Quark Mk. I - Certified as SSI Quark (Type 1 K-Drive Shuttle)

[mythic_fci]

The Quark Mk. I

Equipped with and built around one of the most reliable K-Drives available, this compact little plane has the power to go LITERALLY anywhere.

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Flight Manual

ACTION GROUPS

01 - Kraken Drive

02 - Jet Engines, Intakes

TAKEOFF PROCEDURE

1. Pull up to 45 degrees right at the end of the runway

2. Pitch down to 20 degrees at about 10 km

3. When the jet engine flames out, activate the K-Drive

4. Ascend and circularize at desired orbit

IN EMERGENCY K-DRIVE FAILURE

*Only applicable at altitudes of 350km or lower in Kerbin Orbit*

1. Wait for apoapsis

2. Toggle RCS and thrust retrograde to deorbit

3. Land as stated below

LANDING PROCEDURE

1. Deorbit craft with K-Drive/RCS

2. Descend as normal until about 20 or so meters above the ground

3. Pull up hard to kill descent rate

4. GENTLY touch down

5. Brake in 1 second intervals to avoid tipping. Stop braking if the craft shows any signs of tipping over.

To get a kerbal off this craft, retract the landing gear and climb off. To get back on, jump onto the lower ladder and climb up. Deploying landing gear after getting back on is recommended.

Credits to Comrade Jenkins for inventing the K-Drive, Levelord for giving me a basic 1m K-Drive design, Inigma for inspiring me to start making small K-Drive shuttles and Narcosis for inspiring me to make this more and more compact.

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The certification flight of the Quark Mk. I (For SSI)

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Edited March 5, 2014 by FCISuperGuy

[inigma]

Looks good. Ill add it to the SSI General Catalog soon. Until a craft can do a shuttlecraft run (120k undock, land at KSC, and fly back up to dock at 120k), it should just be called a shuttle, as you already do now.

[mythic_fci]

Looks good. Ill add it to the SSI General Catalog soon. Until a craft can do a shuttlecraft run (120k undock, land at KSC, and fly back up to dock at 120k), it should just be called a shuttle, as you already do now.

Yeah... I'm testing a Quark Heavy that *may* be a docking target for the Quark. I'll send the Quark Heavy to an altitude of 300km first, then rendezvous with it with the Quark.