Rocketry by Ziff

[Ziff]

I am proud to bring you several of my KSP rocket creations. Some are simple, efficient, and purposeful. Others are a bit more wonderous and wonky, yet still usable. Enjoy! As always, criticism is welcome. I am ever striving to improve my designs.

** DYJ's Crewtank mod can be downloaded from this Thread

I have retired my Talos-MkII design and replaced it with 2 other versions. The new versions have a completely rethought Launch stage, far more efficient than previous versions.

The Talos-MkIII design is simply a more refined and efficient design with better staging. It is light on fuel and the injection stage must be used to start the landing phase or the lander will not have enough fuel for a return trip.

The Talos-MkIV vehicle uses an advanced lander with a higher fuel capacity. The lander has about 3450m/s of delta-v and reaches a 75km orbit with 2200 units of fuel left in the orbital stage. (About 800m/s of delta-v I think) This is now my preferred vehicle for Munar and Minmus explorations.

The Agrius-MkII is based on an earlier design and requires DYJ's Crew Tank mod. It is capable of transporting 5 additional Kerbals, although their safety is by no means guaranteed.

The Otus is a small 1 Kerbal vehicle. It is fully Munar capable and rather a joy to fly because of it's simplicity.

The Antaeus is an unconventional design. Drawn up on a beer soaked napkin by Jebediah after an argument with Bill, the engineers at KSP were astounded to discover it really could fly and is fully Munar capable too! *Requires DYJ's Crew Tank Mod

Currently still under heavy R&D is the IPX-X4. It is capable of getting a decent amount of payload and fuel into orbit. Warning: Design changes on a daily basis. It has not be reworked for efficiency.

*Outdated Talos-MkII https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93355756/Talos-MKII.craft

Talos-MkIII https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93355756/Talos-MkIII.craft

Talos-MkIV https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93355756/Talos-MkIV.craft

Agrius-MkII https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93355756/Agrius-MkII.craft

Otus-MkI https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93355756/Otus-MkI.craft

Antaeus-MkI https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93355756/Antaeus-MkI.craft

IPX-X4 https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93355756/IPX-X4.craft

Design continues on the X7 series of Interplanetary landing craft. This photo during an early development stage shows the parachutes and drop tanks that are used with the single landing engine to come down safely. Testing was done by de-orbiting from a 100km orbit to land back on Kerbin. The 1st set of booster rockets are used in conjunction with the remaining fuel in the drop tanks to reach 8-9km where the vehicle then jettisons them and pitches over to a 70 degree angle where the second set of boosters are fired. It can easily obtain a 75km orbit with fuel remaining. The RCS will be used for orbtital rendezvous.

Edited September 18, 2012 by Ziff
Fixed Photos

[Androsynth]

It says I can't load these because the space craft did not have the following part: crewmodule

Any ideas?

[kahlzun]

You'll need to download the crewtank mod. Says so right there on the tin..

[Ziff]

It says I can't load these because the space craft did not have the following part: crewmodule

Any ideas?

Sorry, I added the link to DYJ's crewtank mod in the original post.

[Vanamonde]

On the 3-mans, are you using the hide-the-chute-under-the-decoupler trick? Or do you just let them plummet to their deaths?

[Ziff]

On the 3-mans, are you using the hide-the-chute-under-the-decoupler trick? Or do you just let them plummet to their deaths?

Yeah, I used the hide the chute trick. Actually, I have several new designs that don't even use ASAS on those stages anymore.