Cronus Titan hauler SSTO - 80 tons to LKO - Low density update now "only" 422 parts

[Roflcopterkklol]

I decided i should build a mk3 spaceplane and i finally have it finished and i must say it is quite a big one, Presenting the

After realising most people could never actually load and fly Cronus i put it on a diet, be warned this version does not perform nearly as well as the full version, if you can i insist on downloading the 587 part craft.

This version contains no RCS control and next to no SAS control, flight stability and maneuverability is also compromised for the sake of less parts.

Download link:

http://www./download/0qycwumzksbad5k/Cronus+-+Titan+hauler+SSTO+%28low+density%29.craft

Cronus titan hauler SSTO

Description:

Capable of carrying 80 tons into LKO with engines any stock SSTO would be jealous of, Cronus burns fuel evenly (That was a head ache to figure out lol), it is capable of 100-300km orbits depending on the pilot (into the millions if storage is used for delta V) and in the atmosphere it flies like a dream with a 140m/s take off and extremely stable once in the air, flyable without SAS control even for the less skilled pilots

Cost: 688,420

Weight: 556.3 Tons

Part count: 587

(Nearly down to 1 per ton not bad imo)

Action groups:

1: Toggle Turbo jets

2: Toggle Rapiers

3: Toggle Rapier engine mode

4: Toggle aero spikes

5: Toggle solar panels

Flight instructions:

On launch picth up to 40 degree and continue until 12km, at 12km bring the pitch down to +5degree and gain speed until 800-1100m/s, at 800-1100m/s bring the pitch up to +20 degree until 20km, at 20km you will need to hit action group 4 engaging aero spikes, at 22-24km you will need to hit action group 3 to switch rapier engine mode, after turbo jets die off at 26km bring the pitch to +30 degree and continue until a 100km apoapsis then procede with orbital maneuver, before re entry you will need to move some fuel into forward tanks for flight stability. Good luck and have fun.

Download link:

http://www./download/ctpapi4ix11rtxs/Cronus+-+Titan+hauler+SSTO.craft

And because i know someone will ask a close up of the engines, if anyone wants a download link to the engines as a sub assembly piece let me know as they are hard to make and have them work.

Edited May 14, 2015 by Roflcopterkklol

[CitizenAerospace]

Woah

[SHiftER2O]

Really now, I can't quite put a finger on whether those wings have more lift than drag, but a pic of it in space is the answer that I should need, but justifying that answer would mean I personally give this ride a go Really loving these radical-dynamic crazy designs that just.. work!

[nfpinto]

wow, amazing! +rep

gonna fly it

[Jakalth]

I knew posting my heavy lifter(even though it was basicly useless... :\ ) would spur these things into being! Nice lifter btw. Might have to finally take a deeper look at how YOU make ssto to figure out where I keep going wrong in my designs. Other then the ramjets of course.

[Roflcopterkklol]

I knew posting my heavy lifter(even though it was basicly useless... :\ ) would spur these things into being! Nice lifter btw. Might have to finally take a deeper look at how YOU make ssto to figure out where I keep going wrong in my designs. Other then the ramjets of course.

i will not lie your 45 ton lifter was what made me want to build this

[SHiftER2O]

I knew posting my heavy lifter(even though it was basicly useless... :\ ) would spur these things into being! Nice lifter btw. Might have to finally take a deeper look at how YOU make ssto to figure out where I keep going wrong in my designs. Other then the ramjets of course.

Oh no my friend, what would make it useless is if this Titan here is able to lift more than double of your ship's capacity, that way it would be obsolete to have two of your lifters against one of his titan

[Roflcopterkklol]

Oh no my friend, what would make it useless is if this Titan here is able to lift more than double of your ship's capacity, that way it would be obsolete to have two of your lifters against one of his titan

To be fair his ships half as many parts Cronus causes a lot of lag, i really wanted to keep it under 400 parts but i couldnt, even the air intake is over the top, i was suprised it literally NEEDS the 53 air intake lmao so many engines

[SHiftER2O]

To be fair his ships half as many parts Cronus causes a lot of lag, i really wanted to keep it under 400 parts but i couldnt, even the air intake is over the top, i was suprised it literally NEEDS the 53 air intake lmao so many engines

Maybe reducing the number of solar panels might help a bit?

[Roflcopterkklol]

only has 12, could probably remove some of the internals but it removes a lot of performance and reliability, one problem is the 45 air breathing engines, that adds 45 air intakes and cubic struts to hold them, theres 90 parts not including the 60 engines (60 once you include the aero spikes lol), really i just went too big lol. im amazed i kept it under 600 parts as it is

[SHiftER2O]

only has 12, could probably remove some of the internals but it removes a lot of performance and reliability, one problem is the 45 air breathing engines, that adds 45 air intakes and cubic struts to hold them, theres 90 parts not including the 60 engines (60 once you include the aero spikes lol), really i just went too big lol. im amazed i kept it under 600 parts as it is

Cheesus, props to you my friend xD And then there's clipping....

[Roflcopterkklol]

Cheesus, props to you my friend xD And then there's clipping....

Well i managed to get it down to a 440 part count, not as good as the full version but more people will be able to load it now.

[SHiftER2O]

Well i managed to get it down to a 440 part count, not as good as the full version but more people will be able to load it now.

Well, that's more or less good news What did you do?

[Roflcopterkklol]

Well, that's more or less good news What did you do?

No more RCS, no more SAS, less flight stability and less structural integrity, it did come at a cost

[Jakalth]

You know that in the new system, you only need 1 intake for every two air breathing engines. More or less. Going with a 1.5/1 ratio would be safer, so you could probably drop 10 of the intakes right there. Not much of a part drop though... probably not enough to make a difference.

[scharlesc]

The turbo jets overheat and lose power before I can reach 800-1100m/s. What do you do to prevent that?

[SHiftER2O]

The turbo jets overheat and lose power before I can reach 800-1100m/s. What do you do to prevent that?

Rapiers to assist you to the 800-1100m/s barrier.

[Roflcopterkklol]

The turbo jets overheat and lose power before I can reach 800-1100m/s. What do you do to prevent that?

Sounds like your copy of the plane is glitched, i can not get the engines to overheat no matter what i do, maybe re download it

[scharlesc]

Sounds like your copy of the plane is glitched, i can not get the engines to overheat no matter what i do, maybe re download it

That must be it. Or I could have some mod in Kerbal that is messing it up. Thanks.

[Kagame]

Oh. So THAT's why my trimaran designs (wing- FUEL-cargo-FUEL-wing) didn't work. I had about a quarter of the amount of power I actually needed.

Now that we've confirmed it's possible to SSTO two cargo bay's worth, hmm... I think an SSTO mothership might be in the cards.

[scharlesc]

That must be it. Or I could have some mod in Kerbal that is messing it up. Thanks.

I removed some old mods and also the physics.cfg file and it works like a charm no overheating. Made it into orbit.