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Grus III Long-Range SSTO


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(I've posted this before, but that was a long time ago, and I want to get back into the community, so here goes). The Grus III is a long-range SSTO capable of Mun landings, though according to my Delta V calculations it can easily go well beyond that. It can get into orbit very easily due to its high TWR while using its Rapier engines. Its (roughly) estimated Delta V in LKO is about 4,270 m/s (usually a little less).

Specifications:

Part Count: 97

Mass: 80.545t

Height: 5.8m

Width: 22.8m

Length: 25.6m

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Here it is on The Mun. It can make the trip easily as it was designed for bigger missions. It is also equipped with four science experiments, located on the belly of the craft.

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Here it is in the SPH. Some (kinda) strange features are its extra pair of engines. While very helpful during the initial ascent, extra reaction wheels are needed in space to prevent the Grus III from flipping all over the place due to the weird Center of Thrust. (At least this isn't the case with the nukes, though. That would be bad.)

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The Grus III completed the Mun trip with quite a bit of fuel left over. I've also taken it to Minmus, and Duna orbit (landing it was to hard to bother).

Download here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwpycuAS_53bcXdYMDl1MEhBV2s

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