[Stock] Blockade Runner/ Corellian Corvette!

Aknar · May 30, 2013

Looks fantastic! I downloaded it and will use it as an example to create my first mothership, thanks, you did a great job

Tried creating my own. Smaller and in one piece only. Largely inspired by this one of course (thanks by the way). It's far from an exact replica (it's not my aim). Stock except for nuclear engines that come with Kosmos add-on. Those engines have exactly the same stats except they weigh x4 more and are much larger for esthetics. (Pictures might be a bit small to see)

Edited May 30, 2013 by Aknar
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Mufasa · June 3, 2013

Wow, for being new to KSP, WELL DONE. That's an awesome project and it looks legit = bonus points.

How does it fly?

(Update us on the mission progress)

Daisy Blossom · June 12, 2013

How does it fly?
(Update us on the mission progress)

The short answer: not very well. When I built this I didn't really realize that a 1000 part ship would basically grind my computer to a halt and that anything above 600 parts still wasn't the most fun to fly. With that in mind and with the great suggestion to try out the KSPX mod pack for some larger NERVAs I built a new one.

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This guy can go up in one launch if you're smart about moving fuel back to the launch vehicle and knowing when it's time to stage and fire up those big NERVAs. It's also WAY more structurally solid and the part count is reduced considerably (590 once you shed the launch vehicle). She weighs 138mt dry and 417mt wet giving her a total delta V of about 8.7km/s before adding tanks. 2 senior, 5 normal and 8 junior clamp-o-trons add plenty of room for landers/rovers/additional fuel.

So...what am I doing with her?!

Well, I gassed her up at my space station...

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Then I loaded a single lander, powered up, and realized...it lists more than the gyros and the gimbals can correct unless it's relatively balanced. :rolleyes: