Jool V

[tg626]

 

https://kerbalx.com/TG626/JOOL-V-NG

• AG1 - Jettison Escape Tower
• AG0 - Jettison Escape Tower and Deploy Chutes (Abort Stg2)
• Abort - Eject Pod and fire Escape Tower (Abort Stg1)

MechJeb ascent Settings:

• Orbit Altitude: 100km
• Orbit Inclination: °
• [X] Prevent Overheats
• [X] Limit Q to: 20000 pa
• [X] Limit Acceleration to 40 m/s
• [  ] Limit Throttle to 100 %
• [  ] Keep Limited Throttle over 5 %
• [  ] Electric limit to 5 % Hi 15 %
• [X] Force Roll climb 90° turn 180°
• [X] Limit AoA to 5°
  • Dynamic Pressure Fadeout 25000 pa
• [  ] Corrective Steering
• Stage Fairings when
  • dynamic pressure < 5 kPa
  • altitude > 50 km
• [X] Autodeploy Solar Panels  (Note: There are no Solar Panels, this is just the default)
• [X] Autowarp
• [  ] Skip Circularization

Ascent Path:

1. Turn Start Altitude = 2 km
2. Turn Start Velocity = 100 m/s
3. Turn End Altitude = 50 km
4. Final Flight Angle =  0°
5. Turn Shape = 70.0 %

Once you've reached 100km appoapsis you should have < 100 m/s to go to circularize.

IMPORTANT:  There are 2 places you must act manually when using MechJeb*.

1. After the fist stage is jettisoned, ONLY the center engine will be firing.  Wait until the sepratrons have burned out, then stage once to jettison the other 4 engine shrouds.  MechJeb should then fire those 4 engines automatically.

2. At 40km to 45km altitude, press 1 to jettison the LES.  If you fail to do so MechJeb will get "stuck" after 2nd stage burnout.  If that happens, you can also Stage again to jettison the LES and then get the 3rd stage going.  As long as you don't wait too long, you should be fine, then 3rd stage has plenty of fuel for it's parts of the flight.

* #2 must also be observed if flying manually.

 

Edited May 25, 2016 by tg626
Changed picture to show how it appears in stock game

[TedwinKnockman66]

Nice work!

[Majorjim!]

It looks super cool man!

 Why the Jool name though? Given it's size I was thinking it would be a Jool system mission.

[CobaltWolf]

4 hours ago, Majorjim said:

It looks super cool man!

 Why the Jool name though? Given it's size I was thinking it would be a Jool system mission.

A lot of the KSP community uses 'Jool' in place of 'Saturn', for naming their moon rockets. 

[Majorjim!]

Just now, CobaltWolf said:

A lot of the KSP community uses 'Jool' in place of 'Saturn', for naming their moon rockets. 

Ah ok, I never noticed..

[tg626]

Yeah, I briefly considered Sarnus V but Sarnus isn't stock so...

[max_42]

awesome

 

[Herman Kerbal]

great video! Also a nice choice for the landing site 

A question, what mod are you using for these docking port markings and the docking camera? 

[Herman Kerbal]

2 hours ago, Herman Kerbal said:

A question, what mod are you using for these docking port markings and the docking camera? 

I've found the mod, it is Kerbal Optical Alignment System from tg626, for those of you also looking for it.

 

Edited May 25, 2016 by Herman Kerbal

[tg626]

Docking Target and Camera

Docking sound effects

 

Edited May 25, 2016 by tg626

[awfulhumanbeing]

I always used stock 3,75m parts. This thing though looks cool.