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I was just browsing this thread, and came across this. But how did you get it to acctually fly in space with those jet fuel tanks? Clipped rocket tanks inside?

There are some small fuel tanks clipped inside the OMS pods. Enough to do some smaller orbital maneuvers and to deorbit. I may revisit shuttles in .24, once I have more free time. I've learned a few things since then.

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There are some small fuel tanks clipped inside the OMS pods. Enough to do some smaller orbital maneuvers and to deorbit. I may revisit shuttles in .24, once I have more free time. I've learned a few things since then.

That's one of the first things I'll do. With verniers and monopropellant engines, and mine not even using the big SRBs, a redesign is in order, methinks.

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Altair lander?

Yeah. I made a better version but I forgot to save it and then the power went out. :(

Well, the game crashes when I try to launch it and my KER doesn't work after the power went out :(.

Well, at least I got an Altair and an old Orion concept if you want them.

This is what I was trying to build:

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It is DIRECT which was a proposal that used a Jupiter 232 rocket similar to the SLS.

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Yeah. I made a better version but I forgot to save it and then the power went out. :(

Well, the game crashes when I try to launch it and my KER doesn't work after the power went out :(.

Well, at least I got an Altair and an old Orion concept if you want them.

This is what I was trying to build:

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It is DIRECT which was a proposal that used a Jupiter 232 rocket similar to the SLS.

That looks like a fairly simple rocket to build again Redrobin. And the lander you are making is looking great! Stick at it mate.

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That looks like a fairly simple rocket to build again Redrobin. And the lander you are making is looking great! Stick at it mate.

I got to either re-install all of my mods and the game or wait for .24. When the power went out and the game crashed, something happened and my KER doesn't work and whenever I launch a craft, not only this one, the game crashes. So I will wait for .24 and in the meantime I can play my RSS install that isn't completely messed up.

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A little something that will be deployed from a WIP SSTO exploration plane:

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Oh, and this, a little transport plane that will work on all planets with atmosphere (I love Ion planes):

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A relic of the past that I need to upgrade, it still manages a two way trip to Duna on a single fuel load, though :D

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And finally: An OTHER personal transport vehicle. Will probably belong in a base eventually. Comes equipped with an ejection seat.

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I just enjoy using unusual designs and ending up with working things :D

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Since 0.24 borked my KSP temporarily, I guess I'll just look through my screenshots and post some stuff.

This is a UAV I made for searching Kethane, but it's otherwise stock (and a MechJeb module). I like its aesthetics and it performs well. Probably an easy conversion to SSTO with addition of rockets.

Feel the burn.

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Totally not sure what I'll use it for. :D

And, unfortunately, the only pics I could find of my Viper MkVII development since most of them got somehow deleted:

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@kepicness wow nice man! I really like that flying wing ion probe.

After today's release of .24 I took advantage of the new Vernor Engines made a probe for exploring landing sites for a base I'm building on Duna.

You can put the probe into docking mode and it hovers ridiculously well.

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Probe about to land on the VAB

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I placed the engines in groups of 3, along the bottom, sides, and top.

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Exploded view

This is my first post on the KSP forums, so I'd like to say, hello everyone, nice to be here!

I've been playing KSP off and on since early 2013. I hope to start sharing more of my builds and process with the community.

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