Bottom Heavy

[Bishmoo]

So, the most recent experimental release has opened up grand new possibilities in rocket design. Now we can finally have our fuel tanks below the engines thanks to fuel lines! These designs aren\'t very stable in my experience but they\'re a challenge to fly and design. Ideally the goal is to attain orbit with one of these beasts, but I haven\'t been able to do it yet. The qualifier is to have the majority of your liquid fuel tanks physically below your engines. Use the stock fuel tanks and engines, but any modded structural pieces are fine.

My personal forest of fuel lines and struts:

[Guest TonyZ]

*shakes head* Kerbal People.

[Lunniy Korabl]

So... even in kerbal the pendulum rocket fallacy is still a fallacy? Interesting.

[Shedao]

Very interestint idea. Have to give it a try =P

[Tim_Barrett]

Why not put the payload on the bottom?

[Gojira]

Why not put the payload on the bottom?

OOH

GOOD IDEA.

[Ydoow]

How did you connect the pieces at the bottom?

I see struts attached, but wouldn\'t those parts be greyed out in the VAB and therefore wouldn\'t receive connections to struts?

[dbellmo2]

How did you connect the pieces at the bottom?

I see struts attached, but wouldn\'t those parts be greyed out in the VAB and therefore wouldn\'t receive connections to struts?

Perhaps they were connected at one time, and he just removed the connecting pieces after placing the struts.

[iamwearingpants]

Looks like he has some strut/beam things from the Probodobodyne pack.

Man, those things are handy

[Technical Ben]

So... even in kerbal the pendulum rocket fallacy is still a fallacy? Interesting.

Yep. Thanks for bringing that up. I spent an entire afternoon trying to make a pendulum rocket. I even modded in the parts!

So now I know the painful truth. :*(

[Ydoow]

Looks like he has some strut/beam things from the Probodobodyne pack.

Man, those things are handy

haha you\'re right, ironically that\'s the exact same solution I found before checking back on this post

[SteevyT]

I got one of these into orbit, I\'m uploading the video now.

Edit: Video is up. Here it is.

[Guest TonyZ]

I got one of these into orbit, I\'m uploading the video now.

Edit: Video is up. Here it is.

It\'s crazy that it doesn\'t explode., maybe I can use LFE\'s higher up my stacks as boosters. If it works for you, it\'s gotta work for BooM!