Using only stock solid boosters, I can ...

[aontas]

Given the philosophy, "Sometimes you just need a few more boosters", what sort of milestone can you surpass?

This is not so much a challenge with achievements, so much as a showcase of kerbal craziness.

Using only stock solid boosters, I can get 126 tonnes into Kerbin orbit (134 tonnes if you count spent solid boosters on the final stage). From the gallery link below, you can see a sequential set of screenshots showing the ship tracking into orbit. While there is liquid fuel present in the vessel, not a drop of it was used to get to orbit.

Gallery link: http://imgur.com/a/DWxOn

Creating a ship with over 1200 parts, 187000 units of SolidFuel, and burning over 2000 units of SolidFuel per second (in the first stage), this is just a little silly.

I could probably make it more efficient in the set up so more solid fuel is used further in the atmosphere, but this isn't really much of an efficiency experiment.

This is basically an exercise in pure ridiculousness.

Note: There are no modded parts used in this ship. Yes, I do have mission controller extended and Kethane installed, but this ship is pure stock.

[Francesco]

well, damn. a booster made of boosters: this is as Kerbal as it gets.

[occar]

This doesn't appear to be a challenge of any sort. Please read the guidelines before submitting one.

[SaturnVee]

"Why? Because we can."

[lajoswinkler]

so... what's the highest acceleration the poor dumbass in the capsule is subjected to?

[Chrisd857]

In the words of user Ninety-Three:

If you allow RCS, I can get to Duna and back.

Some thread links:

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/44980-All-solid-fuel-to-orbit-and-back?p=577550#post577550

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/32988-Duna-and-Back-with-only-SRBs?p=408822#post408822

And the album itself:

http://imgur.com/a/bESYI

[Captain Sierra]

So . . . you made a controled, flying, . . . bomb. Has Jeb seen this yet? XD

[J0hnsmine]

So . . . you made a controled, flying, . . . bomb. Has Jeb seen this yet? XD

All rockets are basically a explosion out of a funnel. (Basically-Basically-Basically-Basically-Basically)

[YarTheBug]

I once got a solids only ship to impact the Mun.

1 x Probodyne OKTO2

1 x Cubic Octagonal Strut

1 x RT - 10

2 x TR-18A Stack Decoupler (stacked)

2 x Rockomax BACC (stacked)

7 parts total.

After 5 or so applications of 'F9', it hit the Mun travelling around 900m/s. It didn't have power though so it never knew.

Cheers!

- Yar

[edit]

@ Captain Sierra: The one and only thing space-tape does NOT fix is a lack of boosters.

Edited August 22, 2013 by YarTheBug

[thetntm]

I have a ship that used only solid fuel thrusters.

It is currently 3,100,000,000,000 meters above the sun, out of fuel, and traveling at 5771 m/s.

Solar panels are too far away to work. I can't control the drone. I can't even shut off sas.

Help.

[ihtoit]

send a Kerbal to rescue it. You did install a Clamptron docking port on it, didn't you?

[ihtoit]

challenge: perform the rescue using only solid rockets and seperatrons!

(I'm a 'orrible Pole!)

[YX33A]

I once left Kerbol's SoI with just SRBs. Then I stopped playing the demo.

[zapy]

in an old challenge I reached orbit using only sepratrons:

[LordOfTheOrbits]

I think Scott manley once landed on the moon and went back using only SRBs.

[ihtoit]

that is Kerbal-crazy.

[Jasonden]

in an old challenge I reached orbit using only sepratrons:

Wow -- totally awesome. What was all that falling debris? Remains of your previous attempt?

[ttnarg]

I once landed on one of the moons and returned using only solids (I forget which one). I'll see if I can dig up pictures or do it again.

Landing is the hardest part lots of spinning to stop over burns.

[Nemrav]

That's my version of sepatrons to orbit.. until now I thought I was the only one to try it..

oh well I did manage something more impressive, although it was using something not so impressive

[Javster]

Reminds me of the xkcd what-if with the miniature rocket engines, and how many you would need to reach space.

[SRV Ron]

The flaky stock demo SRB can be safely flown to Kerban Escape with the right design.