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Apparently according to red iron crowns testing the shock cones are the most aerodynamic cones and even work backwards mounted on Rapiers to reduce drag.

You rock, nothing weird, just saying.

Also one drive and Google drive

Is it possible to do it in one with an ion lander?

I think a dV readout in construction is necessary once you get out of Kerbin SOI, you can 'wing' Kerbin and mun just like someone else said, for evidence see the speed run in my signature. It is also necessary when you want to start to build efficient craft. It seems crazy to restrict that information for grindy 'gameplay' purposes. The novice won't recognise the significance immediately and to the experienced player it will be an unnecessary encumbrance.

For Rapiers get fast low, at about 400m/s you will hit the power band of the Rapiers, from then on ascend as quickly as possible, above 10km push for 1300m/s by 12-15km, make sure you have an action group for your Rapiers they fade for a long time and you will lose speed, as soon as you stop accelerating switch mode and carefully pitch up to 20'. Then follow the top of the programs marker till your desired apoapsis.

Continuing putting my Jool Grand Tour mission together, initial testing is going well. Inside this SSTO (when/if it makes it to orbit) are two more SSTO's.

Much lower initial TWR, which is the killer on Eve ascents, getting the dV is easy, but getting it with 1.6 TWR is whats hard. If you could do the first 20k with a much lower TWR, which will rise as you use fuel. I've got a positive feeling about it.

If you hyper edit that thing onto the top of the 7500m mountain (if it fits) you might make it. Thats another 2000m higher starting point. incredible effort your frame rate must have been glacial.

I saw it happen when I had the fairing and the engine in the same stage, the fairing deployed but the engine never came unstowed, they need to be in separate stages.

Sharpy is right, it may be drag related as the other suggestion, the inside control surface on the back of the wing should be pitch only, the outside ones pitch and roll.

Make sure you don't have angle snap on when you place the two real wheels, use c to turn it off.

Yeah, Jool Grand Tour, I tried to put a few clues in there - - - Updated - - - I jut realised I used an old lander , it's got barely enough dV for Tylo, I changed the tank for a 2.5m 200 for about 5600m/s dV

I have heard of an issue with CoM and inverted controls, is your CoM in front of your control surfaces at the start and as you lose fuel it moves backwards? Do you use Stock Bug Fix Modules mod, and is it updated?

Here's your Internet cookie, well there was 2 seconds of entertainment. - - - Updated - - - Yeah I discovered it during my mun speed run in my sig, I was surprised too.

Doesn't the lander look a bit overpowered for gilly? and the rapier on the shuttle would not be any good for getting off Eve

Very close, there are two SSTO's inside an SSTO, but for what purpose?

That looks absolutely awesome!

A cookie for the first correct answer about what is being built. I'm so meta.

The reasons are many and varied, a craft file or picture would go a long way to solve your problem, probably in the gameplay questions thread.

At night too!

My friend, not a forum member, has apparently managed an astonishing 45% PF Spaceplane using six rapiers, two whiplashes and 4 full ore tanks, I will try and snag the craft file and test it out. Edit: nvm our ideas of orbit varied

Been turning my Payload Fraction Challenge entry into an orange tank taxi driver, welcome the SMA OrbitMaster. A bit more fuel, a bit more low down power, some extra directional control and it's quite nice to fly. Delivered an orange tank to 80x80 orbit and return. Also landed on the runway at night, I have never done that before from orbit.

Here is my entry, the SMA OrbitMaster. Orange tank to orbit and return. I even landed at night! A first for me, only one of the few times I have actually landed on the runway. This is a good plane, easy to fly, predictable.

Use a kOS script to control the lights you could probably at least project black and white video.