SSTO oft (slightly more successful than starship)

[Neptunium_69]

I tried to make my third SSTO attempt(previous two all failed).

Firstly, I tried to use a VTOL solution as I am terrible at landing planes, unfortunately, RAPIER engines are not the best when it comes to rockets. My craft sort of flipped and went out of control. 
Here's some pics of the launch:

On my second attempt, I switched to a classical spaceplane SSTO, I sort of forgot how to build planes in KSP. Another "glitch" or "feature" appeared, where the center of lift is not displaying property as it does not have an Up arrow. Plane ended up crashing, but the kerbals miraculously survived because I angled the plane so that the engines face the ground absorbing the impact, another glitch appeared where the landing gear just kept bouncing on the ground, it didn't get shot out of the solar system by the Kraken so it's technically a success...maybe.
Here's the Wreckage of the plane:

I'll probably have to stick with the VTOL as it went the highest.

I will post another mission report after it works.

[fulgur]

Looks fun! It's always great to see people's design processes

- Why are you using RAPIERs for your vertical rocket? Personally, I'd use Vectors or Darts as they are more fuel-efficient.

- Can we see the plane (with its CoM/CoL markings?)

Happy landings!

[Neptunium_69]

19 hours ago, fulgur said:

Looks fun! It's always great to see people's design processes

- Why are you using RAPIERs for your vertical rocket? Personally, I'd use Vectors or Darts as they are more fuel-efficient.

- Can we see the plane (with its CoM/CoL markings?)

Happy landings!

Yeah, I got much higher with a dart and vector design.

Also, the CoM/CoL markings are fixed now, it was a temporary problem.