Jool IB Rocket - for when my Jool V is overkill! (now 30% more on fire during ascent)

[Mulbin]

Not a major addition to my shipyard, it can't fly to the Mun or drop a complex lander on Duna... but I really needed a smaller workhorse rocket for lifting smaller payload to orbit. The obvious next step after my new Jool V Munbug Launcher was to create a matching Jool IB!

Just enough DV to get a Munbug CSM into low orbit. - The variant shown is an RCS transporter for restocking my station RCS tanks... If you put a standard Munbug on you can perform LOI return missions etc.

The file! - http://www./?8pll366hcz7tz5r

My Jool V (and munbug CSM / Lander) can be found here!

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/28073-0-19-Munbug-V-Now-80-more-Apollo!-New-Jool-V-Rocket-New-CM-New-Lander!?p=343648#post343648

Edited May 20, 2013 by Mulbin

[Mulbin]

Apologies to those who have already downloaded... I had uploaded the wrong craft file, it was an incomplete test version. Proper file uploaded now and linked from main post.

[Darth Lazarus]

teehee~ Mulbin great work ^^

[drakesdoom]

If you are on fire on the way up wouldn't you be going to fast for a efficient accent?

[Spanier]

If you are on fire on the way up wouldn't you be going to fast for a efficient accent?

Indeed, you'd need to throttle down to prevent excessive energy losses due to drag, but this launch vehicle is so big and overpowered, it doesn't care about drag

The Saturn IB had 8 smaller engines in the first stage btw, but nice work anyway

[Mulbin]

If you are on fire on the way up wouldn't you be going to fast for a efficient accent?

It only does it very briefly just before first stage separation, you can throttle it down a little or enjoy the fireworks

The Saturn IB had 8 smaller engines in the first stage btw, but nice work anyway

Yes I know... but the small engines in KSP are just too weak, I spent ages trying! They will give you a maximum total thrust of 1720 which isn't enough to lift this rocket off the ground... 4 mainsails gives you 6000! I'm really hoping they will release some more rockets soon as there needs to be something in between the mainsail and the smaller rockets.

[Nephf]

If you wanted to reconstruct a Saturn I B, i would say this looks a tiny bit more than it. It has 9 Engines at the first stage. But nice work!

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Edited July 9, 2013 by Nephf

[sgt_flyer]

hum neph, if you start this way, i can show you the second revision of my saturn 1-b here ... - which have what looks like 8 engines on the bottom, early engine cutoff for the center engines, and advanced interstage and payload fairings

don't forget Mulbin made his Jool rocket series fairly consistent early on, and he only aimed for a more closer saturn look recently with the Munbug VIII (here, we have the Munbug VI S-IVB directly ported from his first jool V with it's full fairing) - plus, judging from the first post date, it was made before the Skippers were avaible

Edited July 9, 2013 by sgt_flyer

[Mulbin]

ohh... I'd forgotten about my Jool 1B. definitely in need of an update in line with my new Jool V

[Nephf]

hum neph, if you start this way, i can show you the second revision of my saturn 1-b here ... - which have what looks like 8 engines on the bottom, early engine cutoff for the center engines, and advanced interstage and payload fairings

don't forget Mulbin made his Jool rocket series fairly consistent early on, and he only aimed for a more closer saturn look recently with the Munbug VIII (here, we have the Munbug VI S-IVB directly ported from his first jool V with it's full fairing) - plus, judging from the first post date, it was made before the Skippers were avaible

^

I know what mulbin wanted to do and he did it very well. But this might be a tiny bit overpowered. It's like a Space Shuttle with F1-engines.

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