Ion Drive SSTO

[Gerbal84]

Sort of new around here but Ive been playing KSP since .17, and this has been a goal of mine for as long as I can remember, and this weekend I completed it!

I present my Ion Drive and Jet engine SSTO, the "Kessel Runner"

Hope you enjoy the video, and let me know if you liked the ship or want the craft file!

[Vlk]

Not bad, not bad But i like the take off/landing on wheels better.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/48822-Flea-SSTO-%28Jet-Fuel-to-LKO-or-Jet-Ion-to-anywhere-in-the-Kerbol-system%29 - here is a similar concept, but it was made before the ion drive boost.

my superlight ssto, partially inspired by the one above:

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/63077-Dingo-Superlight-SSTO

right now i'm working on this one, it uses the firespitter mod for the propeller - that can lift it up to 7km, so i can spare some xenon gas at the start:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67343695/Kerbal/ionCruiser.jpg

No jet-fuel, it uses only electricity and xenon an a propulsion It can go up 22km and reach 520km/h at that height, but then it stucks The atmosphere does not generate enough lift there, and the engines are not able to raise the speed higher. (The propeller is not effective on this height at all)

Maybe the solution would be to get an other mod for bigger xenon gas tanks (so the generated drag from the tanks is lower), but that would be two mods already

[Gerbal84]

Nice those were really cool! I opted out of the wheels because they are so heavy and I wanted it to have more of a spaceship vibe to it . Im workin on getting here to laythe atm for more testing, Id love to see more from ppl like the post above!!