[Broken] STS Space Shuttle "Khallenger"

[aleksey71]

we will wait for this wonderful replica

[Jon144]

Shouldn't be long. But it still needs to be the best that I can make it.

[Dnaha]

Now this is a nice looking stock Shuttle:)

[Enorats]

Took awhile to figure out how to pilot the.. er.. elevator. Thinking an external command seat will be installed for the next launch. Val's got a hard head.. but she almost flew out the door after she bounced off the ceiling. That's gotta be the silliest and most awesome thing I've ever seen in KSP.

[inigma]

Just saw this. Very nice shuttle! I like the 5x cargo bay and your OMS pods. I never thought of either of those ideas - I might have to borrow them sometime . You guys definitely deserve rep and an STS Architect badge. A very exclusive club. I will be testing its cargo lift rating soon (I use the well-known STS Fuel Pod to test cargo ratings). If it can lift 40+ tons to orbit, I'll add it to my own in-game fleet! Let me know if you guys have links to any kerbalx references for those amazing cargoes so I can include them in the STS Hangar. If you want me to include Khallenger in the hangar, just give the word and I will.

Here is your badge!

I never got around to a 51L mission. This will make it so.

Well done!

edit:

tested flight. operational tonnage is about 20 tons it seems. very interesting to control on launch. u'd think i was a first year academy pilot. not used to nearly sasless launches. heh.

I had trouble decoupling the External Tank at 100km periapsis. Somehow my STS Fuel Pod got stuck to it, and I had to warp out the shuttle from the entangled mess that was headed for 52k alt reentry with no fuel in the orbiter. Thankfully I saved the orbiter but had to land it at an emergency desert airfield in Kerbabwe.

Anyways, I found her to fly like I'd expect a flying brickyard to fly.

Edited November 2, 2015 by inigma

[Jon144]

Just saw this. Very nice shuttle! I like the 5x cargo bay and your OMS pods. I never thought of either of those ideas - I might have to borrow them sometime . You guys definitely deserve rep and an STS Architect badge. A very exclusive club. I will be testing its cargo lift rating soon (I use the well-known STS Fuel Pod to test cargo ratings). If it can lift 40+ tons to orbit, I'll add it to my own in-game fleet! Let me know if you guys have links to any kerbalx references for those amazing cargoes so I can include them in the STS Hangar. If you want me to include Khallenger in the hangar, just give the word and I will.

Here is your badge!

http://i.imgur.com/UF2EaXT.jpg

I never got around to a 51L mission. This will make it so.

Well done!

edit:

tested flight. operational tonnage is about 20 tons it seems. very interesting to control on launch. u'd think i was a first year academy pilot. not used to nearly sasless launches. heh.

I had trouble decoupling the External Tank at 100km periapsis. Somehow my STS Fuel Pod got stuck to it, and I had to warp out the shuttle from the entangled mess that was headed for 52k alt reentry with no fuel in the orbiter. Thankfully I saved the orbiter but had to land it at an emergency desert airfield in Kerbabwe.

http://i.imgur.com/FQV8Ci2.png

Anyways, I found her to fly like I'd expect a flying brickyard to fly.

Can I ask why you used this old shuttle and not my current model? But awesome!

You have to realize this was my first model and my most updated one is "Kerlantis"

If you want to fly one of my shuttles Kerlantis is undoubtedly the smoothest to fly and the most realistic.

Kerlantis can launch 20-30 (35 at max) tons to orbit. Far for than this version and has all the bugs worked out. Odd that you used this one instead of my new one.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/135358-Kerlantis-NASA-Space-Shuttle-Replica

Edited November 2, 2015 by Jon144

[inigma]

Old thread popped up. Will try Kerlantis next.