SSTO into SPACE STATION

[@Jetspeed_10]

when you said aerodynamic as a brick, the first thing that came to mind was the Shuttle.

[@pqddachu]

Well I mean, you are 100% correct

[@dimanyak373]

That one video

[@paranaenselol]

@@dimanyak373 how to fly a space shuttle

[@h.a.9880]

I had to read the title three times until my brain fully processed the level of AWESOME these mere 4 words contained. I'd love for Squad to finally rework robotics, they are virtually useless to me. Too many glitches, way too many. Well, whatever, this SSRT is a true beauty! I love all the little tidbits and design choices.

[@guard13007]

KSP development ended, unfortunately. Fortunately, modders will probably help us as much as they can for a while yet.

[@geostorm8192]

Meanwhile Infernal Robotics: **crying in the corner**

[@bobbyjeffsupremelordofcraz3532]

Reminds me of NASA's Space Station Enterprise concept, where they planned to essentially put a whole load of station stuff in shuttle Enterprise and launch it. I think there might have been plans to use the External Tank as a wet workshop as well, though I'm not sure that was particularly fleshed out.

[@AD_SPACE_2024_...Aditya...]

Holy shit this is mindblowing I am now a 100% full-blown obsessed by this SSRT

[@cryzz0n]

This channel is so underrated, hope you're going to pop off when KSP2 releases!

[@MadPirateShin]

That small crew vehicle looked neat!

[@doch.8039]

The chunkiest of the SSRTs

[@tadghie6193]

You can use struts to hold together two parts on other ends of a robotic part (like your folding wings), and then disconnect them once you reach orbit and want to fold your wings up. Just right click on them while in flight and you get an option to sever the connection and allow the joints to freely move c:

[@vaos3712]

I did just that in the video. 😉

[@columnal8067]

one of the most underrated ksp youtubers

[@t.fekkes7364]

That’s such a cool idea! Btw, I liked the pieces of comedy a lot!

[@quoniam426]

T Eaux, seems like a Franch name (Eaux meaning waters) And T pronounced Té, with the the Eaux pronounced O is a funny way to tell his first name, Théo, I think. Good craft.

[@_K3PLR]

Wooo new VAOS video!!

[@DistracticusPrime]

Casual viewers can't know what an achievement this is. Building a station with radiators and solar panels properly oriented is hard. Getting one robotic thing to work takes patience. Getting two robotics things to work is not recommended. For building a functional station with many robotic parts that is also SSRT and stable enough to land again.... there is no button for this.

[@sgt_retiredcharlie4102]

OMG... You've got WAYYYY more patience than I do! I can only imagine the number of iterations you had to go through with the robotic parts.

[@CupcakesLanders]

Impressive build my man. 😎

[@vaos3712]

Thank you! but compared to your builds, this ain’t nothing! I still remember the floating base in the atmosphere of Jool! Freaking awesome! 🤩

[@TEauxFTW]

Thank you for the shoutout!!! You are a brave man for using so many robotic parts. I was waiting for the Kraken to visit your wings or truss full of solar panels!

[@Silverwolvie]

That's !!! AWsome!!! now a SpaceX starship(ish) space station :)

[@aidan9411]

Idea (it is stupidly overcomplicated). A couple of SSTOs bring parts up to orbit to build a rocket, the parts are docked together, reentered into Kerbin's atmosphere, landed, then the rocket you constructed then launches to the mun.

[@vaos3712]

🤔

[@aidan9411]

@@vaos3712 Serious KSP vibes NGL

[@neves5083]

5:05 I will make a sign of this phrase and put it on my room. *SPACE CULT, I KNOW, ISN'T THAT AWESOME?*

[@tarrantwolf]

I was actually trying to do something similar on a much, much, much smaller scale last night, unfortunately pistons are so damned temperamental I've yet to get one to extend outside of the hanger. Getting the entire station/ssto transformation system to work is pretty impressive.

