Aura Launch Vehicle - A modular, reliable, stockalike rocket family

[Wahgineer]

Why not just make a 1.875m fairing base?

[Kartoffelkuchen]

Thanks all! Too muddy/dirty? What do other people say about the textures? I am actually really pleased with them, but however, if you don't like them, I can of course change it. No Reddragon, there's no way to make realistic fairings without a plugin.

@awsumindyman: Yeah, could do that too, but I think I will just use the stock fairings for now.

[Mecripp]

The close up one's to me look like stock there are a 2 angles that the look alittle brown but think thats just the lighting at that angle looks good to me.

[planeguy868]

Thanks all! Too muddy/dirty? What do other people say about the textures? I am actually really pleased with them, but however, if you don't like them, I can of course change it. No Reddragon, there's no way to make realistic fairings without a plugin.

@awsumindyman: Yeah, could do that too, but I think I will just use the stock fairings for now.

You could add Procedural Fairings as a dependency or even an option, make your own fairing shape and texture and include a config for that in your release.

[Wahgineer]

@awsumindyman: Yeah, could do that too, but I think I will just use the stock fairings for now.

No, what I meant was make a 1.875m fairing base that uses the stock fairing code.

[_Augustus_]

What happened to this?

[Kartoffelkuchen]

What should have happened to this? I am working on it, at least mostly, though I am more concentrated on Launchers Pack Delta IV and Falcon 9, and right now I am mostly talking with Dragon01 about how this Aura project could continue, what could be added and what should be changed. So nothing important right now for you.

Edited May 10, 2015 by Kartoffelkuchen

[raidernick]

What should have happened to this? I am working on it, at least mostly, though I am more concentrated on Launchers Pack Delta IV and Falcon 9, and right now I am mostly talking with Dragon01 about how this Aura project could continue, what could be added and what should be changed. So nothing important right now for you.

I think he wants to "take it over".

[Mecripp]

HEHE too funny _Augustus_ is alot like Dragon01 IMO.

[sp1989]

What happened to this?

I'm just gonna put this right here

[planeguy868]

HEHE too funny _Augustus_ is alot like Dragon01 IMO.

Dragon01 at least knew his stuff. _Augustus_, you should cool your jets a little.

On the topic of Aura, what is your intended payload to orbit for the launcher? Out of curiosity.

[Kartoffelkuchen]

I think it is 2-10t, 2t in the core variant with no boosters, then the number is rising with boosters to about 4 to 6 tons, where 6 tons to LKO be probably reached with two of the big 1.25m SRB's and I think about 10t with the heavy version which has 2 first stages around the core (like Delta IV). Though I haven't tested everything out yet, I am still fine-configuring everything.

[_Augustus_]

I'm just gonna put this right here

https://i.imgflip.com/l8q6y.jpg

Lol, you are right.

I was just a little concerned.

Dragon01 at least knew his stuff. _Augustus_, you should cool your jets a little.

On the topic of Aura, what is your intended payload to orbit for the launcher? Out of curiosity.

He and I are good friends xD

I think it is 2-10t, 2t in the core variant with no boosters, then the number is rising with boosters to about 4 to 6 tons, where 6 tons to LKO be probably reached with two of the big 1.25m SRB's and I think about 10t with the heavy version which has 2 first stages around the core (like Delta IV). Though I haven't tested everything out yet, I am still fine-configuring everything.

Interesting.

[planeguy868]

I think it is 2-10t, 2t in the core variant with no boosters, then the number is rising with boosters to about 4 to 6 tons, where 6 tons to LKO be probably reached with two of the big 1.25m SRB's and I think about 10t with the heavy version which has 2 first stages around the core (like Delta IV). Though I haven't tested everything out yet, I am still fine-configuring everything.

2t for single core no boosters seems a bit light. I have 1.25m launchers that can get 2t to geostationary transfer.

[Kartoffelkuchen]

Yeah, I've just guessed, it will be probably more.

[VenomousRequiem]

Just the dev pictures look very nice! Good work!

Let's all try to hold off on the hatefulness towards Augustus, seeing as it's like every thread I go onto has hate towards him...

[Kartoffelkuchen]

Just the dev pictures look very nice! Good work!

Let's all try to hold off on the hatefulness towards Augustus, seeing as it's like every thread I go onto has hate towards him...

Thanks!

Yes, I don't want to start anything against _Agustus_ (not here, and nowhere else!), and I don't want others to do. It is enough that I made a really hateful and awful post against him yesterday, and I don't want that it comes that far again, and that both sides learn something now.

Back to the topic now, I will release a first version soon, next week probably, after I have refined the configs.

[VenomousRequiem]

Awesome! I have a few mods that haven't been released yet but look amazing and that I've been keeping an eye on, and this is definitely one of them.

[Kartoffelkuchen]

Version 1.0 has been released! Also, this mod is now beeing developed under another name: SELV - Stockalike Expendable Launch Vehicles. I put it into a modpack, because I am planning on making more stockalike rockets, and making a new thread for every new rocket would be probably quite annoying for you.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/122576-SELV-Stockalike-Expendable-Launch-Vehicles-V-1-0-KSP-1-0x?p=1962698#post1962698