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[0.23.5] Ares I, Ares V, and EFT-1

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astroadrian99

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Oh my god just tried the Ares V out and it worked perfectly. It has a very high part count though so i had to fly it for 30 min till orbit since it was so laggy. I'll try to later on make it with a lower part count. Also I'll try making the Mars mission these couple of days. Hopefully I finish by the end of December.

Thank you so much for this craft. I'll report any bugs if I find any but for now it's perfect.

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Glad you like it! I might look into using the part welder mod to cut down on the absurd part count; I know 30 minutes is a long time to spend flying a rocket with no payload. In the end, I'm really impressed with the stability of it. There are so many excess struts, you could probably start by removing a good deal of them to get the part count down. I look forward to seeing what you create! Good luck!

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Glad you like it! I might look into using the part welder mod to cut down on the absurd part count; I know 30 minutes is a long time to spend flying a rocket with no payload. In the end, I'm really impressed with the stability of it. There are so many excess struts, you could probably start by removing a good deal of them to get the part count down. I look forward to seeing what you create! Good luck!

Ok I'll try that out. Thank you. Hopefully I make the Mars mission soon. I'm going to try to start it today.

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Awesome work! It's coming along well.

Thanks. I haven't properly launched it yet though. What I did to do the test was that I used the infinite fuel to go straight up till 75 km and then turned of infinite fuel and landed how it's supposed to do on duna. I'm still trying to figure out how to lower its part count. It's right now about 340. It's also pretty heavy but I will be able to lower its mass once I upgrade to 0.23 (it has too much delta V but it needs those tanks to make its shape). So when upgrade to 0.23, I'll take some unneeded fuel.

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Hey guys. Just wanted to show what Ive been working on for the Constellation Mars. Here I made another lander but this one is the cargo lander which contains a rover and the MAV (Mars Ascent Vehicle). I'm still trying to figure out some bugs but this is what I have so far. Sorry for adding too many pics. http://imgur.com/a/8ALv0

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ethan829

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Updated OP with new Ares I and EFT-1 crafts. Ares V is in the works. The only question is, should Ares V be built to scale with the new SLS parts? This would drastically reduce the part count as well as the size, but it would probably look less accurate.

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