Phoenix Heavy Lifter Family

[Sampa]

Well, I decided that I would give my pride and joy its own page along with the company page I am a part of. This is a simple heavy lifter family which is also reliable. Unfortunately, it has not yet been rated to carry anything more than 200 tons of cargo, but I have no doubts that it can carry much more. Mods used to build this thing are KW Rocketry and Mechjeb

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Download: http://www./download/0bpw5vsv5a7aout/Zanya+Mockup-Phoenix+Classic.craft

If you do fly this, please post pictures of your cargo. I have provided you with a simple example cargo, but it can be removed so you can turn the main rocket into a subassembly. Don't forget to strut tall cargo as well as adjust fairings as needed.

Also, this version is not specifically designed to be deorbited. I am still refining the design to correct certain deficiancies. However, it is highly suggested that you jettison your main lifting stage while still suborbital and use the smaller stage after that to circularize and perform any orbital maneuvers.

Edited March 5, 2015 by Sampa

[leptoon]

I'm using your lifter to launch an unmanned 240 tonne upper stage including a 'Honeybadger' rover and enough fuel to get to Minmus. I was having trouble getting enough ÃŽâ€v so I downloaded your heavy lift vehicle for a little assistance.

I've modified it a bit. I moved the booster tanks a bit lower and reconfigured them for a modified parallel staging method (a.k.a. asparagus) to add a few hundred extra ÃŽâ€v. I also added two sepetrons to each booster tank and a lot of radiator panels to the main engine. Update: I had to move the sepetrons down to the bottom of the booster tanks and put uliage thrusters on top to safely push the tanks away.

Btw, the FAR enabled KW fairings that this vehicle uses are no longer included with KW Rocketry, so I had to manually edit the craft file to remove them.

Update - It's still not enough to get into LKO... I'll try adding some SRBs or something.

2nd Update - Adding some SRBs got me into orbit.

And a successful landing on Minmus. It's a bit of a ghost town at the moment but I'll be sending kerbals in SSTOs pretty soon.

Edited July 18, 2015 by leptoon