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Part 2 of the Valkyrie test flight. As mentioned in part 1,the plane is too heavy due to too much fuel. On the other hand,i do need that fuel in order to be able to steer the plane properly during ascent. Granted,i did only 2 burns in orbit,but the amount of fuel left is still too much,as demonstrated during reentry. i had to keep burning fuel on a constant rate,while i made my way back to the KSC and despite having only 1/5 of fuel left,the landing was still rather hard.

I really need some fuel valves :/

Description
Part 2 of the Valkyrie test flight. As mentioned in part 1,the plane is too heavy due to too much fuel. On the other hand,i do need that fuel in order to be able to steer the plane properly during ascent. Granted,i did only 2 burns in orbit,but the amount of fuel left is still too much,as demonstrated during reentry. i had to keep burning fuel on a constant rate,while i made my way back to the KSC and despite having only 1/5 of fuel left,the landing was still rather hard.

I really need some fuel valves :/