I'm not generally one for an SSTO, but...

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... that was not the initial idea, so hey! @Jez 10 asked for a defender jet for ASA. Base game jet. Well... It turns out this thing gets itself legitimately into LEO! Behold: the Terastro Fighter!
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Now I flew this legitimately into orbit. No rocket style straight up first shenanigans.
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It is refuelable for further missions too...
The best part of all? It is so naturally balanced it needs zero pitch correction once it is off the ground.
 

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You activate fuel transfer from the front to the central tank before taking off.

Um... it's actually all there is to it! Now point the nose high. Above 50m altitude you can point straight forward no worries.
 
Danny Batten

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TtTOtW said:
... that was not the initial idea, so hey! @Jez 10 asked for a defender jet for ASA. Base game jet. Well... It turns out this thing gets itself legitimately into LEO! Behold: the Terastro Fighter!
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Now I flew this legitimately into orbit. No rocket style straight up first shenanigans.
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It is refuelable for further missions too...
The best part of all? It is so naturally balanced it needs zero pitch correction once it is off the ground.
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Well I’m guessing as you were literally going 1200m/s through the atmosphere the no drag glitch has kicked in
 
Chara-cter

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TtTOtW said:
... that was not the initial idea, so hey! @Jez 10 asked for a defender jet for ASA. Base game jet. Well... It turns out this thing gets itself legitimately into LEO! Behold: the Terastro Fighter!
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Now I flew this legitimately into orbit. No rocket style straight up first shenanigans.
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It is refuelable for further missions too...
The best part of all? It is so naturally balanced it needs zero pitch correction once it is off the ground.
Click to expand...
niceeeeee
 
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Well, that had me fooled... damn glitch! Haha... it's still a well balanced plane though.
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Obviously didn't reach orbit...
 
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