To the Mun![A rocket and its journey]

[deadmeat1471]

I've been playing this for a while, but I'm far from an expert. Here is my latest simple design for a 'Mun rocket'.

It will near definitely need more fuel tanks for the Trans Mun Injection trip, and the TKI(K=Kerbin) trip back. I will test it properly and see how far it gets as it is though! More pics will be incoming.

*Edit

I need to work out how to make the engines fire so that the LEM rockets are used mostly for the munar landing.

Edited September 25, 2012 by deadmeat1471

[deadmeat1471]

*Note to self. LEM engines must fire before CSM engines. Or else my poor kerbalnauts will be using the puny LEM rockets to get back from the Mun.

Edited September 25, 2012 by deadmeat1471

[Leonov]

Have you made it into orbit with that?

[deadmeat1471]

Yeah orbit was easy[Errorrrrr]

*are you suggesting my genius design could be faulty in anyway?

Note: The large main engine assisted by the SRB's are more than enough to achieve orbit.[Wait, I have miscalculated somehow. I think I added weight. It is no longer easy to achieve orbit!]

**I did have one issue before, the struts were linked to the SRB's, so when the SRB's detached, they took the top part of the craft with it.

True Kerbin engineering.

I'm working on another Orbital rocket stage, come up against some stability problems, will fix them and continue!

Edited September 25, 2012 by deadmeat1471

[Leonov]

I had the same problem, i just moved it farther up than i had it before.