*STOCK CRAFT* Simple SSTO

[anorangechristmas]

This is my first SSTO, and I think it has really good handling. Post what you think about it!

Turn on SAS!

Tell me if I should make more in the comments below!

Remember, it's my first one! It's not that good! But it gets the job done.

Pictures soon!

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[KerikBalm]

I haven't had a chance to look at it yet.

But I also recently accomplished a first for my SSTOs - I just got my first real SSTO cargoplane working.

I've got the single seater SSTO planes down pretty well... the type I might refuel in orbit and haul to laythe.

And I used those to launch little nose mounted or dorsally mounted probes... but their payload capacity was lacking.

I set a target of making a SSTO that could haul a 40 ton payload to orbit... ie an orange tank, a 2 person lander can, a LV-N, and some other misc parts...

I was able to haul that into orbit... but I had to use some of the payload's fuel to do it... the final payload weight was 38.4 tons. The orange tank was 91% full :/

I can't share the craft file because it is not 100% stock... I made the nose cones and nose cone adaptors fuel holding parts (with the same weight:capacity ratio as normal jet fuel tanks, it just looks better), and the intakes are modded to have a 2nd intake modulethat produces "intakeAtmosphere" for use with an electric fan motor (not even used on the craft, so.... I close that 2nd module before takeoff, and they thus behave as stock intakes))

More tweaks to the design are needed, I will break the 40 ton threshhold and launch my Duna mission from it!

[Rhomphaia]

Not bad for a first.

One thing I would suggest. the wings could be moved back a bit.

When balancing your Center of Lift, you should do it before putting the landing gear on. While the small gear bays affect your center of mass in the editor, they actually have zero mass in flight.

As a result your center of lift is actually ahead of the center of mass and it did cause a few flips when I tried to glide down to a landing from orbit.

[spaceman1999]

... Pictures Please?

[General Pongo]

Not bad for a first.

One thing I would suggest. the wings could be moved back a bit.

When balancing your Center of Lift, you should do it before putting the landing gear on. While the small gear bays affect your center of mass in the editor, they actually have zero mass in flight.

As a result your center of lift is actually ahead of the center of mass and it did cause a few flips when I tried to glide down to a landing from orbit.

I never knew this, thank you for explaining.