Request A ship with tilting engines

[mc_]

This is my second "request" (first was SSTO VTOVL). Still looking for something i'm (and someone else, i hope) missing in Orbiter.

More details about this hypothetical vessel:

Airframe:
- No hover, only tilting main engines and weak RCS.
- landing gear
- One docking port at the nose (basically for compatibility with the Arrow's docking bay)

Avionics:
- at least a custom 2D panel
- custom autopilots, specific for this kind of vessels:
1) hold vertical speed with thrust (pilot controls engine tilting);
1) hold vertical speed with engine tilting (pilot controls thrust).

Optional:
- full ship control by engine thrust and tilting (kinda like fly-by-wire)

Not matter, but welcome:
- UMMU and UCGO (as always :lol
- nice visual model
- VC

Thread is open for comments, suggestions, development screenshots, etc.

Hail

 

[Stevodoran]

well their was this canceled project with tilting engines http://www.nestadlinn.de/orbiter/

its called Prometheus

 

[Richy]

Something like a shorter version of Shuttle-A (without cargo bays) just with it's tilting engines which can rotate about 360°?
Then let it have an other docking port at the back, like a Space Truck.

 

[T.Neo]

All this talk of tilting engines is making me think of the District 9 Prawn command module:

 

[Donamy]

Something I hope to get back to soon. Sorry to Kulch for the delay.:facepalm: