Acus

I don't think you're right there - just look at angine efficiency http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramjet#/media/File:Specific-impulse-kk-20090105.png I didnt check rapiers after patch, you gave me a hope:) And quite interesting fact is that space plane can be fueled by liguid fuel only(turbos+909) - greatly reducing mass of plane.

Is not new idea to brake in high atmosphere , look at Skylon project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylon_%28spacecraft%29 Finding good trajectory to land of KSC is matter of few tries ... same way that finding most optimal ascend path with rockets.

That my setup too, tried yesterday, but didnt work. Heard that 909 is nerfed too... They realy need to add scramjet..

Hello guys I had a lot of Fun with SSTO planes , i just love them, i had a nice plane which can go to mun deliver 1 t of cargo and back... (with FAR + DRE ) I used them to make RemoteTech network satelites. And now this... Ok it is realistic , and in the end i can deal with this , try to build new ones - new challange . But i think, SSTO planes effectiveness dropped so hard that they are useless now. Lets add to this role of planes in Career... useless again... Beside pure fun - there is no point of building planes now... Still soo many nice new parts I think the best solution for this is scramjet engine. It wont mess with new game mechanics , simple to implement , making ssto planes more complicated but still effective. What do you think ?