Phish's first SSTO

[MaddPhish]

Behold, the Little Bird, the name being a hold over from when it was about half the size and meant only for running up to hypersonic speed and futzing with CoM shifts when the fuel burns down. It's capable of reaching a 100km x 100km orbit with enough gas left over for a rendezvous to a fuel station or reentry...Not sure what to do with it since it's only crewed by 1 Kerbal and no payload, but perhaps one day I'll send it to Laythe. Still figuring out a reentry profile to hit KSC's runway, but it glides a bit like a brick, with the Velocity Vector showing 15-20 degrees down when held nose level, but the glide is long enough to conceivably land...However it does seem to improve once it goes subsonic for whatever reason. Anyways, pics and craft files follow. Oh and a set of SABREs and a turbojet from B9 really makes this thing sing. Plus those SABRE intakes are sweet.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/afk3939sa657vbr/Little%20Bird%20stock.craft

[spaceman1999]

Guess what I thought of when I saw this, a Fish/Phish!