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Sleek looks is about the only thing that's going for this design. I tried to fix yaw stability problems for some person in the questions forum, and this was one of my more radical refactors of their original craft. The yaw instability was gone but not quite and the cargo bay is a bit to large for the max cargo weight (at least for my taste)...

Still damn does it look nice!

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PS: clipping fuel into wing-roots is fair game :P

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My latest project (prototype 4 of the MBCS spire block) lifts off from the pad on its maiden test flight. The building itself weighs in at about 3000 tons. Not sure how much the whole package weighs together, but the goal is to put the building on Tylo (the rockets are the landing stage).

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And, yes, for those who are paying attention, those ARE 24 of the 5xBearcat clusters from NovaPunch. And, yes, somehow, this thing DOES fly. But it's not done yet - I have to put all of this, PLUS a transfer stage, in orbit. Should be fun :P

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That's just before engine burnout. This is only a vertical test flight, to see if it's controllable and actually flies properly. By and large, the answer is yes (but it needs some tweaking). Achieved an apoapsis of 104 km on a straight-vertical climb.

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After some downtime to synchronize the effort to upgrade their systems, the KSC and TranStar are back in action!

KSC initiated the re-launch of the space program with the launch and deployment of Oracle Station, followed by the first inter-orbit flight test of TranStar's new High-Speed Orbital Courier (HSOC) 110 Gyrfalcon shuttle.

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Gyrfalcon is designed to accommodate transfer of crew and supplies from Kerbin to the station, and (nearly) all points beyond, thanks to its newly-designed Everlight fuel converter. After a quick turn about the Mün, Gyrfalcon's next waypoint assignment was to rendezvous with Oracle to drop off crewmembers intended to staff the planned Duna research mission.

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Upon arrival, the excursion crew transferred to the station, there to begin their daily routine of testing and maintenance of the Cardinal II habitat lander, in preparation for arrival of the drive section that will take it to Duna.HVgaogS.png

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Having delivered the crew, Gyrfalcon departed for its final waypoint: the KSC itself, there to prove its agility and rapid return capabilities.

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The plotted re-entry trajectory was intentionally steep, but left little margin for error. Should the flight systems fail, the flight crew were essentially doomed.

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Fortunately, Gyrfalcon was designed well, and had no troubles whatsoever settling smoothly and quickly into its vertical flight mode from more than twice the speed of sound. The sonic booms swam over the facility, cracking a few windows as it passed. In the tower, a tracking technician swore fluently when his hot koffee vibrated off of his konsole and into his lap.

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Still moving at more than 200m/s, Gyrfalcon's crew watched out the windows as the KSC seemed to drift lazily by.

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Finally, it was time to initiate final approach, and the pilot deployed the air brakes as he brought Gyrfalcon around tightly but smoothly toward the runway, balancing engine power skillfully to keep the bird dropping almost sedately downward to the tarmac.

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As a final flourish, Winston Kerman brought Gyrfalcon to a perfect standstill in mid-air, hovering in place to give the press an awe-inspiring photo opportunity before bringing it in to alight gently on the runway, to the raucous applause of all watching the proceedings.

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With the successful completion of the newest shuttle tests, final build begins on TranStar's White Knight interplanetary drive section.

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