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[winged]

Lunar Module "Aquarius":

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mars Excursion Module "Challenger":

 

[Matuchkin]

@winged. You are very keen on detail...

Also, how did you get access to an updated AIES install?

[winged]

I don't use any updated AIES install - I have old version with some new code to repair animations:
 

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@PART[expendLandingLeg]
{
    !MODULE[ModuleLandingLeg]{}

    MODULE
    {
        name = ModuleAnimateGeneric
        animationName = extender
        isOneShot = False
        startEventGUIName = Extend Landing Strut
        endEventGUIName = Retract Landing Strut
        actionGUIName = Toggle Landing Strut
        allowManualControl = True
        allowAnimationWhileShielded = False
    }
}

@PART[godLandingLeg]
{
    !MODULE[ModuleLandingLeg]{}

    MODULE
    {
        name = ModuleAnimateGeneric
        animationName = desple
        isOneShot = False
        startEventGUIName = Extend Landing Strut
        endEventGUIName = Retract Landing Strut
        actionGUIName = Toggle Landing Strut
        allowManualControl = True
        allowAnimationWhileShielded = False
    }
}

@PART[godLandingLeg2]
{
    !MODULE[ModuleLandingLeg]{}

    MODULE
    {
        name = ModuleAnimateGeneric
        animationName = desple
        isOneShot = False
        startEventGUIName = Extend Landing Strut
        endEventGUIName = Retract Landing Strut
        actionGUIName = Toggle Landing Strut
        allowManualControl = True
        allowAnimationWhileShielded = False
    }
}

@PART[legstrotLandingLeg]
{
    !MODULE[ModuleLandingLeg]{}

    MODULE
    {
        name = ModuleAnimateGeneric
        animationName = bajar
        isOneShot = False
        startEventGUIName = Extend Landing Strut
        endEventGUIName = Retract Landing Strut
        actionGUIName = Toggle Landing Strut
        allowManualControl = True
        allowAnimationWhileShielded = False
    }
}

@PART[plommsLandingLeg]
{
    !MODULE[ModuleLandingLeg]{}

    MODULE
    {
        name = ModuleAnimateGeneric
        animationName = abrir
        isOneShot = False
        startEventGUIName = Extend Landing Strut
        endEventGUIName = Retract Landing Strut
        actionGUIName = Toggle Landing Strut
        allowManualControl = True
        allowAnimationWhileShielded = False
    }
}

 

 

[Karol van Kermin]

@winged Is the mars excursion lander for reentry? If yes, wont the buggy undernieve the hearshield melt?

[winged]

Mars reentry from low orbit generates almost 0 heat - at least in KSP. From interplanetary speeds this trick would not work.

[Karol van Kermin]

@winged Also irl ?

[kimjongspoon]

@winged, what engines do you use on the ascent vehicle of Challenger?

[Karol van Kermin]

Guys, I know its not the thread for asking a question like this, but I rly wanna start a RP-0 career, but the beginning is kinda boring for me... Its kinda hard getting science at the beginning, except by building planes (which is kinda tough with procedural wings).

[winged]

2 hours ago, Karol van Kermin said:

@winged Also irl ?

You should ask about that in the Science & Spaceflight section.

 

2 hours ago, kimjongspoon said:

@winged, what engines do you use on the ascent vehicle of Challenger?

Bell 8096L from FASA.

 

[__Ultimatum]

11 minutes ago, winged said:

You should ask about that in the Science & Spaceflight section.

 

Bell 8096L from FASA.

 

Congrats on the 13000th post in the spacecraft change! 

[Phineas Freak]

The Atlas launch vehicle family is one of my favorite. So let's spam this thread with some of the variants, starting with the Atlas LV-3C Centaur:

Pre - launch

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Liftoff

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Roll program complete

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BECO & engine separation

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Centaur insulation panels & fairing jettison

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Atlas core burnout & separation, Centaur ignition

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Orbital insertion (~1050 Kg of payload - 293 km x 260 km, 28.5^o)

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[Matuchkin]

@Phineas Freak:  Man, good replica...

[Phineas Freak]

3 minutes ago, Matuchkin said:

good replica...

And it is still missing a lot. Proper avionics pods and conduits, along with a better paint job are only some of the things that require improvement. But i am trying to keep them "RO - stock" (i.e. no custom parts or textures) so it will suffice for now.

[Epox75]

@Phineas Freak Very nice! Where did you get that nice bottom plate you put on the Centaur stage? 

