Laythe Class SSTO Shuttle

[Levelord]

Originally built for missions to ferry Kerbals to and from Laythe's surface and space stations, this probe-controlled spacecraft is fully capable of ferrying 4 Kerbals into LKO. It comes with 4 MK-1 Pods, an Aerospike engine and 4 Ramjet engines.

Hotkeys:

1: Toggle Aerospike

2: Toggle Jet engines

3: Toggle ladders

Ascend at 70 degrees until 18,000m then level out to 20 degrees, reducing the pitch to maintain a constant vertical ascent speed. Gain about 2000m/s speed before switching to the liquid engines and switch off the jet engines. Point the nose 45 degrees up and thrust until the desired apoapsis. Then circularize and enjoy!

.craft file: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16683090/KSP/Laythe%20SSTO%20Mini%20Shuttle%20%28Stock%29.rar

[dex7491]

Aha, I had downloaded this before the Purge - Love it! I like that station design too.

[Rune]

I didn't see that before the purge... else I would have already copied it! Looks awesome!

[poiuytrewq]

Can you make more aircrafts like this? The vertical take off design is very interesting and I would like to see more.

[TheAndrewTaco]

That station design is absolutely fantastic, can you post some more about it?

[Clouds]

I dunno about that SSTO, but that screenshot of it with the station and all the lighting is possibly the most beautiful KSP screenshot I've seen. Desktop-wallpaper grade.