lanceh Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 I\'ve seen videos of rockets that jettison their SRBs but keep their main liquid fuel engine burning. How does that work? When I do it, if I put the SRBs on the same stage as the main LFE and hit space to jettison the SRBS I obviously decouple the main engine. How do I get rid of the solid boosters and keep the main engine? I don\'t know if I\'ve explained myself well enough or not, I\'m sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Lag Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 No you\'ve got it right. What you want to do is add your SRBs and main engines in the bottom stage so they fire at the same time (I\'m guessing you already have this set up). Then put your SRB decouplers one stage up by themselves. That way, when you hit spacebar only the SRBs will be jettisoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyrules711 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 You have to move the radial decouplers that hold the SRBs onto a seperate stage, before the main decoupler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanceh Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 Wow. That was stupidly simple. I guess I was thinking that if I put them all in the same stage then hit space that all control would be cut from the main engine and I wouldn\'t be able to cut power. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillman1212 Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 lol I used to have that problem too. I learned from trial and error! Happy flying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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