[Shuttle Challenge v5 - The STS thread [Stock and Mod Friendly] - MAJOR CHALLENGE ANNOUNCEMENT! - 30.3.2020]

3 minutes ago, 4x4cheesecake said:

Hey @blackjungle308, glad to see you around

Welcome down the rabbit hole aka the shuttle challenge^^

Did you just strap two shuttles together and used one of them as a booster to get around the tough balancing?

Well done, and congratulations to your first badge

Well... The balancing WAS giving me a hard time, I admit that... And I had an eye out on the "recover the tank" optional later on.. .That will make things a lot easier in the future.  the "main" shuttle has payload, rcs, and the works... The second "shuttle" just looks like th main one... But has only fuel. It's just a tank.  After completing the 1a and 2a... I'm going for 1b and 2b today, live... And keep going at it. This is a nice time killer.

 

And thank you on the badge, sir.

 

[Shuttle Challenge v5 - The STS thread [Stock and Mod Friendly] - MAJOR CHALLENGE ANNOUNCEMENT! - 30.3.2020]

And here we go. I decided to take on the challenge, and give it a spin. Had more fun than I anticipated!

Mods used:

Mk4 Spaceplane Parts

Kerbal Engineer

NavyFish Docking Port Alignment Indicator

 

And here's the link to the first succesfull mission (STS1a) of the "Bubbletron".

 

https://imgur.com/a/fG9Khef

 

And a link to the gallery of the second sucessfull mission (STS2a). We managed to deploy the three geosycrhonous sattelites! Eeeey!

 

https://imgur.com/a/iUDV1AQ

 

 

(And would just linking a VOD be enough? Grabbing printscreens is not my forte. )