[@crucialbeatle7935]

Ooooohhh fancy, kinda like a hazardish thing. Shame hazardish doesn’t upload much

[@PuncakeLena]

Well see, he's too hazardous to upload all the time

[@RhodokTribesman]

Didnt he slow down after the cheating thing came out?

[@Matthew_ksp]

Very impressive build

[@jaxieselway8146]

The commitment you show is inspiring

[@killahcavalry]

I liked the jump cut from you aggressively gliding straight down atop the runway on a wild slope to rolling short off the grass. Cool idea for the wings/ssto-station

[@eekee6034]

That was pretty cool! I especially liked the long docking arm; it could reach out to big ships.

[@WrenPhoenix]

I hope KSP2 gives us really good reasons for stations and bases, but anyway, again, great vid love the things you come up with that I try to improve on but fail. I still haven't made more BOX deployables for bases.

[@catdealer1144]

we have a really good reason already, because its cool

[@AHHHHHHHH21]

I just came back to this video, and man, that montage is one of my favorites

[@Ted-12]

Brilliant design

[@keynage6693]

Looks tight

[@grummanschumann6475]

man... i have no idea how you manage to build, then operate such large and cumbersome vehicles. great job man, you do good shit and make good vids.

[@Xenro66]

3:11 I've followed this exact same philosophy even when I used to upload vids. It's just easier for the viewer to follow along if there isn't a thousand mods they've gotta digest. The only mods I use are visual or utility; kerbal engineer, kerbal flight indicators, rcs build aid, hangar extender, etc.... But I keep all the physics and aero exactly the same so a pure vanilla client can still run that craft

[@nivthefox]

Gebus I know I'm late to the party but I'm just getting back into KSP and considering doing a playthrough focusing on SSTOs so I've been watching your content. This may be the single most impressive thing I've ever seen done in KSP in terms of both the scale and execution. I mean, sure, whatever, single stage to Eve or whatever. But that's not _useful_ that's just a flex. This is actually incredibly useful. Fucking impressive, man.

[@Yaivenov]

And the giant payload bay becomes a nice sun shaded porch for work outside. BAMF

[@Unimaginablekatana]

Im glad that the robotic parts in simplerockets 2 are not like this

[@thelovepig]

Wow this is so freaking cool!

[@kingsavage2272]

🎶Toss a coin to your Vaos,🎶 🎶The builder of plenty🎶

[@invalidstring3447]

I can imagine this craft would work quite well on duna.

[@EGA107]

Looks soooo amaaazing!!!! Very cool! Thanks you for your time and work!

[@manicpanda8741]

How do you still not have 20k subs. Soon my friend, soon. Awesome idea with the SSTOSP. You may wanna call it Optimus Prime or something, due to its transforming nature

[@aniair5228]

This guy deserves more subscribers

[@trippylummox274]

That is really impressive man! You always amaze me with your designs, lol. Great work, and thanks for the Vid.

[@pqddachu]

Nice video man, you honestly gotta be one of the best youtubers I've watched

[@johnthebricklayer8989]

I can make bricks fly. Just not into space.....😉 Love ya work!

[@JollyRogerAerospace]

Hhmmm. That is a fun idea. I love watching you figure these things out.

[@homemadecringeycontent6363]

VAOS, my man, you are a friggin’ LEGEND at this game. One day, you will be as known in the KSP community as Matt Lowne or Scott Manley, I’m sure of it.

[@jamesworkshop9325]

Love the videos Vaos, I'm so glad I found your channel because your stuff is so origional and different compared to many other ksp youtubers. Also I think the shoutouts are a really great idea, thanks for ending my week on a good note!

[@cosmic_cupcake]

Watching you fill and drain all these tanks in the editor to figure out CoM once again drove me to remind you of the mod RCS Build Aid, which gives you a dry CoM marker and some other mildly useful stuff. Seroiously it´s just a small and unintrusive mod check it out.

[@vaos3712]

🤔

[@joshuaashton1929]

I love that this could just be like a single launch fuel station in orbit.

