Rate my Mün landing cargo SSTO!

[Tychonoir]

My original plan was to create a cargo SSTO that could carry 4 large Mk2 bays worth of cargo, land at Mün, and return to Kerbin.

This turned out to be a much bigger challenge than I though it would be!
As the plane got bigger, it needed more engines, more fuel, then it couldn't land anymore, so needed more engines, more fuel, etc.

So I tried going simpler with only 2 large Mk2 bays. Still took quite a bit of trial and error, but I finally did it.
As a craft, it's a delicate balance of size, mass, fuel, cargo, and power.

76 tons, 3.5k - 4k ∆v after reaching LKO.

How did I do?

 

Edited August 8, 2017 by Tychonoir

[s1l3nt_c0y0t3]

Is there some reason you didn't just use a mk3?

[Tychonoir]

I don't particularly care for the Mk3 parts, and the appropriate engines are the wrong scale.

[qzgy]

But Mk3 is so much more convenient for cargo. Also, there is a thing called an adapter. Useful for making like Mk3 parts work better with 1.25m engines. Or you could use radial attachment.

[Tychonoir]

No, wrong scale as in wrong thrust scale. You end up needing dozens of engines. Which is very Kerbal, but a bit annoying. I'm already using 6 engines, and this is <100 tons.
And it's not just the engines, but the wings and plenty of other stuff.

But I'm not trying to turn this into a Mk3 bashing thread.

 

[Grand Ship Builder]

Not bad. Could do better I suppose. Most of my craft are either re-usable rockets or failed creative spaceplanes.