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Micro Shuttle and Rescue Vehicle for three (3) kerbals by Fruit Bat Industries. This is not a SSTO.
By @zer0Kerbal, originally by @Sage Sagan with @Daemoria and @Blackheart612
Preamble by @Sage Sagan
I love Helldiver's KSO, but it got me thinking about the WEKA and the idea of a REALLY small lifting body shuttle(1.25m scale) for crew return and emergency returns from orbit. So after a few abortive attempts at Blender which resulted in the kind of design that should be drowned at birth, I decided to draw on a napkin at work(aren't those always the best designs?).
The idea ~would be~ [was] to keep a very low part count, so ideally it will consist of only 6-8 parts i.e. Fuselage,right and left winglets ,docking port,two oms engines. The OMS engines would be R.C.S fueled so they can share the same internal R.C.S. tanks as the thrusters. The shuttle will seat 2 kerbals in a tandem configuration with hopefully RPM displays(2), as a place holder the MK2 cockpit IVA could be used as config is similar.
The shuttle, when fueled would weigh in at around 1.8 tonnes and due to it's size will fit in a 2.5m fairing which makes it much easier to launch especially for FAR uses. I picture it as being slightly wider that a MK2 cockpit. This is not shown on the sketch but the docking collar will fit on the rear. The compact size means it should fit in a 2.5m cargo bay for carrying on larger ships etc.
More inspiration
Test Flight!: More inspiration
Fruit Bat Industries mk I
- Would love someone to convert from FireSpitter to Stock and/or KSPWheel
- Variant Textures and code to make it work always welcome!
- Model updates to Unity 2019
- Parachute textures that work using Pteron logos
- Have a request? Glad to have them, kindly submit through GitHub.
English - in progress
- your translation here
HELP WANTED - See the README in the Localization folder for instructions for adding or improving translations. GitHub push is the best way to contribute. Additions and corrections welcome!
How to support this and other great mods by zer0Kerbal
- Discussions and news on this mod: See Discussions or KSP Forums
- Changelog Summary for more details of changes : See ChangeLog
- Known Issues for more details of feature requests and known issues : See Known Issues
Use CurseForge/OverWolf App (currently does not install dependencies) 1
or 
- On Demand Fuel Cells (ODFC) 3
- Firespitter for fully functioning wheels. may invoke bouts of dizziness.
- NEAR-FAR
- Restock
*red box below is a link to forum post on how to get support*
Credits and Special Thanks
- @overkill13 for massive amount of testing and suggestions
- @KawaiiLucy for Restock whitelist
- @Sage Sagan for creating this mod
- @Blackheart612 texture and logo work
- @Daemoria models and other things
Current (1) - zer0Kerbal
Forum: Thread - Source: GitHub
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