Micro SSTO

[Zamolxes77]

For some weird reason, after watching several youtube videos, I became obsessed with Micro SSTO's, in other words, getting a kerbal or two into orbit, in a minimalistic fashion.

Now I know there are plenty of designs out there, that takes them up in a service bay and sum-such, but I wanted to try my hand with some simple designs. After 10 hours and some 20 different designs, I arrived to this.

Albeit some of my designs used tweakscale and interstellar fuels, I wanted something that can be done with stock parts, no heavy clipping so beginners can see the components, a more "classic" look.

Here it is in orbit, I left Engineer data up:  

Here's ready to descend:  

 

It has RCS controls, 160ish units of mono-propellant and a shielded docking port on the belly of the plane, so you can take it up to 100-120 km KO, dock and return. Its a great joy to fly, aero brakes like a pro and handles very well, no flips when aero braking or weird control. Let me know what you think about it !

Edited July 1, 2016 by Zamolxes77

[Devonian]

Nice SSTO!

[juvilado]

Im after SSTOs too, its one of the funniest features of KSP IMHO...