[Stock] Black arrow

[Scientia1423]

While looking around I found this rocket called 'Black Arrow' which was developed in the UK before shortly being cancelled.

So I decided to create my own.

Excuse me, I took off then bounced on the launchpad before going to space.

The engine on the bottom stage have eight, according to the wiki, which I used the vector engines. I lowered the thrust on them, disabled the inner engines and lowered the gimbal on the outer to keep the rocket stable.

The next stage had 2 engines, for which I used the Swivel to do this job. I didn't change anything though. Apart from that, any 2.5 meter payload can fit inside the fairings.

This was travelling over 300m/s and it survived with the engines being blown off. Also that stick on the top is to give the upper stage some room.

I found this to be a very efficient rocket, since in my test, the first stage went up to the top before shutting down.

 

If you want to try this here is the link: https://kerbalx.com/Scientia1423/Black-arrow

Anyways, enjoy.

Edited September 18, 2016 by Scientia1423

[TopHeavy11]

Me thinks you needs launch stabilizers!

Also, FIRST!

Edited October 10, 2016 by TopHeavy11

[Scientia1423]

7 hours ago, TopHeavy11 said:

Me thinks you needs launch stabilizers!

Also, FIRST!

ADD MOAR BOSSTERS!!!

[LordOfMinecraft99]

This is kinda related, I am working on a Black Arrow mod and i was wondering if u would be interested in helping.

[Scientia1423]

3 hours ago, LordOfMinecraft99 said:

This is kinda related, I am working on a Black Arrow mod and i was wondering if u would be interested in helping.

If it involves retexturing and modelling, then I'm no good at that. But I can help with the design though.

The only problem would be is the fairings since they are red...

Edited October 21, 2016 by Scientia1423

[LordOfMinecraft99]

Here are some basic 3-d models: 

https://sketchfab.com/models/0d698f455340483a90bf7f1b2598fb90

https://sketchfab.com/models/fe9fb7dcb14f4274be7449de633dffdc

[Scientia1423]

10 hours ago, LordOfMinecraft99 said:

Here are some basic 3-d models: 

https://sketchfab.com/models/0d698f455340483a90bf7f1b2598fb90

https://sketchfab.com/models/fe9fb7dcb14f4274be7449de633dffdc

Nicely done! However don't forget the diagonal stripes on the First stage and that the fairing has to be seperate.

Here is what I mean.

But instead of the R3, you could have the RX

[Scientia1423]

@LordOfMinecraft99, any update on the mod?

[LordOfMinecraft99]

Yes, I am here. I just had an exam so i didn't do that much. Unfortunately, i can't add the stripes without some major work. 3-D MODELING TALK AHEAD! WARNING! So, because i am terrible at UV mapping, i use something called "Material Manipulation" as a replacement. However, material manipulation only works on faces, so i would have to move vertexs in order to form the shape of the stripes which would not only mess up the model, it would take a while and would create extra tri's for KSP to render. So, i can't really. 3-D OVER! Anyway, I 3-d modeling some other things so i think the Photon Rocket, the Black Prince, and the Atlas V might be part of the mod as well.