Alpha Lifter - 36+ ton SSTO spaceplane with modular cargo bay

[evilC]

An A-Frame hollow-bodied design you can put whatever you want in - fuel, passenger space, space station parts etc. The bottom is open for the full length of the fuselage, so you can drop loads out.

Able to lift a 36-ton jumbo64 fuel tank to orbit - probably more, I havent tweaked with ascent profiles much.

A sample payload - a jumbo64 at the back mounted on docking ports plus a small fuel tank in the front for a little higher orbit.

http://evilc.com/files/games/ksp/alpha.zip

Will post more soon, I gotta hit the sack, I just wanted to get this badboy out there and see what people thought.

I reckon I can reduce the strutting some, but it has been engineered for an atmospheric ascent @ 2x warp, during which forces seem to be amplified, so I made it as rigid as possible.

Edited May 3, 2013 by evilC

[PIRATEONTHERUN]

Mother of Intakes...

I think that is the biggest payload I've seen on an SSTO, nice job!

[Oggula]

What's this!? A craft on the spacecraft exchange that's actually useful and better than anything I have!? This is MADNESS!

[Ryu Gemini]

No, this is the spartan spaceship exchange.

[youbar]

What's this!? A craft on the spacecraft exchange that's actually useful and better than anything I have!? This is MADNESS!

What's this!? A craft on the spacecraft exchange that's actually useful and better than anything I have!? A large influx of

ought to put a stop to that!

[iDan122]

You could use part clipping you know.....

[Aedwynn]

Are you sure that jumbo tank won't fall off being hold by 1 docking port?

[dimovski]

Oh...my...god1!

[DisarmingBaton5]

Dat intake...