KSP: Futuristic Refuelling SSTO - Inspired by Skylon!

Today I decided to address something I noticed a couple of weeks ago, regarding the lack of fuel in my "refuelling station": we'll be flying a Skylon-inspired vessel to replenish the station's tanks, to leave it in a slightly more functional state!
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This video is intended for audiences 13+ years old.
The previous station mission that I mentioned:
• KSP: Space Station Rec...
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[@arjun_amin]

Did anyone else notice that the thumbnail has the old version of the SSTO without the robot arm?

[@gage2189]

Yep

[@MattLowne]

Oop

[@arjun_amin]

@@MattLowne the great Matt speaks the truth

[@arjunagaming8785]

Welp finnally i found some one have similiar name whit me

[@Mav09]

@@MattLowne can you make a mission were you take a starship to mars

[@Vhargon]

I just found your channel not too long ago, binge-watched some of your series, then went and rewatched the KSP 2 trailer... I now can't help but hear the first line in the trailer song as "I'm so keen for Life on Laythe." Get on it! Much love.

[@Gaming1Doge]

Which one?

[@jackienorris6606]

Matt videos are more important than sleep so I must watch it all!

[@ahmedmoustafa9517]

Agreed

[@yellowname1133]

wait wait nobody like or dislike this comment.. it is the holy number

[@ahmedmoustafa9517]

@@yellowname1133 yes it is

[@VossTheWolf]

It was at 69 and I liked😎

[@yellowname1133]

i fixed it

[@NightBeWheat]

Everyone is early, and we dont care.

[@animationspace8550]

Ok

[@NightBeWheat]

@@animationspace8550 nice profile pic, 2001 i my favourite movie ever made

[@Flyguy4500]

Correct, we’re all just happy to see a new video from Matt

[@zefzec4462]

True

[@FisTheDucc]

@@NightBeWheat never saw interstellar?._.

[@augustinplagne]

I'd love you to fix the gigantic space station! Or make another one!

[@imnotgoodatnameingthings9543]

Its probably impossible to fix it and building another one is probably going to end up the same

[@FQP-7024]

Can I get a link to the video where launched it?

[@thomasbanks9828]

Or deorbit it

[@jonarch6071]

Deorbit would be good

[@TheTinyCreeperGaming]

Yo why is Kerbin's atmosphere so THICC

[@cecil5]

I think it’s scatterer

[@imnotgoodatnameingthings9543]

@@cecil5 yeah scatterer.

[@Coli2603]

But dayum look at eve

[@SGAzozy-AzozyGamingYouTube]

@@Coli2603 daaaaamn eve’s thiccccc

[@catdealer1144]

First off, why the fuck are people simping for the planets and Kerbin's atmosphere is thinner than Earth's, due to KSP being easier to due stuff in.

[@RoadRunner217]

LOL I literally just watched your old Skylon SSTO "space station building" video 10 minutes ago because I had SABRE engine and skylon fever, turned on KSP - and then I check out youtube to put on something in the background and it says "KSP: Futuristic Refuelling SSTO - Inspired by Skylon!" - 8 minutes ago. What are the odds!? haha

[@notaveragecr6041]

Hey Matt, you're the best in my opinion at KSP, and I'm sorry I'm not active in the discord.

[@averageinserter3275]

You should watch some piolet1549

[@omnithea]

@@averageinserter3275 I recognize you

[@averageinserter3275]

@@omnithea ;)

[@daviddavis]

He’s not. He is a very good ksp player, but he is not the best. The best would be the 1 ton to eeloo guys, hazardish is the best builder, Matt is good for his quality videos and beginner friendly tutorials

[@omnithea]

@@daviddavis hazardish fanboy, brad whistance is surperior, he also cheated so thats wrong

[@Just_A_Channel25]

You can use Aecs Motion suppressor mod it disables control surfaces while out of atmosphere and enables control surfaces in atmosphere

[@fractalelf7760]

When I was a child, I watched cartoons on Saturday mornings; now, I watch Matt Lowne KSP Videos. Life is good! I wonder, how long does it usually take Matt to produce one of these? In my experience doing some training videos in IT, it takes more effort than people think to produce them with editing, etc.

[@caimanaraujo479]

Just a mission like that takes about 4 to 6 hours

[@rexzar]

To the people who say this is the earliest Ive been, STOP THE CAP, I SAW THE SAME COMMENT ON THE LAST VIDEO

[@FonVegen]

Hey, at least even those comments also give the video a boost for the algorithm, and we can just tune them out as white noise.

[@nasawormlogo9521]

This is the earliest I’ve ever been

[@rexzar]

@@nasawormlogo9521 oh god damn it

[@daviddavis]

This is the earliest I’ve been on a comment on Matt’s ids

[@christhescienceguy6285]

Good to know I’m not the only one who overshoots or undershoots the runway!

