NovaSilisko Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Here you go, a Christmas present for the lot of you. A tiny space shuttle! Launches on top of a rocket and then returns horizontally to land on a runway. No landing gear yet, but it can take landing without it.Launch can be tricky, as the plane likes to destabilize your flight dynamics. It takes some practice, but it\'s perfectly capable of reaching orbit.To perform a successful reentry, set your periapsis to 30,000m, and when you enter the atmosphere, keep level to the ground until about 30,000 meters, after which, tilt the nose up 10 degrees and turn on SAS. You can turn on SAS earlier if you like, but it makes maneuvering difficult.Download 0.1:DropboxMediafireExample Craft File Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdogtulsa Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Badass looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_dogbert Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 I dig it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Paul Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Does it fly? If so, does it generate its deflection lift by detachable wings, or is it one whole model that acts as a wing?Even if it doesn't fly, I can strap some wings to it so no worries, looks awesome by itself though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venku122 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Looks nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLuv Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 ...it allows abort by firing specific engines located in the wings of the Orbiter, all the way to space. The primary disadvantage is that it doesn't have engines of its own, but this is easily remedied through the use of a booster stage.Simulated image of Vanguard reentry.So does it have any engine power? Or did you mean that the specific engines were like RCS modules, or a solid escape propellant?Looking forward to a download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoXion Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 I'm looking forward to this. I've got a couple of rocketplane designs but they aren't really meant to go into space (I'm thinking it might be useful to develop an aircraft for deployment on other worlds with an atmosphere), so it'll be really handy to be able to develop something more along the lines of a proper shuttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epsilon Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Looks really neat ;DI'm in strong agreement with J Paul. Perhaps in a later release you could separate the wing parts.Nice simulated reentry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Easy Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 What would be cool is if we could mount liquid fuel tanks and engines inside of it - that's the first thing I thought of when I saw the opening at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdfox Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Looks really neat ;DI'm in strong agreement with J Paul. Perhaps in a later release you could separate the wing parts.Nice simulated reentry.Epsilon, I've gotta ask, where's your avatar from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epsilon Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Epsilon, I've gotta ask, where's your avatar from?I made it in this cool program called Ascii Animator.This is the site the program can be downloaded from (V 0.4): https://bitbucket.org/bpio/ascii-paint/overviewGo to the downloads tab there and you can download it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdfox Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Ahh, cool. I did ASCII/ANSI art for my dad's dialup BBS back in the day (like, the 80s), but I didn't even think of that. I was thinking it was from some old game or something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epsilon Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Ahh, cool. I did ASCII/ANSI art for my dad's dialup BBS back in the day (like, the 80s), but I didn't even think of that. I was thinking it was from some old game or something!Yeah, I made it about a week ago or so and when I went on these forums, I thought it'd be a pretty fitting avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feragorn Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 I'm excited for this part. I've always wanted a shuttle part that wasn't just the normal shuttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 Things like the abort stage will come eventually, as new features are added (like abort stages).This whole project is intended for the future, as many of the things cannot be done yet.Yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feragorn Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tziz Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Are the wings a separate part or are they part of the model?. Imho I'd like to see it seperated into seperate parts so you can have an SAS module built in, and some form of lift, even if its broken in its current form (maybe updated when we get the control surface part? that'd be p cool). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Salsa shark. We're gonna need a bigger boat. Man goes into cage, cage goes into salsa, shark's in the salsa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satellife Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 I'm not sure if it was intentional or not, but the design (the shuttle atop a booster) is very reminiscent of the 1954 von Braun prototype/concept. I like that. I like that alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C7Studios Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 It looks really good, you are a part making machine sir. Getting into the spaceplane arena? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolRawley Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 looks awesome 8) cant wait to download! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted September 3, 2011 Author Share Posted September 3, 2011 The basic shape and idea was based off this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkfox190 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 I freaking love the design of this shuttle. This is going to be a must-have for me, and I see many a rocket being dedicated to attempting to get it into space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j516mt Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Awesome! I can't wait to get my hands on this thing. I'm really glad to see some really unique looking parts coming out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epsilon Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Looks REALLY COOL. So original and classy looking. Why can't there be a quick way to switch out command pods? Can't they just make it so you can delete the command pod, and just place the new one in? Of course you HAVE to start with a command pod though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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