Frontier entry:

[Astatium_209]

First part of the entry, the Mars mission:

Indeed, this rocket is overpowered for a normal mars misson, so I'll be visting the 2 rocky potatoes in the vicinity, just to spice things up a tiny bit, the rocket has more than enough Δv.

The Mars landing is next.

And safely back home!

 

[Mars Pathfinder]

First part of the entry, the Mars mission:
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Indeed, this rocket is overpowered for a normal mars misson, so I'll be visting the 2 rocky potatoes in the vicinity, just to spice things up a tiny bit, the rocket has more than enough Δv.
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The Mars landing is next.
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And safely back home!
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Nice

 

[Astatium_209]

Is BP editing/clipping (nothing crazy like super long engines or atrocious fuel tank clipping, mostly just aesthetics) allowed for the space station and the recreation? I didn't find anything about it in the rules...

 

[Mars Pathfinder]

Is BP editing/clipping (nothing crazy like super long engines or atrocious fuel tank clipping, mostly just aesthetics) allowed for the space station and the recreation? I didn't find anything about it in the rules...

Blazer what can you say?

 

[Horus Lupercal]

Is BP editing/clipping (nothing crazy like super long engines or atrocious fuel tank clipping, mostly just aesthetics) allowed for the space station and the recreation? I didn't find anything about it in the rules...

Depends on what you're gonna use the stretched engines for. Replicas are fine, but if you're using them on lift vehicles to move things up to the station then no. Clipped parts are fine, but no over-filled fuel tanks.

 

[Astatium_209]

Depends on what you're gonna use the stretched engines for. Replicas are fine, but if you're using them on lift vehicles to move things up to the station then no. Clipped parts are fine, but no over-filled fuel tanks.

Oops, I must've been quite unclear, I meant that I didn't have any stretched engines.

 

[Horus Lupercal]

Oops, I must've been quite unclear, I meant that I didn't have any stretched engines.

Then that's perfectly acceptable here. Almost no-one on the forum uses stretched engines.

 

[Astatium_209]

For the replica part I have chosen to recreate a Vega rocket:

I didn't know what to do with it, so I threw a satelite into HEO.

 

[James Brown]

For the replica part I have chosen to recreate a Vega rocket:
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I didn't know what to do with it, so I threw a satelite into HEO.
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Let's wait for the inspector with his strong intuition to determine if it passed

 

[Astatium_209]

And finally the space station:

Could a station like this pass?

 

[UN Cosmo Navy]

And finally the space station:
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Could a station like this pass?
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Yes Maybe

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

Is BP editing/clipping (nothing crazy like super long engines or atrocious fuel tank clipping, mostly just aesthetics) allowed for the space station and the recreation? I didn't find anything about it in the rules...

Yes, it is. As long as you don’t stretch any engine on something that is not the replica.

 

[Astatium_209]

Yes, it is. As long as you don’t stretch any engine on something that is not the replica.

Cool.

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

Also, Marmilo.
Your turn:

For the replica part I have chosen to recreate a Vega rocket:
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[Marmilo]

Also, Marmilo.
Your turn:

Yeah, give me half an hour, I need to do dishes

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

Of course

 

[Marmilo]

For the replica part I have chosen to recreate a Vega rocket:
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First stage should be 11.5m tall. Second should be 8.5m. Third stage should be 4m. AVUM is 1m too high. Minimize interstage height. But, I must say I'm ipressed. I can see you've put a lot of work into it, most measurements are almost Ideal, and apart from those few small issues, I'ts a great replica. Keep on the good work!

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

First stage should be 11.5m tall. Second should be 8.5m. Third stage should be 4m. AVUM is 1m too high. Minimize interstage height. But, I must say I'm ipressed. I can see you've put a lot of work into it, most measurements are almost Ideal, and apart from those few small issues, I'ts a great replica. Keep on the good work!

Almost there, Astatium!

 

[Astatium_209]

First stage should be 11.5m tall. Second should be 8.5m. Third stage should be 4m. AVUM is 1m too high. Minimize interstage height. But, I must say I'm ipressed. I can see you've put a lot of work into it, most measurements are almost Ideal, and apart from those few small issues, I'ts a great replica. Keep on the good work!

Thanks!

 

[Astatium_209]

I think I know why I made some of those mistakes:

It's pretty hard to see, but whilst wikipedia says that the first stage is 11.7m tall, the Users manual says that it's 11.2m. The second stage is the same in both cases, 8.39m, and so is the third stage, 4.12m. The AVUM upper stage is 1.7m on the wiki and 2.04m on the user manual, but this is because of a conical payload adaptor (?). I also messed up the fairing thanks to the fact that the value in the blueprint is equal to the value of the payload it can hold,
User manual I used: https://www.arianespace.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Vega-Users-Manual_Issue-04_April-2014.pdf
Wikipedia article: Vega (rocket) - Wikipedia
not to the actual outer diameter.

Alright, I've had enough, I've screenshotted the Vega rocket from the official manual, printed it and cut it up into the stages so I could compare, (this isn't 100% precise, but it can tell me if i'm close enough).

And here's what I have:
The fairing being a bit slimmer is the most obvious thing, I've also made the AVUM upper stage a bit more accurate. I've also made the first stage 1/2 meter taller, and the interstage between the first and second stage is a bit closer to reality (I hope, I don't think that aerodynamic skirt thingy was supposed to be there).

I hope this all made sense, but if it doesn't...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Astatium_209]

So is this replica good enough, Marmilo ?

 

[Marmilo]

You know what? It's not ideal. But basically no replica is. You've made a ton of effort, and his is a really good replica. I wouldn't make better myself. Pass.

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

There’s your Team Frontier badge.