[1.12.x] Shangsheng Orbital v0.5 - Stockalike NewLine-1 rocket

[Damon]

Hi and welcome to this thread!

I am a big fan of the current progress LinkSpace is doing.
Their NewLine-1 rocket is paving the way for reusable launch vehicles on Chinese ground.
That's why I am inspired to make this mod.

 

Spoiler

This mod will include the following parts:

• First stage engine (has 2 engine modes)
• Legs based on the design of NewLine-1
• S1 fuel tank
• S1 guidance interstage
• S2 vac engine with 4 smaller engines that gimbal
• S2 fuel tank
• Payload deployer
• Fairing half
   

Known issues:

• Legs clip inside the ground. Doesn't harm the rocket but looks weird. Trying to fix this.
   

Required mods:

• Kerbal Reusability Expansion For the fins

Recommended mods:

• Community Category Kit For an extra icon in the VAB to see all the parts
• SmokeScreen To see the mighty plumes

Download here:

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Massive thanks to @Nessus_, @JadeOfMaar and @neistridlar for helping me with the balance and plumes!
And a special thanks to @EmbersArc for helping me with getting the legs working (Kind of).

Any of the configs will be distributed under CC-NC-SA-4.0 License.
All Textures/models will be distributed under All Right Reserved License.
SootyShaderLoader is based on the custom shader importer by shadowmage and modified with permission by DMagic & Blowfish with custom modules and settings. All Rights Reserved License.
CKAN support is coming.

Edited January 2, 2021 by damonvv
V0.4 update

[Jay The Amazing Toaster]

First! Jk tho, congrats on the release!

[Zorg]

Cute smol rocket

Spoiler

 

[RealKerbal3x]

Woot! I'll be sure to give this a go!

[trooperMNG]

I'll surely try this chinese bootleg Falcon! Very nice

[DylanSemrau]

Congrats on release! This thing is an unbelievable amount of fun to use 

[Abpilot]

eyyy chinese ripoff spacex

[Diamondriverplays]

Hey damon i got a bug the logo is black like the one right above the Second stage engine 

Edited August 18, 2019 by Diamondriverplays

[VoidCosmos]

Yeah

!!! 

On 8/17/2019 at 8:12 PM, DylanSemrau said:

Congrats on release! This thing is an unbelievable amount of fun to use 

 

Sorry for going off topic but where did you get that satellite from? 

Edited May 18, 2020 by VoidCosmos

[MMG]

Excellent work here, glad to see some new Chinese launch vehicles!

[rettter3]

Does this work in 1.8x ?

 

[Damon]

1 hour ago, rettter3 said:

Does this work in 1.8x ?

 

I don't know actually haha. I will do some test and update things if necessarily. Should be updated today if all goes well!

[Damon]

Published a new version to support 1.8.x. Should be on CKAN any time soon!

[SpaceFace545]

@damonvvhow do you fly this with enough fuel to land 

[Damon]

15 hours ago, SpaceFace545 said:

@damonvvhow do you fly this with enough fuel to land 

It’s a very small rocket and you can only do super tiny cube sats with it. I’m not sure if the actual rocket does an RTLS or just lands somewhere down range 

[SpaceFace545]

2 hours ago, damonvv said:

It’s a very small rocket and you can only do super tiny cube sats with it. I’m not sure if the actual rocket does an RTLS or just lands somewhere down range 

okay I'm trying to do water landings cause there is nothing down range of the KSC but the second stage has nearly 3000 m/s of delta v

[Damon]

2 hours ago, SpaceFace545 said:

okay I'm trying to do water landings cause there is nothing down range of the KSC but the second stage has nearly 3000 m/s of delta v

It is balanced for 2.5x Kerbin size

[SpaceFace545]

29 minutes ago, damonvv said:

It is balanced for 2.5x Kerbin size

makes sens, is their any 1.9 mods for rescaleing kerbin?

[JadeOfMaar]

50 minutes ago, SpaceFace545 said:

makes sens, is their any 1.9 mods for rescaleing kerbin?

Kopernicus is not available for 1.9 so no.

[FatherOfGold]

The landing leg is stuck open in the VAB in 1.8, I can't retract it for some reason, but on the launchpad I can retract it just fine.

[rhZhao]

Small correction here. I think you might wanna name this rocket as "SHI JIAN", not "JIAN SHI". "JIAN SHI  " in Chinese could be meaning "surveillance (监视) ". (Or at least it is the first combination that pops in my mind, other than 简史 Brief History、见识 Knowledges ) ," Shi Jian" in Chinese meaning “Practice (实践)” , it is also the name for the series of experimental satellites launched by China.

[rogerwang86]

On 8/19/2020 at 4:11 AM, rhZhao said:

Small correction here. I think you might wanna name this rocket as "SHI JIAN", not "JIAN SHI". "JIAN SHI  " in Chinese could be meaning "surveillance (监视) ". (Or at least it is the first combination that pops in my mind, other than 简史 Brief History、见识 Knowledges ) ," Shi Jian" in Chinese meaning “Practice (实践)” , it is also the name for the series of experimental satellites launched by China.

Hi, I am the guy who help damon names this launch vehicle. It name is Arrow(箭矢). I not familiar with China official romanization system, therefore, If I spelled that wrong, help me correct that. Thx.

[rhZhao]

On 8/20/2020 at 3:49 PM, rogerwang86 said:

Hi, I am the guy who help damon names this launch vehicle. It name is Arrow(箭矢). I not familiar with China official romanization system, therefore, If I spelled that wrong, help me correct that. Thx.

Then it is correct!

Just found it a very strange world as a Chinese native, I never use this combination in my 26 years of lifetime (Pardon my pool vocabulary.). It makes sense right away after you giving me the Chinese name, feels like it got picked from some ancient Kung Fu fiction. 

[CHEEKYMONKEY6]

broooo wat the u gotta do more mods like dis. 5/5 for me

[Damon]

Version 0.4 is up!
- Updated to KSP 1.11
- Added Modular Launch Pad clamp craft file

I have noticed people are using this mod in various other games without my permission. I Strongly suggest that if you find this mod somewhere else, please report it to me so I can handle it further.
I do not like seeing these kind of activities and it is very disrespectful to a mod author.

Happy landings!