KSP: Building a Space Station with an SSTO!

[@MattLowne]

I hope you enjoyed! Here's the music video version if you're interested (it's not monetised) kzbin.info/www/bejne/h52sl3WwbZejfrM

[@strikingcobra5607]

Matt Lowne Considering you've done pretty much everything Stock has to offer, you should do Real Solar System, which is basically the ultimate KSP challenge

[@arghostlyhunters6956]

notification squad who?!

[@arghostlyhunters6956]

i'll also a new sub, i subed around 5 mins before this vid was up

[@BlueRockEye]

Matt Lowne NOTICE ME MATT THE INCREDIBLE WALRUS (the walrus thing isnt an insult i call every friend a walrus)

[@BlueRockEye]

Matt Lowne MATT THE WALRUS

[@aprexis5747]

bruh i cant even build an ssto... unless you count Single Stage To Ocean

[@MrNight-dg1ug]

Aprexis Exploiting that is an ssto

[@MrNight-dg1ug]

Well, your version of it

[@MrNight-dg1ug]

Hahahahaha

[@owen9795]

Aprexis Exploiting Well I can only make an SSTG (Single Stage To Ground) so you are doing better than me

[@simonsebastian7406]

In my first days of playing KSP I always create a SSTN(Single Stage To Nowhere)

[@stfinney1]

i love it how he did it in a single flight, like no grabbing a new plane for each station piece, he lands it, puts in a new module and refuels it

[@Mythical01]

The fuel truck looks sick af

[@andrewlongauer3434]

Sam Bonder Matt Lowne seriously, can we get that craft file?

[@topsecret1837]

Andrew Longauer 13:47. Did you not watch the video?

[@pugs6357]

@@andrewlongauer3434 bruh read the description

[@chr0min0id]

Is no one gonna talk about how the Cargo door of the ssto also functions as the nose? Bravo Matt that’s awesome!

[@theokay6528]

loved the video!!! Nice station and very original on using just the one ssto!

[@Jlr2014]

Yes

[@zbolt_]

I saw you pfp and thought Michael reeves commented on this lol

[@o0alessandro0o]

Now *this* is how one makes a great SSTO video.

[@henryjames2007]

build a ssto in space using a ssto

[@albinospino3089]

That's pretty much impossible.

[@sinistreabscission]

single stage to orbit already in orbit?

[@vertoxico8943]

single stage in orbit, that man is a genius

[@SecretAsian27]

Place an aircraft in orbit using whatever method, then land it, then, without refuelling on the ground, fly it into orbit again.

[@Freddysquiggles]

@@SecretAsian27 It takes an incredibly small amount of fuel to land from orbit. So this isn't actually that hard at all.

[@maland2016]

You just keep 1-upping yourself, Matt. We need to go better.

[@maxwellmondo4857]

next vid: ssto to surface of the sun in rss

[@billzhang1448]

After that: surface base on jool

[@13Characters_]

and then KSP IN REAL LIFE: going into a black hole and back Edit: with an ssto

[@maxwellmondo4857]

The Gizzy Gizmo - no shit its a joke

[@derpypokemon8410]

this is so cool

[@RC-sr4cs]

14:38 “See honey? I’M not the ONLY one who parks like that!”

[@carriezisman7871]

9:33 Matt: if you’re not the greatest stop pilot Me: I can’t even get to orbit with a normal rocket

[@myself6745]

It is ssto

[@DarthPotater27]

@@myself6745 toe

[@aadityathakur3199]

3:16 auto generated subtitles

[@glacshadow526]

Legend lmfao

[@thepigman2913]

“Co op system”-closed captions

[@jamsondoesksp9294]

“Closed cycle mode of the rapist.”

[@owenhorn7548]

Lol

[@clankplusm]

*SSTO HIT BY CRUISE MISSILE*

[@JesusHankChrist]

Clankplusm Gaming passing checkpoint 4

[@clankplusm]

Mr. Soviet SSTO launch successful *cheers*

[@JesusHankChrist]

ITS THE ARKBIRD WE HAVE THE ARKBIRD

[@starrred_crescent]

Mr. Soviet Bluehound, do you have the readings?

[@justanotherintrovert1012]

SSTO mounted orbitaly launched cruise missle

[@cmdrterrorfirma4244]

Great idea for a challenge. The cargo SSTO design is beautiful looking as well as functional!

