[Stock 0.16] 3-Kerbal Lander "OrionX1"

[deadshot462]

Well 0.16 has been awesome, landing the new pod on the moons is quite the challenge, but here is the ship that can do it:

[stock 0.16] The OrionX1 - The lander that can reach Mun or Minmus with fuel to spare:

Features:

-Two sets of boosters to get out of Kerbin\'s atmosphere, with a departure stage ready to boost you to your next destination

-The lander is split into a descent and ascent stage like the Apollo LM.

-The lander\'s ascent stage can be used as an escape stage during a disastrous lift-off if necessary

Ready for lift-off, two sets of boosters to get out of the atmosphere

Landed on Mun!

Landed on Minmus!

Ascent stage lift-off back to Kerbin

Enjoy!

[Oddbin]

I really like the stacking above the pod there.

[Parabellum]

Yeah, putting fuel tanks and smaller engines on top of the command pod is genius.

That\'s something I love about KSP. Just when you think you\'ve seen it all, bam! Someone makes something new!

[Koreanzerg]

I have so much trouble in 0.16 controlling the larger rockets. even with rcs enabled i cant even steer this thing to do a prograde burn to the moon. is this just me?

EDIT: I jettisoned that larger tank, even though i still had half fuel left =( but now it works much better, perhaps this was the intention when you built the craft, to jettison that tank when in oribt

[deadshot462]

Wow that\'s a lot of downloads lol, and thanks for the comments. Glad you guys liked the lander!

Yeah, the big middle tank is for a trans-lunar insertion burn. It\'s tough to steer but I think it\'s something that will be fixed. Once the AP reaches the moon, I disconnect the big tank so it crashes on the surface of the mun.

[Koreanzerg]

I just couldnt steer it at all, my craft was pointing at retrograde and it would start to turn very slowly but then go back towards retrograde. But the lander had plenty of fuel to get me from kerbin orbit, to the moon, and back home

[Apatheticjester]

This rocket has so much more power at every stage than anything I tried. This thing could go to Mars.

[Spiruel]

This got me onto the Mun twice so far. Thanks for sharing.

[CanadianTaser]

Whoo. I love this!!! I got two crews up. One of the lands decouppled too early and crashlanded on the mun at the same time, the other landed perfectly. Another one is on its way to pick up the stragglers! They landed 5.5 KM from eachother. It was quite the journey, considering i had to do them one at a time. LOL.

[Commander Zoom]

Great rocket. This put me on the Mun and brought me home with fuel to spare. The ascent stage is an inspired touch, and I like how you have the parachutes set up also.

[WoodenBiplane]

I love this thing. It\'s serving as an emergency return vehicle at my Mun base since the ascent stage is so reliable. It also inspired a skycrane-style cart dropper that\'s made landing carts a breeze. It just flies away when I decouple from a 10m hover.

[FriedMunCake]

I went to the launch pad with this and my game just lagged out, everything was extremely laggy and I eventually had to turn off my laptop by the power button.

[Koschei]

Wow that\'s a lot of downloads lol, and thanks for the comments. Glad you guys liked the lander!

Yeah, the big middle tank is for a trans-lunar insertion burn. It\'s tough to steer but I think it\'s something that will be fixed. Once the AP reaches the moon, I disconnect the big tank so it crashes on the surface of the mun.

Yeah that\'s the main problem with my designs, they are powerful enough for about anything but won\'t steer at all, even with RCS. Got any tips on making the command pod more powerful?

[emfolkerts]

i love ths spacecraft i use it a ton. prety easy to fly

[JackAz]

Not bad ! I should try it