You know you've built a huge rocket, when ...

[Jimbodiah]

1.) The launchpad explodes when you ignite the engines

2.) You can't see the sides or top of your rocket anymore in the hangar

3.) 120,000 thrust just won't cut it

4.) You have 3,000 tons worth of staging to get your payload into a 150km orbit

5.) You realize you are launching an entire 300 ton rocket into space, as the cargo

6.) The weight of your ship in tons is higher than the dV needed to put it into orbit

7.) KSP can barely handle the entire launch before giving up and crashing

8.) You're scratching your head wondering where it all went wrong that this thing it so big

Edited December 7, 2015 by Jimbodiah

[Guest]

The launch pad explodes when you put it on it.

The VAB explodes when you put it on it. (I've done that before)

[adsii1970]

The command module's altimeter reads 1000, - and that's before you've launched (In all seriousness, the tallest I have ever made topped at 450m and was back in .22)...

[Pronoes]

When there's snow on the nosecone...

[Fr8monkey]

You realize during launch that you are actually standing still and pushing Kerbin away from you.

[Pronoes]

When you're in 0G before launch.

[Jimbodiah]

Whahahah, those are good!!  Made me laugh

[MGCJerry]

When Whackjob starts taking notes from you...

When Whackjob's ships are the payload you're sending to Eeloo.

Edited December 8, 2015 by MGCJerry

[SpacedCowboy]

When you EVA Jeb from the launch pad and he reports " In space near Kerbin" If you can make Wackjob say "Hell Yeah!"

Edited December 8, 2015 by SpacedCowboy

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Fr8monkey said:

You realize during launch that you are actually standing still and pushing Kerbin away from you.

Technically, that's how the game works.

https://youtu.be/mXTxQko-JH0?t=6m23s

[Yellowburn10]

When you launch it you've also made a feasible space elevator.

When it's even too much for RSS.

When the infinite fuel cheat is now completely unnecessary.

Edited December 8, 2015 by Yellowburn10

[stenole]

When the engines' Isp noticably increases when placing them at the top instead of the bottom.

[problemecium]

This should be in Forum Games, but whatever.

- When it crushes the launch pad under its weight before you even ignite anything.
- When part of its payload is an entire space station. No wait - TWO entire space stations. Much better.
- When it's more economical to just stick engines on the payload, use its fuel, and refuel it in space than to build and fly a launch vehicle for it.

(All three of these have actually happened to me xD)

[Choctofliatrio2.0]

-When the ship's gravity accidentally deorbits the Mun

-When you start getting negative fps

[Stratzenblitz75]

When KJR and plentiful struts can't stop it from from turning into a noodle.

[Choctofliatrio2.0]

4 minutes ago, Stratzenblitz75 said:

When KJR and plentiful struts can't stop it from from turning into a noodle.

Uh... I'm sure the ship is SUPPOSED to do that... most rockets do... right...???

[SpacedCowboy]

That is one sick puppy

[cantab]

When it's easily the tallest building at the KSC.

Burj Kherbalifa at KSC by cantab314, on Flickr

And you get fed up of clicking the buttons to hire Kerbals after doing a couple of hundred of them, and it's not even *close* to full.

And you decide to blow off steam by flying a plane, and you can see your rocket from the west end of the runway.

And the launch to orbit takes over two hours in real life.

[Overland]

When the only way you envision a train being stabled overnight in the SPH is to be curled up like a sleeping snake through sheer length of the wagon consist and she carries enough fuel to get to the mun

 

When stopping with loco brakes only leaves a train with a broken nose and smashed front coupler

 

when you can see the guards van for an instant slowly trundle around the corner out of sight...

 

....From the locomotive cab while traversing the yards launch path next to the SPH

 

And finally..when KSP physics cry and rubber band a docking port on the leading wagon while starting with full generator power and brake release

[taniwha]

When your first stage fills the screen.

When you shed over 2000t in 35 seconds.

When a 7 mainsail cluster as your orbital insertion stage fails to get you into orbit before falling back into the atmosphere.

When you can't see the pad for the smoke.

[Chronin]

When your payload weighs more than any human rocket ever made 

[swjr-swis]

A bit more early warning than the ones above:

- when you automatically without even a split-second consideration clicked on the Mammoth to construct your asparagus boosters.

- and in the back of your mind you notice you're calculating how many onion-layers of those you are going to require.

A moment later:

- discovering that you still need more boosters.

Another moment later:

- muttering about what is taking Squad so long to add more powerful engines to stock yet.

[A35K]

When it uses 4 procedural SRBs with 26000 kN thrust EACH as its first stage... (true story)

[mrclucks]

- when you absolutely need to use space y's 7m engines in asparagus staging

- and then realize that doesn't quite give you enough to make it to 70km, let alone orbit

[KerikBalm]

On 12/8/2015, 12:38:10, Jimbodiah said:

5.) You realize you are launching an entire 300 ton rocket into space, as the cargo

But... but... I was going to moho, fully reusable, and deploying a station there... that's not too big..

Well, it was 2 launches... but to build a large rocket... and the payload was only about 250 tons... but... a 300 ton payload doesn't seem too big to me...

Edited December 9, 2015 by KerikBalm