[@RodanES]

You should try to make a ssto but using no drag heat shields as wings

[@SpaceTimeish]

I figured it out, just a tweak to the wing angle and it worked, even when I packed the cargo bay full of fuel

[@tadghie6193]

SSTO, standing for Space Station To Orbit ;p

[@goldenfloof5469]

Man, I remember being a part of your community station a few years ago. I put in those 4 science returns pods, don't you if you remember that, but those were fun. Eh, if you wanted to do it again you probably would've done so already, so I'm not gonna push or judge, but it was probably my second favorite series on your channel. Just short of that 10% science career mode storyline you were doing around the same time.

[@LeonardoDaVinci01]

very VERY cool stuff!

[@gaugeloore809]

This is epic. I want to try

[@servantking1519]

You should make the SpaceX launch system where the boosters for the first stage detach with enough fuel left and automatically fly themselves back the the launch pad and land vertically by themselves so they can be reused.

[@c0der23]

I have no idea if it is possible or practical, but it would be cool if you could make an ssto/ssrt that turns into a surface base

[@shadow_cat]

Space Station To Orbit

[@MinerBat]

i usually like to use docking ports when using robotic parts in such a way that it docks to the port and use action groups to undock when i want to move it. i found that this greatly helps improving strength to things with robotic parts when in atmosphere or when under high acceleration. you could try that for the wings or the nose?

[@vaos3712]

The strength is fine it’s the fact that they are not connected properly and therefore the game reads all the parts as if they are completely open to the elements. docking ports would sadly not work to remedy this.

[@JimmyButBetter]

It's been 3 day's since the last upload. 👍

[@J.Astorga]

Name it Space Sta Ti On

[@amndrkwe]

this is so silly i love it

[@oberonpanopticon]

Space station enterprise vibes

[@Nymphis_]

how early can i be lol, also very awesome i suggest trying a vertical ssto if that makes sense

[@derincattelane43]

Are you going to revisit the KSP Orion drive? I want to see if it can be improved in any way

[@AeonExploration]

build an air launched-rocket that turns into a space station :troll:

[@vaos3712]

🤔

[@SpaceTimeish]

I've been trying to recreate the ssto you used to dock with the spacestation in this video and I'm having trouble, could we possibly get a quick build video of it. I love it's look

[@dizziestglobe81]

I live for ksp 1 videos from vaos

[@jammer2isme]

it's a vehicle that turns into a home? time to make a few of them and park them in rows in orbit: then can have a kerb-neck (green-neck?) trailer park in space.

[@franciscomaio4612]

More interested on that: 10;38 , what's that? Does it have any payload, it looks like a ssto dreamchacer

[@elektro860]

Nice build but i got no clue why your wings arent goind back when flying fast but probably something i don't know

[@vaos3712]

auto-strut maybe? If you’re having problems with Bendy wings, try that.

[@elektro860]

@@vaos3712 I already trired that but it still bends well i guess its just the nature of physics hope ksp 2 will be more better in these aspects

[@DiabloXTREME]

It took me two years to finally notice….. but my comment became an idea 🎉🎉🎉

[@XavierBetoN]

Hey it's me again You gotta use less wings and front-rocket-drive relative to CoM, like a podracer, 3 columns and only one slightly offset to back, try it you'll know what ı mean tip: shift-move in hangar to make bigga offset gaps. I use 2 wing strakes with total 2.0 lift multiplier and one elevon at back and 2 canards at front. It's enough to lift 63tonnes of spaceplane with teny tiny landing wheels. yours I can lift with 6 big ass wing strakes

[@unidentifiedbiomass4106]

I hope they have rudimentary robotics programs in ksp2 to make robotics parts function cleaner. Right now if you want to assemble something using a robotic arm, good luck

[@schrimblo]

I think you should get scatterer, it would make your game look a lot prettier (albeit run at 3 fps depending on your computer)

[@acanadianderg4035]

Some mods that might help in the future when using the Breaking Ground DLC are Ferram Aerospace Research (FAR), Kerbal Joint Reinforcement Continued, and Recouple + Precise Editor. FAR makes crafts more realistic in terms of aerodynamics. Kerbal Joint Reinforcement makes things less wiggly. And Recouple can be used to link and unlink that are next to each other but are not connected according to the game and Precise Editor helps you lines things up perfectly.

