Starwhip

And I docked it:

Alright, I got REALLY good at this: Avion Mark Two Maiden voyage, in a 71,000 meter orbit, with over half a tank of fuel for both of the rockets.

Docking is easy, as long as you have RCS symmetry. You put RCS on the center of mass or equidistant from it, and you can translate without a problem. Don't forget those solar panels! Especially for probes: never go anywhere without either backup batteries or a standard panel. RCS farther out from the COM gives you better leverage: RCS thruster on a girder will give you more control than on the hull. Throttle back on your jets when you have an SSTO at high altitudes to milk a little bit more time out of the jets. Keep doing this until you can no longer keep your speed accelerating. Pitch to the 90 degree mark when launching for an extra Delta V boost.

YES the Aerospike did it!!! Here's the ship: AVIONSSTO Weight: 16 tons In orbit: 440 units of oxidizer, so docking possible. Manned This is the first manned SSTO craft I have ever made... although it looks a lot like the Aeris.

Ok I noticed this: I am NOT going high enough nor fast enough. I'll add more intakes, I have only 4 radial ram intakes and 2 of the circular ram ones. CURRENT AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION: 12 RAM intakes (radial) 2 RAM intakes (stack) 2 Turbojet engines 1 Aerospike Engine 2 FL-T200's 2 Jet Fuselage Action Groups for INTAKES, INTAKES & ENGINES, and AEROSPIKE Ascent Profile: 45 degrees (30-ish prograde marker) to 14,000 meters Down to 30 degrees (20-is prograde marker) to 17,000 meters Down to 15 degrees (5-10 prograde marker) to 30,000 meters Throttle down to keep jet thrust stable and airspeed accelerating (At 30,000 the jets failed to provide sufficient thrust; 48-7S not enough. Added AEROSPIKE, testing now. It goes up to about 30,000 meters on jets, reaching a top speed of 1,600 m/s. Do I need more jets?

Flight profile? Ok, here: From runway, ascend at 45 degrees to around 10,000 meters. Level out (about 10 degrees) at around 11,500 meters. Continue on jets at full power until flameout. Kick up the rockets from this point, point again at 45 degrees until apoapsis is about 70,000 meters... and then run out of rocket fuel. EDIT: Something QUITE interesting I've noticed is this: before flameout, the engines (jets) are still operating even though the resource called "IntakeAir" is and has been at zero for some time.

My ghost comes back to haunt you and you become insane, and you kill yourself. My hill.

Banned for doors.

I can post pictures in a while, but first, listen to my problem: I can easily make high-speed, high-altitude aircraft, capable of hypersonic speeds. Now, when I try to make SSTOs, my problem is the rocket stage. How much fuel is necessary? I never have enough, either due to a piloting error or a building error. So how much fuel is necessary? 1 FL-T200 (the one with the "go faster" stripes, if the part # is incorrect) is not enough for me. And how much jet fuel is needed? In terms of engines, I usually have 2 or 4 turbojets, and 1-3 Aerospikes. Orbital characteristics: just before jet flameout, I am up to about 25,000 meters (apoapsis ~30,000) and around 1700 m/s. Just after rocket stage runs dry, I have an apoapsis of around 69-71,000 meters. Any help?

Titanic (WHEEEEEEEEEEEE)

Well, I distract you as you trip on a rock and you fly up into the sky, never to come back down. My hill.

No. No, no, no no nononononono... 10/10, ze flute wielder I have come to be so familiar with.

Banned for not having a summer home, like me, on Arrakis (Dune)

@KvickFlygarn87 No, that's the Ultimate Answer. The Ultimate Question is (Printed below in white to avoid spoilers) What do you get when you multiply six by seven? Oh, hey, on this topic, how about Deep Thought?

Granted. But you already wished, so you have no more wishes. I wish that Psychology was a little easier.

Zis is true. The user below is on Eeloo now.

Doctor Who? (Both a question and an answer)

Hmm. Still 8/10.

166 = 4! * Γ4 + 4! - √4

Thingy getz an EIGHT.

Perhaps. The user below can give me a million cakes.

Granted. You always hit the right keys, but it takes you fifteen years to type each word. I wish for SPACEbar.

Banned for staring.

This makes no sense. I mean, it does make sense, but there is no connection between the desert and the parachute. Can I have a go at this?

/\ THAT is really cool!! Love the pan/rotate shots, looks like it wasn't made in KSP! I wanna make a thing like that... although I can't make a VTOL, and SSTO's are elusive, but not impossible. I think I just make them too big. So here is my REAL craft design process. Think of a place I'd like to go and what I want the craft to do. Make several prototypes of all components. Make more prototypes of all components combined. Make a final design. Launch and achieve SCIENCE!!!