Single Kerbal Apollo recreation *Massive redesign* see first post

[Majorjim!]

Hi all,

I present my "Single Kerbal Apollo recreation".

Do you like maximizing mission risk? Or do you just flat out hate the company of others? Then this ship is for you!

Take a single hermit Kerbal to the Mun in style!

I have completely redesigned the rocket and after many, many versions I have finally settled on this. I decided against fairings as I tried and tried to get

decent looking fairings with the square tiles but they always looked 'wrong'.

So I have I have used a frame work of struts to keep aesthetic and provide a great supporting skeleton the the rocket.

It is a three stage rocket with the third stage finishing the initial climb and then a circularizing burn. Then you flip the CSM and dock with the lander.

The CSM has enough fuel for Mun transfer, capture, escape and Kerbin capture and a circularizing burn.

PICS!!

On the launch pad

Liftoff!

Second stage just before ignition

Third stage basting the brave Kerbal to KO

Docking with the lander and discarding third stage engines

Burning for the Mun! I may change the CSM motor, its efficent but a bit weedy..

Over the Munar surface

Lander release, tested up to 20,000M Munar orbit

Plenty of fuel in the decent module for those 'less than optimal' burns

'popping the cork'

CSM hookup

Release of the escape pod into Kerbin atmosphere

Coming home, CSM still visible in the background

There she is. I was amazed at how well this came together. It will be up on Spaceport tomorrow.

Thanks all for looking!

MJ

Edited September 24, 2013 by Majorjim

[ZingidyZongxxx]

Looks good! My only complaint is that it's a one man ship, instead of a three man with a two man lander. Still, nice ship!

[Majorjim!]

Looks good! My only complaint is that it's a one man ship, instead of a three man with a two man lander. Still, nice ship!

I quite agree. Three would be better. My intention was to make it as small as possible to keep part count and weight down. And making room for three pushes the size up massively.

[minerman30]

I quite agree. Three would be better. My intention was to make it as small as possible to keep part count and weight down. And making room for three pushes the size up massively.

Why don't you clip 2 one-man lander cans into each other, facing opposite directions (4 parts added) and to a tri-stack on the return craft (6 parts added)?

[King Arthur]

Looks good! My only complaint is that it's a one man ship, instead of a three man with a two man lander. Still, nice ship!

404 3-man Ship Not Found.

[Majorjim!]

404 3-man Ship Not Found.

nice.

[Majorjim!]

Why don't you clip 2 one-man lander cans into each other, facing opposite directions (4 parts added) and to a tri-stack on the return craft (6 parts added)?

I think it would ruin the overall look of the CSM and lander as it would force me to use other larger parts to keep the aesthetic. I was using the Command Pod Mk1 for the lander too but I had real problems designing around it.

[haydn1997]

404 3-man Ship Not Found.

Was wandering how long it would take for that to appear, great ship by the way can't wait to try it out

[Giggleplex777]

That thing is more overkill than the Munbug... I like it!

[DisarmingBaton5]

Wow! Oddly, the non-fairing version seems to look better.

[Nores]

I like it, gj

[Majorjim!]

That thing is more overkill than the Munbug... I like it!

Shes a little more forgiving.

[The Destroyer]

I still don't understand why the second stage must have 1 engine instead of 5, and no third stage (or atleast a picture) D:

[Giggleplex777]

It's more like a Saturn 1B with a 1 Kerbal lander and CM.

[Majorjim!]

I still don't understand why the second stage must have 1 engine instead of 5, and no third stage (or atleast a picture) D:

Well it didn't need a third stage as two is plenty. As you can (sort of) see my second stage is the Saturn's third. The Saturn Vs third stage had one engine.

This is more of a Saturn v alike than a recreation. Mulbin made the perfect stock version that I don't think can be bettered. So I took a different route as I know a lot of people had problems running Mulbins craft.

Edited August 29, 2013 by Majorjim

[Majorjim!]

It's more like a Saturn 1B with a 1 Kerbal lander and CM.

Yeah it is a bit. This is still very much a work in progress and will no doubt change. I will keep it as a one Kerbal mission to keep the size down. I would like to have a different CSM for a Duna mission too.

[Majorjim!]

See first post for pics!