Kerbodyne SSTO Division: Omnibus Thread

[Sledge]

After a little diversion called Fallout 4, I made my way back to KSP.  I finally got a Mk3 spaceplane to Minmus.

Edited March 30, 2016 by Sledge

[Wanderfound]

Album at http://imgur.com/gallery/SdY24

Craft file at https://www.dropbox.com/s/vf96bw684oq0vp3/Kerbodyne Wedge.craft?dl=0

 

 

Edited October 7, 2016 by Wanderfound

[Wanderfound]

Album at http://imgur.com/gallery/272HU

Craft file at https://www.dropbox.com/s/f5x6xjivrenvqn3/Kerbodyne Orbit Express.craft?dl=0

[Wanderfound]

 

Album at http://imgur.com/gallery/viTmD

Craft file at https://www.dropbox.com/s/v1aphj7h861yvyf/Kerbodyne Explorer.craft?dl=0

[Wanderfound]

Imgur album on getting started in stock Career:

 

Album at http://imgur.com/a/0zCVG

Edited December 9, 2016 by Wanderfound

[Wanderfound]

Stock Aero Grand Tour Demo: Kerbodyne Planet Hopper

 

 

 

Album at http://imgur.com/gallery/ujLIL

Edited December 17, 2016 by Wanderfound

[Wanderfound]

Stock Aero Grand Tour Part 2

 

 

 

Album at http://imgur.com/gallery/F3vzM

Edited December 17, 2016 by Wanderfound

[Wanderfound]

Stock Aero Grand Tour Part 3

 

No Ike detour; I can get down and up easy enough, but if I take the time required to mine the fuel expended I'd miss my window to Dres.

 

 

 

Album at http://imgur.com/gallery/Nsi1R

Edited December 20, 2016 by Wanderfound

[Wanderfound]

Stock Aero Grand Tour Part 4

 

Laythe:

 

 

 

 

Album at http://imgur.com/gallery/FJ10B

Edited December 28, 2016 by Wanderfound

[Wanderfound]

Kerbodyne Planet Hopper Craft file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/juonygnm1lvcbn9/Kerbodyne Planet Hopper.craft?dl=0

[Wanderfound]

Pol and Eeloo:

 

 

 

Album at http://imgur.com/gallery/XupW9

[Wanderfound]

Kerbodyne Grand Tourer

 

 

Craft file at https://www.dropbox.com/s/t7lvjoqxm48omzc/Kerbodyne Grand Tourer.craft?dl=0

[Wanderfound]

Another Grand Tourer.

 

 

 

 

 

Full album at http://imgur.com/a/w7zC1

Craft file at https://www.dropbox.com/s/3toyhiaqcgeovu8/Kerbotour.craft?dl=0

Edited March 3, 2017 by Wanderfound

[Wanderfound]

Kerbotour Deluxe:

Rapid to orbit with no fuss.

Full scanning, mining, refining, science and long range comms rig.

Refuels in less than a fortnight, over 4km/s dV when fuelled up.

Craft file at https://www.dropbox.com/s/trxe1wgglc2muyk/Kerbotour Deluxe.craft?dl=0

[Wanderfound]

Kerbotruck

(AKA "you don't need that much wing")

 

Takes off with no fuss and room to spare:

 

Easy through transsonic in a 10 degree climb:

 

Tough enough to cope with a low altitude zoom-climb ascent:

 

Keep the jets breathing until their altitude ceiling:

 

Fully fueled to a 150km orbit:

 

Superb heat tolerance permits an aggressive reentry:

 

Tough airframe allows you to wash off speed with G's:

 

Very stable and controllable at low speed:

 

Easy lander:

 

Craft file at https://www.dropbox.com/s/pfq60n0yfspeihe/Kerbotruck.craft?dl=0

[Wanderfound]

Kerbocrew

 

Easy up.

11

 

Plenty of speed.

 

Run the jet to their ceiling.

 

Able to deliver 32 passengers up to a 500km orbit.

 

Cobra reentry.

 

Plenty of atmospheric cruising range.

 

Spoilers keep the nose up during landing.

 

Perfect for all your mass crew transfer needs.

