Launching from saturn

[Horus Lupercal]

Did he say....GAS?Oh no....I´m going da flying car again...

Another 'insightful' post.

 

[UN Cosmo Navy]

Another 'insightful' post.

I know right...

 

[The epic chicken]

Did he say....GAS?Oh no....I´m going da flying car again...

we say thrust here

 

[Horus Lupercal]

I know right...

And this is why I couldn't be a moderator here.

we say thrust here

We do. But not in the context I was talking about that he was quoting. But research is hard man.

 

[Altaïr]

Did he say....GAS?Oh no....I´m going da flying car again...

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My last attempt:


The TWR has been calculated to take into account the unexpectedly strong gravity experienced here.
First stage separation:


Then second stage:


Third stage:


And finally the last stage:


I... need a bigger launcher

 

[Horus Lupercal]

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My last attempt:
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The TWR has been calculated to take into account the unexpectedly strong gravity experienced here.
First stage separation:
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Then second stage:
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Third stage:
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And finally the last stage:
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I... need a bigger launcher

How much ΔV does that one have?

 

[UN Cosmo Navy]

we say thrust here

.....

Please refrain from posting such content that doesn't contribute to the discussion. Repeated posts as this one may be considered as shitpost.

My last attempt:
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The TWR has been calculated to take into account the unexpectedly strong gravity experienced here.
First stage separation:
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Then second stage:
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Third stage:
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And finally the last stage:
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I... need a bigger launcher

You really need to make a bigger(I am serious now) get a bigger one

 

[Altaïr]

How much ΔV does that one have?

I haven't calculated, but obviously too few...
I didn't think it would make it to orbit though, I just wanted to see how the launcher would react in the atmosphere.

 

[The epic chicken]

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My last attempt:
View attachment 60603

The TWR has been calculated to take into account the unexpectedly strong gravity experienced here.
First stage separation:
View attachment 60604 View attachment 60605

Then second stage:
View attachment 60606

Third stage:
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And finally the last stage:
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I... need a bigger launcher

use the bigger sssls

 

[Horus Lupercal]

use the bigger sssls

He did. But reading posts is hard man.

 

[UN Cosmo Navy]

use the bigger sssls

He should make the spammylammy rocket

 

[Altaïr]

use the bigger sssls

I did: Launching from saturn

 

[Macer SFS]

Didnt get too far into changing the Saturn stats... lol

 

[Altaïr]

Didnt get too far into changing the Saturn stats... lol

The gravity particularly hurts, the rest is ok

Even the high pressuse is not such a problem, the launchers we would use are so massive that they are surpringsingly little affected by drag in the end.

I tried setting the gravity to 10.5 to test the challenge I expected, finally it's doable.

Under this gravity, the strongly steroidized SSSLS (should I call it the SSSSSLS?) shines again:


Now the SSSSSLS has depleted all its fuel, time to use the rocket I launched with it:


Finally, it's completely overkill.

Now with the gravity you set, it's another story, I'll need to make a replica of the Spartan I used to escape Jupiter.

 

[JSP]

The gravity particularly hurts, the rest is ok

Even the high pressuse is not such a problem, the launchers we would use are so massive that they are surpringsingly little affected by drag in the end.

I tried setting the gravity to 10.5 to test the challenge I expected, finally it's doable.

Under this gravity, the strongly steroidized SSSLS (should I call it the SSSSSLS?) shines again:
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Now the SSSSSLS has depleted all its fuel, time to use the rocket I launched with it:
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Finally, it's completely overkill.

Now with the gravity you set, it's another story, I'll need to make a replica of the Spartan I used to escape Jupiter.

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

The gravity particularly hurts, the rest is ok

Even the high pressuse is not such a problem, the launchers we would use are so massive that they are surpringsingly little affected by drag in the end.

I tried setting the gravity to 10.5 to test the challenge I expected, finally it's doable.

Under this gravity, the strongly steroidized SSSLS (should I call it the SSSSSLS?) shines again:
View attachment 60642 View attachment 60641 View attachment 60640 View attachment 60645 View attachment 60644 View attachment 60643

Now the SSSSSLS has depleted all its fuel, time to use the rocket I launched with it:
View attachment 60648 View attachment 60649 View attachment 60646 View attachment 60647

Finally, it's completely overkill.

Now with the gravity you set, it's another story, I'll need to make a replica of the Spartan I used to escape Jupiter.

Of course, the Space Stig, manipulator of gravity and time, tells the planet what gravity it should have, so his launcher can shine.

 

[Altaïr]

Of course, the Space Stig, manipulator of gravity and time, tells the planet what gravity it should have, so his launcher can shine.

Not even, I just asked Wikipedia this time
But I'll retry with the original gravity, promised.

 

[Horus Lupercal]

I just asked told Wikipedia

Fixed it for you...

 

[Macer SFS]

The gravity particularly hurts, the rest is ok

Even the high pressuse is not such a problem, the launchers we would use are so massive that they are surpringsingly little affected by drag in the end.

I tried setting the gravity to 10.5 to test the challenge I expected, finally it's doable.

Under this gravity, the strongly steroidized SSSLS (should I call it the SSSSSLS?) shines again:
View attachment 60642 View attachment 60641 View attachment 60640 View attachment 60645 View attachment 60644 View attachment 60643

Now the SSSSSLS has depleted all its fuel, time to use the rocket I launched with it:
View attachment 60648 View attachment 60649 View attachment 60646 View attachment 60647

Finally, it's completely overkill.

