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Hi, I have an idea for a spacecraft, which I think is new (I've searched to see if it's already done but did not find it). If any developer finds it interesting, feel free to use it!
The idea is to do a hybrid between a shuttle-A and a DG. The spacecraft would be winged, and it could fly like a DG, but its engines would be placed in rotating pods on the wingtips. The pods can be rotated down to take off vertically, rotated foward for retro and backwards for thrust. The aircraft would be able to do STOL with the pods rotated at an angle.
I think it would be interesting to fly such a vehicle in atmospheric flight, it would be like a rocket Osprey or something..
The idea is to do a hybrid between a shuttle-A and a DG. The spacecraft would be winged, and it could fly like a DG, but its engines would be placed in rotating pods on the wingtips. The pods can be rotated down to take off vertically, rotated foward for retro and backwards for thrust. The aircraft would be able to do STOL with the pods rotated at an angle.
I think it would be interesting to fly such a vehicle in atmospheric flight, it would be like a rocket Osprey or something..