[@lazm_1042]

Matt SINCE YOU LIKE SSTOS so much you should look at the NASA “dream chaser” concept with the plane on a rocket stack instead!.

[@Bulgarian_Memer]

Matt FYI every time you dock you change the orbit of the station and the station is pushed down into kerbin

[@anubisanc1293]

Hey mat what do you think is the best Forts mission for a begginer at ksp?

[@MattLowne]

Orbit. Minmus should be the first moon to aim for

[@anubisanc1293]

@@MattLowne thanks

[@redacted-vhs1349]

I mun 1st tho

[@sergegordeev9426]

I slightly regret going to the Mun first. I was playing career and had a contract, so I went there. Minmus is soooooooooooooo much easier. I then had to delete all the failed rockets, I still have a mess in VAB... The successful one was... I think Nefela (literally a random greek goddess) E2. I have even tried to use sparks as vacuum engines, seeing that they give a lot of delta-v, thinking that they are small but efficient. As a result, my craft crashed into the Mun trying to land with a spark. The Mun ejection burn took 8+ minutes.

[@anubisanc1293]

@@sergegordeev9426 thanks veryuch

[@FIGSANE]

This is take two? Take two??? The whole thing looks WAY Sophisticated! I think Take two is still very impressive

[@hobodobo3479]

I thought you were gonna say "This is take two? TAKE TWO!!!! THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE"

[@hobodobo3479]

Lmao

[@FIGSANE]

@@hobodobo3479 nah bro, this game is hard I can't even talk It's hard enough trying to get the damn rocket to another planet

[@nutillion9334]

I need to plan my schedule to watch your videos! There are so many!

[@wyldcat9396]

Everyone's first, and SN9 is second, so I guess I'm third?

[@TYavaJ]

Boi that was 1 word away from what I said- wth-

[@TYavaJ]

And mine was a minute before yours so reallyy you’re 4th :/

[@wyldcat9396]

@@TYavaJ Illuminati confirmed

[@TYavaJ]

@@wyldcat9396 indeed

[@Louie-g5f]

Imagine keeping the fairing base on show smh

[@MrHws5mp]

Must tell the Army they cam refuel their jet fighters from their tankers - they'll be ever so pleased to find out that they have some...

[@reactivespeed3867]

Matt Lowne: Add fuel tanks to space station until I reach duna Me: What!!?

[@StarKerb]

Lmao

[@ebbejuhl9590]

I don't know if this is a controversial opinion, but i would much rather see awesome crafts with part clipping, than regular crafts without it :D

[@augustinplagne]

Let's go!

[@daspotato895]

I'm a tad sleep deprived and read the writing on the thumbnail as "docking with a robot chicken" and I think I'll leave it like that.

[@WesternCivics]

i thought it said the same thing 💀

[@LoftysquareYT]

Oh my gosh I thought the same thing!!

[@redsie1076]

another banger video from whisky man

[@ГлебСтепанов-е1ъ]

Wings can store fuel like in real life?! thanks...

[@MattLowne]

Most of the wing pieces in KSP can't store fuel.

[@Coli2603]

Only „big S“ items and those large Airplane wings

[@sergegordeev9426]

Can store fuel: Large wing strakes Large delta wings (Matt used them) Large Airplane wings All of them can store LF.

[@lazm_1042]

Yesssssss another one!!!

[@daviddavis]

NASA is like when you finish the tech tree. When you started out, it was super cool and fun. When you finish the tech tree, everything gets really boring (probably 1990-2000). You start to go back to places after taking a break from the game (artemis) and you let other people download your crafts (letting people use your rockets).

[@Arae_1]

I am early The video uploaded 1 minute ago But there are still 29 other comments

[@Piolet1549]

I wish my vids would get 29 comments in one minute lol

[@TrayTerra]

0:19 already off the bat that is a tall order, this year is off to one insane start but not too insane to recall the adventures of Lowne Aerospace 💫

[@Saturnares]

"half full" Congratulations! You're an optimist! :)

[@masterfilms3818]

I accidentally crashed the lunar module of my Saturn V into the Neil Armstrong memorial on the mun

[@hydrolox3953]

Amazing!

[@walterlaganga]

Hey Matt, I've seen what's happening in England, I'm very sorry, i mean about hospital congestion, here in Italy we heard about one hospitalization every 30 seconds. It must be hard for the NHS. Good luck for these hard times! Keep up the great work..

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

Actually, this is called the *SkyLowne* ... But Britain will never admit they stole a KZbinr's design. Screw you Mr Bond ! 😂😂

[@famillevachonlord9362]

Awsome... i was looking to create something like that! Thanks for the idea Keep playing you are amazing

[@polarbear4830]

There videos are so gooooood

[@scubaduckk]

I’ve had that scatterer glitch before. What you have to do is re install scatterer. This worked for me so I’m not sure if it will work for you.

