My First SSTO!

[Diddly Feelerino]

Allright lads - I'm in the midst of preparing a Laythe landing (and as a consequence been preparing a Laythe landing vehicle). With time and patience I've finally managed to create an SSTO, both capable of flying into Kerbin/Laythe's atmosphere and out.

Been tested so far on Kerbin - able to get into a circular orbit of around 70-80km it seems, with enough fuel to return to Kerbin (or reach the orbital vehicle/refueling station, depending on need).

Here's a pic or two =)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Try not to land on water - guarantees appear to be voided in that case....

 

 

 

Edited May 18, 2016 by Diddly Feelerino

[Frank_G]

Sweet! When i read "first SSTO", i was expecting a forest of wings with monstrous engine clusters and tanks... but you got me surprised  very nice design! And very kerbal indeed.

From the side of efficiency, i bet you can bring that craft up by a single R.A.P.I.E.R engine - which will save you lots of weight for a probable small payload.

Keep up the good work! I hope to see more of your creations here.

[The Raging Sandwich]

You got into that high of an orbit with just that tiny thing? Anyways, best design I've seen in a while!

[Diddly Feelerino]

Thanks lads =)

Aye it works well - my only problem is that it only has a few minutes of fuel for a return entry - meaning you had best prepare your landing as close to land as possible =P

[The Raging Sandwich]

I actually tried building this SSTO myself. I had a bit of a rough takeoff, but everything is doing fine. I'm still in the process of testing this myself!

[Diddly Feelerino]

EDIT - Empty post, delete plz

Edited May 19, 2016 by Diddly Feelerino

[Diddly Feelerino]

Just to prove my point, here is the SSTO above with extra accoutrements (namely science equipment, solar panels, batteries and TACS supplies) landing on Laythe and returning! Take off and landing were a nightmare (with the current "ice" traction and excessively bouncy wheels) but it works, with lots of fuel to spare!

See below;
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 19, 2016 by Diddly Feelerino

[awfulhumanbeing]

Great job, mate! If you could've seen my abominations, you would understand me. 

Surprisingly, it's very compact and has reasonable capabilities. I expected to see stuff like mine .

One suggestion: if you're not very critical about the mass, use a shielded Clamp-O-Tron. Makes re-entries so much easier!

[The Raging Sandwich]

I know I'm a bit late on this and that this is off topic, but what mod do you have to get those textures? 

Anyways, nice design!

[Speed_Kerman]

It's so stubby and cute!! I want one for myself!!

[Scientia1423]

I envy you. Your SSTO design is laughing at the logic of my head; and all I can do is clip ailerons into engines to get to space 

[Firemetal]

Nice!

[Zamolxes77]

I just replicated your build, is very nice, however I don't see the point of the extremely large liquid fuel reserve on board. I just went in LKO, and after Whiplashes burned out, I still had 600 units of extra liquid fuel on board, that after adding 2 additional FL-T400 !

Perhaps something like this would give it greater flexibility?

You have 1k delta-v to play with AFTER getting in a circular LKO.