The Starship Landing challenge

[KingDominoIII]

Most of us have probably seen Starship hop before. This challenge is pretty simple- replicate SN10's flight profile (explosion optional) with a VTVL craft.

-Your vehicle should use three engines that can gimbal. The craft should have a TWR of roughly 1 with 1 engine lit. 

-Fly to 10km, gradually shutting down your engines. Hover at 10km, and then shut off your final engine and flip over, falling on your side.

-As late as possible, relight three engines and flip upright.

-Shut down two engines and land vertically on landing legs.

-Bonus points if it explodes shortly after landing.

-Bonus points for aesthetics.

[RealKerbal3x]

@KingDominoIII This is a craft I made a while back, so it might not *exactly* fit your criteria, but it does work! I wanted to make a video but the free version of Bandicam has a 10-minute max recording time and I usually spend longer than that crashing into the ground repeatedly.

Liftoff on 3 engines.

Engine shutdowns on ascent (yes, I did shut them down in the wrong order, it's fine)

Transition into the bellyflop maneuver. The flaps can actuate to control pitch.

Descending through 2km. Time for the flip maneuver!

The two other engines have shut down, now making the landing burn on one engine (The gimbal on that single off-centre Vector has to work hard to keep the vehicle upright).

Touchdown! I had plenty of explosions, but got no screenshots of them.

[JIMMY_the_DOG]

On the launchpad is NovaShip 23! (note the 23, not my first try ) It's a starship replica, but its very alike and it lands on 3 engines. ( I know that's a sin, but I can do what I can do..!)

https://ibb.co/GtLD1dd

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https://ibb.co/qYkQW5R

Gliding to apoapsis and hovering

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Starting to bellyflop!

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https://ibb.co/k8LSLmW

Bellyflop!!!

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HURRAY!

https://ibb.co/qFktqCd

Hope you enjoy!!

Edited March 5, 2021 by JIMMY_the_DOG
Whoops, wrong link to wrong desc. Should be ok now...