Creation of SSTO "Ranger" followed one primary goal - make a spacecraft that is as universal as possible.


Enable part lift forces for better experience


This SSTO is state of the art spacecraft desighed for transporting crew to most of planets you could step on. It can land on most planets\moons, neither it has atmosphere or not. It is equiped with 3 propulsion systems:

Aerospike - engine with most efficiency, used for space travel

Low Gravity Rocket VTOL Engines - they are used when finishing landing on moons

VTOL Propellers - to make flying on planets with atmosphere easier, SSTO has these propellers, allowing it to fly, land and take off anywhere.


Controls and AGs:

  1. Aerospike
  2. VTOL Propellers
  3. Gyroscope
  4. Roll stabilization (Note: works poorly in vacuum, don't use it there)
  5. Fuel Cells (In case you need to recharge in atmospheric flight, they take ~3% of fuel for full recharge)
  6. Lights (Bottom lights are activated automatically if you are VTOL-ing and you are under 200 AGL)
  7. Docking Bay
  8. Landing Gear
  9. Solar Panels
  10. RCS
  11. Low Gravity Rocket VTOL

Sliders:

  1. Controls front propeller thrust in Propeller VTOL mode, and LGR-VTOL Engines, limiting front or back engine's thrust to balance

  2. Controls propeller motors torque (Note - motors will always try to reach max RPM)

  3. Controls propellers tilt

  4. Not used


Notes:

Its recommended to reduce torque on motors when flying horisontaly, for more efficient battery consumption rate.
Set slider 1 to ~40% when using VTOL propellers, this should balance spaceplane.
Front propellers disengage when slider 3 is at 75% or more

Re-enter carefully when your orbit is highly elliptical, spaceplane might not tolerate it well when you go on low alt at high speed. Its best to do multiple aerobrakes in that case.


Thats all i got to say, enjoy!

GENERAL INFO

  • Created On: Windows
  • Game Version: 1.3.116.0
  • Price: $197,260k
  • Number of Parts: 870
  • Dimensions: 8 m x 34 m x 49 m

PERFORMANCE

  • Total Delta V: 0m/s
  • Total Thrust: 8.8MN
  • Engines: 99
  • Wet Mass: 4.28E+5kg
  • Dry Mass: 1.81E+5kg

STAGES

Stage Engines Delta V Thrust Burn Mass

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    @Nikklol This might be because of labels, try removing them

    3 months ago
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    The craft broke the game

    Every time i try to take off the game freezes and the screen glitches out

    +1 3 months ago
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    Very useful trick actually, thanks for showing how to do it!

    3 months ago
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    55.0k KirRu

    Glad to see people starts using my slanted nozzles)

    3 months ago
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    I saw a version few weeks ago that was similar to this that worked on mobile. This one unfortunately doesn't work well. I use 21 ultra and fold 5.

    3 months ago
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    26.8k Zenithspeed

    design goes hard

    3 months ago

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