fwankman88

Yeah, I have 4 docking ports. Although, I probably wont dock with it anytime soon. There will be way too much lag just getting close.

Ok, I did it. No mods.... just time and an absurd amount of boosters. I suppose there's no real way to prove that I didn't use mods except take my word for it. The launch took about 3 hours (judged by watching a movie and 4 episodes of Parks and Rec) Pre-Launch: 1691 parts, 3389.8 tons Burning for Orbit Post-Orbit: 1122 Parts, 356.81 tons View from the Bridge

I think I figured it out. I lose control because the top is too heavy.... so if I'm thinking correctly, I just need to add some more engines to the top to help support it and keep that weight pointing up. I'll keep your guys informed.

Yeah sorry, just saw that question. Its a little subjective because they don't have the standard Front, Right, and Top views, but if you as me the CG is off just a little bit towards the control tower.

If i turn off ASAS before 100km, I lose control. I start a horizontal burn at 100km, but it's basically useless because im not at full throttle and I run out of fuel and that's when i end up coasting up to an apoapsis 300. I obviously have some CG issues; that's what im working on right now. All of the tanks are set up asparagus style. I just tried adding some more fuel and engines, but i believe im at the point where just adding more will be more problematic... I don't think im going to be able to do it without cheating/mods.

Well I give up, I need some help getting my Imperial Class Star Destroyer into orbit. It's powered by 19 Rockomax "Mainsail" Liquid Engines. 12 of the engines are staged. The staged engines have two large fuel tanks each and the 7 main engines have 9 large fuel tanks. All of the fuel tanks are daisy chained together. There are about 50 RCS thrusters supported by 6 large RCS fuel tanks. In total there are 1200+ parts. I saw a similar ship posted, but it was photoshoped into orbit, powered by ion drives and looked a bit small... So i made mine three times bigger and i intend to get it up there under it's own power. I typically get her out to 100km where there in no atmosphere and start a turn for orbit; it's obviously a slow process. Any atmosphere and i lose control. Then I start my burn, but I can only push it to about 1/3 throttle, otherwise she spins out of control and the RCS ports cant keep up. The slow burn drains the rest of the fuel while I coast out to 300km and then gravity pulls me back down to re-entry. I'm trying not just "add more fuel" so if any one have any bright ideas on how to keep it afloat or have more questions, please share!