Post your spaceplane fleet

Roflcopterkklol · August 29, 2014

What creations have you come up with in the SPH for your missions/fun?

lets see what people are getting around in these days.

Here is my current fleet of planes/SSTO (The ones i am proud of anywho lol)

Megalodon 720 · August 29, 2014

You have inspired me to make my first spaceplane. Thanks!

Roflcopterkklol · August 29, 2014

I recommend getting planes that work in the atmosphere working awesomely first, makes making a SSTO version 10 times easier

gl and have fun man, i have been having a blast in the SPH lately.

Megalodon 720 · August 29, 2014

I can build awesome aircraft but I've never made an SSTO.

Roflcopterkklol · August 29, 2014

SSTO spaceplane is pretty easy really, rapiers are your friend and so are nuclear engines for once you are in orbit

Don't bother mixing in turbo jets and aero spikes, just makes things too complicated to start off with, really it is getting fuel flow right so the centre of mass does not change that is the biggest problem (ya wana be able to land the thing after you de orbit after all lol)

Megalodon 720 · August 29, 2014

It is rather easy if you can build aircraft.

SofusRud · August 29, 2014

OK, here goes, and for the sake of brevity I'll only post the spaceplanes that are still in active service, as all of these have their own full pages .

Thunderlane Mk-5

seen here after delivering two nuclear engines to a tug. It handles most of my 1.25 meter part deliveries.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/65968-Thunderlane-Mk-5-Becausethe-old-one-needed-an-upgrade

Kylon-1

Seen here doing a space probe launch and crew transfer mission. It handles shorter 2.5 meter cargoes and various other things. Can lift 19 tons.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/79535-The-Kylon-my-best-high-capacity-SSTO-so-far

Kylon-2

Seen here delivering a full orange tank and a tug core. Handles the heaviest and longest cargoes in my fleet.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/82913-Kylon-2-The-Re-SSTOening

Thunderlane mk-6

Done mostly for aesthetics, but handles smaller cargo. rarely in use.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/79994-Thunderlane-Mk-6-With-apologies-to-Reaction-Engines

Fluffles Mk-4 (right) and Mk-4C (left)

the mk-4 is my laythe shuttle, ferrying crew from orbit to the surface of laythe and back, the mk-4C is a cargo variant for small cargo.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/66332-Fluffles-Mk-4-and-his-chubby-cousin-the-Mk-4C

Wanderfound · August 29, 2014

Well, you asked for it...

Edited August 29, 2014 by Wanderfound

Hodo · August 30, 2014

My workhorse back in .23.5.

SP-406A

And its replacement.

SP-409

SVO-22 Thrush

A Kethane scanning SSTO with VTOL capabilities.

SVO-9 which went to Duna and landed on Ike.

SVO-17 it had the ability to haul a rover to other worlds.

VSR-5 my short line of lifting body design VTOLs.

SP-3 the first successful swing wing SSTO in my stable.

These are just a few of my designs that I would or still do use to this day. I have some new ones I have been working on but not quite happy with yet. I think in total I have made over 125 different SSTO space plane designs.

And my current project for my .24 install with the new B9 parts.

SP-12 Light load hauler.

I have to fix the RPM faults with that cockpit but that is minor work I will get to over the next week or so.

Edited August 30, 2014 by Hodo

Scarecrow88 · August 31, 2014

Developed from an SSTO that was designed for Kerbin orbit only, the addition of a vertical engine allowed this little fella to get to the Mun or Minmus. Due to the small tank, it needs to refuel before leaving Kerbin orbit, but that's all part of the fun.

Vagani · August 31, 2014

I present the F-45, F-45A, F-45 Rescue, F-46, F-47 and F-50

Here is the video:

And here are some pictures:

F-45 Action Groups:

1-Toggle Antennas

2-Toggle Rear Engines

3-Toggle Vtol Engine

Wanderfound · August 31, 2014

Nice.

Creative use of the tail pieces, there. Much prettier than most stock-part planes.

Debug menu clipping for the intakes, or just careful fiddling?

Fellow314 · August 31, 2014

Rep for everybody!!

Rune · August 31, 2014

Don't we have a shiny (and huge) SSTO showcase thread already?

Rune. Lag probably would exclude me from putting ALL my models on the same runway.

