SSTO Rocket Challenge

[HiAmerica]

My challenge for you:

Build an SSTO.

The catch:

No jet engines or wings, and it has to land at the KSC like a plane.

There is no points system for this challenge, I just need to see screenshots:

On the launchpad

100 meters

Gravity turn

In orbit

Landed on the runway

Happy Flying!

[KerikBalm]

how do you plan to land on the runway with no wings (aerodynamic surfaces?)....

I think you should allow wings... just specify a vertical launch.... and have a scoring method

[Slam_Jones]

Hmmm, personally I think it'd be more interesting if the rule were "wings are allowed, parachutes are not"

It's harder to glide a plane to a safe landing than to pull the chutes and drift slowly down.

[moronwrocket]

What about control surfaces? Are winglets/canards/etc allowed?

[HiAmerica]

Control surfaces are allowed, you can use RCS thrusters in landing.

[Dman Revolution]

does this count?

it can bring 40t payload to orbit and land

the plane looking thing at the top is a shuttle that carries 7 kerbals & ~1500deltaV (also reusable)

if landed perfectly this craft can cost 0 funds even with the shuttle as a payload

http://imgur.com/a/y9ADt#1

Edited May 30, 2015 by Dman Revolution

[HiAmerica]

does this count?

it can bring 40t to orbit and land

http://imgur.com/a/y9ADt#1

Is it SSTO? I saw what looked like multiple stages in the staging.

[Dman Revolution]

Is it SSTO? I saw what looked like multiple stages in the staging.

the 2nd and 3rd stage were to release the payload & fairing and then the parachutes