Successfully take off and land a space plane... Without Wings!

[Jakinbandw]

I was messing around with space planes and jet engines when I found out that I could actually take off without any wings at all. Unfortunately I wasn't able to land, but maybe you can do better. Rules are simple. It must take off horizontally, land horizontally and have no wings. Bonus points for landing on the runway!

[Tim_Barrett]

Pretty sure that's a rocket with wheels and a buttload of RCS.

[GoodGuy]

The theory here is called the "flying brick theory". It states that even a brick would fly if you put big enough engines on it. A very great example and America's testament to this theory is the F-104 Starfighter, heck, the designers barely bothered to put wings on that brick.

[Jakinbandw]

I managed to take off without rcs. Landing the thing though is hard because you have to keep moving at about 150m/s to have a hope of staying airborn.

[EndlessWaves]

I'd suggest banning vertical thrust (engines must be mounted parallel to the runway) otherwise this is a simple VTOL challenge with a little engine tacked on to get it rolling before takeoff and robust enough wheels that it doesn't need to come to a complete stop to land.