ya. Yeah going exoatmospheric is a good way to cover distance quickly. I prefer the challenge of landing though. Maybe you could build a sstol delivery pod. I think the hardest deliveries are the ones where you rescue Droods or transport them from one area to another. Cheaper you make the vehicle the better.

@UPGIndustries I sometimes do space deliveries for stuff 30 km away
Yes it does take a buttload of money BUT xenon engine is very good cuz I can time warp real fast plus no questionable stability if it's a rocket it's a solid booster and xenons plus one smol car for delivery because I can't stand long distances and can't bother with landing

@AviatorNixen yeah that's a viable option for long distance flights. I don't usually run into problems till it's a plane with a very large wingspan and questionable stability choices that causes slow roll oscillations that make it take longer to get to the destination and use more fuel. Best way to save money on recovery is to fly or drive it all the way back to the launch point. You get bonuses that scale with your closeness to the launch site.

@UPGIndustries I haven't tried a hybrid career tbh
Also I set my autopilot controls to the absolute minimum and yes this may decrease speed and maximum climb altitude BUT it lets me fast forward 10x safely

@AviatorNixen I like doing the races too but yeah they get intense and extremely long lol.
Don't get me wrong, without the ability to set it to 2x or 4x speed, I wouldn't be able to do the long distance cargo missions lol. Some take hours real time and if you forget to quick save before attempting a sketchy mountain tip landing with a very large and heavy cargo plane.... well, you can imagine the frustration when you have just watched an hour of flying on autopilot go right down the drain.. heartbreaking lmao.
Have you tried making a hybrid career mode?

@UPGIndustries I prefer races... Unless it's the god "cencosers" endurance race
Like maan don't make me lose 20 mins of failed attempts

@AviatorNixen lol yeah. I usually tend to do more delivery missions than races because it feels more rewarding lol. Something satisfying about being able to deliver boxes and even cargo containers to different places all around the planet.

@UPGIndustries indeed
Also I'm at the Ali base already
Turns out when you don't have to make something perfect it's faster :/

@AviatorNixen yeah. Recovering crashed vehicles is super expensive. Especially if they're far from the launch site.

@UPGIndustries you know how you can revert flights in career so you can redesign stuff so they don't crash?
Well now you only can save flight if you've crashed or recover craft
(I've already started it and had to reset twice bcz my company funds went NEIN)

@AviatorNixen you know you can delete your sandbox save file and start over right? Lol that's what I would do at least. What do you mean when you say revert flights?

@UPGIndustries oof
i really dont use sandbox for engineering cuz my computer crashes for no reason cuz i downloaded a data bomb:( so i cant use sandbox
i mostly use the koela method (improve one thing at a time) and darn it was hard on career
also ive been thinking of doing a challenge where i cant revert flights does it sound cool ?

@AviatorNixen yeah. I usually tend to play sandbox mode so I can make outlandish crafts lol. I have a few high speed ones that you can play with and modify if you'd like. They're sandbox only though cause they have tinkered parts.

@UPGIndustries appreciated!
Tbh the only reason it was made cuz I didn't have the wings research tech stuff

@AviatorNixen you did a great job!

@UPGIndustries thanks!
It has gone through more than 100 predecessors ( that's how I got the unique craft launches milestone)
And I like how it turned out

Nice!!

@Lacker thanks !

Cool!