No Cockpit SSTO Challenge

[TheRandomGuy1029]

Hey guys I have come with the No Cockpit Challenge. Your job is to make an SSTO but with a twist you cant use a cockpit. 

Rules: Only external command seats, No means of protection, and it has to be an SSTO.

[Pds314]

Not quite orbit but it's pretty high speed and altitude.

[Pds314]

Attempt #2. Also a failure to reach orbit. Reason: ions have terribad levels of thrust. Craft can't even do 1 m/s^2 acceleration in space, so it would take almost 20 minutes to do the required burn. But hey at least I made a recoverable ICBM with Jeb strapped to the outside. Warranty void if Jeb not strapped to the outside.

Unable to remove helmet: too hot.

Edited April 22, 2019 by Pds314

[TheRandomGuy1029]

Nice job. Try and make it to orbit though. Mine failed too LOLOL.

Also you can use decouplers if you still have one stage.

Edited April 22, 2019 by TheRandomGuy1029

[TheRandomGuy1029]

14 hours ago, Pds314 said:

Attempt #2. Also a failure to reach orbit. Reason: ions have terribad levels of thrust. Craft can't even do 1 m/s^2 acceleration in space, so it would take almost 20 minutes to do the required burn. But hey at least I made a recoverable ICBM with Jeb strapped to the outside. Warranty void if Jeb not strapped to the outside.

Unable to remove helmet: too hot.

That's funny when you said "Warranty void if Jeb not strapped to the outside."

[Geonovast]

This was pretty easy, but I had some fun with it anyway.

 

Launch:

 

 

Did a little throttling down for I guess what could be Max Q?

 

 

 

Orbit!

 

 

Coming home:

 

 

Re-entry is a little warm, but Jeb managed just fine.

 

 

"Hey Bill?  Where the hell's the landing gear?"

 

 

It fared about as well as B1055.1 did after tipping over.

 

[Ratwerke_Actual]

Did this back in 1.4.5....

Not only SSTO, but also did a Minmus/ Mun fly by before re-entry.

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[TheRandomGuy1029]

Noice job