KerbalX

Description

A stock aircraft called Cheetah Class AMS. Built with 605 of the finest parts.

Built in the SPH in KSP version 1.11.2.

This is an Amoured Missile Ship of the Cheetah class. It was originally built as a Battleship following VAOS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stqOSgqZlts however at 29.3m long and armed with 6 guided missiles, the ship is better described as a missile ship.

VAOS’s battleship is prettier but has some self-imposed limitations with range and speed. Having a little experience with this, this craft is designed to be very self-reliant and robust.

It has a lot of redundancy and can take quite a pounding before control is lost. A warship should be able to operate when the world has gone to pot and not require backup.

This is not a launch vehicle but rather built in orbit. I have been playing and testing by moving two of these into orbit around the Mun and blasting each with missiles. However with over 3000 m/s deltaV and a Mun TWR of 8.5, it is not slow.

If you’re fast with your orbital movement, you can place these beasts around 6 km from each other; easily in range of the missiles.

Stage the missiles and switch craft. Extend the antenna and engage the engine and RCS. Fly by eye or use MechJeb rendezvous planner to see the distance of closest approach. Use RCS translation to reduce the separation.

A devastating hit of over 250m/s with zero separation can be achieved. Damage varies on where you hit; from completely catastrophic to bouncing off the armour.

Two of these battling it out can cause a lot of debris. Either turn debris tracking off or reduce the amount of debris saved in the game settings.

Once a few chunks are missing, consider re-balancing fuel and RCS to regain control. A final full speed ram can be difficult if things are not balanced..

Details

• Type: SPH
• Class: ship
• Part Count: 605
• Pure Stock
• KSP: 1.11.2