Carries 6 Kerbals and a full science payload, has a fair amount of ^V in orbit (I was hoping for more tbh). The first pic is takeoff, not landing.
Hi, I'm new here, so I couldn't message you, and it seemed excessive to create a new thread just to let you know of my experiences with this craft, so...
It's a work of art. I built my own spaceplane a few days ago, and it's nice in its way. I can fly it into orbit, circularise the orbit, and re-enter and land. I was quite pleased with myself. I planned to make a seaplane, having already built one for Kerbin science trips, but I'm really not at the SSTO seaplane stage as yet.
This is just another level of neat, though. It's compact, stable at low speeds, I can take off and land on sea and on a runway, and it looks like it fell off the futuristic sci-fi shelf. I'm not sure how well I'm flying it - I suspect less rather than more - but I have 1600m/s delta-v left after making Kerbin orbit. I can probably do better.
I did swap the NERV engines for Nertea's lighter and more powerful Stubbers, and I plan to add a KAS socket for in-orbit refuelling, but this thing is epic. It's the knees of the bee.
SSTO Seaplane Showcase
in KSP1 The Spacecraft Exchange
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Hi, I'm new here, so I couldn't message you, and it seemed excessive to create a new thread just to let you know of my experiences with this craft, so...
It's a work of art. I built my own spaceplane a few days ago, and it's nice in its way. I can fly it into orbit, circularise the orbit, and re-enter and land. I was quite pleased with myself. I planned to make a seaplane, having already built one for Kerbin science trips, but I'm really not at the SSTO seaplane stage as yet.
This is just another level of neat, though. It's compact, stable at low speeds, I can take off and land on sea and on a runway, and it looks like it fell off the futuristic sci-fi shelf. I'm not sure how well I'm flying it - I suspect less rather than more - but I have 1600m/s delta-v left after making Kerbin orbit. I can probably do better.
I did swap the NERV engines for Nertea's lighter and more powerful Stubbers, and I plan to add a KAS socket for in-orbit refuelling, but this thing is epic. It's the knees of the bee.
I can't wait to try it on Laythe.