I made a satellite, wanted opinions.

[Josh H.]

Today I decided to make a short range Satellite / Radar probe. I will have a picture of the blueprint and it in LEO towards the bottom of this post. It has a fairing for a dish, a small solar panel for a antenna, and two ION engines for propulsion. I designed it for LEO only, but if you wanted to you could haul a tanker next to it; reason being that the only fuel tank is the 2 by 4. If you would have any suggestions or questions, just comment. Just please, don’t be rude.

Side note: the Astronaut capsule is empty, only there if manual control is needed, otherwise there is no human on board, just probe controlled.

 

[Horus Lupercal]

Yeah, your launcher is a bit engine heavy. You could get that up with just the one frontier. Or, if you want it like that, swap the broadswords over to the core and do that way. It'd be much more efficient to orbit.

 

[Josh H.]

Yeah, your launcher is a bit engine heavy. You could get that up with just the one frontier. Or, if you want it like that, swap the broadswords over to the core and do that way. It'd be much more efficient to orbit.

Thanks. I would do that, except it’s very top heavy with just 2 frontiers.

 

[Josh H.]

Btw guys (and gals)

1. I always have Unbreakable parts on, never know when the Kracken will strike.
2. The infinite fuel was only on to get it to a stable orbit. After that I planned to turn it off while using that craft

 

[Horus Lupercal]

On the boosters?

 

[Danny Batten]

Btw guys (and gals)

1. I always have Unbreakable parts on, never know when the Kracken will strike.
2. The infinite fuel was only on to get it to a stable orbit. After that I planned to turn it off while using that craft

Kracken? Lol is isn’t KSP mate

 

[Josh H.]

Kracken? Lol is isn’t KSP mate

You never know Danny, you never know........

You remember what happened to your cargo ship in your Lunar Development thread? The Kracken distracted you!

 

[SupremeDorian]

Kracken? Lol is isn’t KSP mate

Yeah, unlike KSP the parts in this game are very rigid. They don't wobble at all unless it's like a wheel mechanism or something.

 

[Danny Batten]

Yeah, unlike KSP the parts in this game are very rigid. They don't wobble at all unless it's like a wheel mechanism or something.

Exactly, we don’t have malleable part physics

 

[Danny Batten]

You never know Danny, you never know........

You remember what happened to your cargo ship in your Lunar Development thread? The Kracken distracted you!

Na I was stupidly focused on another station and in my frenzy to unfocus it I warped too far and just couldn’t save it

 

[Josh H.]

On the boosters?

What do you mean?

 

[Horus Lupercal]

Swapping the broadswords with the frontiers won't make it fall over. A lil taller, yes.

 

[Josh H.]

Swapping the broadswords with the frontiers won't make it fall over. A lil taller, yes.

So your saying I remove the Frontiers, replace them with Broadswords, and remove the side boosters?

 

[Danny Batten]

So your saying I remove the Frontiers, replace them with Broadswords, and remove the side boosters?

I would just recommend adding a proper rocket....
As it’s not like the payload is very heavy

 

[Horus Lupercal]

So your saying I remove the Frontiers, replace them with Broadswords, and remove the side boosters?

Nein.

Swap the broadswords with the frontiers so they're in the opposite places (frontier on boosters)

Or sack the boosters completely, put the fuel tanks from them on the core, use a single frontier and turn off the fuel cheat...

 

[Josh H.]

I would just recommend adding a proper rocket....
As it’s not like the payload is very heavy

Danny. I would do a screen recording if I was able to, just to show you that it is top heavy with side boosters.

 

[Horus Lupercal]

Is it rolling over in flight?

 

[Josh H.]

Is it rolling over in flight?

Yep

 

[Horus Lupercal]

That's not weight. Thats the aero dude.

 

[Horus Lupercal]

the open fairings and the structural parts are making it aerodynamically unstable. And as you're taking off so fast, you're hitting a hi speed at low altitude and the drag is throwing your craft over

 

[Josh H.]

the open fairings and the structural parts are making it aerodynamically unstable. And as you're taking off so fast, you're hitting a hi speed at low altitude and the drag is throwing your craft over

Thanks for the info. I know nothing about rocketry and aerodynamics but I know something now.

 

[SupremeDorian]

Thanks for the info. I know nothing about rocketry and aerodynamics but I know something now.

I recommend you read this thread when you have the time.

 

[Horus Lupercal]

and this one by Hugo Stiglitz

https://jmnet.one/sfs/forum/index.php?threads/aerodynamics-in-sfs.2115/

 

[GuHP20]

No... we have something worse...Legman

Kracken? Lol is isn’t KSP mate

 

[Jez 10]

You never know Danny, you never know........

You remember what happened to your cargo ship in your Lunar Development thread? The Kracken distracted you!

You didn't know... You didn't know...
My shuttle once shaked liked crazy... (not earthquake)