This SSTO can carry over 75 tonnes [2+ orange tanks] to orbit! KSP

[@MattLowne]

H E A V Y B O I

[@lilo7772]

Hi Matt

[@Jacob-uq4zj]

Hey Matt

[@captainboom4365]

What’s up

[@theomara2135]

Yes

[@captainboom4365]

It’s very heavy

[@ThatGuy-vw6gc]

Does it fly? No it doesn’t fly... it *F l i e s* .

[@ВикторФирсов-е9ф]

*It phlies

[@walale12]

*It's fly

[@ВикторФирсов-е9ф]

@@walale12 Yeah, I know, that's a meme from PhlyDaily's channel

[@1976kanthi]

69 likes.

[@guicky_]

@@1976kanthii'll just make it 70

[@thomaschild9321]

I have a few ideas you could do for a new KSP video A: making a biplane B: making a boat C: Your split SSTO idea D: HeLiCoPtEr

[@KSPAtlas]

Making a roton

[@Blaze6108]

boat SSTO

[@gooey9351]

fuse all of those into one

[@threehead99]

@@Blaze6108 all boats are single stage to ocean. What's the fun in that?

[@buffaloc20]

D: Helium lithium copper platinum Europium

[@sharkcraft8568]

3:09 I agree, for me, it feel like January was only two weeks ago.

[@parz1pane772]

Me too!!

[@5Puff]

Yep

[@goolash1000]

Woke up to two inches of snow this morning. Might as well still be.

[@Epic24123]

it feels like both 2 weeks ago and 2 years ago at the same time

[@goolash1000]

Similar to deployment on a sub: the first week and last week take forever. Everything inbetween is like a timewarp. Then you get home, and none of the music on the radio is the same, and there's a brand new strip mall where a forested cliff used to be.

[@bf1701]

Matt Lowne flies a super-heavy lift SSTO with MCAS enabled. Nice of Boeing to license the technology for you!

[@MrOuned]

The glitch of the elevons sometimes happen to me too, even on very simple planes. Nice video, makes me want to create a Skylon myself :)

[@scottjohnson926]

I think the glitch is from getting confused where the control points are, try reset Ig your control points mid flight if the glitch happens

[@MrOuned]

@@scottjohnson926 Will do, thanks!

[@impracticalleo]

2 years late to the party, but this glitch happened to me in the middle of a career mode laythe plane landing.... Not fun

[@yclee-jy4xn]

@@impracticalleo happend to me while docking in low munar orbit, not fun either. Oh, and the yaw was affected to I couldn't figure out why

[@synovialpig9983]

Just wanted to say thank you Matt. The work that the NHS does is very good and it’s a testament to that that you still upload twice a week. I play the bagpipes in tribute to the the people like you every Thursday. Thank you Matt, for being so committed, and for also maintaining the video quality! But if you need to take a break we would all understand, so don’t be afraid of you need to!

[@D0WNT0WN]

Hi Matt, I've had the exact same issue with many different SSTO attempts. From what I understand, the closer your center of lift is to your main control surfaces, the more likely you are to have the exact pitch issues that you're having. I've tried to get in contact with the KSP devs about this, but haven't had any success. Possibly because we're close to KSP 2 by now, and they just can't be bothered. My fix has simply been to put my center of lift slightly farther aft than normal and just deal with the worse takeoff performance in anticipation of the craft handling adequately once the payload is deployed. Anyway, love the videos. Keep it up! -Alex

[@Drowsyspace128]

Have the same problem but mine only ever pitch up, and its only after a short while flying. Always end up having to flip the enitre plane upside down to point it towards the ground.

[@Syntaxerrortwenetyone]

This was AWESOME! keep up the good work!

[@apolli_xi]

Awww Matt. You're so sweet :) Don't feel bad for not being able to make long/complex videos while you're busy with work! You and your colleagues are doing amazing work to keep us all safe here in the UK, and I'm not surprised that's your focus. Enjoy some nice whiskey in your downtime - don't stress over KSP. 🥃

[@scottjohnson926]

I’ve had the problem were the “flaps” as I like to call them, only pitch one way and I believe it’s a glitch that after detaching something from the vessel, the game has trouble finding the control point of the craft. And that means that the flaps don’t know what to do and only go one way

[@samvanorden5274]

I love the look of the spaceplane. Massive SSTOs always look cool!

[@HiyuMarten]

Skylon has a lot of investor hype behind it and some solid engineering, I’m confident that it’ll be made in some form - even if it doesn’t quite end up being fully orbital!

