Duna lander

[Ribby Kerman]

Hi everyone,

I have a duna mission in orbit around kerbin waiting to go to duna. Id it possible to lift off duna and get back to kerbin with one x200-32 rockomax fuel tanks and a    Skipper engine and a 3 person capsule with some ladders and solar panels? If not should I use that as my command ship and launch another lander or launch an orange tank with a skipper engine and use my currreny lander. My current lander is not equipped with rcs but does have a docking port. Thx in advance

-Ribby kerman

[The Optimist]

What's the dV?

[Ribby Kerman]

550

[Ultimate Steve]

First off, here's a handy delta v map. Second, 550 DV seems a bit low for what you are describing. If it really is 550 DV then, no. It won't be enough. Third, this thread probably belongs in the "gameplay questions and tutorials" subforum.

[Ribby Kerman]

I think i messed up my calculations.   

Edited June 21, 2016 by Ribby Kerman

[sumghai]

[MOD - Moved to Gameplay Questions and Tutorials subforum]

[Ribby Kerman]

thx sumghai

[Reactordrone]

That tank with a three man capsule and a skipper will have around 3000m/s of delta-v. If you're intending to land on Duna you should have parachutes for landing in order to minimize rocket fuel usage during the landing phase and a smaller, more efficient engine would be better.

personally, I'd use a dedicated lander but as long as you do a fairly efficient landing you'd probably have enough delta-v on that ship to land on Duna, return to orbit and transfer back to Kerbin.

[Ribby Kerman]

I just realised that my fuel module is very unstable because of the docking ports. Can I improve this?

[Reactordrone]

16 minutes ago, Ribby Kerman said:

I just realised that my fuel module is very unstable because of the docking ports. Can I improve this?

Probably not without seeing it.

[Ribby Kerman]

K, I will post a screenshot 

[Ribby Kerman]

Here is my ship