Fellow314 · August 31, 2014

We do, but I can post in that one but not in this. I don't really have a fleet, just a disparate collection of stuff made up as I go along. I quite like a fleet with an over-arching design philosophy or a range of abilities across the board to cover all eventualities.

O-Doc · August 31, 2014

Last time we got a thread like this I got a quarter of the way in before my game crashed. I gave up. Check out my sig for my craft. Lulz

Mareczex333 · August 31, 2014

I got more better ones, but not in one photo

Scarecrow88 · August 31, 2014

Unfortunately it needed clipping switched on. Those tail pieces can be a 'mare to fit at the best of times.

Wanderfound · August 31, 2014

No shame in a bit of aesthetic clipping; been known to use it myself occasionally.

(yes, I know it's not a spaceplane. But it is a 100% recoverable SSTO...)

manni01 · August 31, 2014

Imagine Overfloater posting his...

Batz_10K · August 31, 2014

This is the common spaceplane platform that I use in career mode. It was originally intended to be a light science lander (max. weight 10t fully fuelled) that you would attach to your interplanetary ship and land wherever you were going. (The science lander version is capable of landing on any planet in the Kerbin system except Eve and Tylo - and Jool obviously)

From there came a number of variants:

- Science lander (for 100% recovery - has science jr, thermometer, seismic monitor, barometer, gravioli detector)

- Jet version (for atmospheric testing of small parts, and exploring Kerbin's biomes) (the jet version is capable of reaching orbit)

- 2 seat version (just the thing for Jeb to terrorize the new guys -- and the occasional rescue mission)

- Ion drive version (for longer trips)

- Floatplane version (capable of landing and taking off from any watery surface)

Here's some pictures of testing around the system (you may have seen a few of these before in other threads)

Roflcopterkklol · August 31, 2014

Two new additions to my fleet, Single stage to mun/interplanetary explorers.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/92529-Single-stage-to-Mun-Interplanetary-spaceplanes

If you want to know more about them

Edited September 1, 2014 by Roflcopterkklol

SouthPhilly · September 2, 2014

So I just started building and using SSTO's and planes about 2 weeks ago... I'm one of the SP+ converts. When SP+ was announced that it would be added to the stock game and started getting some extra attention I downloaded it. And was pretty much hooked from there...

I then downloaded the B9 preview pack... and now their release pack.... it's all over now. Also after reading up on how to build SSTO's and how stock KSP handles atmosphere and drag I decided to check into FAR and NEAR. I went with NEAR and am very happy with with KSP and SSTO's now.

Before I installed NEAR I had 2 or 3 SSTO's that could make it to orbit with any real operational value other than station crew transfers and orbital rides. So that being said... I've pretty much mothballed most of my old SSTO's... I'm going to go through each one, resign them and start testing as time permits.

First up... The "Zenth"

It's a flying wing style design... still in testing to see what it can really do and haul...

Love the look from the back....

It's super sleek, and so far loaded with full fuel, and 3 cube satellites it launches and climbs like a champ. Lift off using around 60% throttle (it gets a little hard to keep it straight at full throttle), Climb out on full throttle at 35* nose up it reaches 20k at about 4mins. at that point I shut down the secondary engines and let the main one burn in air breather mode till it automatically switches to closed cycle mode around 50k. From there it's a short burn to 75k, then around a 275-300dv burn to circularize. Leaving me around 1200dv to use as I need.

I've only done 2 launches with the Zenth so far. One was at half fuel and no cargo... strictly a test flight. The Zenth preformed flawlessly... well almost. Found out that at lower or no throttle yaw control was nill... had to mouse click the spoilers in different combinations most of the way down, so on her second flight I added a set of small winglets to control yaw. But I'm going to play around with spoilers and action groups to see if I can make it work and get rid of the winglets again. She also needs a lot of attention on the way down, she doesn't really seem to like to stop flying.

Jeb checking on the payload before launch...

And a orbital shot...

I have plans to add a robotic arm and to do a stretched version to.

Edited September 2, 2014 by SouthPhilly

Rainbowtrout · September 4, 2014

As basic as it gets. Fuel, intakes, range: in a simple package. Not to mention, the range is excellent. Hit the north ice cap with 1/3 fuel, so quite long range.

Fellow314 · September 15, 2014

One, three and six Kerbal long range SSTOs and a Duckling short range SSTO.

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