[@harrymack3565]

I think it would be could as I kind of first stage. It would boost a payload up a suborbital trajectory most of the way to orbit. The it coasts to apogee and releases the pay load with a small stage for orbital insertion.

[@Robbie6830]

Matt your videos inspire to build recreations of your space craft you have also made me get better at kerbal space program thank you

[@OCinneide]

Matt the essential worker apologising for working in a hospital saving lives and not posting videos for our entertainment. You're too good Matt :D

[@jonathans1759]

Elevons glitch when attached to "front" of wings?

[@t65bx25]

It depends on where the wings are relative to the CoM.

[@davidhood9712]

Just invert them!

[@TheAechBomb]

9:20 this is a problem I had with a mk2 cargo bay yesterday too, I'm glad I'm not the only one

[@mathewferstl7042]

When you come early and you want to say 'when you come early and have nothing to say'

[@sven518-7]

Same

[@Psy_an]

*huh*

[@Disktoaster]

Oh man. I've been watching your videos for years, and I just now realized you build multi-summetry parts on the nose of the craft to properly root them together before transferring them to parts already containing symmetrical roots. I'll never not do this again.

[@JackBettey]

In this time, knowing that Matt works at hospital is actually super cool. I hope you stay safe and keep up your hard work

[@Blade4952]

Hey, I enjoy your videos, hyper ambitious or not, and honestly, I am crap at SSTO missions, so this was plenty impressive to me! We know times are tough right now, and honestly I appreciate that you are still putting in the time to make any videos!

[@honestbaguette]

*Matt Lowne:* Im building a micro ship today. *Matt Lowne but it's a week later:* Let's go super heavy guys!

[@Lockheedsr71blackbird]

I love ksp and Matt lowne kind of brought me into it. Thanks for the inspiration of me playing this amazing game :)

[@wyldcat9396]

Why does this video have a dislike 5 minutes after release. WHY DOES THIS VIDEO HAVE A DISLIKE 5 MINUTES AFTER RELEASE. WHAT DOOMED MORTAL SOUL HAS DONE THIS

[@Daddy-Samy]

trolls

[@spookyloaf3014]

You always save my sleepless nights. This is not an insult.

[@chisbraon9627]

That elivon problem happens to me all the time on the xbox

[@koldfizzion3762]

Great job. Love your KSP. Videos.

[@cameronbaldwin2036]

I LOVE SKYLONS

[@cristopher6462]

It happened to me on a mission to eve, i was so frustrated because took me so much time on that particular mission but after hours i found that i was pressing alt accidentally while moving the aircraft so the natural controls of the aircraft moves. you can correct that if you press alt and move the picth, roll to the correct orientation

[@innsj6369]

People like you are who the world is saluting right now. Thank you and all essential workers for continuing to keep this planet alive.

[@nikolastarcevic8]

I just love when I'm sleeping and then I wake up with a video ready for me to watch. Thank you Matt.

[@mariasirona1622]

Energia is pronounced with a hard "g", as in "ground"

[@BowdensChannel]

A video describing all of the useful gravity assists to hop around the system would be really useful! It seems like in your head you have a roadmap of how to get to each celestial body in a really efficient way and it'd be great to hear you give an overview.

[@scubasteve9512]

Bless your soul you have two essential jobs, healthcare and entertainment you must be stressed but your videos are as close to perfection that I have to rate these over 9,000 /10

[@Icebadger]

I love all your videos, you're a huge inspiration to me and my kerbal exploits. Thank you!

[@camandthecrew5567]

10:21 it happens to me all the time, and I hate it when it happens specifically while docking. I believe it's corralated to high speeds

[@CountArtha]

Alt+X resets trim, basically. You can trim your craft so that it will have constant yaw, pitch, or roll input. If you ever have a craft in KSP that "wants" to spin no matter how many times you reset SAS, you probably accidentally trimmed the controls by holding ALT and the movement keys.

[@nitrousxp2707]

I haven't watched a Matt Lowne video in a long time and its good to be back.

[@liamgallagher-martin8]

I had the same problem with the elevons. Thanks for the tip.

[@VestedUTuber]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, SCRAMJets for the secondary air-breathing stage. That's the key to an IRL SSTO. They can operate at much higher speeds and altitudes than conventional jets.

[@TheOnlyMiolli]

Please thumb this so Matt can see it. Alt X resets the trim of the craft. Trim is an intended function as pilots use it to preset their pitch angle so when they're flying, they can let go of the controls and cruise without descending. In order to use it in ksp, you press Alt and whichever WASD direction you'd like to trim toward. I struggled a lot with this when I used to play ksp on xbox.

