Icarus 2

[Napster]

I decided to make a ship close to the likes of Icarus 2 from the film Sunshine (2007) as best I could.

2774 Parts ~900 Tons 4 Launches All Stock

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Craft Files

Payload

Front Section

Mid Section

Aft Engine Section

[Fox62]

Damn. Wow.

[Mekan1k]

Damn! How did you get the middle bits to spin like that?

[Chozo Nomad]

Sir, I am impressed.

[OtherDalfite]

This is crazy good. Excellent job!

[Fleb]

Wow, thats insane. Building that shield on the front would have killed me!

[iDan122]

That will make my PC explode, and I froze in astonishment when I saw this. Great recreation!

[abihoooo]

Damn! How did you get the middle bits to spin like that?

Probably used Rotatrons from Damned Robotics.

[Mekan1k]

Probably used Rotatrons from Damned Robotics.

It's stock, so no damned robotics.

[Beeburgers]

This is really amazing. I wish my comp could handle 2000+ parts because that's one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies. I hate to ask this because it would mean the death of a LOT of hard work, but... did you crash it into Kerbol? Anywho well done good sir, well done indeed.

[AnalogAddict]

/nod

Impressive.

[switchON]

Does it move?

[Napster]

Damn! How did you get the middle bits to spin like that?

The mast sits on a frame that is balanced in the center with rover wheels to keep it in place.

The rover wheels hold onto and rotate around a ring made of small cubic octagonal struts. The inner one might be unnecessary, but I put it there just in case. Thrust is applied from the small engines to start rotation after it is decoupled.

Edited August 6, 2013 by Napster

[mushroomman]

But wouldn't they break apart during warp?

Also, what is the Delta-V of that monster?

[Napster]

But wouldn't they break apart during warp?

Also, what is the Delta-V of that monster?

They break apart during warp if they are decoupled/undocked. This ship is mostly for looks but does actually fly, you would just load a quick save you had before decoupling to take it somewhere.

I don't know the Delta-V, I don't have any mods installed besides a hullcam mod for different camera angles sorry.

[iDan122]

I am curious so what are your computer specs? And was it painfully lagging during docking of those huge things? I mean 2744 parts, wow.

[iDan122]

This is really amazing. I wish my comp could handle 2000+ parts because that's one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies. I hate to ask this because it would mean the death of a LOT of hard work, but... did you crash it into Kerbol? Anywho well done good sir, well done indeed.

You do know there is such a thing as quick save, right? (and save file back up too)

[IWantSumCrusha]

sweet buttery jesus thats big! and there was me thinking i had reached a miles stone making my first eeloo and back craft...

[trippytripp]

Holy god of Kerbals. That is absolutely beautiful. I love you.

[iDan122]

That thing, I migh as well give it a try at running, hope my 1000$ laptop can handle it. Can you share the save file?

[DaRocketCat]

Deorbit it!

And make pics!

[Voli]

The forward section and payload always seem to be bumping into each other when docking. Is the panels around the docking ring on the forward section supposed to be there?

[Togs8896]

This really is impressive, my computer is practically lagging just from looking at the pictures haha

[SuperWeegee4000]

I nearly had a heart attack when I saw the part count.

[Hailedbean]

What kind of CPU do you have where you can handle all that?