Request A good tail lander?

[ikrase]

Is there any really good tail lander, like an old Heinlein style nuclear rocket?

This would have: only one strong engine, delta-v enough to take off/land a few times and travel around the solar system, and a nice virtual cockpit

If it doesen't exist it should.

I suggest that one put the MFD's in an overhead console, which then becomes under-window when facing straight up.

Reactor control, etc, would be really nice.

Probably should have: Tail first reentry. Door over engine (do not open while flaming hot). Controls for tail fin surfaces. Nose cone dock cover. Tail fin tripod gear. Retros?. Controls for reactor. \

A torchship might also be nice...

 

[Andy44]

Well, here's the [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2995"]Rocketship Heinlein[/ame], it's what you want but it lacks the features you ask for.

Somebody was working on the flying saucer from Forbidden Planet a while back, he was building an interior for it complete with a working gyroscope in the bridge, but I don't know if that ever went anywhere.

 

[ikrase]

I tried it. It's not that good. Need to try landing it. How do I do that, I wonder.

 

[Star Voyager]

How about this:

[ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2790"]ACME Rocketship[/ame]

 

[anemazoso]

We created a pretty cool tail sitter for [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=2620"]Frontiers:55 Cancri[/ame]. If anyone has ever read Dan Simmons "Hyperion" series, I've always toyed with the idea of creating the consular's ship which is a fusion rocket tail sitter but lack the programming skills to make it beyond sc3.