[@ShadowHunter120]

Now to use an ssto to build a mothership in orbit, and compare the cost of that with trying to launch it with a single large rocket! Would be great to show the value of sstos

[@gabithink5079]

one thing that i like about ksp youtubers.... THEY NEVER STOP TALKING

[@kanishkasoldhiskidney528]

7:12 it was the beat of DR DRE'S and EMINEM'S - FORGOT ABOUT DRE

[@wgrool]

the beginning has whats the difference between

[@Frank_G_Finster]

Very impressive mission setup and i love the SSTO spaceplane. Well done!

[@djole94hns]

I learned all the basics, including rendezvous, using default tutorials in the game. They're pretty well made, in my opinion.

[@Icke-existant]

1:18 dem flips tho.. also that SSTO is fluffing beautiful...no seriously tho that thing looks like it belongs from a STAR WARS movie, god damn.....

[@cyrushunt2406]

I think I have a new favorite SSTO design from your aerospace company, also those little cars are ADORABLE!! :D

[@carlybarnes8821]

Agreed❤

[@MrZangetsu1997]

And for anyone using mods, you can use KAS for a much easier refueling system, bring the truck over, get a kerbal to pick up the hose and have a ladder on the ssto and plug the connector into a socket to transfer fuel rather than messing about with the docking port

[@trentszachnitowski4628]

the rap at the beggining sounds sicc i love the freestyle to an old beat

[@notlizard5797]

Its what's the difference by dr dre you un ethical fuck

[@xHIRTLIZER]

The best way for trucks and trailers on KSP (I haven't seen any videos) is use the Docking Arm (the claw) on the truck pointed horizontally, on the trailer allow for a large flat area. Then drive the truck grab on to the front of the trailer (with the back of the truck) then adjust the claw to 'free pivot mode' it might take some engineering to get weight balancing correct but the truck and trailer will have a 30' pivot Happy flying

[@MRWALLFan]

10:52 "Not sure what was happening" MERAAAASMUUUUS, WHERE ARE YOUU??

[@tropicalvikingcreations]

I still come back to this video every now and again ... and add it to watch later to keep getting better at KSP ... videos been helping a lot more recently ... making actual decent rockets now ... now if only i could make a proper ssto that doesn't need to rely on monoprop to deorbit XD

[@lumpy8503]

This is one of my favorite Ssto designs!

[@triskilion1771]

You never cease to amaze me. This whole idea was genius!

[@kiraplaystore9935]

Tonight I came to watch videos for inspiration in ksp...and ended up spending all night watching your videos. I really like your music choices and commentary. I havnt downloaded and of your craft files yet. But I appriciate you sharing em in case I need some help. You have very impressive designs compared to me lol

[@kentonreuber2541]

Yupp, same here haha

[@Mimiaga0]

I love this. I did a similar thing but a cargo plane to build a polar base. But this is way cooler. Bravo.

[@honkhonk8009]

this is honestly so damn cool. Im new to KSP but im just blown away that the game allows you to build like this completely freely!

[@thetaticalpeng5553]

Search up Kerbal Space program 2 trailer

[@honkhonk8009]

@@thetaticalpeng5553 I got an ad for it. Im excited for the fact theirs gonna be actual intergalactic travel. Not only that its gonna be like No mans sky but kerbal. Shit this gives me goosebumps. Im already impressed on space stations in kerbal

[@MegaWoohooyeah]

Nice dude, your videos have re-kindled my love for KSP. Your music choices are also very sick.

[@filippocastoldi4852]

And im here,learned just Yesterday how to send someone in orbit... Poor Bill and Bob are now orbitating without any chance to come back😂😂

[@AecherJace]

I've been playing ksp off and on for years and all I've ever managed to do was go up, then down in my rockets. Watching Matt inspired me to actually play through the tutorial and I've finally gotten to a stable orbit with enough fuel to come back. Such a proud feeling for me. So I totally understand your pain lol

[@the.factsexplorer8447]

Awesome video mate! I've never thought of doing something like this! Thanks for the inspiration ;)

[@darklyt750]

After watching more of yours and Mark Thrimms videos I've started trying to design large SSTOs, and boy is it a challenge! I've been having trouble balancing everything with so much fuel and engines, while trying to keep it looking somewhat decent lol. Nice design and great video

[@Mythical01]

Good job Matt, if only I could do anything as good as your stuff. Keep up the good work!

