Project الف

[TtTOtW]

Sending 1000 tons into LEO:

That tower to the left fills a full build grid.

Save my ears! Or my speakers...

Neeeearly there...

... did it!

 

[Danny Batten]

Sending 1000 tons into LEO:
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That tower to the left fills a full build grid.
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Save my ears! Or my speakers...
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Neeeearly there...
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... did it!
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Damn! And I thought 300t was a lot!

 

[TtTOtW]

The actual payload is 502.5t. But I could have just skipped the last stage, shrunk the previous stage and increased the payload to a kiloton.

 

[BANDWITH]

Oh wow

 

[BANDWITH]

Does it cause crippiling amounts of lag?

 

[TtTOtW]

None whatsoever

 

[BANDWITH]

*thinking of what TtTOtW's phone must look like*
*now thinking about getting back on topic*

 

[Altaïr]

Wow, amazing! Did your phone survive the vibrations?

 

[TtTOtW]

It did, but I was shaken up a bit

 

[Bananas]

Damn, what phone do you use, it must be pretty good!

 

[TtTOtW]

The humble Samsung J1 Mini Prime.

 

[BANDWITH]

My computer starts to sound like a truck when I make something that's the size of the build area...

 

[Bananas]

Wow..

 

[SuperSpyN]

That’s awesome! Although it’s not exactly “little”

 

[TtTOtW]

That’s awesome! Although it’s not exactly “little”

 

[TtTOtW]

I have decided to name this Project Alfi. Alfi (الف) is Arabic for 1000

 

[TtTOtW]

A preview into phase two of the project:

 

[BANDWITH]

Yet more wowing.
I think some of my brain cells leaked out of my ears trying to figure out what all that stuff does.
It's probably really simple as to what it makes though.

 

[Horus Lupercal]

79 and a half million newtons of thrust, 3 full grids across and 2 up.
Small build haha.

Looks like some sort of IKEA landing rig in a side by side fairing configuration complete with detachable no-g sandbox build equipment on the bottom, aerodynamic nose section, parachute pylons, landing leg sections, fuel, power and ion set up for self powered movement and a builder drone to assemble in orbit.

Oooh the planning that's gone into this design.

 

[BANDWITH]

79 and a half million newtons of thrust, 3 full grids across and 2 up.
Small build haha.

Looks like some sort of IKEA landing rig in a side by side fairing configuration complete with detachable no-g sandbox build equipment on the bottom, aerodynamic nose section, parachute pylons, landing leg sections, fuel, power and ion set up for self powered movement and a builder drone to assemble in orbit.

Oooh the planning that's gone into this design.

Thanks.

 

[TtTOtW]

Yup it drove me nuts halfway through construction...

 

[TtTOtW]

... The launch to orbit follows

 

[TtTOtW]

 

[Danny Batten]

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Well that drone looks like a low g moon hoper... is this one huge moon base? Or mars base..

 

[Horus Lupercal]

Well that drone looks like a low g moon hoper... is this one huge moon base? Or mars base..

It'll be somewhere with an atmosphere, there's waaay too many parachutes by themselves in useful places after all that assembly for it to be just for aesthetics. Mars or Venus. I'm thinking Mars cos he's brought engines to land it with.