JimWesterfield

One of the things I am trying to figure out is how to do flight test. Right now when I design a manned (or is that Kerballed) mission, it is a matter of holding my breath to see if they make it. If anyone has figured out how to send empty units up until they are "Kerbal" rated I would appreciate the ideas.

I am interested in building each of the rockets in the US space program starting with the V2. The tech specs I am basing them on is attached. So the question is one of scale. Has anyone crunched the math to figure out how this scales for Kerbin? Specifications Weight 12,500 kg (28,000 lb) Length 14 m (45 ft 11 in) Diameter 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Warhead 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) Amatol Wingspan 3.56 m (11 ft 8 in) Propellant 3,810 kg (8,400 lb) of 75% ethanol and 25% water + 4,910 kg (10,800 lb) of liquid oxygen Operational range 320 km (200 mi) Flight altitude 88 km (55 mi) maximum altitude on long range trajectory, 206 km (128 mi) maximum altitude if launched vertically. Speed maximum: 1,600 m/s (5,200 ft/s) 5,760 km/h (3,580 mph) at impact: 800 m/s (2,600 ft/s) 2,880 km/h (1,790 mph) Guidance system Gyroscopes to determine direction Müller-type pendulous gyroscopic accelerometer for engine cutoff on most production rockets (10% of the Mittelwerk rockets used a guide beam for cutoff.)[2]:225 Launch platform Mobile (Meillerwagen)