My Ares 1 type rocket

[Falcon231]

 

[SFSAbhishek]

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Nice one,
But Ares has thin first stage than the second stage. You just added a fairing to it.

 

[Falcon231]

Nice one,
But Ares has thin first stage than the second stage. You just added a fairing to it.

wait so the 2nd stage has to be bigger?

 

[SFSAbhishek]

wait so the 2nd stage has to be bigger?

Yep,
Here as you can see all the Ares I prototypes are having the same basic structure, thin 1st stage and bigger wider second one.

 

[Falcon231]

Yep,
Here as you can see all the Ares I prototypes are having the same basic structure, thin 1st stage and bigger wider second one. View attachment 38127

Wouldn’t that make it a bit top heavy?

 

[SFSAbhishek]

Wouldn’t that make it a bit top heavy?

Yes it will , but then that's the design.

 

[Falcon231]

Yes it will , but then that's the design.

well what’s the point of building a rocket that’s gonna do front flips in the sky

 

[SFSAbhishek]

well what’s the point of building a rocket that’s gonna do front flips in the sky

Let me try one

 

[Space pilot]

Nice I should also build

 

[Horus Lupercal]

well what’s the point of building a rocket that’s gonna do front flips in the sky

I dunno, ask the fully qualified expert actual rocket engineers that built it.

 

[Blazer Ayanami]

well what’s the point of building a rocket that’s gonna do front flips in the sky

It was built by people that know 1000 times more than you about rocket engineering, that can guarantee it won't flip off.

 

[Altaïr]

Wouldn’t that make it a bit top heavy?

It will probably make it too heavy in SFS yes.
In real life, the second stage is propelled by liquid hydrogen and oxygen, but liquid hydrogen is so little dense that even a large quantity of it is not that heavy. On the contrary, the booster that runs on solid fuel is way much heavier despite his size.

If you want to make it both realistic and able to fly, a solution is to partially empty the fuel of the second stage to alleviate it.

 

[Pink]

Wouldn’t that make it a bit top heavy?

Top heavy rockets are more stable, actually.
Ares 1 had many problems like being bendy and the fact that an abort would have the astronauts floating their capsule parachutes through the engine fire, but being top heavy isn't a problem.

 

[SFSAbhishek]

This is my Ares I.

It has a docking port at the top.
The Launch escape system is connected to the fairing so release it only after orbiting.

 

[Falcon231]

Thank you all for your replies, it’s nice seeing everyone’s opinions about this strange but cool rocket.