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A Practical Shuttle (simplified)

NEW SHUTTLE APS2 super heavy https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1863161252

What makes this KSP shuttle better than every other KSP shuttle? Its one of the simplest shuttles to fly, no more wrestling bricks out of a death spin at 36km. This shuttle features "Engine Trimming" use keys "i" and "k" to point your boosters up and down with Breaking Ground servos.

You can keep going straight with any payload, any fuel load to any altitude. That's a Shuttle Systems guarantee.

Just gently tap your "translate up/down" keys to pitch your thrust around your moving centre of gravity.

When your done with the booster press 1 to activate the orbiter mode.

This first action group shuts down your booster engines. Activates your orbital maneuvering engines. Decouples your external fuel tank and changes control to the cockpit. Just press 1

Action group 2 enables a probe core offset at 15 degrees, this probe core controls the shuttle on launch/ascent and is aligned with the main boosters centre of thrust. It can also be used to control the orbiter on re-entry providing stable lift and drag at high altitudes.

Action group 0 enables the jet engines. These provide low thrust and only assist in a powered glide.

Abort triggers landing chute. Air brakes are installed factory standard.

7 is the cargo bay and 8 toggles RCS control.

This vessel is made from 140 of the finest parts and will carry between 0 and over 45 of YOUR finest tons.

WARNING pump remaining fuel into front of the shuttle before re-entry. I do not advise modifying the wings without taking care, spinning is a big problem with Kerbal Shuttles. "Engine Trim" is set on the launchpad without needing to adjust the craft in editor for different payload weights. Be careful to only move the trim in small increments during flight.

This is an improved version of a shuttle i posted earlier. I was not satisfied with how intuitive it was to control, launch and transition into the orbiter stage, at least for people I watched flying it first time. The old version is here, you have to press too many buttons. https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1824960128