Budget Cuts

[lars]

The Kerbistan legislature has recently informed you that they will be cutting your budget for the next fiscal year. This will mean that you can no longer keep the larger LV-T30 or LV-T45, leaving you with only the LV-909 as your sole liquid engine. However, they still expect you to get kerbals into orbit and keep other kerbals employed.

Using only the small LV-909 engines get a command capsule and SAS/ASAS module into orbit using the fewest number of engines, and safety return your kerbanauts. You may only use stock parts.

Right now my personal best is 5 engines (hope that doesn\'t give away too much)

[Kosmo-not]

3 engines gets you there and back just fine.

[lars]

I was able to do it with 4 but with the added weight of the SAS 3 is not enough.

[Lanfiex]

In the lastest effieny(spell?) moon challenge the winner was with 2.5 fuel tanks using the smallest engine. A really challenge would be to see how much mass you could get up to orbit on those engines.

[Kosmo-not]

In the lastest effieny(spell?) moon challenge the winner was with 2.5 fuel tanks using the smallest engine. A really challenge would be to see how much mass you could get up to orbit on those engines.

2.5 tanks? Do you have a link to it? The smallest one I know about is 3.5 tanks.

[rkman]

2.5 tanks? Do you have a link to it? The smallest one I know about is 3.5 tanks.

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=8196.msg123765#msg123765

[Kosmo-not]

That one doesn\'t come back from the Mun.

[lars]

I feel like everyone is missing the part where I said and an SAS/ASAS module

[Kosmo-not]

I feel like everyone is missing the part where I said and an SAS/ASAS module

Oh. I guess I skimmed over that part.

*edit*

I was able to strap an ASAS on the rocket I showed before, and was still able to get into orbit and back.

[lars]

I was able to strap an ASAS on the rocket I showed before, and was still able to get into orbit and back.

We have a winner.

[Kosmo-not]

Here\'s a picture of it. I had added another pair of fuel lines so I could keep the outer engines running for a few moments longer after the outer tanks were empty.

[Caesar15]

I am the first person with an avatar to post here

[Causeless]

I am the first person with an avatar to post here

Congratulations.

Next time... please add a little content.

I tried going to the moon with the little engines, but underestimated my delta-v greatly, and ended up in a very weird orbit...

[lars]

Here\'s a picture of it. I had added another pair of fuel lines so I could keep the outer engines running for a few moments longer after the outer tanks were empty.

huh. Never thought of that before. It is quite - interesting.

[Gruntzilla]

This ship is still three engines, but it\'s the most efficient.

It uses a powered decent method to land, this eliminated the heavy capsule decoupler.

[Caesar15]

No time to get to the mun with only small liquid engines!