CTS-5
by Stariy_Yevrey
uploaded 2018-12-08
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VAB
stock spaceplane
#shuttle #crew #transport #partiallyreusable

It is a small, cost efficient shuttle, capable of putting five kerbals in a low Kerbin orbit with around 900 m/s dV left.
The launch will cost you 11770 funds ( external tank + fuels), or 2354 for 1 seat.

Details

  • Type: VAB
  • Class: spaceplane
  • Part Count: 95
  • Pure Stock

Flight instructions:

Make sure that your throttle is idle. Activate action group 1, go full throttle, activate 1st stage. It will have a weak tendency to lower the nose down. Try to fly straight vertical untill you reach 80-100 m/s. Roll on a desired course, than fly it like a normal rocket (but keep in mind that it behaves worse than a normal rocket). When most of the fuel will be burnt, Vector will provide quite big TWR, so throttle back to 75%. When external tank is drained - cutoff the main engine and activate staging. With OMS engines shuttle will have a pretty low TWR (0.3). Start circularization not later than a minute before apoapsis. For controlling in space use RCS. Electricity is proveded from a small fuel cell under the nose fairing (Action group 5).

Before reentry adjust a center of mass position as shown at the screenshot, switch controls to the angled dock port (action group10) and turn SAS to prograde hold mode. This will provide an easy way to control it. After breaking to 800 m/s switch to normal control mode by action group 9. Make a soft and safe landing at KSC runway.

Description

1 - toggle Vector engine
2 - toggle Sparks engines
5 - fuel cell
6 - docking port & docking lights
7 - landing lights
9 - normal controls
10 - reetry mode (30 AoA)

A stock rocket called CTS-5. Built with 95 of the finest parts, its root part is mk2FuselageShortLFO.

Built in the VAB in KSP version 1.4.5.

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