Mooncrasher's things (or: buggy adventures in Beta)

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This is where I'll post my stuff, most of which is in the oh ever-so buggy betas.

First up is my Energia 2.0. It's been stuck at 99% done for a while.


Detaching the boosters is a case of "make quicksave and pray".

 

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Impossible_rockets
Here's a bp.
If you're launching without payload, turn off the sideways engine that is sticking out of the nose.

 

[Impossible_rockets]

Impossible_rockets
Here's a bp.
If you're launching without payload, turn off the sideways engine that is sticking out of the nose.

thank you soo much

 

[MartianMan]

This is where I'll post my stuff, most of which is in the oh ever-so buggy betas.

First up is my Energia 2.0. It's been stuck at 99% done for a while.
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Detaching the boosters is a case of "make quicksave and pray".
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how did you make the boosters detach?

 

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They're fairings, and all the non-fairing stuff in them is not over anything else.

 

[Pink]

Necro!
Working on another reusable rocket, as I try to get back into SFS.
Don't let the size fool you, it's like a feather. 245 tonnes, vanilla no-clip.
I'm hoping to give it a reusable booster and carry 50-100t of payload.
Criticism very appreciated, I'm sure there's a lot of things that could be better.

 

[Cresign]

Necro!
Working on another reusable rocket, as I try to get back into SFS.
Don't let the size fool you, it's like a feather. 245 tonnes, vanilla no-clip.
I'm hoping to give it a reusable booster and carry 50-100t of payload.
Criticism very appreciated, I'm sure there's a lot of things that could be better.
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Nice shittle! Last thing i expected from you is to actually play the game...

I would say the nose could be better, but thats probably just me prefering box noses lol

 

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Noses are the worst for sure, especially without editing or clipping.

First operational test with a quick booster and 90t payload ended up cutting it a bit close!
Dropped off the booster at 20% to try mimic reuse conditions.
Not too shabby, 10% payload ratio with self-imposed reuse margins.

 

[SHΔRD Aerospace]

I highly suggest making the Energia 5V rocket

 

[Pink]

Oh, I don't have any appetite for replicas now.

Here's a rover thingy with some gizmos on it. No-clip.
Thoughts?

Additionally a sneak peek at a launcher I'll use for making a station in IRIS...

 

[Phoenix Aerospace]

Oh, I don't have any appetite for replicas now.

Here's a rover thingy with some gizmos on it. No-clip.
Thoughts?
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Additionally a sneak peek at a launcher I'll use for making a station in IRIS...
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ooooo

 

[Cresign]

Oh, I don't have any appetite for replicas now.

Here's a rover thingy with some gizmos on it. No-clip.
Thoughts?
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Additionally a sneak peek at a launcher I'll use for making a station in IRIS...
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Very cool little rover, btw i think instead of IRIS you could try the new hard mode, maybe on challenge mode too if you dont plan to do 0g assembly or go beyond the build screen

 

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Perchance.
Might be a better option on mobile, ye.

Here's a minimum mass return mission to the moon I was trying on hard, with a capsule. Gonna try optimise it more!
(Top tank is half full, most likely a mistake, efficiency wise)

 

[Marmilo]

I recommend you use side fuselages for aerodynamics and make as much use of asparagus staging as you can

Perchance.
Might be a better option on mobile, ye.

Here's a minimum mass return mission to the moon I was trying on hard, with a capsule. Gonna try optimise it more!
(Top tank is half full, most likely a mistake, efficiency wise)

Oh, and don't use separators, use fairings for that, they're like 5x lighter

 

[Pink]

I've gotten it down to 107t with tips like that.
How low am I aiming for?

 

[Marmilo]

I've gotten it down to 107t with tips like that.
How low am I aiming for?

Aim for under 60

 

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Aim for under 60

In hard mode?

Edit: I calculate 5900 m/s of dV with this 107t rocket, gravity and aero losses aside.
Capsule payload is effectively 4.9t.

 

[Marmilo]

In hard mode?

Edit: I calculate 5900 m/s of dV with this 107t rocket, gravity and aero losses aside.
Capsule payload is effectively 4.9t.

Ohh it's hard mode?

 

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Lol, yes this rocket iterating is in hard mode.
What's a good minimum number with a capsule, I wonder...

 

[Marmilo]

What does the rocket look like now? And are you following astria's minimum mass ruleset or some other one

 

[Pink]

What does the rocket look like now?

Ugly. Gonna keep playing with the design for a while to try reach at least 105t before I show it, I was just wondering if you knew about an existing record with a capsule on hard mode.

And are you following astria's minimum mass ruleset or some other one

Enlighten me?
For my part it's just no DLC, no clip, no damage, no exploits, very simple terms.

Here's a Mars lander I made today. Opinions?

 

[Marmilo]

Enlighten me?
For my part it's just no DLC, no clip, no damage, no exploits, very simple terms

It's pinned in #vanilla original

Here's a Mars lander I made today. Opinions?

I Like it

 

[MeditatorLogic]

VERY HOT!

 

[Pink]

Modified it some more, mostly the legs and ascent stage, based upon feedback.

Reminder that it's a Mars lander for hard mode. Almost 3000 m/s of dV! A re-engined version made it to LEO from the launchpad on normal mode.


Speaking of normal mode, there's a single stage (and implicitly reusable) version of the lander for normal mode mars landing.
10% left after starting with a partially empty (≈83%) tank, doing a loooong re-entry burn, and boosting back to orbit after landing.

 

[Astatium_209]

Modified it some more, mostly the legs and ascent stage, based upon feedback.
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Reminder that it's a Mars lander for hard mode. Almost 3000 m/s of dV! A re-engined version made it to LEO from the launchpad on normal mode.

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Speaking of normal mode, there's a single stage (and implicitly reusable) version of the lander for normal mode mars landing.
10% left after starting with a partially empty (≈83%) tank, doing a loooong re-entry burn, and boosting back to orbit after landing.

Looks very good!