[@callmemusicman3884]

I just visited duna but completely cant build SSTOs

[@sergegordeev9426]

Almost same. I just visited Duna but building an SSTO takes me a few hours even with all the calculation.

[@tomhopkins941]

Why is fuel tank clipping considered cheating? You still have to carry the damn thing into space and back and it makes the craft look much better in many cases

[@Cp_world]

Can u make a starship recreation pls

[@astroandy6388]

The Skylon is becoming the symbol of your channel

[@redacted-vhs1349]

Minnmus is.

[@astroandy6388]

@@redacted-vhs1349 oh yes. _The Mintiest Moon of the Kerbin system!_

[@MisterGoose]

For the next video can you do something with one of your giant roving colonies

[@Piolet1549]

Maybe he should build a roving town 😉

[@paddyelmes515]

I feel like Matt has really blown up recently ngl

[@minkshaming]

Everyone's claiming "first" but i wonder who'll be last?

[@atc423]

Oh no

[@daviddavis]

First to claim that I’m last

[@sebastiaomendonca1477]

I'd argue this is the prettiest SSTO you've built

[@ewanfarley]

not too big in the rapier module, however the body design is so pretty

[@toastywhiteboy7822]

Any plans to recreate the Arkbird from Ace Combat 5?

[@dae6887]

Alguém já fez um vídeo de cobra só não sabe jogar ninguém vai liga não sabe jogar KERBAL

[@terminalvelocity3171]

A Canadarm docking port system, Nice!. just like real life.

[@ImieNazwiskoOK]

Not similiar. Candarm uses robotnic arm to dock using docking port on the ship. Using arm opony would not allow to transport anything.

[@terminalvelocity3171]

I meant similar

[@12frog345]

Around my 70th hour of ksp I landed on the mun for the first time.

[@brumby92]

Nice work man. Mine was probably around the same. Got close to 2000 hours now

[@jaxonferguson2300]

Dude, are u serious, like the 70th hour, it took me like 1000hrs lol

[@nebula6137]

Most people playing games Steam:50 hours KSP players Steam:10000 hours

[@ratsanctum1795]

The only way I have ever made an ssto is by using ridiculously overpowered mod parts

[@furiousgamerYKTV]

Bro I’m so early hello Matt!!!! I fucking love you ❤️

[@TYavaJ]

2 Views. 63 Comments wtf youtube

[@diamantgott6594]

Matt Lowne: NASA: u fool

[@ianmalloy958]

I watch this and I'm like, how taf did he line that up and dock it first try? I'm new and I suck at docking which is why I haven't been able to do a Duna return mission yet because i burn all my fuel trying to dock.

[@ianmalloy958]

And/or crash the 2 ships together

[@zexthewagon9384]

I landed on the moon for the first time recently, the landing was bad, the rocket lost all it communication and is stuck on its side... But the lander is fine, except it's out of fuel. So I'm sending an unmanned probe that is just the Sputnik probe with 4 research containers 4 legs and some flashing lights. It will land nearby and the kerbals will put their science in it and the probe will send the data back through transmission.. I built the probe but now the rocket XD

[@funi_chest]

moar boosters would help u

[@spaceenjoyer8304]

How do your side engines work in space?

[@jamieharper5665]

Hey, I'm not sure if you're still quite as into these KSP vids as you used to be, but I'd be very interested in seeing what kind of solution you could devise for Kerbin ocean vessel refueling with stock (as I'm on PS4) and DLC parts in KSP 🤔

[@OrionAerospaceKSP]

The same ground disappearing glitch happened to me. The ocean just vanished and I could see the seabed. I believe the problem was actually scatterer.

[@znatrix]

Matt, when you are docking you don’t need to kill all speed just to make a little adjustment. You can just burn on the opposite side of the retrograde marker so that it moves closer to the anti-target icon, if that makes sense. I’m pretty sure that that saves some deltaV

[@Joelpl-bl3df]

It is easier tho

[@Freak80MC]

This. I hate seeing people burn off all their velocity and then burning towards a target, it's like, just aim the retrograde towards the anti-target, it brings you closer while saving a bunch of fuel! It's how I do all my rendezvous and dockings.

[@HMMMMMMAJAIA]

Hi Matt Lowne love ur vids I sub to u

[@strigonshitposting793]

Skylon is just so beautiful

[@catfwish]

Matt, please can you make a submarine for life on laythe? Make sure you use the new 1.11 functions and breaking ground propellers.

[@polarbear4830]

Could you make a like apollo 11 copy to land on the mun and try to copy the Way they Got to the Moon but in the game the mun.

[@OrdinaryLatvian]

Your thumbnails are always great. I love trying to spot the moment you took them during the timelapse!

