[WIP] O.R.A.N.G.E.S - Stockalike Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicles! (v1.0.0-beta-2 6/Feb/2023)

[Jay The Amazing Toaster]

We eating good with these Jupiter parts:

Jupiter-130:




Jupiter-246






(Second Stage engine mount from BDB).

Amazing stuff! Can't wait for the rest of the Jupiter parts.

[Falcon Aerospace]

19 minutes ago, Jay The Amazing Toaster said:

We eating good with these Jupiter parts:

Jupiter-130:




Jupiter-246






(Second Stage engine mount from BDB).

Amazing stuff! Can't wait for the rest of the Jupiter parts.

If you return to your alternate history, will you add this to the timeline, or is it too late

[Jay The Amazing Toaster]

5 minutes ago, Falcon Aerospace said:

If you return to your alternate history, will you add this to the timeline, or is it too late

I will return to my Alt-hist but I wouldn't add this, Jupiter DIRECT and Ares were competing concepts.

[Richmountain112]

21 hours ago, Invaderchaos said:

Yes, I believe there will be cutouts sized for Apollo and Orion. 

 

Can you also make a 3.75m Shuttle C strongback and jettisonable fairing too?

Edit: And also cutouts in the Shuttle C nosecone for Orion, Multi-Role Capsule, and Apollo? (The latter 2 would probably be the same)

Edited September 20, 2023 by Richmountain112

[EStreetRockets]

54 minutes ago, Richmountain112 said:

Can you also make a 3.75m Shuttle C strongback and jettisonable fairing too?

Edit: And also cutouts in the Shuttle C nosecone for Orion, Multi-Role Capsule, and Apollo? (The latter 2 would probably be the same)

No I will not be making a 3.75m Shuttle-C strongback and fairing. I will be making a 5m Shuttle-C part set that will include cut outs or Orion, MRC, and Apollo.

[TruthfulGnome]

Love this SDLV design so I had to make it with all the ORANGES parts we have!

[Richmountain112]

21 minutes ago, EStreetRockets said:

No I will not be making a 3.75m Shuttle-C strongback and fairing. I will be making a 5m Shuttle-C part set that will include cut outs or Orion, MRC, and Apollo.

I'd rather prefer 3.75m because that's (I believe) the maximum diameter of the MK3 parts.

Isn't 5m the same diameter as the ET?

Edited September 21, 2023 by Richmountain112

[kspbutitscursed]

1 hour ago, TruthfulGnome said:

Love this SDLV design so I had to make it with all the ORANGES parts we have!

Wow amazing work dude keep it up 

[EStreetRockets]

15 hours ago, Richmountain112 said:

I'd rather prefer 3.75m.

Isn't 5m the same diameter as the ET?

3.75m is too close to 3.125m. 5m is the same diameter as the ET.

 

There are many, many real Shuttle-C proposals that have a payload shroud that size. See below:

Spoiler

 

 

In other news...Jupiter comanifested payload fairings are available on Github!

Edited September 21, 2023 by EStreetRockets

[NoLifeJordan]

Jupiter my beloved

[Richmountain112]

On 9/21/2023 at 7:10 PM, NoLifeJordan said:

Jupiter my beloved

In the last pic, I think I recognize that Altair lander.

[Toaster355]

On 9/20/2023 at 4:02 PM, Jay The Amazing Toaster said:

We eating good with these Jupiter parts:

Jupiter-130:




Jupiter-246






(Second Stage engine mount from BDB).

Amazing stuff! Can't wait for the rest of the Jupiter parts.

 

On 9/21/2023 at 6:10 PM, NoLifeJordan said:

Jupiter my beloved

yOu cAnNOt aDd anY mOrE REacTiOns tODaY  

I friggin love brief eyecandy like these when an update for a mod like this comes out. Absolutely makes my day

 

But, how do you both mount the RS-25s so perfectly that? When I try to SDLV mount, the white shrouds on the engines slightly overhang the adapter and always clip through the small shroud at the edges?

Do you tweakscale the engines or something? There are no tweakscale configs for the shroud in this mod or Benjee's RS-25 from ACK by default.

[TruthfulGnome]

1 hour ago, Toaster355 said:

But, how do you both mount the RS-25s so perfectly that? When I try to SDLV mount, the white shrouds on the engines slightly overhang the adapter and always clip through the small shroud at the edges?

