SSTO STAR RAKER STOCK REPLICA.

[@generalsirc2615]

KSP really needs procedural wing parts where you can just draw your own wings! It would cut down on part count drastically

[@spacenutcj6919]

they said in the devblogs that its coming in ksp 2

[@AYYEPIC]

there is a mod for it on pc, Pwings, and as the other guy said, its coming for ksp2

[@judet2992]

We’re getting that in KSP 2

[@oliverwebster-in9dt]

Enter... Ksp 2. It's very janky tho

[@avreve]

ksp2 has that lol

[@Gekquerel]

the way it came apart at 7:00 looked so good. like an actual spacecraft being destroyed, and not just parts exploding because the red bar filled up

[@malrift3027]

I enjoy whatever you're testing. SSTO or otherwise.

[@nonametoseehere1005]

When is it otherwise?

[@Anne-py1lt]

This is by far the coolest SSTO ive seen actually work. Cant imagine how long it took to build.

[@randycampbell6307]

The wing shape is called a 'double delta' design where it it actually two delta wings configured together to overcome some of the issues with a 'standard' delta wing. The forwards delta wing is more narrow to keep it inside the supersonic/hypersonic shockwave while the aft delta flares out more to help with stability and control and both high and low speeds. The engines were 'straight' tuboramjets using turbojets that sagued into being ramjets in a similar manner to the SR-71. There was no need to invoke "SCramjets" as the engines never operated above Mach 5 which is pretty easy for standard subsonic combustion ramjets to do. Awesome video as usual

[@OmikronTitan]

Only two minutes in, but I'm totally on-board with how you're doing the measurements.

[@Derzull2468]

The true American way, measure it with anything except proper units!

[@hartleydall167]

It was the sighing and complaining that subscribed me. Yes there are other KSP YT peeps, but I've never seen one so negative about building something. I bloody love it! I learn a bit, I laugh a bit, and I have a whole channel to peruse. Hot damn!

[@jmstudios457]

The ramjets in game, based on the name and thrust curve, can be assumed to be turboramjets, like the SR-71. They start off as turbojets(albeit rather inefficient ones) before switching to a ramjet mode. However the player doesn't have control over this like you do with the rapier.

[@pqddachu]

This channel is terribly underrated for the amount of work you put into every video! You gained a sub!

[@nymbattheeternal1279]

This thing has so many parts my computer hates me for even watching the video. You must have the patience, or the computer, of a god. Great video btw.

[@AHHHHHHHH21]

You should see his other videos....

[@eekee6034]

My computer doesn't get a chance to hate me. My brain can't deal with the number of retries and revisions it takes to make something like this work. I forget what I've done and try the same stuff again.

[@sgt_retiredcharlie4102]

WOW! You have WAY more patience than I have! Especially since I know that you have a full time job, spouse and wife and stuff! That is one AWESOME project!

[@josephraffurty9293]

God. The level of ridiculous awesomeness! So KSP! Great work!

[@TheJarrito5]

this is a gorgeous model of the star raker, the b-roll at the end had me jaw dropped at the sheer mass of the thing. good job vaos!

[@joekalipso]

Great measuring, that music and editing 👌

[@MiG-25IsGOAT]

7:01, I loved that explosion, it looked soo realistic, pieces flying off, and wings... just really good

[@wooptydo6241]

manually locking up the hatch, nice.

[@scifidino5022]

12:33 - 13:05 This shot is just so beautiful. And it kinda makes me a little sad, too. It reminds me of what could have been. As the SSTO just slowly glides into the atmosphere and the tiny towns below it come into view, with the music playing in the background, I just imagine a world where this became reality. Witnessing them glide over your village must have been awesome.

[@bmobert]

As someone who's been playing KSP since v0.24, I recognize how big of a pain this vessel must have been to create and have work. As such, I hereby proclaim you as a KSP God in the Pantheon of Kerbal Astronautics. You are a God, sir. (Upper case, though one of many.) A God, I tell you.

[@ArcXDZ]

Man, the cinematic shots definitely feels like it's from a movie!

[@jrfsassorted2687]

I like to think if any of the people who originally worked on the project would think the video was cool, nice work

[@boooooooga]

Seeing how much delta v your craft has gives me a self esteem boost, I was thinking I was pitifully bad with my own cargo ssto design with payload carrying capability getting around 4000-5000 delta v depending on the cargo, but your craft built by a professional has a bit less being 3500~ which gives me hope for my skills as a Kerbal engineer. I've really learned a lot from your channel, I appreciate everything you do, I hope you never quit stop enjoying what you do!

[@randomalien]

This is great! All the shuttle concepts are crazy and cool (even what was actually made). All your mechanical stuff looks so cool, that airlock is just :chefs_kiss:

[@Infinite_Maelstrom]

This is not actually a shuttle concept, it was meant to complement the shuttle for SPS. Unfortunately, SPS never happened because the oil crisis ended.

[@AlexanderGrange]

I really love your historical lookalike builds. Keep them coming.

