KerbalX

Details

• Type: VAB
• Class: ship
• Part Count: 248
• Pure Stock

Description

“Rockets and Props work well sequentially, but not together.

Version 1.3.1: Shorten, better canard placement then 1.2, RCS added as well

Can take off from Kerbin like a rocket, fly to Eve, land, be refueled, fly as a propelled plane fully fueled at up to 150 m/s @ 14 km altitude. Discard the wings and props at altitude and rocket back to Eve orbit with ~1000 m/s of delta-V to spare. It has great cross range capability allowing you to land and take off from anywhere and reach orbit, except the seas, it can’t land or take off on the seas.

Recommendations

• Activate interstage crossfeed when leaving kerbin, but close it when taking off from Eve.

• Adjust propeller blade pitch per altitude and air speed via {i}/{k} keys.

• When aerobraking from high Eve orbit to surface, pitch upward to 80°~60° pitch angle and adjust center of gravity by moving propellant from bow to stern tank.

• Discard landing gear at low pitch angles of 5°~15°.

• To properly discard the wings and props, hit the abort button before staging, this will start the rocket engine while simultaneous disengaging the rotors and relaxing the blade pitch. Jettison wings when rotor fuel tanks run empty.

A stock rocket called Eve Return Proporocketplane 1.3.1. Built with 248 of the finest parts, its root part is mk2DockingPort.
Built in the VAB in KSP version 1.7.3.