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i would have originally liked to have made it a belly lander, but having it vertical suits my needs better for accessibility and so it doesnt need wings at all so it flies a dream. originally had trouble landing in atmosphere due to using only parachutes to slow down (so it can make it down without expending delta v, so you can return) and keeping it from falling, but it touches down nice and easy with no assistance. is designed to be a orbit-to-ground-and-return crew transport craft that docks with my space engine for interplanetary travel. may i ask what it is you prefer about belly landers? had a look at that link; some awesome designs, definitely love ssto shuttles. cheap crew transport ftw

It is a VTOL, and my most perfect orbital shuttle to date. It does start and land on it's tail, very stable, can land on uneven surfaces. just wanna think about your descent though as it uses parachutes to land, then pilot gets out to repack the chutes. Liquid fuel engine for zero atmosphere vtol

My SSTOs; 4 man 1 man, long range 2 man

Unconventional SSTO VTOL 4 manned Orbital Transport Cruiser that uses jet engines and liquid engines to get into orbit, dock, resupply for reuse and parachutes for landing.