[Stock] Corellian Corvette - Tantalus III

[FlipNascar]

So here's my take on scaled Corellian Corvette. I named her the Tantalus III, and while the backend isn't quite right compared to what we have in the movies, this backend does mean it can actually go somewhere because this is where I gave in to function over form. It's got around 3,400m/s ∆V, a starting TWR of 0.37 and weighs in around 181t.

And for all that you get 357 parts (once hyperedited to orbit) and space for a paltry two Kerbals, two usable docking ports, but no RCS. I'd like to have gone further with the greebles, but my poor laptop is already straining with this part count, so if anyone with a supercomputer wants to have at it and add more greebles - please be my guest! So what can you do with it? Meh, you could stick something into the service bay (not that there's that much room) but probably space for a teeny weeny compact box of solar panels... If 

Fuel flow.. Every tank does drain (eventually), but thrust is fairly well balanced, just remember to use SAS or Mechjeb, torque really is negligible. You shouldn't notice anything horrible unless you highlight the resources and cry as your OCD kicks in. And if you're an OCD kinda person... Don't even think about peeking inside the fairing or into the back end of the engine section. You'll cry. I did.

When loading, you'll need to select the probe core in the service bay as your control from here point. Sidenote - does anyone know how you can make a certain cockpit/probe core the default controlled from? Just open the doors and you'll see it.

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[Bubbadevlin]

Very cool! Never actually watched the Star Wars movies... I feel very ashamed 

I have to say though, physics delta frame is your friend  I personally have a pretty bad computer, it is one of those AMD graphics and cpu in one cards, and was built for about 200 dollars 2 years ago. While it is by far no joy, i can run very high part count crafts thanks to that little slider. Like right now, i am testing my Saturn V, with 1100 parts, and still getting like 5 fps, although every in-game second is 15 IRL seconds...

Edited December 22, 2015 by Bubbadevlin

[FlipNascar]

17 minutes ago, Bubbadevlin said:

Very cool! Never actually watched the Star Wars movies... I feel very ashamed 

I have to say though, physics delta frame is your friend  I personally have a pretty bad computer, it is one of those AMD graphics and cpu in one cards, and was built for about 200 dollars 2 years ago. While it is by far no joy, i can run very high part count crafts thanks to that little slider. Like right now, i am testing my Saturn V, with 1100 parts, and still getting like 5 fps, although every in-game second is 15 IRL seconds...

Never thought of that... I guess I should try that...

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

Looks great!  I'm going to take it out for a spin.