DC-X started as an SDIO project to be a prototype, subscale operations test vehicle, for an eventual fully reusable vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) Single Stage To Orbit vehicle. After the flight 5 'mishap' it was transferred to NASA to become DC-XA. DC-X/DC-XA flew 12 times and successfully landed 12 times. On the 12th flight one gear did not deploy and after engines shut down it fell over and was consumed in fire.

For those of us that have a hard time painting small details I have designed this for the small black pieces to snap into the white body.

The DC-X body consists of two white parts; the main body and the bottom being the heat shield and landing gear. The bottom should be printed upside down so the gear and engine nozzles print without supports. The separate black parts are the flaps, mechanical doors and the even numbered air strakes. The odd numbered strakes are white so no need to print separately. I suggest you print the main body pieces in white and the extra pieces in black filament. The small black parts snap in and can be easily glued for a clean look and no painting.

The pitot tube is also included separately, but you can print together if you like. I actually stop printing the pitot tube and just used a 3mm wooden rod and painted it white. That way when it gets broken with handling then it is easier to replace.

I also added a removable flame stand to display the vehicle landing with flames hitting the ground. I printed this with red-yellow filament, but it had more red than I wanted but still a nice effect.

I would suggest 15% infill for the body but I recommend 100% for black parts.

The decals I made from logos found on the internet included into a PowerPoint file and printed on decal paper.

I printed using the Bambu X1 Carbon and so the main body is 249mm high and when assembled with the pitot tube and landing flames stands 332.5mm.