[@JakeM4B]

Who's first? Im the 59th.

[@290014]

7:50 don't you mean "Matt II"?

[@braverecruit7534]

Try making the uss enterprise or a version of it

[@NotTheHeroStudios]

Matts random babbling at the end of his videos is the REAL reason I'm here

[@ryanm.191]

Stratzen has just bridged the dres canyon Matt has made a really awesome complex ship And I’ve just crashed a probe into the mun after losing probe control because I ran out of electricity. God these videos make my save game look so amateur

[@CT5555_]

Matt needs to check out the mod that Scott Manley just covered. Do a revamp of the colony ships.

[@joachimtheboss5326]

I think I'm 100000000000th yay

[@firnen_]

I wonder if Matt will ever learn what an "angle of attack" actually is, because spoiler alert, an angle of attack of 20° would be pretty terrible xD

[@rafaelbarkhordarian5194]

Is that the last eragon book dragon as your profile?

[@Liam_The_Great]

what's an angle of attack

[@firnen_]

@@Liam_The_Great The angle between the wing chord and the direction of the incoming air. In KSP, unless your building something unusual, it's the angle between the heading marker and the prograde marker on the navball. A 20° angle of attack would be a pretty bad stall. Matt is talking about a 20° angle of climb.

[@braylonwilliams2300]

Keep up your amazing work dude i love your content!

[@joachimtheboss5326]

Wow everyone is early lol

[@AdamJMeadTheOraclesClassroom]

Has anyone created a moon base using a central robotic arm vs a rover or other method?

[@wesleyfilips7052]

Dock all of your stations together (the 100 Ark style)

[@justekliucinskiene5822]

Matt can you do a space station at the edge of Kerbin's sphere of influence?

[@바다마우스]

Cool😎

[@nevadatorres2865]

What all mods do you Use ?

[@cr1zz0]

wow early

[@aryanshirke7294]

Hell yeah one of the first batch

[@afterglowproductions8547]

oooh we're returning to the Skylon? Old-er fans will remember

[@turbogamer3230]

Matt is outta ideas

[@MrCrazyman-tm1jn]

Fun on the mun?????

[@geostojo6990]

Matt, came here while watching the SLS hot fire test. I AM DISSAPOINTED YOUNG MATT. HOW DID YOU NOT INCLUDE THIS IN SPACE THIS WEEK. A jolly good walloping shall come of this... :( (Lol I'm an idiot, loved the vid)

[@sergegordeev9426]

I have tried to build something like this (I need a refueling SSTO too), but there are 2 big problems: 1.The engine packs start wiggling and exploding when the craft loads. Sometimes it doesn't happen, sometimes it does. 2.The plane starts yawing left and right when it approaches takeoff velocity (yawing starts at about 80 m/s). Does anyone know how to fix that?

[@angelolawrencecano204]

me second or thrid

[@keengan_]

poo dinner

[@gamingjose2960]

Sup, Matt just an fyi, angle of attack is essentially the angle between the prograde marker and your attitude on the navball. Not just ur navball attitude. 3:08 basically your angle of attack in reality would be around 5 degrees, with your pitch at 20. So if you had an angle of attack of 15-20 degrees, it would create a ton of drag. Awesome video loved it :)

[@rayceeya8659]

Starting final approach at 300+ m/s that's ballsy mate. Even the Concord slowed down below the speed of sound before final approach.

[@stellarstudios6640]

IDEA try and land a kerbal only using an external seat. For the seat you can only use heat shields, aerodynamics, and rcs No parachutes. Btw land him from LKO.

[@gregpuntlas4826]

Hey Matt! What are the Kerbal mods which you are using. To specify more, the mods which make the planet realistic!

[@geolog7774]

Hi! Which CPU will be better for KSP? 5600x or 9600k OC/10600k OC??? Need help!

[@gamingforfun1295]

Are the blunderbirds still open for business? I have a problem... Jeb is stuck orbiting the sun without a spacecraft and has no means of rescue. Send Help!

[@aalooprod]

MATT MAKE MORE MERCH, like blunderbirds or something or delta v chart i would love to support you thru that instead of buying from somewhere else

[@BenTajer89]

Could the fact it accelerates real quickly to >400m/s maybe have more to do with the fact it has 16 Rapier engines than the fact it has low drag?

[@leahdoberne-schor7611]

How about a 200 seat Moho SSTO no mining/refueling sometime, Moho takes a lot of fuel to reach and come home, it would be an impressive mission.

[@Lordkrowan]

Speak too fast, construction too fast. After more than 300h of ksp I can't understand some things you done there. Like how you multiply parts at the start of the video without using strut 🤪

[@TheDiloEmpire]

How do I get a second launch pad like the one I saw on the map screen?