heavy payload challenge

[Spartwo]

get the heaviest payload to orbit in one launch.

rules

1:must be all stock

2:any form of propulsion as payload is dissalowed(excluding rcs)

3:final stage will only count

leaderboard

1st:Istas 380 tons

2nd:Just1ChanceFree ??? tons

3rd:

Edited April 25, 2013 by Spartwo

[sal_vager]

1st Spartwo 61.5 tonnes

Can we, you know, see it?

[Saaur]

So upload the album to imgur or dropbox or something. Voila! URL

[Istas]

Takeoff mass: 3265 tons

Mass to orbit: 629.9 tons

Payload to orbit: 380 tons of tanker for refueling (7 full orange tanks of fuel, 7 full 18-ton tanks of fuel, one partially full tank of RCS for attitude adjustment; 378 tons of full fuel tanks if you count only them)

Engines cannot draw from the 378 tons of fuel tank payload. This fuel load can make it to orbit with a 3048-ton takeoff mass, I just added some extra tanks to the launcher to give it a bit more dV for flexibility in orbit.

Early in launch:

http://s78.photobucket.com/user/IstasPuma/media/10tankerLaunch_zps79fcf613.jpg.html

In orbit:

http://s78.photobucket.com/user/IstasPuma/media/10tankerOrbit_zpsb64deb96.jpg.html

Edited April 23, 2013 by Istas
Spoiler and/or imbedding tags aren't working? I think?

[astropapi1]

It's pretty dumb to post your score on the first place. You're proposing a challenge, let the people have a chance to win it, and at least post a picture of your 61.5 t lifter.

[Spartwo]

It's pretty dumb to post your score on the first place. You're proposing a challenge, let the people have a chance to win it, and at least post a picture of your 61.5 t lifter.

lifters don't count

[astropapi1]

So.... what is going to take the payload to orbit if it isn't a lifter? The mods should delete this thread. ¬_¬

[Epic DaVinci]

nobody reply

Whats the point of posting a thread in a "Discussion" forum and then asking for no reply's?

[Spartwo]

Whats the point of posting a thread in a "Discussion" forum and then asking for no reply's?

than report the tread for removal

Edited April 23, 2013 by Spartwo

[Epic DaVinci]

name calling... really?

[astropapi1]

than report the tread for removal (penis)

And that (pe-nis) was for...

[Spartwo]

And that (pe-nis) was for...

reason to remove the thread

[Spartwo]

I would like to apoligise(sorry about spelling)if my comments came off as insulting.especially to da vinci.

[Just1ChanceFree]

I'll send ya my success as a contest entry. All stock parts save MechJeb. The plan was to get my space station rotational gravity housing for personnel into orbit but I never ended up needing to stage.

Have to fly this behemoth by hand, mechjeb and even ASAS screw it up. Still, 857.7 Tons to stable orbit, albeit eccentric. 4022 tons on the pad. Had to send up a refuel-er to circularize orbit.

[Spartwo]

I'll send ya my success as a contest entry. All stock parts save MechJeb. The plan was to get my space station rotational gravity housing for personnel into orbit but I never ended up needing to stage.

Have to fly this behemoth by hand, mechjeb and even ASAS screw it up. Still, 857.7 Tons to stable orbit, albeit eccentric. 4022 tons on the pad. Had to send up a refuel-er to circularize orbit.

how much does the top half weigh?sadly as mentioned propulsion doesn't count.

[Istas]

SparTwo: What about my entry? The lifting engines are not connected by fuel lines to the payload, which is within the ring of engine stacks. Payload of ~380 tons; ~2 tons rcs fuel, 378 tons of full, untouched fuel tanks that can't be drawn from by any of the engines.

Edited April 25, 2013 by Istas