Under used parts

[Aegolius13]

The Spider.  I haven't seen it much around here, and used to avoid it myself.  But I recently found out that a Reliant + two Spiders is a great launch solution for payloads that are a little too big for a Swivel, but not big enough for a Skipper or a radial booster setup.  It's cheaper and lighter than using fins, and gives you enough control authority if you do your gravity turn gently.  

[Spricigo]

9 hours ago, Aegolius13 said:

The Spider.  I haven't seen it much around here, and used to avoid it myself.  But I recently found out that a Reliant + two Spiders is a great launch solution for payloads that are a little too big for a Swivel, but not big enough for a Skipper or a radial booster setup.  It's cheaper and lighter than using fins, and gives you enough control authority if you do your gravity turn gently.  

Oh well! Control authority of Lifting Rockets is overrated, make it aerodynamic stable, give the correct tilt in the launchpad and it will fly itself to space without any control input (granted that the correct tilt is tricky to get, ± 0,1º and you are not going to space today.)

Many setups, and as result many parts, are under used because of this.

 

Edited November 20, 2017 by Spricigo