Rudolph Kurlitzer Pipe Organs and Spaceplanes' SSTO Line-Up

[Athos]

Since the release of the Mighty Kurlitzer about a week ago, we've been busy! RKPOS now has a full line of fuel and kersonnel delivery SSTOs from light to super-heavy. We've also made very minor revisions to the original, so we'll include the fixed version here.

Anyway, without further ado, the Nano Kurlitzer! RKPOS' light SSTO, and our smallest, this craft is intended purely for orbital crew delivery. In fact, she might need to take on a tiny bit of fuel in orbit to make it home, but she absolutely will make it to 100km LKO on her own, with some fuel left. 56 parts, costs 49,100.

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Next we have the Micro Kurlitzer. RKPOS' medium SSTO, this craft is intended for orbital and interplanetary delivery of kersonnel, and small amounts of fuel and monopropellant. She's probably our most aesthetically pleasing craft, with intakes mostly hidden between fuselages or beneath surface-mounted wing connectors. We're also particularly proud of the wingtip mounting; the slight offset of the trailing edges allows for efficient placement of Vernor thrusters. That may not seem like much of a breakthrough, but we take our victories where we can! Includes 2x LV-N engines for more efficient interplanetary deliveries, but these can easily be replaced by Aerospikes (or any other engines, really) if desired. 140 parts, costs 135,977.

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Third is the Mini Kurlitzer. RKPOS' heavy SSTO, this craft is intended for orbital and interplanetary delivery of kersonnel, large amounts of fuel, and small amounts of monopropellant. She's easily the most refined member of our lineup, having taken several days and many iterations to design and test. However, she's extremely stable during ascent; RCS shouldn't be required at any point to keep her pointed in the right direction. 230 parts, costs 210,388.

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And last, the fixed Mighty Kurlitzer. RKPOS' super-heavy SSTO and the workhorse of our lineup, she's intended for orbital delivery of kersonnel, and large amounts of fuel and monopropellant. 329 parts, costs 364,771. Yes, she still has one hell of a set of pipes:

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We hope you enjoy our craft, and we value your feedback! Please take a spin and let us know what you think.

Edited October 23, 2014 by Athos

[nicky4096]

some very nice planes! but now i want to see the ultra-allmighty kurlitzer XD

[Athos]

That'll have to wait until I get a new PC.. more than 300 parts and the one I've got starts moving in slow motion!

[BagelRabbit]

Pipe Organ, you say?!

Anyway, I like these, especially the second one. I'll probably try them out tomorrow...

Thanks for making these aircraft! (And enduring the horrible rocket-organ music above.)

-Upsilon

[Athos]

...LOL. Love the video. I definitely wouldn't have thought of that.

Let me know what you think!

[nicky4096]

that is awesome upsilon! i can see what scott manley or allmhuran will do in their next video: take a set of pipes to eeloo. LOL

Athos, about the partcount, im not saying you *have* to make a new plane, they are all awesome, but i remember someone using Ubiozor Welding to build a giant battleship. would that be helpful?

[Athos]

The Welding mod's no longer being developed, but even if it was, I prefer stock, at least for now. Thanks for the suggestion though!

[nicky4096]

bummer.

stock is nice though