 

I just built this rocket for a flyby mission to Saturn with a Jupiter gravity assist. I also intend to use the same rocket to all the other future flyby missions beyond Jupiter.  It has 4x H-1/RS-27 as main engine and 4x LR-101 Vernier engines for attitude control on the 1st Stage, a J-2 Engine on the 2nd stage, a LE-5 Engine and 4x LR-101 vernier engines used again on the kick stage, their gimbal and high vectoring range provide a very steady alignment with the burning node even at high acceleration. The payload weights 339 kg

Here is some picture from the test launch in simulation:

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Just a little update from the actual mission: The TJI went smooth and the spacecraft is en route to Jupiter and with a slight correction maneuver, to Saturn:

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Edited November 9, 2016 by Epox75

[Phineas Freak]

@Epox75 it is all Procedural Parts (from top to bottom). I gave it a "Thermal Blanket" texture (from FreedomTex) to simulate the MLI.

Really nice work on that launcher! Always love to see proper application of interstages as engine fairings and proper tank/engine interfaces. The payload interface is also really good!

[Mesklin]

My low-tech manned moonshot in RP0 career (January 1957). One man kerbal to the Moon surface and back.

Launcher "Triumph":

3 stages: 11 E-1 (USA) engines on 1-st stage; 5 RD-108 (USSR) on 2-nd stage and 1 RD-108 engine on 3-rd stage.

Payload to LEO - 44t; payload after TLI - 14.2t

Start mass - 1368t

Imgur album: http://imgur.com/a/ypDGc

Tech tree:

Edited November 9, 2016 by Mesklin

[Matuchkin]

53 minutes ago, Mesklin said:

My low-tech manned moonshot in RP0 career (January 1957). One man kerbal to the Moon surface and back.

Launcher "Triumph":

3 stages: 11 E-1 (USA) engines on 1-st stage; 5 RD-108 (USSR) on 2-nd stage and 1 RD-108 engine on 3-rd stage.

Payload to LEO - 44t; payload after TLI - 14.2t

Start mass - 1368t

Imgur album: http://imgur.com/a/ypDGc

There, that's one of my favourite lunar launchers from now on. One: it looks awesome, that's a wonderful take on the "four engines around a single engine" cluster. Two: it isn't completely based on N1s or Saturn Vs. No F1 first stage and J2 second and third stage. Well done.

[Matuchkin]

Small update: I'm starting to play KSP again. Been hooked on War Thunder for the past month.

[Heckspress]

9 hours ago, Matuchkin said:

War Thunder

lol i feel ya

[Matuchkin]

Just now, Heckspress said:

lol i feel ya

US, Britain, USSR, or The Glorious Reich?

Which one are you?

 

Note to Moderators: All references to Nationalist Germany are not meant to be offensive or radical in any way.

Edited November 11, 2016 by Matuchkin

[Heckspress]

5 minutes ago, Matuchkin said:

US, Britain, USSR, or The Glorious Reich?

Which one are you?

British tanks, have the most research in Brit planes, but trying to get my Russkies up

[Matuchkin]

Just now, Heckspress said:

British tanks, have the most research in Brit planes, but trying to get my Russkies up

The Lavochkins are very great, in my opinion. All I want is a gun platform that doesn't wobble.

But we digress. This is an RO thread after all.

[Epox75]

CSM-LM transposition and docking in my RO Career:

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[Guest]

my first attempt at making a "real" blueprint, technically this isnt an exact replica but to me trying to squeeze everything i can out of a Tiny Tim boosted WAC Corporal, built with starting parts in RP-0 career, that i can still fully recover:

Can this be improved even more, with starting parts in RP-0 career... without parts burning up/breaking off and fitting inside test flights time limits, still allowing full recovery? please suggest/improve if possible... maybe body/nose shaping ... i'm stuck at this point.

 

edit: maybe fueling the winglets/fins and trimming body tank abit could save a few Kg's?

Edited November 15, 2016 by Guest
idea about fins

[Matuchkin]

11 hours ago, Aazard said:

my first attempt at making a "real" blueprint, technically this isnt an exact replica but to me trying to squeeze everything i can out of a Tiny Tim boosted WAC Corporal, built with starting parts in RP-0 career, that i can still fully recover:

Can this be improved even more, with starting parts in RP-0 career... without parts burning up/breaking off and fitting inside test flights time limits, still allowing full recovery? please suggest/improve if possible... maybe body/nose shaping ... i'm stuck at this point.

 

edit: maybe fueling the winglets/fins and trimming body tank abit could save a few Kg's?

I'm thinking you should make this more aerodynamic, using structural fairings. But this looks very nice for a sounding rocket.

I see people still reply to this! Let's keep it up.