Will this work on Duna?

[Degu28]

Hi Guys!

I am very new to KSP and frankly i mostly suck at it. But enough from me and right to my question :

Today i devised some kind of parachutable Kethane Base and i wonder if this is in generale a sensible Idea to fly this hellish contraption to Duna.

Explanation :

The rockets for the testrun would of course fire retrograde on Duna to kill Velocity.

I activate the first row of chutes to pull the components away from the rockets and then i seperate them via actiongroup.

Actually, i am surprised how close i got them together!

Here are some pictures from a Kerbin Testflight :

http://s14.directupload.net/images/130915/pw9n2ioz.jpg

So, whats it gonna be for me? Duna or Loony bin?

ps.: My english isnt really up to par today, so i apologize wholeheartedly.

[Genius Evil]

You may need more parachutes. Duna's atmosphere is a lot thinner than kerbin's. Mabye a set of three radial parachutes. If it crashes, you can always hit reset flight! Anyway, I like it.

[JiWint]

I loved the idea you split up parts

Agree with above - More chutes or an engine for retroburning

[mythbusters844]

Use the Mk25 chutes along with the radial chutes. The regular chutes have a nasty habit of ripping spacecraft apart when they deploy at high speeds, and they deploy too late on Duna to do anything good.

[Awaras]

I had an almost identical setup dropping hab modules to duna. My hab modules consisted of a single hitchhiker pod with some batteries, solar panels, lights and small landing legs so they were lighter than your modules. They had four radial parachutes each. Upon landing, most of them lost at least one landing leg to the impact.

Bottom line, MOAR CHUTES!

[Degu28]

Moar Chutes it is, then!

This is what happens so far, if i try to bring this thing into orbit :

http://s1.directupload.net/images/130915/8rhqiy6g.png

Might need to bring it up in pieces.

[Moar Boosters]

That looks awesome. Like it was designed by jebediah himself!

Loads of chutes and loads of landing legs (in case the chutes don't work so well) is my advice.

Aim for one of the dark patches on Duna, which are lower altitude and have thicker atmosphere.