1.0 Spaceplane - Aurora (SR71 style)

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It's finished! My first functional SSTO. Works like a charm for me. Got it into LKO, back on the runway safely.

I built it to be somewhat modular - so if you click on the short LF/LOX tank, it should seperate the entire back half from the cargo bay and cockpit. This way, you can replace the cargo bay with a docking port and crew cabin (which I plan to do when shipping Kerbonauts to a Space Station) or replace it with liquid fuel if you're cruising around Kerbin, ect.

The engines are tricky. The back elevon / fins are attached so if you want to swap the engines out, make sure you put the fins on how they were. The CR-7 RAPIER engines aren't the most powerful - nominal speed for this craft is around ~350m/s at 7km. It does handle fairly well, and is capable of delivering Kerbonauts or tiny satellites into orbit.

If you fly it around, let me know how it went!

Single-Stage-To-Orbit Modular Space Plane - Aurora (v6)

Not sure if there needs to be a license for craft files but the license is "do whatever you want."

[PolloPlays]

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/117528-First-set-of-1-0-planes

Looks we had the same idea. XD

[Amishacker]

Beautiful designs do deserve imitation.

Coinkadinkally I built a modded plane in 0.90 with SR-71 looks that was also named Aurora.

Ha.

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It is such a sleek and wonderful design, and fun to fly!

Aurora just kind fits, doesn't it?!

[SHiftER2O]

I find comfort in flying this. I don't know.

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