White Star SSTO (SP+ Mod) Please help

[mrmcp1]

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Given the news that SP+ will soon be made stock I thought I would show you my latest SSTO, the White Star. The White Star comes in 3 different versions: The standard capable of lifting 2.25T possibly more, the crewed version capable of lifting 4 extra crew to orbit and the large version capable of lifting 4.5T possibly more to orbit. I have never failed to get into orbit with either version as they are easy to fly and have plenty of fuel left over so it does not matter too much if you make a mistake in flight. I always use them to take crew to my space station and I believe you can get into orbit around the moon but I have not checked. I hope you like them

Here is the assent profile:

At about 65m/s take off (be careful as tail strikes are easy to get)

Pitch up to 45 degrees until 10km

At 10km pitch down to 30 degrees until 20km

At 20km pitch down to between 0 and 10 degrees and gain horizontal speed

At 28km your engines should go closed cycle so get into orbit like you would any other SSTO.

Action groups:

1: Toggle engines

2: Switch engine mode

3: Toggle intakes

4: Toggle solar panels

5: Toggle ladder

6: Toggle docking port

7: Toggle cargo bay (if the ship has one)

Download link: Standard: https://www.dropbox.com/s/e5ehegximsr9z9q/White%20Star%20Standard.craft?dl=0

Crew carrier: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xsyrpqrrx626qst/White%20Star%20Crew%20Carrier.craft?dl=0

Large: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0sld8gqcfhaa9n2/White%20Star%20Large.craft?dl=0

Hope you like them I think they are user friendly but with cargo capability they are still useful. Also all three ship require SP+ in order to work.

Edited October 9, 2014 by mrmcp1

[mrmcp1]

Edited September 27, 2014 by mrmcp1

[mrmcp1]

Has anyone had a chance to try out any of these ships yet? Sorry to bump my own thread.

[Niemand303]

gonna try it this evening, it looks cool!

[mrmcp1]

gonna try it this evening, it looks cool!

Thanks if you don't mind could you tell me if its any good

[mrmcp1]

These spaceplanes will no longer launch without the SP+ mod and I was wondering if anyone knew how or could fix them so that they will work in the stock game. Any help would be appreciated thanks.

[Niemand303]

These spaceplanes will no longer launch without the SP+ mod and I was wondering if anyone knew how or could fix them so that they will work in the stock game. Any help would be appreciated thanks.

I think replacing the names in the craft files should work, though I've never encountered something like this before. Maybe install SPP in .25 and replace the elements part by part?

[mrmcp1]

I think replacing the names in the craft files should work, though I've never encountered something like this before. Maybe install SPP in .25 and replace the elements part by part?

Thanks for the idea but I can't rebuild it part by part as too much of it is connected to other parts. I haven't tried editing the craft flies through. Thanks

EDIT: Does anyone have any experience in editing craft files? I have no idea what to do.

Edited October 9, 2014 by mrmcp1

[soulreaver1981]

You planes are not so big, just rebuild them from the ground up

[Tangle]

Thanks for the idea but I can't rebuild it part by part as too much of it is connected to other parts. I haven't tried editing the craft flies through. Thanks

EDIT: Does anyone have any experience in editing craft files? I have no idea what to do.

Hold on, I'll grab the first one and edit it.

Edit 02: Removing the _4523423423 stuff could prolly fix things unless the ship is very very very very precise

Edited October 9, 2014 by Tangle

[inigma]

Rebuild these. I want to see them back in production.

[mrmcp1]

Rebuild these. I want to see them back in production.

I have rebuilt these expect a new thread shortly. Unfortunately rebuilding them has led to a large drop in performance.

[Captain Sierra]

I have rebuilt these expect a new thread shortly. Unfortunately rebuilding them has led to a large drop in performance.

I think the change in the Mk2 profile resulted in some loss if lift so things won't fly quite like they used to. Can anyone verify this?