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Fat Raptor is a hybrid Hydrogen (HT) and Atmospheric (AT) Thruster orbital cargo shuttle that should be easily be able to reach orbit from normal planets and moons. Originally the shuttle was just named the "Raptor Shuttle", but with the addition of a large battery between the landing gears, the Raptor got large belly, resulting in the following name change. This battery placement is also the reason why the landing gears are extendable.
In case of inexperienced pilots, it is equipped with 4 parachutes around the top mounted connector. Inexperienced pilots should add a shortcut that toggles auto-deploy (default 150m) of the chutes. The ship is also equipped with a remote control, though instructors should advice rookie pilots that they most eject before the instructor can take control of the craft.
The shuttle can easily be extended with an additional hydrogen tank if that is required, just remove the large thruster with it's 4 smaller directional thrusters. Then add the tank and replace the thrusters removed before.
Under normal circumstances it can be flown in atmosphere with the just the AT's only and in space it is advised to turn off the AT's and use HT's only. During ascent to orbit and reentry (or when heavily loaded), it's recommended to use both HT's and AT's
Specs:
- Large Cargo Container
- Large Hydrogen Thruster
- O2/H2 Generator
- 2x Large Atmospheric Thrusters
- 2x Gyroscopes
- 2x Small Reactors
- Enough directional Atmospheric and Hydrogen Thrusters
- 4 Gatling guns
- Extendable landing gears
- Remote Control
- Ore Detector
- Antenna
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28 Jul 03:01Version 1.0
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