Eagle Mk II

[Rune]

So, I was thinking about dropping the modules of my base quite some time ago, and I remembered an old craft of mine, an Eagle lookalike (you know, from Space: 1999). I figured I could do much better nowadays, and perhaps a rebuild was in order. Well, IMO, it turned out all right:

For an over-complicated way of landing the single base module on the ground, you really can't go much better than this. It's fully VTOL, of course, and the included launcher allows it to do Munar surface mission without refuelling. A word of advice, though: my first one is still on route to its first Munar landing. But I figure if it can sustain a burn with the VTOL engines, it's balanced enough for landing. Whether Delta-v is going to be enough will depend on how much I use the nukes, I think, but it should be more than enough if I can refuel on Munar orbit (which in my save I can), of course, either before or after the landing. I will update the pics as more capabilities are tested.

Imgur album (note the pictures of the very old 0.18 version, and how much better I am at building stuff ):

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Download:

http://www./download/c67mtwc68r4cq1z/Base_Skycrane.craft

Rune. What was old is new again.

[Levelord]

I'm amazed at how you managed to balance the surrounding craft with it's payload. I'm guessing there was a lot of trial and error involved? O_o

[Rune]

Actually, it wasn't that hard (though I did spend a good amount of time on the VAB, it worked at first try... once the launcher was firmly strutted). The center of mass is right under that upwards-facing docking port, and the fuel tanks (including monopropellant) arranged around it so fuel emptying doesn't move it. I think I hit a natural balance with the nukes and the passenger cabin, which was the reason I went ahead with the build. I did have to rebuild it because I hurried too much the first time and the side tanks were sloppily placed, but I'm getting good with VTOLing.

Rune. And, you know, reaction wheels. Thank Kod for reaction wheels.