Mini Constellation-Ares V + Ares I

[Ozymandias_the_Goat]

It was hard for me to replicate a realistic Ares V and Ares I in KSP, so I went Mini! These adorable little rockets are more accurate representations of the Constellation rockets than I could do with Kerbodyne parts. First the Ares I: This one was the one I did after the Ares V, so it is a bit of a rush job with only a few pics.

On the pad. It kept blowing up without fins, so I had to put them. My upper stage is an Flt-400 tank with an LV-45 "swivel" engine.

The 2nd stage was really shaky, so I have no pic of it. Here is the mini Orion CSM pushing into orbit. It has roughly 2 km/s of  Δv and can make it inot orbit from my Ares I with about 300 m/s of Δv.

Now for the Ares V:

Mini Ares V on the pad. Boasting 5.4 k/s of Δv without the KDS (Kerbin Departure Stage) it is not at all so "mini".

During Gravity Turn with 80% throttle limiter. Otherwise, it blows itself apart at 100% throttle.

SRBs gracefully fall away to safety, led by a thruster.

The first stage continues burning headed towards space.

Stage 2 in action. It has a probe core so it can take on a secondary mission, or deorbit.

Releasing payload. It's a mini lunar lander and KDS as would have been used in real constellation missions. This lander, however, cannot hold any crew and is quite indeed a worthless piece of space junk. Good thing it can deorbit (or strike the Mun. SCIENCE!!)

[Majorjim!]

I love the Ares V! So cute and detailed, nice work!

  Have you thought about making some of the other Constellation craft in 'mini'?

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

Very nice!  The mini Ares V is great!

[Ozymandias_the_Goat]

I made a Mini Kopernicus DTV. I used gravity hack to get it off the ground, but could have launched it with a few Ares V's

It has room for 4 crew, plus 1 more in the mini Orion CSM. It has it's own drone core to operate autonomously. 

Another shot with Kerbin in the background.

A really pretty image of Jeb doing what he does best. This enterprise ended in another happy landing for Jeb. Keep up the good work Jeb!

[Majorjim!]

1 hour ago, LetsGoToMars! said:

I made a Mini Kopernicus DTV.

*Majorjim squeals with delight

 I love it! Make the hab and cargo landers next!