For the Fairest: Prettiest Spaceplane Challenge

[fenya]

CargoPlane16

Easily can deliver 15 tons of stuff to Laythe, then go to Duna and return to Kerbin.

With a small payload and additional fuel tanks can visit Dres or Eello and return

Edited February 16, 2015 by fenya

[Majorjim!]

Is this dead?

[RogueMason]

Sure as hell looks like it's dead. Or dying.

Hmm, I accrued one vote... cool

[Majorjim!]

Sure as hell looks like it's dead. Or dying.

Hmm, I accrued one vote... cool

This is why I so rarely enter challenges. People get bored and seem to forget them..

[Spartwo]

I won't win but I like the wings on the Sabre, the body is a bit chubby though but it looks beefy.

[TeeGee]

Stock parts are way too ugly to make anything look pretty...

[Majorjim!]

Stock parts are way too ugly to make anything look pretty...

lol, is that a joke?

[Commander Jebidiah]

Here's mine, The SDV-100K Arrow or the satellite delivery vehicle to 100km also known as the STV Arrow.

By far my favourite AS TO I've ever made, it can fly up to 100km deliver a 2mT satellite and return to KSC.

Only 1 mod involved: Mechjeb for DeltaV

Also at the moment I don't know who to vote for so I'll edit this post after school tomorrow.

Edited February 10, 2015 by Commander Jebidiah

[Majorjim!]

Do outdated planes count?

This one was my most resilient, reliable and maneuverable heavy cargo ship:

http://i.imgur.com/OtMyqdF.jpg

It is partially responsible for making this base on Laythe:

http://i.imgur.com/CEXa8Eu.jpg

(each time I delivered 20~24t payloads, each time different plane (each delivered 3 modules))

P.S. ima gonna have to vote for Major Jim's plane, look how perfect it is! Not to mention the ssto capability.

Have you rebuilt any of these Overfloater? Or are you waiting for 1.0? I cannot wait to see what is possible with the stock fairings!

[Reistlyn]

SSTO Noctuoidea-2

Details here

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Oh yeah, my vote for the SSTO Eagle-1 from Majorjim

Edited February 11, 2015 by Reistlyn

[whistlehead]

I'd like to present my SS2a. Not practical as anything but a crew shuttle, but she's tiny, she'll walk up to an 80x80 orbit with fuel to spare - and I think she's rather pretty.

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I'd also like to contend that my Space Shuttle functional replica (the last two images) is as least mildly easy on the eye. (That's functional replica as in she looks nothing like the original but works in the same way)

[Roflcopterkklol]

not 100% sure whose craft i want to vote for yet..

Anywho.

I like to think White Lightning is a mean looking piece of equipment.

100km orbit

map view

at 2 million km orbit

map view

To the mun

close flye bye of mun

Bye mun

back to 5000km orbit

Back to Kerbin

After all that there is still over 2000 lf/oxidizer left to be used.

Download link:

http://www./download/i3joocrfij76s5q/White+Lightning+mk2.craft

Edited February 16, 2015 by Roflcopterkklol

[zekes]

Wait ignore this.

Edited February 22, 2015 by zekes

[Roflcopterkklol]

Here's my entry, the "LX"

http://i.imgur.com/w9FaP2U.png

Click here for more images demonstrating SSTO capability.

...and I vote for Overfloater's gargantuan creation.

I think i will have to agree with you and vote on overfloaters craft, i still have it in my 0.23 version of KSP it is a great craft.

[ihtoit]

Can you guess what it is yet?

It's a Gatecrasher entry because I did use non-stock engines.

Though I could have, if I'd left the intakes on, used the Rapiers, but I decided against it because the flat heatsinks look better than the intakes.

Which all but killed my fuel to overcome the drag so I was glad to get rid of them and use the pretty dragless heatsinks instead.

Incidentally, it does have a cargo space right behind the cockpit. There are no vertical control surfaces whatsoever, yaw control is entirely RCS.

Edited February 16, 2015 by ihtoit

[Spartwo]

Oh, I should vote.

Majorjim

[Jean Deaux]

My favorite SSTO to date I've built follows a "less is more" mentality. I used this one in another challenge and I find myself re-using this design quite a bit.

Re-introducing the Hornet.

For my vote of currently submitted entries, I like Majorjim's Eagle-1.

[Lou]

My entry, the "LX2." 53 parts, 13.45t on the runway (including a satellite):

Click here for more images demonstrating SSTO capability.

...and I vote for Overfloater's gargantuan creation.

Note: This replaces my previous entry, the "LX."

Edited February 18, 2015 by Lou

[LordFjord]

Here's my entry - an attempt to build something "stylish": the Avalon SSTO (yeah I am bad at names)

It has a top and bottom MK2 cargobay, for this flight I filled both with a FL-400 and FL200 each. Could probably carry heavier stuff as well. Minor clipping, most notably the MK2 Bicoupler that connects the top and lower hull, but I emptied its tanks so it should be ok.

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My vote goes to Reistlyn's SSTO Noctuoidea-2. That's a tiny but badass plane.

Edited February 19, 2015 by LordFjord

[whistlehead]

I present a video of the same craft I posted earlier.

And I place my vote for RogueMason's equally tiny SSTO.

[panzer1b]

Heres my HK-133 "Tri-Fighter III"

Cinematic Screenie (yes i launched it on a rocket, but that picture looked beyond epic, normally its a SSTO airplane thing that takes off from runway).

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Just some random screenies of it.

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And ofc, if it SSTOs, it better be able to land on laythe and return to kerbin, or its not AKSTechnologies certified .

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Combat testing my newest model.

There is some variantion from version to version (laythe one obviously cant have any weapon on it or the dV drops below laythe requirement). And i like the look of the shielded dock on the nose best, but its heavier and less useful then a claw.

Its predecessor, the Tri-Fighter II was heavily influenced by the Viper from BSG, and you can still see some resemblance in the newest Tri-Fighter III variant, although i ended up moving to a rather new design, more for functionality (and in my opinion even better looks).

Ohh and as for my vote, i like the look of the Eagle-1 by Majorjim best, it kinda reminds me of my stargate F-302 replica with those angled wings and 3 engine layout.

Edited February 22, 2015 by panzer1b

[zekes]

After a long and hard search, I've decided my prettiest spaceplane is in fact my shuttle. With 900 parts, there's bound to be some beauty in the fact that it flies, even.

Bonus points for mainsail OMS?

[Starwhip]

I say that Starstreaker III is my nicest.

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Why don't I have any screenshots of it without the UI?

I like whistleheads' itty-bitty SSTO.

[Dman979]

The plane with the most votes wins a golden apple.

Hmmm... Not gonna try (Troy?) this one.

[Vashts]

Here is my new SSTO, Eagle-1 and the Eaglet ion mun shuttle.

http://i60.tinypic.com/2wgeii9.jpg

http://i59.tinypic.com/2afzsea.jpg

http://i57.tinypic.com/2vuetkj.jpg

http://i61.tinypic.com/2jfekac.jpg

http://i58.tinypic.com/2w2ngh1.jpg

http://i58.tinypic.com/ibf6fa.jpg

http://i60.tinypic.com/2qwhfyp.jpg

http://i60.tinypic.com/2ic5fdl.jpg

And a video of a full mission:

My vote so far is for Overfloater's Heavy cargo SSTJ. The master of possibilities.

this is brilliant. voted most clever use of telescopic antenna