Use the SSMEs from RMM not ACK.

[Richmountain112]

47 minutes ago, TruthfulGnome said:

1 hour ago, Toaster355 said:

But, how do you both mount the RS-25s so perfectly that? When I try to SDLV mount, the white shrouds on the engines slightly overhang the adapter and always clip through the small shroud at the edges?

Use the SSMEs from RMM not ACK.

I'd just use the stock Vector engine if I were you.

[EStreetRockets]

2 hours ago, Toaster355 said:

But, how do you both mount the RS-25s so perfectly that? When I try to SDLV mount, the white shrouds on the engines slightly overhang the adapter and always clip through the small shroud at the edges?

Do you tweakscale the engines or something? There are no tweakscale configs for the shroud in this mod or Benjee's RS-25 from ACK by default.

 

49 minutes ago, Richmountain112 said:

I'd just use the stock Vector engine if I were you.

 

Download RMM. Use the RM-69 "Cotopaxi". Don't use the stock or ReStock Vector; it is undersized and not configured for ORANGES parts. The RMM SSME is the right engine,

[Toaster355]

On 9/24/2023 at 8:30 PM, EStreetRockets said:

 

 

Download RMM. Use the RM-69 "Cotopaxi". Don't use the stock or ReStock Vector; it is undersized and not configured for ORANGES parts. The RMM SSME is the right engine,

Ohhhh thanks, I wish I knew about that mod sooner!
That also explains why the SSME plumes looked so different in @Kuiper_Belt's and other threads compared to my own thread, I'm an idiot 

Also this is too late but I CANNOT exaggerate how much I loved the Jupiter DIRECT rockets and how much potential they held, and how sad I am that none of them flew .
I still do not understand why NASA decided to design and build the SLS instead of the Jupiter launch vehicles

But regardless, thank you and all the other devs so much for making this fantastic mod so we can use these amazing launch vehicles

Edited September 29, 2023 by Toaster355

[GoldForest]

@EStreetRockets I was curious, do you plan on making the Space Shuttle LRBs? Or is NLS-3 supposed to fill that role? If the latter, could we get a four-engine mount for NLS-3? 

[EStreetRockets]

56 minutes ago, GoldForest said:

@EStreetRockets I was curious, do you plan on making the Space Shuttle LRBs? Or is NLS-3 supposed to fill that role? If the latter, could we get a four-engine mount for NLS-3? 

At some point, yes. NLS-3 can serve as LRB with 3 STMEs.

[Richmountain112]

21 hours ago, EStreetRockets said:

 

 

Download RMM. Use the RM-69 "Cotopaxi". Don't use the stock or ReStock Vector; it is undersized and not configured for ORANGES parts. The RMM SSME is the right engine,

Could I use the ReDIRECT Rainstorm?

And also for the SRBs I just use the ones from ReDIRECT.

Also, what is RMM?

Edited September 26, 2023 by Richmountain112

[GoldForest]

4 hours ago, Richmountain112 said:

Could I use the ReDIRECT Rainstorm?

And also for the SRBs I just use the ones from ReDIRECT.

Also, what is RMM?

You'll also want this which has the SRBs:

 

[Richmountain112]

On 9/25/2023 at 1:15 AM, GoldForest said:

@EStreetRockets I was curious, do you plan on making the Space Shuttle LRBs? Or is NLS-3 supposed to fill that role? If the latter, could we get a four-engine mount for NLS-3? 

Could we get the Boldly Going LRBs instead?

[GoldForest]

1 hour ago, Richmountain112 said:

Could we get the Boldly Going LRBs instead?

Wrong person to quote/ask.  You want to reply to or ping @EStreetRockets

[EStreetRockets]

Chill out everyone.

[EStreetRockets]

 More Jupiter/SDLV upper stage parts are available on Github!

[Toaster355]

On 9/20/2023 at 4:02 PM, Jay The Amazing Toaster said:

We eating good with these Jupiter parts:

Jupiter-130:




Jupiter-246






(Second Stage engine mount from BDB).

Amazing stuff! Can't wait for the rest of the Jupiter parts.

While we wait for the rest of the Jupiter rocket parts, what parts folder in BDB is that engine mount in?

I need it for... reasons.