My reusable Falcon 9!

[SupremeDorian]

@TtTOtW @Altaïr @GuHP20

So, remember that Falcon 9 I made? Well, now it's reusable! The Soviets wanted me to send in their Sputnik Ultra payloads (don't tell them I said this, but they're pretty much exactly the same as the Sputnik-1)
Anyway, like I said, this one is reusable. And not reusable as in it can just land back on the launchpad, no, it can land back on the launchpad, refuel, and have another second stage put onto it.

The Journey

1: The Launchpad


2: Sputnik Ultra orbit


3: First Stage landed


4: Second Stage attached (With no gravity because I don't know how to make a way to attach the second stage without cheats)


5: First stage refueled to 88%. Due to this only going up to 88%, this second launch is expendable, but it was impressive enough already, I think.


6: Totally intentional refueling tower flip


7: Second Takeoff


8: Sputnik Ultra-2 Orbit


9: What's this? The Falcon 9 First stage can STILL be recovered? "'Tis but a fleshwound" - The Black Knight.


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Let me know what you all think!

 

[GuHP20]

I think you should make the first stage a bit taller,but nice mission!

 

[Altaïr]

Wow, you truly masterize the return on the launchpad now! I'm the one that should ask for advice when I'll want to try this now

 

[SupremeDorian]

Wow, you truly masterize the return on the launchpad now! I'm the one that should ask for advice when I'll want to try this now

Haha, thanks. Although, if you were to need my help I'm not sure how much help i could be since I am a TERRIBLE teacher.

 

[SupremeDorian]

I think you should make the first stage a bit taller,but nice mission!

I'm not sure how much I can increase the height without said height increases becoming redundant and then just making the max payload size smaller with no improvements to the rocket itself.

 

[SupremeDorian]

So I just remembered that the refueling tower can fully refuel the first stage, I just forgot that the tower's fuel tanks were split by the batteries so there was still fuel on the top part of the tower... Oh well.

 

[Earlmilly1]

*lands on bloody stumps* Tis but a flesh wound.

 

[SupremeDorian]

*lands on bloody stumps* Tis but a flesh wound.

Haha! Someone got the reference!

 

[Altaïr]

Haha! Someone got the reference!

I got it too
Did the failed landing happen when coming back from... AAAAAARGH?

 

[SupremeDorian]

I got it too
Did the failed landing happen when coming back from... AAAAAARGH?

I think the real reason it didn't land was not because it didn't have enough fuel, but because there was a Holy Hand Grenade at the landing site..

 

[Lt. Snakestrike]

No, the killer Rabbit just jumped up 30k to eat part of your rocket.

 

[PhantomGamingYT]

@TtTOtW @Altaïr @GuHP20

So, remember that Falcon 9 I made? Well, now it's reusable! The Soviets wanted me to send in their Sputnik Ultra payloads (don't tell them I said this, but they're pretty much exactly the same as the Sputnik-1)
Anyway, like I said, this one is reusable. And not reusable as in it can just land back on the launchpad, no, it can land back on the launchpad, refuel, and have another second stage put onto it.

The Journey

1: The Launchpad
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2: Sputnik Ultra orbit
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3: First Stage landed
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4: Second Stage attached (With no gravity because I don't know how to make a way to attach the second stage without cheats)
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5: First stage refueled to 88%. Due to this only going up to 88%, this second launch is expendable, but it was impressive enough already, I think.
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6: Totally intentional refueling tower flip
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7: Second Takeoff
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8: Sputnik Ultra-2 Orbit
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9: What's this? The Falcon 9 First stage can STILL be recovered? "'Tis but a fleshwound" - The Black Knight.
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Let me know what you all think!

Im gonna go tell Stalin right now.

 

[Earlmilly1]

Im gonna go tell Stalin right now.

Bruh we are talking about monty python, not soviet union

 

[PhantomGamingYT]

Bruh we are talking about monty python, not soviet union

He said Soviets, so there is soviets involved, execuse me i'ma go snitch to Stalin.

 

[Earlmilly1]

the killler bunny will killl stalin.

 

[PhantomGamingYT]

the killler bunny will killl stalin.

The red army will kill the killer bunny.

 

[Earlmilly1]

look up killer bunny on YT.
Also, I need to go do algebra HW.

 

[SupremeDorian]

The red army will kill the killer bunny.

The Red Army is no match for the Killer Rabbit.

 

[Altaïr]

The Red Army is no match for the Killer Rabbit.

True, only the Holy grenade beats the killer rabbit... Unless you count five instead of three

 

[TtTOtW]

Dorian, very awesomely well done!

 

[SupremeDorian]

Dorian, very awesomely well done!

Thank you!

 

[Gecko Gekkota]

I thought that it was Monty Python

 

[SupremeDorian]

@8bitCosmonaut This is a fairly old post, but what do you think of this reusability test? Before you say it, yes, i know it doesn't really look like a Falcon 9 but I did what I could. Anyway, I would like your opinion on this. Any feedback would be appreciated.

 

[8BitCosmonaut]

@8bitCosmonaut This is a fairly old post, but what do you think of this reusability test? Before you say it, yes, i know it doesn't really look like a Falcon 9 but I did what I could. Anyway, I would like your opinion on this. Any feedback would be appreciated.

Use 3 engines rather than just 2, usually your rocket with 10% of her fuel is more than light enough for just 1 RB-48 to land the stage. Use landing legs as grid fins rather than that mass of structure parts. Cut down your side docking ports from 2 to 1 to save on mass.

 

[SupremeDorian]

Use 3 engines rather than just 2, usually your rocket with 10% of her fuel is more than light enough for just 1 RB-48 to land the stage. Use landing legs as grid fins rather than that mass of structure parts. Cut down your side docking ports from 2 to 1 to save on mass.

It already uses 3 engines but the middle one is a frontier engine. If you mean 3 Titan engines then I'll see what I can do.