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3xKR-2L, 7,500kN Lots of thrust with a better performance than mainsails.

I made a video on the German rocket a few months ago.

I did the math but my thread got moved because mods suck. http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/75088-S3-Engine-Clusters

Sweet How many SRBs did you clip?

Hey, I ran some numbers on this configuration. With a TWR of 2 the 2xKR-1x2 is better below 7.256km. With a TWR of 1 the 2xKR-1x2 is better below 2.038km.

I was able to build a 7xmainsail cluster. 10,500KN.

Word I was really looking forward to some cool landers. No more tipping over, or bouncing in low g.

Some people just don't like ice cream...

I feel like ion engines need an "ion warp", something that produces an on rails spiraling orbit. So you can go into very high warp and watch your orbit change. This way you could even drop the ion engine thrust to something real life like.

19xLV-T30 cluster Thrust = 4085 I was also thinking about a 4xmainsail, thrust = 6000

This is a revision on previous data. Thrust for thrust, this is how the KR-2L and a LV-T30 cluster compare. At a thrust to weight ratio of 2, the LV-T30 cluster is better below 6.799km. At a thrust to weight ratio of 1, the LV-T30 cluster is better below 7.194km In practice it would be most efficient to use a LV-T30 cluster below 7km, and the KR-2L-30 above. Thrust was used to scale LV-T30 mass with that of the KR-2L. Additionally I added the mass of one radial attachment point per LV-T30. Total LV-T30 mass = ((KR-2L thrust/LV-T30 thrust)*LV-T30 mass)+((KR-2L thrust/LV-T30 thrust)*radial attachment point mass) Fuel mass and payload mass were split evenly according to TWR. Full fuel mass & payload = ((2500/TWR)-engine mass)/2 Empty fuel mass = (((2500/TWR)-engine mass)/2)/8.2 Altitude at which the KR-2L produces an equal Isp to the LV-T30, altitude 8.047km. KR-2L = Blue LV-T30 = Red KS-25x4 & KR-1x2 = Yellow Mainsail = Green x = Altitude y = Isp

Post everything and anything related to engine clusters involving size 3 tanks. A note to somebody... this thread is not about .23.5, it's not about asteroids, and it's not about the new parts. It's about construction techniques. 04/05/14: So, because this thread got moved anyway, and is now in "Gameplay Questions and Tutorials" (I don't know I didn't move it), I feel I should restate things in the form of a question. Do you have any ideas and/or info related to engine clusters involving size 3 tanks? And its open ended, so you can't really completely answer it...

lol, nice. A wild challenge appeared, land an asteroid on the VAB.

The challenge is to build NASAs canceled Ares I. You can challenge yourself with 3 levels of difficulty. Dreamer - Build something that looks like the Ares I. Builder - Build something that looks like the Ares I, can enter orbit, and return. Kerbonaut - Build something that looks like the Ares I, can enter orbit and return, and contains all the appropriate stages. It's a lot harder than it looks, so watch out.

This is not what I'm seeing. I saw a thread on the launch abort system, one on the new srb, one on asteroid pics, one on the ion engine, I had one on the new possibilities in engine clustering. All gone. And that is just naming a few.

Why are you dumping 10s of unique topics into one giant thread? You do realize that everything in the game is now .23.5 related. These actions are effectively eliminating communication within the community, completely undermining the purpose of the forum.

Noooooooooooooo!!!! Arrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh!! Ok, I suppose that makes sense... But it would be so cool.

Here is a quick 19 cluster I put together. I feel like it was easier to manage fuel lines with the new tanks. Maybe new update luck. Crosses fingers.

Please share any and all info on new and improved engine cluster designs for the new larger tanks.

Hi, I have been experiment with landers using the grabber unit in place of landing legs, however I can't seem to grab onto surfaces. Whats the trick I'm missing?

Does the f9 use a special tech to position the fuel for reignition on the recoverable stage out do they use the standard method?

Any chance you could stroll up to the people working the rig and asking about the schedule?

Very cool, love to see progress. Can't wait to see it drop out of the sky and land.

Why does it look burnt?

Nice! Can't wait to see it in action.