[@Azariel-Horfald]

very good video at my opinion , one of the best in the KSP youtube categories i'm subscribing !

[@amerabdelhamid]

I love the whats the difference beat ♥️♥️

[@kkme7]

Amazing mission and craft design (and commentary)! Loved it!

[@benrk1698]

Always some good music in your videos. Respect

[@davidcoyne6514]

Loving All the SSTO videos, Watching them all at the minute. You're really convincing me to make a SSTO

[@chriswhittington5790]

A trick I learned while toying with building VTOL craft is to use fuel lines to and from the tanks. It is basically an auto balance system so I don't have to try pumping fuel back and forth mid flight.

[@HitodamaKyrie]

Whenever this SSTO is loading or unloading cargo I can just see it going "AAAAAAAAAHHHH" the whole time. Except at 10:40 where it's more like "GHOOAAAAGH".

[@8377-h2y]

Why does this dude not have like 500mil subs he is sooooooo good!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thomaslenaerts2705]

This is probably the coolest idea i have seen

[@Luke_P]

I love love love your fuel truck.

[@Scottish_Sasquatch]

Totally doesn't sound wrong...

[@daanm3869]

How do you manage to keep the craft stable, since you have payloads with big weight changes?

[@caseyycaseyy1]

"I'm a peace loving person"*Drags TAPE and Beardy, the WARMONGERS OF THE KSP COMMUNITY, into the collaboration station.*

[@ugurb.8006]

you sir have gained a subscriber for making actually good ksp videos

[@billyjoel9313]

we need people like this behind the lines in NASA helping the pioneers of space

[@spook9780]

18:23 is no one gonna state the fact the he *buttered the bread*

[@Fred_the_1996]

Ryanair intensifies

[@neptunespace4012]

swiss001?

[@lionely3485]

Neptune Space maybe

[@zorndy5750]

Neptune Space no, Ryanair

[@PompomYourkey]

Wow your so good at docking space ships. I can’t even dock anything Also your good at controlling the RCS thrusters. Wow.

[@makex_se]

wow that was really impresssive, gj Matt!

[@hihubble]

I actually managed to do my first real ssto, that can land back, but no payload for now. Guess that's still a good way to start :D

[@williamclark5566]

Dude that SSTO looks cool as hell

[@lunokhod3937]

That's a pretty neat SSTO design.

[@sleepdeprivedjort]

Looks like a star wars troop transporter

[@timothymclean]

It looks like a cruise ship had a baby with an airliner, yet it can get big chunks of spacecraft into orbit. Impressive. If only rocket science in the real world were so easy...

[@thecrazyrocketscientist8860]

nice vid i like the design of the SSTO with the front, very interisting

[@evedoingthingsaaaaa]

This design was so cool and so sleek I decided to replicate it in my own save file, but bigger so I can launch more and bigger parts.

[@axtonsangles]

A SpaceX style Station Building video would be awesome!

[@Moore44]

Love the music Matt Old school hip hop all the way.

[@TinyFoxTom]

That moment when you remember you could have just checked the Liquid Fuel and Oxidizer tabs in the upper right and save yourself trouble selecting every single fuel tank.

[@ryanrising2237]

TIL that’s a thing

[@ahmed4363]

You can do that!?

[@zxmusefabrication6134]

I'm using a modified (slightly - replaced center 7 rapiers with vectors, modded fuel tanks and I RCS'd the hell out of it) version of the SSTO here to make a station network. 1 Fuel station around every reasonable body in the game (excludes tiny places like bop and pol and really heckin massive ones like the Sun) This SSTO is great fun to fly and it's stiff functional! Seems hard to make one like that nowadays.

[@certexarms6034]

Yo this was a great idea and it’s freaking awesome 👏 probably my favorite video of yours

[@multipoep5]

8:30 you could use the klaw with pivot on as a stock hinge

[@khatharrmalkavian3306]

5:50 - Is it too unwieldy to just land facing west and then turn around at the end of the runway?

[@TheLemonTempest]

Alright, I'm learning how to make own SSTO by learning from what you did, my question is: Why would you use the Shock Cone Intake? Why not use the Adjustable Ramp Intake; it has a much higher efficiency at supersonic speeds, which is what you would need for this aircraft. Can you give me your reasoning?

