Biggest payload with this rocket

[21205Imran]

I kinda want to see the most someone can put on this rocket. Its a one-way rocket to Mars and probably Moon with a recoverable first stage but not the second stage.

How to use:
Steep profile
And let the atmosphere to slow down both rockets, but use the engine to slow down descent (especially on Mars.)

No cheats (That's all, I think)

I lifted this rover and I think you need 1.4, but I did it once with a very small rover on 1.35.

 

[Horus Lupercal]

I kinda want to see the most someone can put on this rocket. Its a one-way rocket to Mars and probably Moon with a recoverable first stage but not the second stage.

How to use:
Steep profile
And let the atmosphere to slow down both rockets, but use the engine to slow down descent (especially on Mars.)

No cheats (That's all, I think)

I lifted this rover and I think you need 1.4, but I did it once with a very small rover on 1.35.

Would you like an answer in 1.35 or 1.4?

 

[21205Imran]

1.4 to Mars.

 

[czarnybit]

Can payload have it own engine? Or secound's stage its last accelerate opportunity?

 

[21205Imran]

Can payload have it own engine? Or secound's stage its last accelerate opportunity?

Yeah, you can do that as well. Try it without the third stage as well.

 

[Holly918]

Yo dawg....

Even without payload, I'm not getting your rocket to LEO :/

 

[21205Imran]

Yo dawg....

Even without payload, I'm not getting your rocket to LEO :/

It's pretty hard, but it definitely works! After all I sent like 7 rovers to mars.

 

[Holly918]

It's pretty hard, but it definitely works! After all I sent like 7 rovers to mars.

Well, i did it. But no payload and no more fuel to spare

 

[Horus Lupercal]

Right then.

So your rover is roughly 7.26t, one way to Mars.

This is my effort.

The baby of the Solarmaster IRAC series.

12t of rover, 1.5t of fairing plus change for the attachment system, so 13.44t payload.

Rover to Mars for less than 100t

On the pad, ready to go

We be fast

And they be slow

Staging

Fairing off

I don't have much (any) ΔV to play with, so I go with a straight into Mars aerobrake from LEO

No messing around in Low Mars Orbit. Not for the Warmaster. I've got a rover to deliver.

 

[Horus Lupercal]

But it was at roughly this point where I realised that although I'd planned to have parachutes in stage 2, I forgot to fit parachutes to stage 2

Oh shit.

Brace for crash positions!

Welcome to Mars...

Come to rest in the right position anyway, wheels down

And ready to deploy the Baby Solarmaster

May need some Sun first though. Time for a charge

Lets go for a drive shall we? I've heard there's a hotel on top of Olympus Mons

 

[Horus Lupercal]

But what about the recoverable Stage! I hear you cry.

You mean this one?

Good job this end has parachutes on...

And touchdown

End Mission.

 

[Horus Lupercal]

Yo dawg....

Even without payload, I'm not getting your rocket to LEO :/

Well, i did it. But no payload and no more fuel to spare

View attachment 26123

There might be a problem with how you're using it dude.

Minus an actual payload his rocket generates more than enough TWR (1.55 at launch, 1.48 after stage) and ΔV (4519m/s) to get you anywhere you wanted

 

[Holly918]

There might be a problem with how you're using it dude.

Minus an actual payload his rocket generates more than enough TWR (1.55 at launch, 1.48 after stage) and ΔV (4519m/s) to get you anywhere you wanted

Yeah i guess! There has to be an user error.

However, i did use most of the fuel, to brake for moon landing.

 

[czarnybit]

There might be a problem with how you're using it dude.

Minus an actual payload his rocket generates more than enough TWR (1.55 at launch, 1.48 after stage) and ΔV (4519m/s) to get you anywhere you wanted

Did you add extra fuel to both stages? I thought we have use first post build. I will try after dinner. Great Job!

 

[Horus Lupercal]

Did you add extra fuel to both stages? I thought we have use first post build. I will try after dinner. Great Job!

Yeah, a 5t tank on each stage

 

[czarnybit]

Here is my try.
Payload with fairing 10.4t.
Funky style landing after watched what Horus Lupercal was done i thought w/o parachutes is a requirement. FACE PALM

 

[Roger Jolly]

Here is my try.
Payload with fairing 10.4t.
Funky style landing after watched what Horus Lupercal was done i thought w/o parachutes is a requirement. FACE PALM

Lol, funky style indeed, nice save

 

[Star Striker]

Here is my try.
Payload with fairing 10.4t.
Funky style landing after watched what Horus Lupercal was done i thought w/o parachutes is a requirement. FACE PALM

Do you normally launch straight up?

 

[Roger Jolly]

Oooooh...largest payload is the name of this thread, we’ll I had a nice adventure anyway and nothing broke

Made the tiniest rover, but no extra fuel so hey

Aww, just missed the first window landing first stage

Had a wandering Mars trajectory and over compensated, but I got lots of fuel and did a last minute correction

Getting out of that separator was like hatching an egg

 

[czarnybit]

Do you normally launch straight up?

Nope just here for little fuel save and sometimes when back from moon.

 

[Cogman Inc.]

With just this absolutely tiny sliver of fuel left, I was able to land the lander of my ITL 8 on the moon... It's definitely not coming back home any time soon.

 

[Roger Jolly]

With just this absolutely tiny sliver of fuel left, I was able to land the lander of my ITL 8 on the moon... It's definitely not coming back home any time soon. View attachment 26676

I dunno if that qualifies, but it’s awesome anyway

 

[Cogman Inc.]

I dunno if that qualifies, but it’s awesome anyway

They did say the payload is allowed to have its own propulsion, but maybe this does push it a little bit.

 

[Roger Jolly]

They did say the payload is allowed to have its own propulsion, but maybe this does push it a little bit.

There was a certain little rocket staging to use at the beginning of the thread, wasn’t sure if you used that or not...
Powered payload sounds fine by me

 

[TtTOtW]

Base game flatbed truck. 13.39t. when its 4.5t fuel wasn't used for descent... And still it lost all its teet... err...wheels. Only reason really is the altitude. You can only open parachutes fully at 500m. Take note of the screenshot's indicators...