Space Plane X4s Orbita - Single stage to Mun/Minmus and back

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STATS:

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[TD]Part Count[/TD]

[TD]222[/TD]

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[TD]Mass[/TD]

[TD]15,380kg[/TD]

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[TD]TWR Atomic Engine[/TD]

[TD]0.40 (0.67 empty)[/TD]

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[TD]TWR Turbojet Engine[/TD]

[TD]0.75[/TD]

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[TD]DV Atomic Engine[/TD]

[TD]3,651 m/s[/TD]

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[TD]Parachute[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

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[TD]Shielded Docking Port[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

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Description:

This craft is capable of doing a land and return mission to either mun or minmus with out refueling. Probably been done a thousand times by now but I still felt the urge to share my own design. The Plane has fairly good TWR so a mission wont take all day to complete.

The landing gears in the back may be a bit unsightly but do make landing in zero atmosphere a lot easier. They are a aesthetic sacrifice for more functionality. Action group #10 will lower/raise the extended rear landing gears, making take off from Kerbin easier (when raised). I would keep them extended for landing on Mun/Minmus though. Lastly the craft flies like dog **** with out SAS enabled. So this craft is not a good match for those who wish to fly unassisted. Flies fine with SAS though.

Action Groups:

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[TD]1 - Toggle Turbojet Engines[/TD]

[TD]6 - Toggle Ladder[/TD]

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[TD]2 - Toggle Atomic Engines[/TD]

[TD]7 - empty[/TD]

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[TD]3 - Toggle Docking Port Shield[/TD]

[TD]8 - Toggle Front Landing Gears[/TD]

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[TD]4 - Toggle Parachute[/TD]

[TD]9 - Toggle Rear Landing Gears[/TD]

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[TD]5 - Cut Parachute[/TD]

[TD]10 - Toggle Rear Landing Gears (ext.)[/TD]

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Edited April 20, 2015 by Dook_net

[T-Bouw]

Nice clean geometric design!

I'm impressed it's not some thrown together lump of wings!