Ares 1-X

[Lime]

The Ares was part of the constellation program only the Ares 1-X was flown. The Ares 1-X used a dummy upper stage and Orion.

Based on this

Download: http://www./download/ge7m9j931o6s7ck/Ares+1-X.craft

Edited May 31, 2015 by Lime

[sp1989]

Its a very good stockalike replica. Its not gonna blow anyones mind realism or excitement but still its very nice. Well done!

[Lime]

Thanks soon i will make a Ares 1 and Ares V hopefully in the next week.

[Majorjim!]

Hey man. You should add a payload too. The Orion spacecraft.

[Lime]

Great idea!

[Ferdoni]

Good replica. Only the payload in the real version seems to be longer and thinner

[Lime]

The real one is 5.5 metres wide so it's not thinner.

And this one uses a dummy second stage and orion like in the real world.

[Ferdoni]

The real one is 5.5 metres wide so it's not thinner.

I mean relative to the booster stage, the payload on the picture seems to be almost as wide as the booster stage. While in your craft it seems to be almost twice the size. If you add fairings, it may be better sized.

[Lime]

So it would look better if everything was in scale?

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Dummy upper stage 5.5 metres

SRB 3.71 metres

Not the same width.

[Ferdoni]

So it would look better if everything was in scale?.

Yes, now the upper part looks a bit oversized for the lower part of the rocket.

Dummy upper stage 5.5 metres

SRB 3.71 metres

Not the same width.

With the real one, the upper part is 1,48 times wider than the lower part. While as in KSP large parts are 2 times wider than smaller parts (2,5 relative to 1,25).

35% wider seems to me like quite a difference

[Lime]

SRB in correct scale it's very big does it look good?

[Ferdoni]

Well, I didn't mean the real scale size but the relative one. the scale rate of the upper part relative to the lower part.

This big is not neccesary, I suggest one booster and then the fairing.

Everything could easily be in size 'small' and build your fairing around the upper part of the rocket and close it under the escape tower.

Edited June 1, 2015 by Ferdoni

[Rfmeijboom]

2,5m parts for the lower stage and 3,75m parts for the upper stage should get the right size ratios.

Too bad we don't have 2,5m solid boosters. But you can clips a bunch of them in an emptied 2,5m tank.

[Ferdoni]

But you can clips a bunch of them in an emptied 2,5m tank.

You like clipping don't you?

[Rfmeijboom]

You like clipping don't you?

Yes and no, I like clipping for aesthetic reasons.

I don't like clipping to the level where it feels like cheating.

[Lime]

But we dont have 3.75m orange tanks.

[Rfmeijboom]

But we dont have 3.75m orange tanks.

Well, in your first post you didn´t use an orange tank . . .

There is always the kerbpaint mod if you want to keep the parts stock.

Otherwise tweakscale might help.

And someone already used drills to create the effect of an orange tank. (but that feels way to inefficient for my personal taste)

[Lime]

The one i made was the Ares 1-X not Ares 1 And i wanna make a stock Ares 1

[Zucal]

And someone already used drills to create the effect of an orange tank. (but that feels way to inefficient for my personal taste)

That was me. Each to their own, I guess!