FatNose "Rondine": Amphibious low mission cost profile crew shuttle.

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FatNose "Rondine"

Specs:

Weight: 9.76 Tons

DryWeight: 7.86 Tons

Cost: 46.92 M$

Crew Capacity: 5

Parts Count: 97

Kerbal/fuel x mission: .384 Tons

Full balanced Rcs

Nose Shielded Docking Port

Full Ladder access (both from the P10 than from the MKII cockpit)

Surface Speed: 2230 m/s (35000 mts)

Mission Profile:

SpacePort->Orbit (120 km)->Orbital Rendezvous (100 Km)->Docking->Deorbit->KSC landing.

Full mechjeb compatible.

Exceptional flying in ANY load condition

Amphibious Version/Stock Version (mechJeb)

I spent some time to create this tool. The main goal of the project was to create a crew Transport SSTO with the lowest Mission/cost profile. This SSTO was created to be VERY easy to fly (extremely balanced in any load condition), with a few part count and under the 10 tons of weight. I did many SSTO's and this one is probably the ugliest I make, but probably is second to no one in terms of performance and mission cost. Just think about the weight and the crew capacity. The data are related to the Amphibious version.

I deeply tested all specs.

here some pics (with data so you can make your considerations)

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