[@harvstervz3458]

Seems like the procedural wings in KSP2 would be nice here, would probably cut the part count in half for this beautiful ship

[@eekee6034]

Depends how big they go.

[@CAL1MBO]

20 fps never looked so beautiful 🤩

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

This is absolutely beautiful. I want to see more of this. And I don’t care if it’s an ssto or not, just make something that looks good and is functional.

[@DenDG]

спасибо, что радуешь своим контентом в такое тяжелое для меня время, привет из Харькова)🇺🇦

[@kennybevan11]

Stay safe

[@BelVeth-Supremacy]

Goodluck!

[@CaptRedshirts]

Damn your cinematics are so kickass

[@dewolfeFSP]

Gargantuan and yet Majestic. Nice job.

[@mechbuilder3953]

Dude this is insane 😳

[@millamulisha]

Long time subscriber here, great work! 👍

[@propeltheprototoaster8151]

Great work. I love how the stupid amount of wing parts let's this massive thing glide at 50m/s

[@mariasirona1622]

Keep those funny edits coming i really like them

[@JohnDoe-tt6bh]

Starship+the space shuttle

[@GumballAstronaut7206]

9:07 this shot is pure unadulterated badassery

[@caleb0peyton]

👏👏👏 I applaud you good sir.

[@LABOdeBa5]

so beautifull. It is just baffling what you can do with those ksp parts

[@Root3264]

I almost mistook this for a strazenblitz video, great stuff!

[@guard13007]

I keep checking your channel on days where you haven't uploaded, then forgetting for a while, getting a new video recommended - and it's already days old! xD

[@codynewman2574]

7:01 extremely satisfying.

[@johnthebricklayer8989]

" Make sure you lock the door when you come in " ..........Always graet fun.

[@randomguyoninternetidk4014]

You should design some stock Interstellar craft

[@NightTyrant6]

This is super interesting. Definitely subscribing and looking at your other videos

[@mrbyzantine0528]

HOLY SHIT this is amazing! I've tried doing a Star raker replica in the past but utterly failed for various reasons.

[@soop9868]

that intro deserves a like already

[@eekee6034]

This time, the visuals clued me in that a speech mistake was coming. XD (If I made videos, I'd highlight my mistakes too. I hate retakes.) But apart from that... Star-Raker forever!! :D Of the few concepts around when I was a kid -- the ones in books which I could look at -- it was one of the big ones. What I remember (although to be honest, I remember it more from someone else's KSP video recently, :D ) is that the concept started life in the 70s, but wasn't expected to be workable any time soon. It's more of a slow-burn idea. I forget when they initially thought it'd be ready, but I think it was some time this century, possibly even 2020. Interesting drag trick. I didn't know you could drag the cone that far back. I guess I missed the fairing + 2 cones drag trick too; I'm going to need it if I ever finish that one spaceplane I'm building. :o Doze wings, so huge! Boom! :D Eject that space station! lol I know it's probably just sped up, but that was funny. Lovely camera-work! I realy enjoyed both the interior views and the reentry/landing. The landing was really smooth, too.

[@dpenton]

Wow, really dig your vids. This looks like a LOT of work. This is amazing, thank you!

[@valecasini]

I really really really really liked that video... But I'm already subscribed 😅😜

[@Helycon]

I loved this vid, have been subbed for a while, this was a dope vid, thank you

[@traiantrante4211]

That was impressive!

[@Keys879]

7:00 You gotta admit though, that was spectacular.

[@ryanvandoren1519]

Very cool, dude!

[@bad_pilot13official]

PLEASE VAOS PLEASE I BEG, ID LOVE TO SEE THE LOCKHEED X-33 SPACE SHUTTLE CONCEPT!!

[@NickBDesigns]

Holllllyy molllllyy That is amazing Great build I always love Vaos ssto and creative designs

[@fracturedgamer420]

That was great thanks Vaos.

[@thesingularityofmusic3136]

Have you considered a series recreating advanced spacecraft concepts as well as ones which flew ?

[@vaos3712]

maybe

[@J.Astorga]

US Gov: "Hey how big of a budget do you need to get payload to orbit for cheap" NASA: " y e S"

[@bishopvick6373]

Awesome Build

[@neves5083]

LOVELY

[@unidentifiedbiomass4106]

Lockheed CL 1201 is another biggun. Crew of 600, multiple planes can dock with it, jets stored within, powered by nuclear reactor

[@arepupu]

This is beautiful work!

[@gort5583]

Bloody good job!

[@ianxkuraoka6296]

amazing as aways

[@casualbird7671]

I really adore this big beautiful beast of an SSTO, well done. I still need to learn how to make a proper usable SSTO myself >v

[@DatNinjaFella]

man i love the way you make you videos, its so my type of silly humor 😂😂 also could we see more warship videos please?? also is that orbital warship battle still on if i remember correctly?

[@camelsintinycars]

This onw looks insane!

