CobaltWolf

Not really. Strapping Titan UA120x's to Saturns was a common proposal, especially for the lower end of the launcher family. (Most Saturn V growth variants show 260in solids, or big LRBs)

Nice! That poor rocket never got enough love in real life (though for justifiable reasons) so it's nice to see it getting used here. And your mission results seem to be par for the course for early US lunar missions. Man I could stare at that for hours... Very cool! I was never really sold on that launcher until now - that looks pretty neat! Enough that I'll forgive you for using the wrong mod. ^.^ There was actually a fair amount of variation in the Saturn II proposals, so you could actually do even more tweaking with it. Makes me wonder when/if BDB will have hydrolox lifting engines. There is the modified LR-87 in the mod right now... C-3 used, to my understanding, what would be a 5m version of the S-II stage (notice that it is not differentiated in name between those two variants, and the Saturn V / C-5 second stage) but still with 4 J2s. I know I definitely want to do that version, with that mounting plate. It wouldn't be hard to do some rescaling/tweaking with the mesh to get both versions of the mount. However, I doubt that you'll be able to work it - the Saturn 1B in BDB already has somewhat atrocious TWR, and the real one sat at 1.26 TWR according to Astronautix. I think it's a larger scale version of von Braun's Juno IV proposal, where it would never fly fully fueled, and the fuel loads in the stages would vary to provide the best TWR curve given a payload and its destination. So essentially, not as big/powerful a rocket as it appears just by looking at it. Also, is S-IBN an autocorrect error? C-2 would have used the S-IV stage as a third stage, and then S-V (a modified centaur) as an optional 4th.

She actually sent it to me about twenty minutes before you, soooo....

Maybe @IgorZ knows more? I think it's mostly an issue with the staticAttach.

Hrmm...

Looking great as always @blacsky33

Hrmm... I feel like I'd really prefer they had to be static attached. Obviously that requires the attachment parameters be fixed... Also, I forgot the Packrat exists. Is there any point in me making an LRV for the mod?

Well I don't like that... Quick mockup for a possible solution. Thots? (Also, yes, the shrouds aren't finished yet)

Can anyone provide reference for the S-1C Retro motors? The ones mounted next to the fins? I have a diagram but looking at reference images of the real thing there doesn't appear to be anything there where they should be.

Well, yeah, but a) Our moon stuff still has 12 days minimum left. b) Pretty sure we win when they're both done.

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I give up. T.T

Very WIP bell textures... #SpaceRace2016

Just wanna say, there was never a point where that stripe stopped me from working or otherwise slowed me down... As we near the end of the S-1C development, it's time to work on the most important part of the stage...

And the interstage for S-IVB. And basically the whole of the enginemounts - they're pretty blank. And the 5.625m decoupler. And the ullage motors. And add retros to the engine mount. And add a lot of polish to the tanks. There's still a lot left. I focused on the bigger parts first but that means the little stuff adds up and you realized somewhat late how much of it there is. @Araym yes I already added them, they weren't visible in that screenshot.

How exciting! Speaking of whic, for those interested in the current stage of Saturn V:

@Araym well Ledenko's old K-P0LL0 stuff is completely open source IIRC. And all of @Beale's stuff is free to be redistributed in BDB (With his blessing, of course). Do you think you could shoot a zip in a PM to me and @Jso so we can take a look at them and get them up on the Github? I know a couple people have volunteered to make IVAs for the Apollo and LEM, but I haven't seen *too* much from any of them, so I'm letting them take their time/fade away if they don't wind up completing them. In the meanttime those IVAs look good. Also, if you have a LEM IVA stand-in that works I'd love to see it. Most of the Sarnus bits are not finished yet. They were uploaded with a placeholder checkerboard texture so that they could be balanced, tested for collider bugs, make sure the rocket fits together, etc. If you want the latest stable release, look here.

Jeez how do you crank these out so fast? Looking great as always!

Worth remembering that IIRC the new parts don't properly have their shaders. According to Bac9 over on Reddit, they need to do a bunch of work to make their own custom version of the Unity 5 Standard shader in order to make it work right / look right in game.

T.T

Should be able to get minimal science with a pilot... the apollo science would have been so much more productive with dedicated scientists.

@Araym that is awesome but I have to nit pick! The Saturn 1C couldn't launch a Blok IV Apollo - the Mission Module size increase was possible due to the increased payload of the Saturn Multibody M02.

well I'm basically already making the Boar and Rhino right now... Since they're just an F1 and a J2, respectively. also, I believe the intent was for the stock model switch to also be capable of changing the attach parameters.

hmmm... :^) (Also, @Jso is really old and puts noses in his emojis. Me and @VenomousRequiem can't stop making fun of him haha)

prolly not