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Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady

The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady", is an American single-jet engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It provides day and night, high-altitude (70,000 feet, 21,300 meters), all-weather intelligence gathering.

Lockheed Corporation originally proposed it in 1953, it was approved in 1954, and its first test flight was in 1955. It was flown during the Cold War over the Soviet Union, China, Vietnam, and Cuba. In 1960, Gary Powers was shot down in a CIA U-2C over the Soviet Union by a surface-to-air missile (SAM). Major Rudolf Anderson Jr. was shot down in a U-2 during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.

U-2s have taken part in post-Cold War conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, and supported several multinational NATO operations. The U-2 has also been used for electronic sensor research, satellite calibration, scientific research, and communications purposes. The U-2 is one of a handful of aircraft types to have served the USAF for over 50 years, along with the Boeing B-52, Boeing KC-135, Lockheed C-130 and Lockheed C-5. The newest models (TR-1, U-2R, U-2S) entered service in the 1980s, and the latest model, the U-2S, had a technical upgrade in 2012.

This Brick Rigs recreation of the U-2 has incredible amounts of lift, can take off almost immediately, and has really good maneuverability. It also includes accurate pogos that fall off during takeoff, a concealed spy camera, and is equipped with "superpods" (they don't actually do anything on this recreation, but the real thing has surveillance equipment stored inside them). The real U-2 is a modular aircraft, meaning different equipment can be put on it for different missions, so while I didn't do that here, you can check out the many different configurations I made of the U-2 on KerbalX, on my account Concorde_Gaming. Anyway, this U-2 is inspired by the Herpa 1:200 model, which is what I was looking at as I was making this creation.

Controls:
ALT: plane controls
X: Landing gear
Q: Landing gear doors
I: Flaps
J: Spy camera doors
L: Spoilers
Numpad 1/LMB: Release pogos (DURING TAKEOFF ROLL)

Note: When the spoilers and flaps are both deployed, it creates a lot of drag, and that really slows the U-2 down. Also, the flaps by themselves, when extended during takeoff, can make the plane take off almost immediately. Do not use gmode when flying until the pogos have fallen off during the takeoff roll. This aircraft is also equipped with skids on the plane's wingtips, but the plane is so stable that it unfortunately doesn't usually tilt over onto them after stopping. My KSP ones do, though! Also, I couldn't find a way to incorporate airbrakes, but the flap-spoiler combination already does an amazing job of that.

This craft works best in Legacy, but still does really well in the current version of Brick Rigs. Looks a lot cooler in the current version too : )

I've attached a documentary about the U-2 from Dark Skies for anyone who wants to learn about the hardest plane to fly.