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Hydro Shuttle WIP

This aero/hydrogen powered shuttle is designed to haul at least 3 fully loaded, medium cargo containers. In addition, it should have a full load of ice in all available internal storage.

If you manage your fuel properly using forward thrust override, you should be able to reach orbit with around 10%-12% hydrogen left; however, your ship's oxygen generator will be producing more hydrogen using the ice you bring with you internally.

Steps to reach orbit are as follows:

1) Load shuttle completely with ice
2) Attach cargo to front connectors for hauling to orbit (tested to work with 3 fully loaded medium containers)
3) Keep aero thrusters ON and hydro thrusters OFF
4) Take off using vertical aero thrusters and ensure you reach at least max speed
5) Turn hydro thrusters ON when aero thrusters start losing power and point nose straight up
6) Use forward thrust at max override to continue your ascent
7) Manage fuel usage by ensuring you stay above 100m/s, utilizing thrust override increase/decrease to minimize any acceleration/deceleration
8) When you reach 0.09g, turn OFF dampeners and set thrust override to one tick above disabled
9) When you reach 0.06g, disable thrust override and spin ship 180 degrees so rear thrusters are pointing towards vector
10) Finally, once in orbit, turn dampeners ON to decrease your speed using rear thrusters (so you are already facing the planet)