Has anyone managed to get an ion/jet ssto working?

[Heretic391]

I've tried to make a small build with 16 ion engines and the new nuclear generator and some battery packs with jet engines but haven't had luck getting to space yet.  Any suggestions?

[Streetwind]

KSP2 nerfed ion engines from 2 kN vacuum thrust to 0.2 kN vacuum thrust. Relying on them to do more than a few dozen m/s of final orbital insertion is unlikely to succeed.

They're really meant for ultra-long burns under timewarp in this iteration of the game. (Which, by the way, isn't properly implemented yet, so their use is very limited at the moment.)

[Dunas Only Moon]

Yes if you are able to get enough speed (jet engine), or enough engines/lower mass (ion engines). another thing is the ion engines are ineficient especialy in ksp 2, so you will need a very small battery, seat,xenon fuel tank and a engine (obviously) and maybe a ramjet plane to get high up. so get that ramjet high up and deploy the 2 maybe 3 if you feel rowdy engined ion plane. make sure you are high and fast, and get that thing to orbit. never tried it but im hoping it works