Stock Flying interplanetary Artillery

[xendelaar]

[Story time]

I tried to make a stock artillery that could hit the island airfield near the space center... I "kinda" went overboard on this and accidentally made it powerful enough to hit Moho when aimed/alligned properly hehe. In this video, I'm shooting for the Mun, which was pretty challenging as well.

[Some numbers]
The cannon weighs approximately 170 tonnes
Thrust source: 33 vector engines
Part count: 93
The maximum velocity of the projectile is 5100 m/s
Time for projectile to reach its target: approximately 60 minutes

 

Here is a 24 second clip of the launch.

[CREDITS]

*Music*
New Digital War by Groove Bakery
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Explosion: Star wars: A new hope

Edited June 11, 2020 by xendelaar

[Vanamonde]

You were aiming for the island airfield and hit Moho? 

[KerballingSmasher]

On 6/11/2020 at 12:40 PM, Vanamonde said:

You were aiming for the island airfield and hit Moho? 

I think he was aiming just a tad too high XD

[xendelaar]

On 6/12/2020 at 12:40 AM, Vanamonde said:

You were aiming for the island airfield and hit Moho? 

haha, something like that. I was playing around with engine stacks and found out how easy it was to shoot something fast.  so i figured I could shoot for the mun instead. 

Off course I then  hit a wall... a wall named drag.. it seems that drag is a big issue when you launch an aerodynamic projectile at >5200 m/s at sea level. By turning the artilly into a helicopter I could avoid the soup-o-sphere and shoot much further. 

Thanks for the comments @Vanamonde and @Kerballing (Got Dunked On).

Maybe I will try to hit Duna on a next mission... I don't know.. I think it would be better to do this in orbit though.. 

[KerballingSmasher]

13 hours ago, xendelaar said:

I think it would be better to do this in orbit though.. 

... alt-F12 into orbit and fling that payload into interstellar space XD