Turbo-Compound Tilt-Rotor Aerobatics in Kerbal Space Program

Get the craft file from KerbalX! This tilt-motorjet VTOL aircraft is certainly inspired by the AugustaWestland AW609 tilt rotor, but with the distinction of being powered by piston engines turning compressors for jet engines mounted behind them. This motor-jet setup is extremely rare but used on some post WW2 Russian fighter aircraft. I was a bit saddened to hear that my childhood heroes, tilt rotor aircraft, aren’t as agile as depicted in Dale Brown’s novels “Hammerheads“ a