Large lander

[Rareden]

Any one got a good design for a large interplanetary lander, ive made about 8versions and only one has made it to the mun but cant get further because it dosnt have enough fuel capacity to make the burn.

they all have this triangular shape but with different parts and such.

any one got any ideas

[TheDarkStar]

You should assemble it in orbit around the body you want to land on. To help keep it from falling apart, use the Quantum Strut addon (Note: Not updated in a while, you might need to find a similar one instead).

[Rareden]

no its strong enough, it dosnt fall apart, its that you cant fit large nuclear engines on it to make the burns to other planets, and other engines have low isp so you end up running out of fuel during the burn, even after refueling. The only engine i found that would be perfect is the aerospike rocket but it has no gimbaling so control in atmosphere would need something else on it

[joppiesaus]

In orbit construction is the easiest thing I guess

[erendrake]

IMO if you want to have a refueling, planet hopping lander with Kethane. you should look into a slightly smaller lander and a larger craft that stays in orbit. I have a mission going on youtube that has a 3 part craft called the Minnow.