Now with the gravity you set, it's another story, I'll need to make a replica of the Spartan I used to escape Jupiter.

gg

 

[Altaïr]

gg

Thanks
But I'm afraid I'll have to resurrect the Spartan to escape it with the gravity you setted.

 

[JSP]

Thanks
But I'm afraid I'll have to resurrect the Spartan to escape it with the gravity you setted.

Dew it

 

[Altaïr]

Ok, I retried with the Jupiter gravity. But I thought to myself, if I'm doing this, I should be able to make it leave Jupiter, the difference is not that much after all.

So I designed a BIG LAUNCHER:

No, I mean a really big launcher...
MOAR ENGINES!!!

I said MOAAAR ENGINES!!!

Better.

The first 3 stages have been designed as a whole thing. Because there's no chance I can light on so many engines quickly enough in flight when staging, all the 3 stages are lighted on pad. The first stage is simply dumped when it's empty, then the second and third stages are light enough to continue. The second stage runs out of fuel later, and when it's dumped, the third one continues alone. Then I can perform staging operations normally.

Overall, those are 758 engines firing at start, to lift a launcher that's slightly below 100 ktons.

Of course I was impatient to try that beast. Problem, turning on all engines... crashes the game

Didn't expect that issue...

At least I could give it a try by separating the first stage, and lighting the rest ("only" 278 engines):

Of course, without the first stage the rest of the launcher is too heavy at first, I have to wait for a while for the launcher to start lifting off:


Finally, here we go! I designed the rest of the launcher to have a good margin at each stage of the flight, but I wasn't expecting such a situation...

However the flight happens well until now:


Problem, I was expecting to be at least at 3000 m/s when that stage runs out of fuel. This is far from being the case!

But the rest of the flight happens surprisingly well finally:


Now we are using the latest stages. They were designed with less TWR as they were supposed to experience less gravity in the end of the flight. I've had to transfer some fuel from the last stage because that one would have really been too heavy otherwise.


And finally I'm short by a few 500 m/s!

Hopefully, the payload itself has some propulsion capabilities. I expected to send it full to orbit, but it will have to finish the job by itself. I'm playing my last card now!


Finally, orbit!

Mission accomplished! Even if in an unexpected way

 

[Horus Lupercal]

Overall, those are 758 engines firing at start, to lift a launcher that's slightly below 100 ktons.

Of course I was impatient to try that beast. Problem, turning on all engines... crashes the game

Also, stick some black fins on that and it looks more like a Saturn V than most peoples Saturn V....

 

[Altaïr]

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Also, stick some black fins on that and it looks more like a Saturn V than most peoples Saturn V....

First time indeed

That could make a beautiful Saturn V indeed. Even if the fins are useless, because the launcher is so massive that it's practically immune to drag.

By the way, you didn't have that issue with the Komodo? My launcher is still lighter, but because it's designed for Jupiter's gravity we should have a similar number of engines...

 

[James Brown]

Ok, I retried with the Jupiter gravity. But I thought to myself, if I'm doing this, I should be able to make it leave Jupiter, the difference is not that much after all.

So I designed a BIG LAUNCHER:
View attachment 60951

No, I mean a really big launcher...
MOAR ENGINES!!!
View attachment 60952

I said MOAAAR ENGINES!!!

View attachment 60953

Better.

The first 3 stages have been designed as a whole thing. Because there's no chance I can light on so many engines quickly enough in flight when staging, all the 3 stages are lighted on pad. The first stage is simply dumped when it's empty, then the second and third stages are light enough to continue. The second stage runs out of fuel later, and when it's dumped, the third one continues alone. Then I can perform staging operations normally.

Overall, those are 758 engines firing at start, to lift a launcher that's slightly below 100 ktons.

Of course I was impatient to try that beast. Problem, turning on all engines... crashes the game

Didn't expect that issue...

At least I could give it a try by separating the first stage, and lighting the rest ("only" 278 engines):
View attachment 60954
Of course, without the first stage the rest of the launcher is too heavy at first, I have to wait for a while for the launcher to start lifting off:
View attachment 60955

Finally, here we go! I designed the rest of the launcher to have a good margin at each stage of the flight, but I wasn't expecting such a situation...

However the flight happens well until now:
View attachment 60958 View attachment 60956 View attachment 60957

Problem, I was expecting to be at least at 3000 m/s when that stage runs out of fuel. This is far from being the case!

But the rest of the flight happens surprisingly well finally:
View attachment 60959 View attachment 60960 View attachment 60961

Now we are using the latest stages. They were designed with less TWR as they were supposed to experience less gravity in the end of the flight. I've had to transfer some fuel from the last stage because that one would have really been too heavy otherwise.
View attachment 60964 View attachment 60962 View attachment 60963

And finally I'm short by a few 500 m/s!

Hopefully, the payload itself has some propulsion capabilities. I expected to send it full to orbit, but it will have to finish the job by itself. I'm playing my last card now!

View attachment 60965 View attachment 60966
Finally, orbit!

Mission accomplished! Even if in an unexpected way

Whoa...... this will make the game lag easily......