[Spaceships] Is This Legal? - Page 4

scc · 07-26-2014, 02:15 AM

OK, I'm kicking around the idea of a flyback booster, specifically a winged spaceplane.

1) Does the booster stage need a Control Room so that it can glide or possibly even fly to a landing once the orbiter has separated?

2) I'm thinking of using Jet Engines to get a better price per mps to orbit, the question is do I count the tank of jet fuel (Which I assume will be empty or nearly so) when calculating the Delta-V increase for chemical rockets?

3) The booster needs to be streamlined, normally as this has an Upper Stage it doesn't need armor in it's forward section, but this one isn't discarded, so does that rule still apply?

07-26-2014, 02:15 AM	#1
scc Join Date: Mar 2013	[Spaceships] Is This Legal? OK, I'm kicking around the idea of a flyback booster, specifically a winged spaceplane. 1) Does the booster stage need a Control Room so that it can glide or possibly even fly to a landing once the orbiter has separated? 2) I'm thinking of using Jet Engines to get a better price per mps to orbit, the question is do I count the tank of jet fuel (Which I assume will be empty or nearly so) when calculating the Delta-V increase for chemical rockets? 3) The booster needs to be streamlined, normally as this has an Upper Stage it doesn't need armor in it's forward section, but this one isn't discarded, so does that rule still apply?