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  1. 12 minutes ago, Akagi said:

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    This is what the above image is supposed to be:

    Page 45 on Twitter: "Page 45 Wednesday Reviews: https://t.co/WQW7rfROhZ  Headlined by Alex Alice's all-ages CASTLE IN THE STARS from @01FirstSecond  #steampunk https://t.co/usnbpZ9JE4" / Twitter

    It's the aethership Schwanstern from the Castle in the Stars series, in KSP!

    This is killing my brain cells...

    How are you going to get it to be aerodynamically sound with those wings?

  2. 4 hours ago, DeadJohn said:

    LES: I generally dislike using LES because it's prone to wiggling during KSP flight. Even for Apollo I do one flight with the tower, then justify that Apollo is proven tech and doesn't need LES.

    I have 2 "adapters":

    • The tapered tank part of the lander is an Inon TG-700 tank
    • The entire lander sits inside a SivB BLAM fairing for aerodynamics. (I wonder if the aero gains, if any due, exceed the extra fuel needed to lift the 0.8t fairing. The rocket flies well so I haven't min-maxed it.)

    To summarize the lander assembly, the main parts from top down are:

    1. Leo Vinci capsule
    2. Leo Giotto
    3. Leo Zhengming
    4. Heatshield + Leo EOMAS Gus thrusters hidden beneath Decoupler
    5. Inon TG-700 Adapter tank
    6. Inon TG-1200 tank
    7. Engine

    Thanks, Also do you use autostrut? that usually fixes joint spaghetti and stuff like that

  3. Thanks

    6 hours ago, DeadJohn said:

    Customized Saturn IB. Picture below to show tanks and engines, with fairing ejected to make the lander visible.

    • 1st stage "16K" tank uses the longest stretched variant to get extra fuel, and 5 Cordele engines borrowed from BDB Titan to get a good combination of DV and TWR.
    • 2nd stage SIVB tank is unstretched. Mount has 2 engines for better TWR for circularization and lunar transfer.

    Reminder: this is with the Skyhawk Science System tech tree and 2.5x KSRSS. I've already unlocked many engine upgrades.

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    Thanks! Btw no les? Also what is that adapter part? on the lander?

  4. On 6/16/2022 at 6:59 PM, DeadJohn said:

    I asked a similar question 2 weeks ago. My quoted question and the answer is at the link below.

    My use differs. It makes an awesome 4-crew direct ascent 2.5x KSRSS Moon lander, able to do more biome hopping than the Apollo LEM, and needs a much smaller lifter than a full Saturn V. Screenshot below.

    (In contract mode, Apollo with full science instruments costs me 480k credits to put 2 crew on the Moon. Leo Direct Ascent only costs 134k, has more DV, puts 4 on Moon, and skips 2 docking operations.https://imgur.com/vYnEVK)

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    Wow! That looks nice as a Gemini Lander, What launch Vehicle Did you use for this?

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