Sprite XT-1 Super Heavy Launch Vehicle

[Moach]

i thought this one was worth posting - i call it the Sprite XT-1 SHLV :

behold:

this beast has enough 'uumph' to make it to the moon (whenever there is a moon, that is...) - it can blast into a 60K circular orbit and still hold half a tank in the third stage and a whole fourth stage still unfired 8)

requires a bunch of addons -

* my just-because heatshield

* the SIDR parts pack 0.81

* Wobbly Rockets 1_08

* Micro engine and fuel tank

flying notes:

* it's not recommended to blast off with full throttle -- launch with 30% and increase to full once clear of the pad

* SAS availability is minimal - and absent in the upper stages - you shouldn't need it tho - it's quite stable (i hope)

* the eight SRBs are rigged to activate in a sequence of four first, then two and then two more

* once the last pair of boosters goes - the bertha engine will heat up quite fast (dunno why it does that) - throttle down, lest it blows

* a healthy amount of fear is recommended when flying this thing - it just might murder you otherwise

:cheers:

[Capt'n Skunky]

I think someone just won the rocket dick waving contest. Holy bejeepers that thing is freakin HUGE!

Arrr!

Capt'n Skunky

[NovaSilisko]

Aw man, I was gonna make the first heatshield!

[Lawn Dart]

It heats up after you dump the boosters because that's where your winglets are. The winglets act as cooling fins. Maybe move them to the 3m fuel tank and see if this helps?

Needs MOAR boosters!

[sirmonkey]

that is one bad ass ship, nice work.

[enalzi]

With the rockets at the bottom, it looks a bit like a giant squid.

[NovaSilisko]

Forgot to ask this earlier, when you say 60k, do you mean 60 km, or 60,000 km?

[Moach]

that's 60km...

maybe with the new version of the SIDR parts... it seems the fuel storage values were revised... you get more juice now :

[NovaSilisko]

that's 60km...

maybe with the new version of the SIDR parts... it seems the fuel storage values were revised... you get more juice now :

Right now they're a midpoint between the 1m and 2m tank sizes. Shouldn't be too unbalanced.

Though, I'm the only one taking prices of parts into account for balance purposes...