Hussar Shuttle (Mars Mission)

[Cresign]

Hey guys, since i heard that 1.5.9 will add new smooth nose cones, first thing i wanted to do was to build a shuttle... And so i did!

I present to you... Hussar

I didnt test it's max payload capacity, but it seems to be a pretty capable shuttle (for my needs that is).

Hussar consists of an expendable booster powered by 4 titan and 1 hawk engine, the shuttle itself has two frontiers and one valiant.

Orbiter lands by parachutes and deploys "landing gear" from the bottom, it has a basic payload bay design with a docking port for the bay to dock to when opened, and a separate docking port to dock to stations outside of the bay.

Thats pretty much all about it, its a simple but effective shittle, i quickly finished describing it cause i already decided to go big and... do a Mars landing with it, even before lunar landing! More on that below.

For now i wont post a sharing link to it, as i might improve it later.

 

[Cresign]

To start, we first need to learn the plan for the mission:

The mission starts with these two Hussar shuttles:

Left one first.

This Hussar has been modified, with an additional docking port on the nose. The plan for it is to do most of the transfer to Mars (after being refueled in orbit), release the red Hussar and then burn back towards Earth, slow down and land.

Right one now.

The red Hussar will obviously head to mars, it will launch after the right one and dock to it using a docking port located near the engines. It will be refueled in orbit, sent into a transfer trajectory by the right shuttle and save alot of fuel that way. Then finish the transfer, land on Mars and come back.

Lets see the first launch!

3...
2...
1...

Liftoff!

Max Q

Booster separation

Burning to orbit

And we're there!

I forgot to mention that this shuttle has special adapters inside it's payload bay, one to connect it to the Mars Hussar and the other for docking of refuel Hussars. You'll see them in the next post when the Mars-headed Hussar launches.

 

[Cresign]

Time for the second launch! Lets just go straight to it...

Now that we're in orbit, we transfer to the other shuttle and randezvous... Which is what i did

Now lets take out the adapters and attach the shuttles together...

Great! The shuttles are docked, next flights will refuel them. I'll post them in the next message

 

[Cresign]

Refuel launches have concluded, i decided to put most of the events in this one image, so its easier to post

While the landing for the first mission was perfect

On the second mission, the landing gear was damaged, most likely because the shuttle was too heavy, with excess fuel on board. I would still call that a successful landing though

Both shuttles in orbit are fully fueled, this means that the Mars mission will start soon! See you in another post!

(sorry for the amount of individual posts, but i want to post updates often, i hope im not breaking the rules)

 

[Cresign]

Im back! After couple tries i landed on Mars! Lets go back a little though, first the transfer... Three actually

After the transfer is (almost) complete, shuttles separate and red one heads to mars

While white one brakes

Some more braking...

And we're back in LEO, time to land

Perfect landing, "transfer Hussar" is safe back on Earth. Now lets go back to the red Hussar, we arrived at Mars!

Time for landing

Aaaaaand... Touchdown!

I havent actually mentioned this, but inside the payload bay of the Martian Hussar are additional habitats, they will be separated in Martian orbit.

Thats it for another post! We'll go back to Earth in some time, see ya then!

 

[GSP]

Hey! I detected part clipping and no engine heat!

 

[GSP]

It is prohibited by The Staff and is mentioned by Blazer!

 

[Cresign]

Hey! I detected part clipping and no engine heat!

Yeah i used bp edit when building this shuttle, im not best at vanilla...

 

[Cresign]

It is prohibited by The Staff and is mentioned by Blazer!

Im sorry but... I dont quite know what you mean...?

 

[GSP]

Team Frontier Rules

 

[Cresign]

Team Frontier Rules

I think you misunderstood something, this isnt a mission for Team Frontier, i already completed all of the Teams, this is my own mission. Besides, this thread isnt even in that section

 

[Cresign]

Going back to the topic of this thread...

Our stay on Mars is complete, payload bay is closed, all systems confirmed to be working.

That means that we can...

Liftoff!

And we're in orbit!

Time to ditch some weight

And transfer home

And we're captured!

You'd think that everything is fine, we just deorbit ourselves and end the journey... However, it seems that i forgot to stage landing gear to deploy! We are also orbiting backwards, which means our orientation would be wrong.

This means one thing...

Rescue mission (next post)

 

[Cresign]

Time to commit the biggest crime in SFS history

Orbit. Left.

We're in the forbidden orbit... Time to rescue the crew

Crewmates are safe and have transfered to the rescue shuttle

The tough part is to change our orbit's direction, this wasted ton of ∆v and we ended up with a steep trajectory

However, we survived and landed safe!

Thats the end of the Mars Mission with the Hussar Shuttles! Thank you, you the viewer of this thread I hope you enjoyed this mission. I'd like to hear some feedback and opinions, i would greatly appreciate that! Thank you again and see you again next time!

 

[GSP]

I understand, why is going left a crime?

 

[Kirbyisbest]

I understand, why is going left a crime?

Because people always go right. I dont even know why, but it just feels satisfying.

 

[GSP]

What is this entry for?

 

[Cresign]

What is this entry for?

You mean this thread? Its not an entry for anything, its my own mission i made

 

[Kirbyisbest]

What is this entry for?

You're aren't in the team entrys, these are missions and challenges in general

 

[Cresign]

I am remaking one of my first planet packs, i was testing the objects with Hussar, got some pics

 

[Cresign]

Hussar boosting configuration

The shuttle covered in burn marks has been reused from an earlier mission, it returned to low orbit and will be refueled, and boosted to an interplanetary mission once it's boosting shuttle gets refueled too

 

[Cresign]

Last time i slightly repainted the Mars Hussar, now a complete paintjob on this refueling flight

 

[GSP]

bp plz

 

[Pizzaya]

Super heavy starshuttle☠️

 

[GSP]

That's funny

 

[Mars Pathfinder]

Hey guys, since i heard that 1.5.9 will add new smooth nose cones, first thing i wanted to do was to build a shuttle... And so i did!

I present to you... Hussar

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I didnt test it's max payload capacity, but it seems to be a pretty capable shuttle (for my needs that is).

Hussar consists of an expendable booster powered by 4 titan and 1 hawk engine, the shuttle itself has two frontiers and one valiant.

Orbiter lands by parachutes and deploys "landing gear" from the bottom, it has a basic payload bay design with a docking port for the bay to dock to when opened, and a separate docking port to dock to stations outside of the bay.

Thats pretty much all about it, its a simple but effective shittle, i quickly finished describing it cause i already decided to go big and... do a Mars landing with it, even before lunar landing! More on that below.

For now i wont post a sharing link to it, as i might improve it later.

Got new toys eh (⁠☞⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠)⁠☞