Rifta - SSTO

[Neotician]

Hey guys, i've been working on pseudo-replica of the Rifter from EvE Online,

Since the actual rifter isn't designed for atmospheric flight and KSP doesn't have inertia-stabilizers, i've made a lot of changes to the original design (hence, pseudo)

Here's a pic:

Link to 180 degree view of the craft.

http://imgur.com/a/as6Nb#0

Anyhow, It flies pretty decently inside the atmosphere until about 15,000 meters, then it'll need assistance from RCS since the center of thrust doesn't align with the center of mass.

Also, it can make it into orbit but doesn't have sufficient fuel to stabilize the orbit, so it's going to go back down.

For take-off, i suggest clamping the breaks after ignition, until the engines reach a thrust of 110kN, and hold the pitch level until the end of the runway.

button "1" turns off the skippers and turns on the Jets.

button "2" turns on the skippers and turns off the jets.

Link to the .craft

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/86655926/Rifta.zip

[Uthgood]

you've also got it backwards....you have the engines on the front of the craft facing the back (for the rifter)

[Neotician]

you've also got it backwards....you have the engines on the front of the craft facing the back (for the rifter)

How are the engiens on the front?

i did say pseudo-replica.

[CozmikR5]

This. Is. BRILLIANT !!!!!

[Uthgood]

oops, my bad....didn't see the back of it

[csiler2]

I don't play Eve, but this is pretty sweet. Just don't fly it around in my save file, Jeb might think there's an alien invasion and shoot it down