[@chel9190]

You make everything look so easy, I can't even do a Mun landing in Career Mode without cheats!

[@cyberpunkdreams]

Dude, TAC Fuel Balancer!

[@antonije]

One of my favourite videos! Love it!

[@zakiranderson722]

I come here to watch spacecraft spacestations and rockets, But those HGV truck trailers are beautifully created🏅 this game Is about the full package 👍👍

[@millenniumtree]

I put a flag off each end of the runway called "9" and "27" just like runway numbers. Line up the flags and you know you're lined up with the runway.

[@jonnynik7626]

I like how the truck blocks half of the parking spots on the carpark

[@lilgnida]

I love how this ssto looks

[@spaghettios7361]

I love the logistics of this mission

[@masonmyre1725]

Amazing Matt, Just Amazing

[@MrJamesbondo07]

here's an idea, a fuel depot on an asteroid in one of kerbins Lagrange points

[@maxdefire]

There's none in KSP.

[@oscarpaech4949]

this was so satisfying to watch

[@stevebenz9741]

Great video and fabulous premise! If you're looking for future video ideas, I'd love to see some proof of some of the points of spaceplane design. For example, I totally agree about the magic number of 400m/s for Rapier's. I've hit that more than once - I've got enough umph to get from 400m/s to orbit, but not enough to get from 0 to 400. I think some folks would learn from seeing that barrier demonstrated. One issue in particular I'd like to see proved is that Ramjets are useful on large SSTO's - I've made a few attempts at using them and, anecdotally and without any good way to measure, I don't agree. But my bet is that I'm just holding it wrong. Another one to explore is flight profiles. I think (with no real evidence) that a flat trajectory at 1500m/s in the upper atmosphere is not as good as an ascending one at 1400m/s at that altitude. (For me, my rule of thumb is a > 300m/s climb rate up to 60km) Whether that's really better or not is not clear to me. I know I get to orbit and you do too. The question is who gets there with the most stuff left over.

[@miro6810]

Dang, this is pretty nice! Would be interesting build space station in multiplayer mode. This video deserve like and subscribe

[@cooperbergman7909]

This whole time I'm dacin in my room vibeing what's the difference and spitin

[@Kidozy]

This looks like it would be an interesting skp challenge

[@Silc0ne]

Excellent background music.

[@landon5030]

Thank you KZbin recommendations very cool

[@victoriam586]

I'm guessing you reloaded to fuel the craft? The position on the runway is different before and after the cut.

[@Name-uv1ve]

also the time in the upper left is reset

[@ElixirEdits]

I love all your land vehicles.

[@boyan7432]

fun fact: the last runway matt landed on, has an easter egg of the old (0.18) mk1 command pod

[@DormantHeart453]

The kraken issue (from my own experience) is an item on your docked module far to close to the cargo bay, I.e. I solar panel or comms unit coming slightly too close/within the hit box of the cargo bay. I've lost many a comms relay or probe to this issue.

[@reformCopyright]

The parking spaces look very small because the lines are so thick, but in actuality they are quite the right size for a kerbal car.

[@osotanuki3359]

4:07 it looks a little like the Normandy/Tempest

[@tigeraceray2757]

I've actually seen this done before. Yargnit on Twitch has done 50 trips there and back without recovery

[@Anvil1137]

This is the kind of mission that would be cool in KSP2 multiplayer.

[@mattwolfeius]

wow well done! that's an amazing video, especially because it's an actual reusable SSTO (i say reusable, because technically the fuel tanks can be refueled IRL) i really wish i had your expertise in KSP xD

[@mesoth5848]

That's even cooler than reusable stages! Pretty interesting idea, actually... Maybe recovery is not always the best way?

[@izhundrikov]

dude, that's super cool

[@Erowens98]

You could probably use the new robotic parts to make a rotating joint for the truck trailer hitch.

[@jackingjacker9389]

now thats a proper space shuttle!

[@GileadMaerlyn]

Wow, your truck looks awesome ! Did you release the craft files for it somewhere?

[@GileadMaerlyn]

Nevermind, you talked about it later in the video, thx!

[@matthewludivico1714]

Fabulous engineering