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And here's a test flight worth very few point, I'd say about 50 for the suicide burn, but all the other scorings cancel each other out... It's just a test flight anyway to see the fractions and landing margins. I get about a 10% payload fraction to full orbit out of this one

 

 

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Here is my version.  It carries a 4.5 ton payload to orbit and lands in the grasslands near KSP.  The concept of this vehicle is low moment of inertia, and high reaction wheel torque.  This allows the vessel to control the direction of lift and drag on re-entry.  It flips tail first, but still retains some aero-control.  Enough lift/drag to easily avoid crashing into the mountains or the sea.

 

The autopilot can land on the engines.  I have a hard time hitting the surface with zero tangential velocity, so I tipped over and sustained no damage.  Aerobrakes would probably help with that part.  I used the RCS a bit on final decent, but this design probably doesn't need them.  

 

 

 

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There was an economy to orbit (payload mass/cost) that was in version 1.2.X. 
This was my entry for that
https://imgur.com/a/W6vyW

I do have another link with Ascent profiles etc. But does this qualify? I suppose I could refly the whole test again to prove function in current version of Kerbal. But as it was a fully stock challenge I assume it'll perform much the same.

Craft file:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/z9dyuajr9jlg5ku/strato7.craft?dl=0

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