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I have been doing some work on it as well, you may want to test this version, it's 2 stages (like the original) it's much lighter and flies much better. 75 parts, 166t the SRB's will push your apoapsis to 100km and then a skipper (closer to the J-2X than the poodle and and not as overpowered as the Rhino) to circularise. It's close to the 2/3rd scale as well (it's 10m short, from the silhouette it's the upper stage that is short). Might need an empty tank to extend it a bit. Download

I have read the book several times, I don't remember it specifically, and I am not sure it is necessary as part of the game play. I am reading it again to fill in details so I will see. Wikipedia says it was launched on a Pegasus XL. I would be ecstatic if you fixed issues and uploaded the craft file.

Not unless it is in the book. I did notice some of these problems, was just glad to get it into orbit for the first time really. If you fix anything let me know so I can include you in the list, thanks for testing! I let it rise naturally on the SRB"s and then pushed it gently over at the end. The second stage is a bit wobbly right now. When I hit staged the second stage it was already around 30km up so the fairing was just deadweight by then.

Woohoo! were riding a big fire cracker into the sky boys New Ares 1 Rocket Crew 8 Stages 3 almost 400t parts about 150 or so Download If you want something that looks accurate but does not fly as well Download

Ah thanks I can wear my stubbies in peace now. They would not know my tag so I wouldn't expect them to say anything.

I worked out one big problem with it, the clipped orange tanks, they do horrible things to the drag. With them I am sideways at 7000m and only get to around 500m/s. with only one orange tank and a full second stage fairing 29km and 1000m/s. It's not weight, they are empty, and only add about 24t total. It's feels like a whole new spaceship now and works beautifully, it just does not have the orange color tank second stage. Aesthetics may have to take a back seat on this one.

As a fellow Aussie I just wanted to know if you used my launcher, plus I sent people there, I'm in Melbourne so could not go.

have fun, but 2 weeks for 1.1, they haven't even sent it to testing yet.

It's just I was watching you burn off speed in the atmosphere and thought, could have just used a heatsheild rather than engine and tank, but it was probably just leftovers anyway.

Hey Majorjim, I have been working on the Ares 1 (OK I rebuilt it) and it is much better aesthetically and functionaly (has Orion capsule), performance is meh, if you want to take a look. I am not happy with the performance but you can get it to LKO which is the objective. Download - - - Updated - - - Edit: action Group 1 for Parachutes, if you abort on the pad it takes too long to space through the empty stages

Here is a picture , dude it will work everywhere except Eve, Kerbin, Laythe and Tylo. Not really universal, but not bad. You might make it on Laythe but only because you have so much dV (4900m/s) you can afford to cruise slowly to orbit. Not enough TWR for Eve obviously. It's not really aerodynamic enough for going fast in atmosphere so Kerbin is out and maybe Laythe as well. On paper it will do Tylo, in real life probably not, the craft below, much simpler with 5300m/s dV will just about make it from 80km and back to 80km on Tylo, I would top it off with another 100 tank just to get it above 5400m/s dV. On paper you can do it with less, but not many people can do really efficient suicide burns.

I think Eve is a lot easier these days, you can send small ships down empty on airbrakes and parachutes with an ISRU, engine first you don't even need heat sheilds at orbital velocity. Coming up is harder but more so that you don't overheat.

Thanks for helping with the Ares 1, is it OK if I pinch your Ares V for The Dunatian pack?

You sir are a saint, Thank you for that.

Won't that tend to make the top a bit draggy and introduce some flipping tendancy, I already cheated with some little fins at the bottom.

Yep, that was why i started the T-prize, I realised Tylo was a death trap, saying: Eve is where Kerbals are stranded, Tylo is where they are buried

So I built an Ares 1 with a dummy payload, the dimensions are scaled to 67%, 2.5m (30m) and 3.75m using 9 Kickbacks, it can make LKO (100km) but it suffers a bit of wet noodle and your inclination could end up virtually anywhere. Anybody got any experience with long thin rockets and strengthening them internally? Download

yeah I was looking at your IMGUR album going, theres no parachutes on that thing! - - - Updated - - - Hmmmm, no heat shield, could have saved yourself some dV

They can now, it's only 4000m/s

I have the first draft done of all the surface craft, they all need a going over to increase the quality and the ease with which they interact, but otherwise it all works. I have some base positions and a route mapped out. I have not done any work yet on setting an orbit for Hermes that will flyby Duna on a Kerbin return. I have not done any work on the Hermes craft itself, maybe Yukon0009 will submit his (I get pictures but no craft files ). Edit Oh and I don't know how long it will take yet, driving a rover over long distances is as exciting as watching paint dry, so I need good scenery, short drive lengths, interesting spots and not to be too frustrated by starting over if you miss Hermes. - - - Updated - - - Looking good, seeing the cupola reminds me, I was watching 'The 100' and they had the exact same cupola.

The front page has been revamped and looks quite snazzy if I must say so myself

I did it a few months ago, see the Mun Speed run video in my signature, 1 hour 20 minutes, who can beat it go!

Nice craft, will probably unconsciously replicate it one day

New Promotional Poster - all the current pieces in one place - in other news I did a first draft of the radio tower. So I have all the major pieces now, except for Hermes. I have some revisions to do, stuff that could work better (who am I kidding, I am rebuilding nearly everything). It should look similar though, just work better.

Still working on The Dunatian