[@axoodle]

sometimes i wish i could subscribe twice, this time is one of them

[@t.fekkes7364]

This was so cool! I can’t imagine how long this took

[@lukedeehan2011]

this is so good. I gotta make this with mods now

[@TOXIC5757]

SICK!!

[@msbealo]

Wow, it worked first time.

[@LeftSideRight]

Smooooth landing. How did you keep the wing pieces from flexing? Autostrut?

[@vaos3712]

yes and normal struts

[@pawedabek1445]

This is beutifull i colud watch the falme bit of its ascent all day

[@AHHHHHHHH21]

Hey VAOS, sorry that I havent really shown up in a while, but at least you know that I didnt die! SPACE CULT FOREVER

[@Brick_Wall_quote_Entertainment]

Really well done! Btw, did you use different Star Raker crafts for the video? I noticed the flags changes a lot. Awesome job nonetheless!

[@beanostheinevitable787]

Epic

[@wynterowl]

most accurate reentry failure 7:00

[@tankacebo9128]

damn that was cool.

[@no_name2882]

I'm pretty sure there's a mod somewhere that makes an entire vessel one part. would probably make this craft less laggy.

[@xanderfletcher6045]

Also looks a bit like that FTL transport from 5th Element

[@ColdFront27]

This is great 10/10. Have you tried building the massive ship from intersteller

[@vaos3712]

not yet

[@ColdFront27]

@@vaos3712 that right there would be a high part count build haha

[@mariasirona1622]

Yes. Just. Yes.

[@GABRIEL-ej4ei]

Great job, this video did really well in term of likes and views. This is definitely one of the biggest working SSRT ever in ksp stock. It looks amazing, I wish you told us hoe heavy and how much it can carry. Otherwise great smooth landing at the end and also building ssto can never get old, it is just that cool. Thanks VAOS This was fire!!! Edit: for a future video could you please build the MAKS russian space plane

[@timon3211]

That looks exactly like the Avro Vulcan B2 but for space travel

[@NikovK]

Have the Star Raker deliver a complete base to the Minmus flats. Just drive out on wheels.

[@ToadNamedDuck]

What was the payload you brought into orbit on this thing? Very badass vid.

[@NSG-kc6zl]

Looked like a bunch of science crew area module

[@vaos3712]

about 20 tons give or take

[@R4V3-0N]

Next up Lockheed CL-1201!

[@whatisthepointofthis1]

nice

[@Twisted-Atom-O5]

Would you be able to make an f-302 its a fighter that is an ssto and has both atmospheric capacity and space capacity

[@WouldDieForChomusuke]

Yesssssss!

[@hirobrein445]

Wat name is the sund trak at 15:30 i wud like to yuset

[@redpug5042]

procedural wings mod would solve so many problems.

[@matejlehocky4812]

Ekranoplan would be great....I think...

[@BHPhreakyx]

pogchamp

[@budgierigarz]

Next ep of colonize the solar system, when?

[@JollyRogerAerospace]

Vaos sees how big the Star Raker is and almost faints. Lol That thing is B I G.

[@vaos3712]

I was wondering if anybody would catch that lmao 🤣

[@Jonathan_Lippert]

Oh hi Mark

[@ChrisHovord]

B E A utiful 😍 awesome work as normal 👏 👌 👍

[@Avetho]

The fun thing about the Star Raker is that with today's tech its not only possible to build, and eventually build a fleet, but it would be far more cost effective than Starship in all regards. Oh, and it would be clean for the environment, what with burning hydrogen not methane, and thus only releasing water as its sole combustion byproduct in both jet and rocket engines. The only way I can see for it to be made far better would be if we could get the RDEs to be stable and reliable and replace the rocket engines on this with large RDEs. Otherwise, the Star Raker is better in isolated conditions than any of SpaceX's fleet cost-wise, and to make it even better its compatible with tried and true military logistics rather than whatever the hell SpaceX thinks they'll do with an upright cargo bay like on Starship. Who even thinks that lifting cargo crate-by-crate through a small hatch in the side of a rocket is in any way better than sliding huge packed pallets into the front of a spaceplane? We do the latter every day already with cargo planes, a spaceplane is a plane and supports that, rockets are just a single stage in the process of making better spacecraft, a period in advancement where we use them to throw satellites out into orbit of us or other planets or our star to monitor stuff and learn how to defend our climate and power grids from the Sun's immense activity, and we work hard on abusing the atmosphere for all its worth to get the most efficient method of getting to space before we can discover what metamaterials work best for a real orbital tether and/or geosynchronous space elevator tether. Basically, the Star Raker just needs maintenance like all aircraft need, it only needs hydrogen and oxygen which can be gotten from electrolysis plants splitting water using solar and wind power, or ironically hydro power, or nuclear since that's a critical and infinitely useful power source, or fusion which we need to figure out, and that hydrogen and oxygen are burned cleanly by their very chemical nature to send cargo to orbit, and that water produced from burning the fuel gets mostly returned to the water cycle on Earth to eventually be split again and burned again.

[@NikovK]

Someone call the 60's I want the future back.