Thanks for looking damonjay and thunderbird I use a mix of every mod pack and individual parts which suit the needs i am attempting to fill. I love the Silisko 2m faring much easier to work with than explosive bolts. However, their tanks are a little heavy and lacking in fuel quantity so you will see many of the challenger pack tanks and motors. I like my rockets to be benign on the outside with all the parts well concealed behind adapters, de-couplers, and/or faring shrouds. Thank you for noticing the design I take a little pride in your assessment. I am trying to get my \'art\' to imitate life. Stuts are a must! I remember when I had no idea how to use them. Now I am assessing the benefits of balsa over carbon connector. However I still am having trouble with one aspect...can you attach them to the stack under the faring? The payload sometimes comes crashing out of its faring especially on the pad or right after liftoff. Speaking of trying to attach a rocket to a length of Rope...I have recently had the idea for a 'Puller Rocket' where the payload is under the boost stages and thus you can benefit from the tensile strength of the parts and not their stiffness or compressible strength. A little research on Robert Goddard (father of modern rocketry) will show his first liquid fueled rockets had this same layout with the motor in-front of the tanks. It was reportedly very unstable, the heavy tanks wanted to pitch above the smaller and lighter motor. I think this could be a great design challenge to all the kerbalnauts out there designing more ambitious designs than this or those interested in the historical progress of rocketry and manned rocket flight.
