KerbalX

Details

• Type: SPH
• Class: spaceplane
• Part Count: 179
• Pure Stock

Description

A stock aircraft called K-SSTO Shuttle III+ SpaceLab module. Built with 179 of the finest parts, its root part is mk3Cockpit.Shuttle.

Built in the SPH in KSP version 1.0.5.

Shuttle Crew max: 6 kerbals, SpaceLab Crew max: 6 Kerbals

Shuttle Ascending profile:

• Engage SAS (key ’T'), full throttle.

• Retract the landing gear.

• From 0m to 9000m , set plane nose on the navball to ~22° (the orange V indicator, not the yellow prograde vector).

• At 9000m, set smoothly plane nose on the navball to 8~9°.

• Let the shuttle accelerate, don’t touch anything.

• When shuttle speed begin to decrease (alt approx.23500 m, speed approx 1350 m/s) , press key ‘1’ to switch Rapier engine’s mode, then wait and don’t press any key.

• When the apoapsis is between 80 km and 150 km, press ‘X’ to stop engines

• Circularize at apoapsis !

deploying Spacelab:

• open cargo bay !

• decouple and move away the shuttle from the Lab

• switch the control to the lab

• press action group ‘5’ to deploy it

• unlock RCS tanks

Shuttle Descent profile

• note: you can use action group for flaps ‘6’,‘7’,‘8’ if needed

• Burn retrograde to the desired point

• press action group ‘1’ to switch rapier engines in ‘Airbreathing’ mode

• deploy the aerobrakes

• activate SAS and then the prograde vector and let the shuttle do its atmosphere reentry

• wait until the speed is less than 300 m/s to switch to the ‘stability assist’ mode and make landing manoeuvers.

• use (or not) the engines for landing !