Herbaldyne Type 4 SSTO, AKA the Flying Death Ray Interplanetary Kerbocycle

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Brought to you by the magic of Infinitely Spammable Massless Parts, behold the Flying Death Ray Model 1 interplanetary Kerbocycle. It's core is a T-800 with a Mark 1 jet fuselage behind it. It has 4 more T-100 tanks mounted on radial hardpoints. The main engine is a RAPIER, with 4 ion propulsion units serving as orbital maneuvering engines and landing legs. It also has 6 LV-1R mini-engines for initial takeoff assist. As documented in the album, on its maiden interplanetary voyage it landed on Mun, then on Minmus, and then made it back to the KSC. I was pretty sloppy about it too, so I think I could manage something more impressive if I planned more carefully. Abandoning the VTOL capability for longer range yielded the Model 2, which I'll post separately.

Edited November 3, 2014 by herbal space program