Athena
by Eric_Hamann
uploaded 2017-05-09
166 downloads /
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SPH
stock spaceplane
#SSTO #Laythe

Details

  • Type: SPH
  • Class: spaceplane
  • Part Count: 362
  • Pure Stock

Description

A long-range SSTO that can land on Laythe and return to Kerbin with a maximum crew capacity of 184 Kerbals.

Built in the SPH in KSP version 1.2.2.

Stunning! Great video too! I hope to see more vids from you, subscribed!

Thank you for the lesson on gravity assistance and all the work done!
Just a question ?
How long to get all the kerbals out of the ship at 5:05 ? ;o)

Around 2 hours. The worst thing about that was the framerate. After ~100 Kerbals I had like 2 fps and I really worried the game could crash every minute :D To even make it in 2 hours I used the mod Vessel Mover which you can use to grab a vessel and move it to somewhere else on the ground pretty quickly. But the craft has ladders in the back that reach to ground, so technically you could eva them all manually but that would be just ridiculous and probably take days…

I sense the center of mass issues.

nice work this is even more powerful then matt lowne’s one

Does it have enough Delta V to make it to Eeloo?

Maaaaybe, if you really use every single gravity assist you can get and are super careful with your maneuver nodes. This craft has 4100-4200m/s deltaV in Kerbin orbit which is enough for Laythe but I think for an Eeloo mission, even with gravity assists, you would want at least 4500.

Try making a SSTO capable of going to Eeloo and back.

I’m currently working on a mk2 version of this SSTO. Right now it has a crew capacity of 192 with a deltaV of 4700m/s in Kerbin orbit, so I’m pretty sure I will do another video soon with a mission to Eeloo!

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