Team Hawk Shuttle Entry

[MonkeSpaceflight]

Launchpad

The shuttle is on top of the stack, like the X-37 or Dreamchaser.

LEO

Shuttle successfully deployed. It will now burn to a higher orbit to deploy it's payload.

Payload Deployment:

My goofy payload bay door design in action. Not really a door at this point.

Shuttle Landing:

Mission Log:

I am still having a glitch where mission log won't show. Challenges were completed though.

Mission Complete

 

[Orion]

I can't judge this, but you should have a screenshot of the build screen with your payload mass and maybe the stack without payload too be safe.

 

[MonkeSpaceflight]

Altaïr is this good? Or do I need to change/add anything?

 

[Orion]

Altaïr is this good? Or do I need to change/add anything?

Mooncrasher judges the shuttles, so you'll probably have to wait for him.

 

[Altaïr]

Yes, I refrain from judging shuttles, as I'm not very good at that.
This is my best shuttle so far

 

[MonkeSpaceflight]

Alr
Mooncrasher

 

[Pink]

Even the dream chaser looks like a shuttle. Yours is missing some things such as a larger tail, etc. With all that BP editing, you could do much better.

We have a an unofficial rule about mass ratios, it's flexible depending on circumstances, but generally the payload the shuttle brings to orbit should be 10% of the liftoff mass. Technically you're trying to do a shuttle that already is a payload, so that's a bit trickier. I'd say that in your case, try make the satellite 15% of the mass of the small shuttle, make sure the small shuttle has a big enough cargo bay to carry that mass unclipped, and in turn make sure the payload + shuttle is at least 10% the liftoff mass of the whole thing. For proof, this will require extra build screenshots to show the individual masses, and/or a sharing link of the construction sent in here, or via private DM if you wish.

 

[MonkeSpaceflight]

alr