Agent Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I have recently built a new rocket to attempt to go to the moon for the first time. I\'ve done many designs to try to make a functional rocket with a lot of fuel. Up to this point, my rockets were working fine but not enough fuel. I\'ve changed my design with more tanks but all of them start shaking all over the place messing up my direction. I\'ve attached a picture of my rocket. Help would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Tie all those guys together with zillions of struts. There might not be enough struts in the world, though, to hold that thing together. By the way, you only need one of those avionics ASAS thingies. They\'re not cumulative, though the regular SAS model is. (Sorry, I\'m being stupid today and have edit everything I post because I get something wrong. ??? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 Is that all one stage? No wonder you\'re running out of fuel! You\'re carrying all those empty tanks with you everywhere you go! But if that\'s the challenge you\'ve set for yoruself, tie all those guys together with zillions of struts. There might not be enough struts in the world, though, to hold that thing together. Yes, I\'ve thought about the thing with the stages, however it doesn\'t matter because the fuel from the center tanks flows into all the other engines on the first stage, and I don\'t know how to work around it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fennris Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Use radial decouplers and fuel lines, place the tanks you want to use first further down the staging hierarchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoRagnos Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I would say your problem is the fuel goes from tank to tank because there is no \'break\' in between. My suggestion, use TT-38K Radial Decouplers and Struts to provide strength between stages.You can then fuel from the outer stages to the inner so you end up with a full center structure after you enter space/orbit depending on fuel usage and thrust.Let me know if that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadrek Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Here\'s a pretty bad example. Throttle back before staging the first stage, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentMcConnell Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Sounds like a guide I wrote up with a friend will help you here.http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=17634.0Wrote it just last night. lol. Now you can build your rockets to make sure they\'ll work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo-not Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Don\'t try to land on and return from the Mun with a single stage rocket without utilizing the fuel consumption bug, because it\'s impossible now.If you run fuel lines from the outer stacks to the inner stacks and stage them properly with decouplers, you\'ll have a much better time with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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