1.0 Update - The Titan XV - Over 4,500 tons of All-Stock Monster.

[Camaron]

Works in 1.0! Minor updates - D/L link updated

EDIT: The Titan Xv actually performs significantly better than it did in .90, and reached orbit with a mass of well over 4,500 tons and 402 parts. (Two more heavy stages still attached). I haven't updated the stats of most of this post, or uploaded a new launch album yet, but have just finished testing this beast in the new version, and it passes like a true champion. Also, thanks to the Nerva update to Liquid-Fuel-Only operation, future Titans will be primarily pure LF carriers.

A few weeks ago, Jebidiah got it into his head that those recently-discovered Class E Asteroids were built by somebody with something to prove. Not one to back down from a challenge, Jeb told his engineers that they were going to out-build this unknown challenger, and despite their qualms, eventually surrendered and got to work.

So... here is a ship that can haul over 250,000 units of Liquid fuel into a solid round orbit as high as 400km.

It uses a design that allows it to shut down the last set of boosters when the 70km orbit is reached, and allows the onboard LV-Ns to draw from remaining booster fuel to get your fuel station where you want it without draining the main cells.

9 - Shutdown Innermost Launch Boosters.

0 - Activate LV-N Engines.

DO NOT TURN BEFORE DROPPING THE FIRST STAGE

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/122198-Aerodynamics-Lesson-Of-The-Day

Weighs as much as an upper-end Class E asteroid!

Future similar designs will include a Titan XV with fewer parts, (Titan XV R2) and one designed for hex-docking others like itself to create even more insanely huge stations, the first Titan that will be built with modularity in mind. Mechjeb will be mandatory for docking them.

You can download it at the mediafire link below.

Warning - the launcher starts at 1,518 parts; not for the faint-of-heart PC's.

http://www./download/j8nfmj6pz48882m/Titan_15_Build_Phase_9.craft

MUST BE LAUNCHED FROM SPH / RUNWAY!!! This will collapse if loaded onto the launchpad!

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Edited June 11, 2015 by Camaron

[Gaalidas]

holy PC melter... and that's all I've got to say here.

[Prof. Endwalker]

Crap. Saw that thing and was like 'HyperEdited. No one can bring that thing into orbit.'

I was wrong.

[Yukon0009]

mother of god

what have you done

How many tons to orbit????

[Jon144]

Moar boostats! MOAR.

Sure loooks like a rocket of great strength and power.

[Camaron]

mother of god

what have you done

How many tons to orbit????

Upon initially achieving low orbit while the final boosters are still attached, it can be as much as 3,700 tons. After depleting and ejecting the rest of the booster fuel, it weighs 3,316 tons in its final phase.

Edited March 28, 2015 by Camaron

[Rath]

How many parts is the lifter alone?

[Camaron]

That ship starts on the launchpad with 1,494 parts, but drops to 246 in orbit.

Edit: Launchpad part-count is now 1,518

Edited May 22, 2015 by Camaron

[Camaron]

I've just tested this ship in KSP version 1.02, and....

It works even better than before!!!