Spring-loaded rocketry pt. 2

[Sharpy]

The altitude and general achievements of my previous attempt were very meager. The capsule hardly rose above the point where the catapult would reach.

Let's try something else. I call it Project X-Bow!

Two capsules for balance. Only one is kerbed.

The bow is drawn.

Aaaand Lift-off!

Launch confirmed!

Reaching apoaxis!

Beginning descent.

And successful landing!

Let's have a look at mission stats:

A total of 219 meters upwards. Still a couple kilometers short of orbit but much better than the catapult!

[Windspren]

You should try this with KAS winches. Compound bow, anyone?

[LittleBlueGaming]

Lol, you're crazy. I like it.

[katateochi]

Very nice, I like where your heading with this!

(a long time ago I made a rocket assisted catapult......and many Kerbals died -

)

You should try this with KAS winches. Compound bow, anyone?

While a compound bow would be awesome, I think building the pulleys would be hard. But I guess you could fake the pulleys with KAS winches....

With a recurve bow they are made out of layers of wood, so could you try having layers of girders (with many struts of course) and see if you can get a stronger bow like that? I suspect that it will probably just snap, but it might work.

[kStrout]

Through extensive research and experimentation we may finally be able to use space age technologies to create ancient weapons! Now all we need is a huge Sword...