princessjane

Rapier engines are both jet and rocket engines. That is specifically the reason I am using them. This craft theoretically should be able to land anywhere in the solar system given it is able to refuel.

Thanks to Zephram I split the tanks with my command pod and have a balanced 6 tank VTOL. Anyone want to help get it SSTO? I'm using rapier engines for both directions of travel. Also I discovered if you run lines to a fuel crossfeed part attached to engines it will drain equally from all attached tanks. That is how I balanced the forward thrusting engines fuel supply.

As for the first part I am VTOLing with 6 engines, basically at the points of a rocket with 6 symmetry turned on. They all have their own small tank. This alone does not give me enough fuel to then also be able to sustain hover or reach orbit (where I would then refuel). The issues start when the center of the craft, typically several tanks in a row making the center of the ship start to drain. The second part may work although I was hoping for something that did not require adjustments on the fly as flying a VTOL with any kind of precision requires plenty of real time adjustments as it is.

I will look into that. I was hoping for a vanilla option but I think I am at the final staw.

Turns it into a rocket and not a flyable aircraft.

Any VTOL using more than a single fuel tank will have this problem and has nothing to do with symmetry. It's a ship not a rocket, as fuel drains from the front tank the center of weight shifts to the rear causing the craft to automatically pull up when hovering. I have 5 or 6 different designs atm and every single one this is a problem.

I have been trying to use the new rapier engines to build a SSTO VTOL. My largest hurdle has been fuel balancing. Because fuel drains from the first tank first it throws weight distribution out the window. Currently I am trying to separate the tanks and run a fuel line to each engine so all fuel tanks drain at the same rate, the issue here is the lack of parts being labeled fuel cross feed so I am having some issues with this as well. Anyone have any success in balancing large amounts of fuel through the entire burn?

As far as I remember when I bought KSP it said something about all future versions being available. I would think that would include steam.

I've used mun gravity assisted transfer's before. I don't know if it's more efficient but i think it would be close.

This is my #1 landing maneuver. cut engines and thrust down just before you touch down... prevents bouncing, very effective.

when did 1.7 come out?

you can drop the second small engine in place use the nuke engine. If you use SRB's you can get ride of the 2 large half tanks. But it's a nice simple lander wither way.

Ok... here is the part submitted for your approval http://www./?an5bcvql7sfk8q6

I am quickly realizing everything is based off the cords in blender not so much unity

Still need to texture it. Let me know what you think.