Sabre SSTO Fighter (B9, KSPX, Toggle-capable ASAS)

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Sabre SSTO Fighter

Hey! So, to offset the initial fiasco with B9, I've gone smaller, and this here is a slick-looking SSTO armed with two heavy-hitting RCS powered smart missiles. You have about half the fuel left on orbit (about a km/s, so KSO capable), and an excess of liquid fuel allows you to do an extended flight back to KSC. Also, there was this cool eclipse going on as I was testing... Plenty of shots of it in the album, but this is a taste of why I like the B9 pack:

It is a fairly simple SSTO, so no complicated pre-flight checklist (be sure to check what the actions groups do, as always) it'll take off on its own if you don't engage ASAS, and keeps on going on air until you reach about 30kms with a bit of throttle control. Fear not flameouts, of course, but T/W in airbreathing mode is on the low side. Things change when you switch rockets, and you have a boopload of extra fuel, so if you are in a hurry you can start the rocket burn earlier to make a quick orbital scramble, albeit at the cost of some in-space delta-v. B9 aerospace pack, toggle capable ASAS and KSPX required.

DOWNLOAD:

http://www./download/5h1bctk7grf76ys/Sabre_SSTO_Fighter.craft

IMGUR ALBUM:

http://imgur.com/a/7gpuV

Rune. Because we don't have enough explosions as it is.