My first SSTO: the Nightshrike IV

[JAD_Interplanetary]

I finally got my first SSTO ever into orbit and back again!

Smooth ascent, but gets a little "yaw happy" at around 12km

Finally in orbit

Coming in a little too steep, and with barely enough battery power left to maintain control (need to put some solar panels on the next gen)

Even managed to land back at KSP, albeit with a minor wing strike that snapped off the port wingtip

Handling is a bit goofy, even with the CoM far forward. Need to play around more with amount and placement of control surfaces.

But, Jeb and Bob made it back in one piece! So success and champagne all around.

[maceemiller]

Awesome! I have no luck makkng these things so stay with rockets. Looks brilliant imo too