Xtremespino's SSTO Emporium, New Craft being Developed Always

[xtremespino]

This is a thread dedicated to my stock SSTO craft which I feel are at a higher enough standard to to be released to the public, some of these crafts can be found on my you channel (Xtremespino) and some will only feature here. More will be added over time. Feel free to download and use these craft and modify them. the only rules are that you can't steal the craft and claim it as your own design (this should be common sense for most people, but it has happened with some people). Enjoy and thank you for your visit.

Google Drive Folder with all current SSTO's in it: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4RATau5KKS-ZDFyaUNuc1haM2s&usp=sharing

The Broadhead, A good beginner SSTO with huge potential.

This is a SSTO spaceplane cable of taking 1 kerbal to LKO and possibly beyond with modification and/or refuelling. It uses 2 jets and a aerospike for propulsion in space. It has a very high thrust to weight ratio in atmosphere, allows for steep climbs during accent. Its is non air hogging, (with a total of 6 ram air intakes, 4 of which are neatly tucked inside a gap in the spacecraft. It has 2 docking ports and translation RCS, so it is completely ready to dock. For accent you just want to go 70 degrees until you reach 8 km, then go down to 45, then keep pitching over once you reach 13 km, judging your speed compared to your intake air. You need to get as much time and delta V out of these jets as possible, this may take practise to master but because of the SSTO's high delta V for its rocket mode its fairly forgiving. This craft is easy to land, I would just keep the jets powered while coming in, even just at 10% throttle. Once close to the runway, or suitable landing site (this is if you are landing on Kerbin) you can cut the engines and glide. When out of fuel nearly completely the plane should land at about 35 meters per second, but it will try to flip out as without fuel its back heavy so be careful! Don't pull back to hard. You can almost completely stop this by pumping the fuel at the back end of the craft forwards for re-entry or any atmospheric flying without full tanks, it really helps to keep stability.

Overall, I'm very happy with this craft. Its easy to fly, doesn't air hog, can dock, and is a good general SSTO for most tasks. This is definitely a good SSTO to use to learn to fly as it has high Delta V margins and for the reasons listed earlier.

Sparrow SSTO Spaceplane

Video:

The Sparrow is a experimental prototype. My video explains the craft and shows its flight. Note, that video is a few months old so version of KSP used will be different.

Spear, a 3 Man Cargo SSTO Spaceplane

This craft is a 3 man SSTO that has a small cargo pay at the back, my video explains details and goes through a basic mission.

Overall I'm happy with this craft as it has heaps of delta-V, takes 3 crew, has a cargo bay, can reach Kerbins Moons without refuelling and has VTOL moon landing engines. But I would like it to be a bit easier to fly, and I would like to see if I can at least get the craft to Mimus and back without refuelling.

Thats all the crafts for now but more will be added with time.

Thanks for visiting.

Edited July 17, 2014 by xtremespino

[Tw1]

So, today I needed to recover Jeb from a surplus Kerbin Cup vessel, and bring him home for a photoshoot. I wanted to use a space plane for this, but didn't feel like making one.

So I used one of yours. It performed adequately.

Lift of was Ok, though Bob didn't seem to like it. It got to space just fine. Bob was happy then, and climbed around on the wing during the wait untill apoapsis.

Set out two of the panels manually.

Successfully rendezvoused with the vessel, and recovered Jeb and crew.

Proceeded with landing.

Jeb was quite content in the back.

I came down a little early, and had to fly to KSC with the remaining liquid fuel.

Eventually made it, then parked outside the SPH. Jeb tried out the cool little rover tucked in the back.

It's a very nice vessel, and if you fly it well, you will go to space today.

Though some improvements could be made, if I may offer my critique:

You have no pre-set engine action groups, this could be useful.

The craft wobbles a little when in SAS is on.

The VTOL engines currently don't have access to fuel.

The front tanks aren't linked to the rear tanks, making 480 units of liquid fuel inaccessible.

There are solar panels very close to the door, and are at risk of breakage when you go EVA.

It's pretty maneuverable, got a good amount of cross range, doesn't glide to well, but I can see uses for it. I'd definitely recommended an updated version as a good three kerbal shuttle craft.

Edited July 13, 2014 by Tw1

[xtremespino]

So, today I needed to recover Jeb from a surplus Kerbin Cup vessel, and bring him home for a photoshoot. I wanted to use a space plane for this, but didn't feel like making one.

So I used one of yours. It performed adequately.

http://i.imgur.com/GkAlATe.png

Lift of was Ok, though Bob didn't seem to like it. It got to space just fine. Bob was happy then, and climbed around on the wing during the wait untill apoapsis.

http://i.imgur.com/taQvJom.png

Set out two of the panels manually.

http://i.imgur.com/xNTkEdu.png

Successfully rendezvoused with the vessel, and recovered Jeb and crew.

http://i.imgur.com/Pr9SdLK.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/5Y2GryQ.png

Proceeded with landing.

http://i.imgur.com/t9983fp.png

Jeb was quite content in the back.

http://i.imgur.com/k5UFC55.png

I came down a little early, and had to fly to KSC with the remaining liquid fuel.

http://i.imgur.com/tVGTrXx.png

Eventually made it, then parked outside the SPH. Jeb tried out the cool little rover tucked in the back.

http://i.imgur.com/CBm7GDK.png

http://i.imgur.com/7Pdshwd.png

It's a very nice vessel, and if you fly it well, you will go to space today.

Though some improvements could be made, if I may offer my critique:

You have no pre-set engine action groups, this could be useful.

The craft wobbles a little when in SAS is on.

The VTOL engines currently don't have access to fuel.

The front tanks aren't linked to the rear tanks, making 480 units of liquid fuel inaccessible.

There are solar panels very close to the door, and are at risk of breakage when you go EVA.

It's pretty maneuverable, got a good amount of cross range, doesn't glide to well, but I can see uses for it. I'd definitely recommended an updated version as a good three kerbal shuttle craft.

Thanks for trying the Spear out, I'm glad that you could get to orbit.

I did think I had fixed some of the problems you had mentioned, mainly the fuel issues, but I will need to have another look. It may have happened when I took some parts off the craft to strut things. I did have action groups set, so that is strange that they weren't their for you . But thanks for the great feedback, glad to see that Jeb and his crew made back home for the photoshoot . Expect a repaired version soon.