Black Icarus is my first supersonic heat-resistant ship build, it's cheap to make, but packs a punch! It's designed as fast travel ship as it can do 3000+km/h in atmosphere without taking heat damage. It uses specialized heat shield to prevent heat damage, see it in action on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kps0fKjOGPo
This ship is good for running your daily errands quickly! It has enough cargo capactiy and lift to be able to carry stuff from/to markets and you can also do some surface mining. it takes 30-60 minutes to fill the cargo with ore when surface mining (depending on areas and talents) and that's something that most people are willing to do and this ship is perfect for those runs, it can circle entire alioth in under 10 minutes.
It's not perfect as this was my first supersonic ship and you might break a wing or brake here and there, but just take it easy and you'll be fine. making sudden / sharp turns while going supersonic can cause more damage, so when going supersonic, keep it as steady as possible.
I highly recommend custom hud with altitude hold capabilites, because it's most effective at about 1-2% atmo, you can keep throttle at about 10% and it will go 3000+ easily, while barely spending any fuel. I used this ship for my daily errands for a week before i had to refuel.
It's rather cheap to build and uses all the basic parts.
NOTE - i have NOT tested cargo lift, but based on stats, it should be able to do about 1200 tons depending on talents. I think most i ever did was 700t and it didn't have any issues.
Common
Dry Weight:
248 t
Cargo Space:
89 kL
Atmosphere
Cargo Lift:
1,200 t
Max Speed:
5,000 km/h
Atmo Hover:
12 MN
Sustentation Speed:
221 km/h
Atmo Thrust:
20 MN
Atmo Brake:
44 MN
Wing Lift:
31 MN
Atmo Fuel:
5 kL
Space
Space Thrust:
11 MN
Space Brake:
18 MN
Space Fuel:
2.5 kL
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Core
- ✓ S
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Env- ✓ Atmosphere
- ✓ Space
- ✓ Ground
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Sold As- ✓ Blueprint
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Role- ✓ Courier
- ✓ Racer
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Features- ✓ Interior
- ✓ Shield