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Creating a realistic looking R-7 used to take a lot of parts. Invariably, creators would clad their rocket with structural fuselages or fuel tanks in order to get the correct shape (especially on the tapered boosters). With the introduction of 1.0 and stock fairings, this issue can be tackled much more simply and with far less parts.

Introducing the SPIRIT OF SEMYORKA; not quite a replica of the Soyuz-FG but built to resemble it closely, both in looks and functionality. Includes mini-Soyuz spacecraft.

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SPECIFICATIONS

As reported by MechJeb (MechJeb not included):

Total Delta-V: 6469m/s

Launch mass: 112t

Dry mass: 39t

Part count: 182

Delta-V and mass values may be inaccurate, but probably not by much.

CONTROLS

[4] Soyuz Antenna

[5] Soyuz Solar Panels

[9] Soyuz Instrumentation module doors

[0] Discard Launch Escape System and payload fairing

[ABORT] Separate the Soyuz Orbital Module and Descent Module from the launcher

ASCENT PARAMETERS

Ascend how you feel is best. After ditching the boosters and the core stage in their turn, press [0] once atmospheric drag is negligible to discard the payload fairing and launch escape system.

DESCENT PARAMETERS

Execute the de-orbit burn, then stage to separate the Soyuz Orbital module. Stage again to separate the Instrumentation module. After re-entry heating has mostly dissipated, stage to deploy the parachutes and stage again to discard the heat shield. Finally, moments before landing, stage one final time to fire the braking thruster (though its pretty useless and totally not needed).

NOTES

I decided to use a small version of the Soyuz spacecraft; in the real world I believe it is roughly the same diameter as the launcher core stage. The launcher is quite capable of lifting a 2.5m size Soyuz to 100k/m orbit (built, tried and tested), but I prefer the more compact Soyuz as it scales well compared to larger parts that you might use to build space stations (such as Salyut).

I hope you enjoy the craft - my hope is that it inspires people to use fairings and parts in new and interesting ways. Perhaps Squad may one day introduce a specialised version of fairings more suited to spacecraft shaping and cladding.

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  • 6 months later...

Looks sweet, but some issues I'm running into. Partway through the 1st stage burn an FL-T200 fuel tank explodes due to overheating, causing loss of 1st and 2nd stages. I'm able to abort to ocean in most cases using 3rd stage, or barring that, activate the escape tower.

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