New Horizons with Atlas V 551

[SaturnianBlue]

Hi everyone, this is my first mod replica released on the KSP forums.

After DasValdez started making his New Horizons, I couldn't resist making a recreation. New Horizons is the first spacecraft to fly by Pluto. I've put lots of detail into the replica, and while I originally had overheat problems, I was able to fix them. I believe this replica has about 1.98 TWR (Not as much as the 2.13 of the irl version!), so feel free to tweak thrust on them. The spacecraft has all the instruments. The replica is 100% scaled, which is why it is not fully fueled. While I have 99Kns of thrust on the Centaur, you should go full thrust, because it greatly reduces gravity losses.

Mods Required!

Procedural Fairings, Procedural Parts, and tweakscale. I also have JebediahKerman42's FreedomTex texture pack. I recommend Stock Clamshell fairings for the fairings.

Album

Some KVV shots: The first stage one has the SRB's messed up, but it doesn't happen on the pad.

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The New horizons Recreation full album, with the history of the spacecraft, and gifs.

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How I fly!

SAS, Throttle, liftoff!

Turn right after liftoff, you may need to do a small roll program.

40-60 degrees at 10km, throttle is recommended, and besides, the RD-180 core engine had down to 50% throttle!

Ditch Boosters, they will fall off side by side.

Carry on, ditch fairings, then First stage.

By now, feel free to do what you want with the probe, or build something else for the rocket to fly!

Thanks for reading, leave some rep if you enjoy!

Edited July 18, 2015 by SaturnianBlue

[Columbia]

Amazing SaturnianBlue, just mind-blowing.

[SaturnianBlue]

No problem there I'm working on Pioneer 10 next, bound to take a chunck of my life for a bit