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

Yayyyy, a *SkyLowne* !! =)

[@alec7568]

That cargo bay opening up to let the engines fire out from inside is so cool.

[@Aaron-ot6ys]

Thats a heckin chonker.. impressive.

[@JohnTrustworthy]

The problem with take offs from the runway also comes from the fact that it is absolute flat, meaning that after the midway point you are going uphill.

[@OlCrunch]

Crazy Designs like this make me miss the Soviet Union...

[@KillerofPCs]

Me too comrade...Me too

[@chaos6839]

Soviet onion you mean?

[@chaos6839]

@@AnEnglishPerson no...please no... Im tired of killing them, it starts to get boring after 498 kills..

[@patrlim]

Wait, isn't this an American ssto?

[@dawidepl7807]

Crazy people like you make me miss killing others

[@Run4TheHills321]

I would love to see more use of the atmospheric stage concept from the star wars hyper ring, just not in that shape. Using a stage made of air burning engines and wings with maybe a probe is a very cool idea, and can make launching many rockets much more efficient. Like... make a SSTO that resembles a glider, and it carries payloads in a faring attached to its bottom! :D

[@Jeebles-mccreebles]

Matt idk if you knew this but sometimes while trying to takeoff you can retract the gears before you lift off, and you can get up before the end of the runway

[@nacecity225]

next video: bringing 1,000,000 kerbals into space.

[@liljoestudiosofficial]

3:05 me neither, Matt. Its already September

[@tylersousa1174]

My computer always does this, to get around it I set the deploy limit of the elevons to -20 and it works. Hope that helps!

[@Leyvin]

For the Ailerons... I'd suggest 2 things... Move the ones Internal outside the Craft., as they are going to screw with how the Aerodynamics Model is Calculated; and ensure that you have a correctly orientated Flight Core (I think you're using a Drone one here) that is positioned outside of the Main Body of the Craft. I've found it tends to happen more often with Remote Control Craft Vs. Piloted Craft (even if there is no Pilot, just provided you have a Cockpit of some description).

[@jaymcgillivary224]

Cant wait for ksp 2 come out and watch u build in it :)

[@PsychoMuffinSDM]

@11:20 Can you set up your macro to toggle to auto repeat every 5000ms?

[@fantasticparrot602]

I think I can speak for everyone when I say we don’t mind the videos being uploaded a little later than usual if it’s because you’re helping others in your field.

[@rier4332]

Elevons change theirs pitch if they are in front of or behind the center of gravity so when you removed the cargo you changed the center of gravity and the elevons changed as well.

[@temhgb]

Crazy how a fictional ssto you made to have a stupid amount of lifting capacity can be dwarfed so much by a real rocket ship, just two years later

[@tommypeds]

Matt: “saturn V is big boi” Sea Dragon:

[@SoulSl0th]

Be safe Matt thank you for entertaining my imagination it would be heartbreaking to hear something happened to you in the mists of the outbreak.

[@Boxersteavee]

2022's Falcon Heavy launch was an expended core stage, whilst the side boosters were RTLS

[@Panda5ace]

Bruh, he got the “down” glitch. That’s super common in Enhanced Edition

[@loganjsmith_]

Matt, don’t apologize. It’s not your fault that “it” has made your job hours funky.

[@MaximillionBucks]

I'm kinda glad you didn't go the extra step and create a space station. It would have completely overshadowed my last KSP video.

[@jamesboneham6837]

10:26 Matt Lowne, the same happened to me and I press Alt and it fixed everything, so next time that happens try pressing Alt. Edit: This is before I finished watching the rest of the video, sorry

[@raideurng2508]

One trick you might like: Use a small fairing recessed a bit with a sharp point. It can make for a much better looking nosecone, as well as having less drag, more heat resistance, and you can still dock by having a docking port under it. Here's an example in action: imgur.com/QDqUfLp

[@floridayote4469]

I went to the spaceX launch in Florida today. It got cancelled, but it was cool just to see it almost happen

[@OperationDarkside]

I don't mind having less or shorter videos. I think your job is way more important, especially nowadays.

[@Liam_The_Great]

Matt you can toggle the roll/pitch/yaw of control surfaces with an action group

[@derjohnnyb90]

Sometimes KSP thinks i'm pressing alt and when I pitch during this, it resets the lock you mentioned that can be released with alt+x

[@lepusarcticus5363]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the problem with the elevons not moving correctly depends on the Part your camera is centered on. like docking, where your orientation changes if you center the cam on the docking port.