[@acanadianderg4035]

Precise Editor is super useful for custom wings as well. If you have the mod installed, in the editor press, 'P' on a part and a menu will pop up showing its location and rotation, from there you can type in exactly where you want the part to be.

[@vaos3712]

I mentioned FAR in the video. but most of those mods that you suggested actually change the game mechanics. And I’m trying to keep it stock as possible. 😎👍

[@acanadianderg4035]

@@vaos3712 What about mods like Precise Editor and Editor Extensions Redux which only affect the building of crafts? Or mods like BonVoyage or Mechjeb which adds a part but, the majority of the features are Hud/UI elements?

[@RailsofForney]

5:06 😅 Funny but *WUTTA YUH GUNNUH DO ABOUT IT?*

[@valecasini]

VAOS... I have a request: could you do a tutorial about how to do a space plane launched on a Rocket (reusable or not as you like) Cause I can't really work out how to make them fly properly and stable btw as always very interesting video 😊😄

[@valecasini]

*for example the Hermes (the first that come in my mind)

[@mod3380]

You should let people who donate the ability to download craft files

[@fijo6207]

VAOS AND SPACE CULT FOR 11 MORE SEASONS! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@ScalarYoutube]

reply for a link to the new vaos unofficial discord

[@jonathanfarrell14]

hi vaos i have suggestion try building the unsc infinity from halo

[@oog2008]

yaayyyy he actually read my comment!!!

[@mrhotdogs7623]

Fly into the sun with only ion engines

[@판사님저는오늘만삽니]

effective

[@fletchertaylor5593]

you need to make a ssto out of a brick

[@harleyclawson7639]

Nice cinematography, I know how hard it is to get good shots. I suppose you are using a mod though for some?

[@Eis_]

1 question: Would you consider Realistic mods (like Realistic Aerodynamics) as stock (in a sense that its nearly vanilla compared to the real world)?

[@vaos3712]

when it comes to mods that change the game mechanics then I have to respectfully decline. this is because a lot of subscribers try to build crafts that I make and if I used game changing mechanics they would not be able to get the same results. eventually I’ll be sharing these crafts online, so I need to keep it stock. I have an RSS/RO modded game and I have made videos of the SSRTs that I made in it. was thinking of doing a few videos of that in the future. 😎

[@Z.O.M.G]

Man forget the space station, whats the shuttle at 11:27

[@vaos3712]

🤫

[@ro.grab11]

How do you get waterfall to work with restock? Everytime I do them both the exhaust is like 10-20 feet away from the actual engine itself

[@vaos3712]

There are two waterfall mods. One is for stock and one is for re-stock. You have to look for waterfall restock.

[@ro.grab11]

@@vaos3712 ohhh thanks man

[@Dominion69420]

4:15 so just the spaceshuttle

[@Bob-w9s]

Ok

[@Casualgamer3789]

7:50 bro went concorde mode😂

[@sfsfilms2626]

Hey Vaos, can you continue the solar nations series? Pls??

[@vaos3712]

🤔

[@sfsfilms2626]

Sorry I think that many people would want to see this series return

[@RailsofForney]

4:15 😂😂😂

[@Dirtnap_McDinglestuffer]

that's cool as fuck 🤯

[@thatotherboi8044]

Its an SSTO (Space Station To Orbit)

[@mod3380]

How much can it lift I don't remember if he said

[@alexanderwinkelman2316]

new to this. I tried installing restock and it got rid of a lot of things. I only had 1 heat shield and most of my electrical and thermal pieces were gone. How do I fix this mod so it works?

[@MrBmnmtfk]

Just checking if you'll read this comment

[@coder4424]

Ssssto?