 

Craft file at https://www.dropbox.com/s/2sg6ph88bu55qqw/Kerbocrew.craft?dl=0

[Wanderfound]

Kerbotourist

AKA "you don't need that much engine"

 

Easy up

 

15 degree climbout

 

Level off for the speed run

 

Add the nuke at 20km

 

Switchover at the jet ceiling

 

Shut down the RAPIERs after lifting the apoapsis. Save a bit of oxidiser for the belly Vernors.

 

Circularise on the nuke

 

2km/s unrefuelled

 

5km/s if you refuel

Craft file at https://www.dropbox.com/s/mj1v83bvwho5ylv/Kerbotourist.craft?dl=0

[Wanderfound]

Munjet

 

Science bay equipped; swap for a passenger cabin for a tourist ship.

 

Easy takeoff.

 

Climb out on the first set of drop tanks.

 

Dump the first droptanks after going supersonic.

 

And the second set around Mach 3.

 

Level off for the speed run.

 

Zoom climb before you cook.

 

Add the nukes at 20km.

 

Fifteen seconds of oxidising rocketry to get the gravity lift going.

 

Finish on the nukes, nose down to minimise drag.

 

More than enough for a Munar landing and return.

 

Craft file at https://www.dropbox.com/s/c286hizhfh6repv/Munjet.craft?dl=0

[Wanderfound]

Kerbotruck Compact Lander

 √ 110,000 for the truck,  √ 70,000 for the cargo.

 

Make sure to set the control to the cockpit before takeoff.

 

Easy up.

 

10 degree climbout.

 

Easily through transonic while climbing.

 

Level off below 20,000m to build speed.

 

Pull up before you cook.

 

Switchover at the jet ceiling.

 

A quick tap to circularise.

 

Well-stuffed cargo bay.

 

Around 8,000m/s from the nuke transfer ship while pushing the lander.

 

4,700m/s ΔV in the lander. Full science kit and probe autopilot, capsule equipped for interplanetary reentry speeds.

 

Very easy to redock.

 

Fuel cost on the fully-recoverable launcher is about  √6,000 after recovery, plus  √ 70,000 for the non-recoverable spacecraft. Moho on the cheap, or as many Joolian moons as you care to visit.

 

Craft file at https://www.dropbox.com/s/ebs86yg1vt2qgxk/Kerbotruck Compact Lander.craft?dl=0

 

Edited March 19, 2017 by Wanderfound

[eagle92lightning]

On 3/8/2017 at 2:02 AM, Wanderfound said:

Kerbotruck

(AKA "you don't need that much wing")

 

Takes off with no fuss and room to spare:

 

Easy through transsonic in a 10 degree climb:

 

Tough enough to cope with a low altitude zoom-climb ascent:

 

Keep the jets breathing until their altitude ceiling:

 

Fully fueled to a 150km orbit:

 

Superb heat tolerance permits an aggressive reentry:

 

Tough airframe allows you to wash off speed with G's:

 

Very stable and controllable at low speed:

 

Easy lander:

 

Craft file at https://www.dropbox.com/s/pfq60n0yfspeihe/Kerbotruck.craft?dl=0

Kerbalx link? I don't have a dropbox and this looks like a good station builder.

[Wanderfound]

2 hours ago, eagle92lightning said:

Kerbalx link? I don't have a dropbox and this looks like a good station builder.

https://kerbalx.com/Wanderfound/Kerbotruck-Compact-Lander

[eagle92lightning]

1 hour ago, Wanderfound said:

https://kerbalx.com/Wanderfound/Kerbotruck-Compact-Lander

thanks

[Wanderfound]

You don't need a Dropbox account to access Dropbox-hosted files, BTW. Just click on the link, refuse any offers to sign up, and it should take you through to a download page.

[Rath]

May I suggest building a asymmetric SSTO?  It's a pain but they look really cool.

[Wanderfound]

80 tons to orbit for √88/ton.

 

On 3/23/2017 at 9:53 PM, Rath said:

May I suggest building a asymmetric SSTO?  It's a pain but they look really cool.

Asymmetric in which way? Got an example?

Edited March 30, 2017 by Wanderfound