Munar Horizontal Lander [WIP]

[Gambi]

Hi everyone,

I recently downloaded Damned Robotics/Aerospace, and I challenged myself to build a exploration starship capable of landing horizontally on the Mun.

1st stage :

-Standard SRBS

2nd stage :

-Liquid Fuel boosters to get in orbit & to do translations

3rd stage :

-Munar Horizontal Lander (MHL)

The screenshot below shows the design prototype for the MHL:

Spaceplane fuselage with 4 engines/fueltanks mounted on rotatrons.

The test flight showed that :

-Nearly impossible to land with this configuration, the ship is unbalanced and spins like hell.

-The engines block are not stable enough ( rotatrons stability ??)

screenshots below :

Any ideas how to improve this design?

Perhaps with the VTOL engine nacelle from Damned aerospace... gonna try that

[AeroPelican]

You need asas on the lander with some control surfaces aswell.

[Cby]

Ah, a lander that lands on its side, what could be more Kerbal?

Perhaps you need lander legs, they have a tendency to not get blown up upon touching the ground.

It's probably going to be really annoying to land though because of the nav-ball.