[@carlhostner7261]

10:10 that happens to me every time i play ksp, all i do is holding L1 on my ps4 controller (the button you hold down to change the throttle more precisely). I don’t know which key it is on the keyboard, but you know which it is. So try that if it happens again!!

[@melloninc1660]

The reason why the fuel sausage didn't want to exit the SSTO was due to the magnet-like behaviour of the docking ports when close to one-another.

[@wargey3431]

The Saturn 5 was a Super heavy launch Vehicle and has carried so far the heaviest weight to orbit (I believe it was part of skylab)

[@80s_k1d4]

Look at the Arabsat 6A Mission! The Falcon Heavy is a heavy launch vehicle. And they recovered every booster

[@whyareyoulookinghere9135]

the way time is going by feels like when you feel 500 degrees but you are also freezing

[@gothboy66936]

As a health worker, I feel your pain. Stay strong, be awesome.

[@gooey9351]

O H S H E E T T H A T B O I I S T H I C C

[@Starter381]

I pretty much like your SSTOs! The previous one, Noodle, is heavily helpful in my space corporation business! Gonna try this one!

[@pieguy6992]

Idea: Build a VTOL carrier plane that carries a hypersonic jet up to the jet's flight altitude where it's best suited to fly and then undock.

[@That.1.Broski]

10:26 the same happens when I try to make a ssto for the first time

[@That.1.Broski]

I "fixed" it by going upside down when I need to go down or using reaction wheels

[@eekee6034]

Capable and pretty cool. :) The rear elevons might have worked if they'd been moved just a little bit outwards, to put their centers outside where the game thinks the cargo bay ends. It's a shame the reversing elevon issue spoiled it. Edit: I initially badmouthed KSP version 1.9, (which did have a funky bug I'm glad I missed,) but someone pointed out pitch elevons behave erratically when they're near the center of mass, at which I was all, "Ohhhh of coooourse!" lol An elevon can't pitch the plane if it's in line with the center of mass, but what's worse is that the game will sometimes see the elevon as in front of the center of mass and sometimes behind, depending on the current pitch angle of the ship.

[@leahdoberne-schor7611]

oh the elevon thing, it happens all the tome on enhanced edition, where they only want to either pitch up, even when I pitch down

[@ashleewitteman9061]

10:36 he just had to flip the craft mid flight through roll and then put it right side up and It works fine after

[@Shamr0ck01]

What mods do you have the allows you to move the parts so far off the point of attachment?

[@YaBoiNicho]

It's stock, you can do so by holding shift when you move a part.

[@comicsansgreenkirby]

About the elevons... What about binding the pitch to the elevon deploy angle?

[@vitriol9995]

He protecc He atacc But most importantly, *he hold thicc boi in the bacc*

[@jamesaugustine687]

Matt - how excited are you for KSP-2 and all the possibilities that will mean for the channel?!

[@curry602]

U are such an inspiration

[@ВикторФирсов-е9ф]

I understand that you are busy with different shifts, but that can't exuse the absence of a whiskey review!

[@LimeJuice0308]

I like how you’ve put the nuclear engines in the cargo bay. It makes it look clean

[@thomaschild9321]

Hey Matt, cool videos your doctor no at the moment, im looking forward to the Planet coaster Hotel soon

[@carlsmith2641]

It might just be me, but I think it would be cool if you built a space plane with drop tanks, so halfway through the flight to space you could drop the tanks and it would look pretty cool.

[@moinmeister4425]

I miss the hwisky reviews

[@dumpsterbonfire.]

The elevon issue may be caused by a moving center of mass. I saw this issue in TheBeardyPenguin's Kollaborative Warfare series, and that's how he fixed it.

[@Artistwolf1993]

I have encountered elevon bug aswell, especially when trying to make flying wings. I solve it using controller and program manually deploy angle based on pitch input.

[@nacecity225]

that glitch happened to my minimus and min lander on xbox and i was so confused but sometimes when i quick saves it fixed it.

[@imperiumltd]

Have some good rest and keep up the content!

[@Agent-ic1pe]

Idea for a future video: use your existing refueling stations to go somewhere far using a small vehicle

[@pseudotasuki]

I'd be willing to bet that New Glenn will be able to lift 50 tonnes to LEO within a few years. Blue Origin is being very conservative with BE-4, operating it well below its potential at first so they can guarantee high reliability.

[@belly4255]

THE SKYLONS WERE CREATED BY MAN. THEY REBELLED, THEY EVOLVED.