How to ssto an orange tank?

[Stocchinet]

2 hours ago, Sereneti said:

one question: Can i have the .craft file from the Topic

I need a large lifter, and have some ideas to improve the desing

(like: exchange the Y-mk2 to a mk2-mk1- adapter, and exchange the air-intakes to shoc-cones... -> decrease drag, decrease the air-intake a little bit)
(exchange the Nose-con to a shoc-cone intake-> increase air-intake, decrease drag)
(exchange the Nerv against a ramjet -> decrease weight , increase atmospheric trust)
(flip the MK2 parts about 90 degres. -> that give you a small wing-area)

I'll send you something as soon as i can, i already improoved it by myself using some of the tricks you mentioned, and no, the mk2 part stays vertical, horizontal would clip too much fuel into the wet wings, it's an ethical decision

[RizzoTheRat]

There was a challenge for this a while back, so worth having a skim through some of the submissions for ideas

Or alternatively @Val took it a bit further

https://kerbalx.com/Val/SSTO-S-108-Long-Mk1

 

[Sereneti]

my bigest problem is the balance for the parts :/

ill try at the moment, but, ....
any idea about a realy heavy part?

My problem is the balance from the parts :/

(and a nerv-reaktor only for the weight is... )

Aaand: only a T2 Runaway and Hangar

Edited May 8, 2016 by Sereneti

[Stocchinet]

Ok guys problem solved! I did It! here's the results!

As you can see from the data, i was able to lift a full jumbo tank to an 100x100km orbit with 450 m/s dv spare for orbital maneuver, 100% stock parts and stock areo, i dumped two engines and the two nukes, now it's much lighter, also the nose cone made from fairings works great, no more roasting!

Thanks for all the smart advices you guys gave to me, at the end was all a piloting problem, getting faster at low altitudes it's they key as suggested by you.

I'm still tweaking the craft and the ascent path, but i'm already happy with the overall result, and it also look pretty sleek in flight (nothing too original, i admit), soon i'm going to make an Op in the spacecraft exchange section of the forum with some cool screens and a download for the craft. I still have to name it properly, cool planes needs cool names i was thinking something like "orange crush" i'm not sure

Thank you all again, see you soon! 

Edited May 8, 2016 by Stocchinet