Fuel Depot

[SunJumper]

Put a minimum of 10,000 fuel units into Kerbin orbit, this equates to 20 regular tanks...

[dylan1234]

how can you carry 20x500 gallons of fuel into orbit ???

[Monkthespy]

how can you carry 20x500 gallons of fuel into orbit ???

Very carefully. You can lift massive rockets if you do it right.

[dylan1234]

Very carefully. You can lift massive rockets if you do it right.

it\'s hard though, you\'d need a rocket with an engine with thrust of 5,000

[UmbralRaptor]

Put a minimum of 10,000 fuel units into Kerbin orbit, this equates to 20 regular tanks...

Fairly straightforward:

This is actually far more fuel (and distributed far more strangely) than I was expecting. 0.15.2\'s fuel flow bugs are likely to blame. 24 full (500 fuel unit) tanks, 6 with 122.5527, 6 with 122.7127, for 13,471.5924 fuel units. No provision for fuel transfer or crew return was specified in the challenge. =P

In a less buggy version (0.14.x or 0.13.3?), I would have expected 10-12,000 fuel units in 19 full and 19 partial tanks.

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it\'s hard though, you\'d need a rocket with an engine with thrust of 5,000

Maximum thrust with this ship is 3,775 8)

[antiquark]

Not really hard if you\'re willing to use mods (NovaPunch 1.2 beta, MechJeb). Approximately 46000 kg of fuel reached orbit with this ship.

[SunJumper]

I forgot to mention that the fuel tanks can\'t have engines attached 8)

[UmbralRaptor]

I forgot to mention that the fuel tanks can\'t have engines attached 8)

Please specify these things beforehand. >

Well, here\'s 21 tanks (10,500 fuel units) being dropped off in LKO:

[hebdomad]

I forgot to mention that the fuel tanks can\'t have engines attached 8)

I think if I where to put fuel depo into orbit, I would very much like some kind of engine to de-orbit the thing once I\'m done with it. I like to keep Kerbin clear of space debris... Heck even the ISS has an engine to adjust the orbit.

I think I\'ll wait till docking is fully implemented until I attempt a mission like this. Then I\'ll have to put a fuel depo in orbit, and then rondevu and dock with another craft. I also suggest putting a Ton of RCS fuel into orbit since that is what we\'ll use most for docking manoeuvres.

*edit* Done

With extra RCS on the side and enough fuel to de orbit the sucker too... In case of emergences of course...