Shuttle

Could you, please, post a download link to the fuel tank? I've almost finished working on my 200t-rocket so it would be great to test it

I'll try out your rockets, they look awesome. I am planning to post my own rocket family so your subassembly fix was very useful! Do you test you rockets with low fps?

200t launcher? That's interesting

0.18 was in experimental phase for 2 or 3 weeks, why is everyone so happy?

I don't understand how part count and payload is calculated. My rocket consists of 160 parts, payload is another 10 parts and 8 launch clamps. When I reach a stable 100*100 orbit, my whole vehicle is ~200 tons - 161 tons is payload that is separated and 39 tons is empty fuel tanks of the second stage. So, is my rocket 161 tons/180 parts or 200 tons/160 parts or...?

I spend 99% of time in VAB trying to build as good launch vehicle as possible. I don't like interplanetary flights at all.

Naito? http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/stock-space-shuttle/

How heavy is the satellite? Is buran-style shuttle ok?

That's a very impressive ship, I saved the screenshots to my KSP folder because it looks awesome too. What kind of AA did you use?

Yes, one guy created a NASA-style shuttle. And I created Buran-style shuttle without any additional engines/RCS for stabilization http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/stock-space-shuttle/

Fortunately, we didn't loose RD-171 so we at least have a powerful engine. There were many Energia modifications planned such as Vulcan that could put 200 tons into orbit: And Energia-M (30-60 tons to orbit):

Hello! I saw a flight plan made by xchoo in this thread: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/16349-Stock-0-16-NASA-Space-Shuttle-Buran-hybrid Here is direct link to the picture: http://i.imgur.com/E83sI.jpg Does anyone know how to make such kind of images easily? Evident answer is Photoshop but I am very bad at it so tips, icon packs, background images and any other possible kind of help are very welcome It is a little bit off-topic but it seems to me this picture can be used for in-game flight planner. Imagine: you left-click on the trajectory and select an action - turn on ASAS, decouple boosters, set thrust to 70%, etc. Just like with maneuver nodes.

I've experienced the same bug (?) myself but it was not so critical: in my case some mansails shut down ~10 seconds before the others. One of my vessels flipped over shortly after lift off but that was only because I put fuel lines on one side of the rocket and forgot to put them on the opposite side.

I personally would like to see engine construction implemented into the game. It seems to me that adding this feature will make the game much more interesting. A am also waiting for a better physical model (aerodynamics, maybe vibration, deformation) and optimization.

I tried to build a shuttle with this plane but I gave up. The only thing I could do was to attach it on top of one of my launch vehicles and put it into orbit. I enjoyed this flight because it looked a lot like cancelled Chelomey's shuttle launched with Proton

Wow, it looks like a submarine! I'll try to put it into orbit with my launcher

My best rocket consists of 200 parts and can lift 150 tons into orbit Challenge accepted

What's the part count?

I don't recommend reading anyone else's tips because it will spoil all the pleasure of building a powerful rocket yourself Well, it is a powerful vehicle but the part count seems to be a little high to me (651 parts), and I also have only ~5-10 fps during lift off on GTX460 i5 2500

One guy managed to build a shuttle without engines on the central fuel tank but the thread with craft file, description, pics was deleted. However, I downloaded a craft file a couple of months ago, here are some pics: http://i.imgur.com/2rWcmsM.png http://i.imgur.com/YCBGIyR.png

Did you put it into orbit with one launch?

Yes, it allows to balance the shuttle after boosters separation.

MRab2, yes, in both of my shuttles fuel is fed from the main tank to shuttle even after boosters are separated.

I created a thread about how to build a shuttle with tips, crafts and screenshots about half a year ago but it is gone. The only thing I have left is screenshots and craft file: I built two vanilla shuttles that can achieve 100*100 km orbit and go back easily. Your shuttle flips because booster engines and shuttle engines are not in the center of mass => they create rotating moment. When shuttle is launched, those rotating moments are compensated but when the boosters are dropped, the rotating moment from the shuttle's engines is no longer compensated => it flips over. Could you, please, provide a screenshot of your shuttle from different angle? I don't understand if there are any engines on the central fuel tank.