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After testing today, I made some modifications. 1) I added some solar panels to the bottom. I had run out of ElectricCharge and the plane was not facing the sun. 2) During landing, I noticed the engines do not switch back to air breathing. I added some custom keys to do this. a) custom key 1 - Toggles engine mode custom key 2 - Activates engines (when manually switching to air breathing engines, it seems you have to activate them again) c) custom key 3 - Toggles SP-L solar panels. 2) The lander was modified so that it had less mass. it will require a gentle landing though. I added additional RCS ports to allow full 3D maneuverability for docking. 3) I also added a OKTO2 module to the lander to allow for unmanned testing. I did not want to risk stranding a Kerbal until fully tested. Kerbal Rescues are a lot of fun though! Overall, I am really surprised how well this plane flies. I have done several launch to orbit flights without issues. I discovered the engine issue though were they do not switch back to air breathing. Hopefully the custom keys will fix that.

This is my first post here. I have mostly played with the rockets because I found the planes frustrating. I finally tried it out and found some success. The KR-71 started out as just a foolish attempt to make something that looked like the real life SR-71 Blackbird. with a little tweaking though, I found it flew really well. So I wanted to share it. The KR-71 is my most successful SSTO plane to date and can accomplish a lot of missions: 1) Single Stage to orbit 2) carry 6 Kerbals 3) dock with other vessels 4) carry cargo. 5) Return to base with controlled flight Now in the cargo hold, I have placed a small lander. I have not tested this yet, but hoping that others will try, to use the place to launch to orbit, release the launcher, land on one of the moons, return and dock with the plane, and return to launch center. ( i don't know if something similar has been done, I am new here) Link to Curse: http://www.curse.com/shareables/kerbal/226095-kr-71-inspire-ssto-with-cargo-stock-parts-only