Eve Rescue

[Sirrobert]

Well TWR is kinda important if you want to get rockets of the ground...

[csanders]

I trying my first Eve return, could you share that ascent craft for a closer look?

I'll see if I can find it.

[700NitroXpress]

Well TWR is kinda important if you want to get rockets of the ground...

Yeah, but you can always test it on Kerban and know if it's going to get off the ground or not.

[Starwaster]

Yeah, but you can always test it on Kerban and know if it's going to get off the ground or not.

Eve isn't Kerbin. What gets off the ground on Kerbin might not be powerful enough for Eve. The gravity there is higher.

You should always design your rockets around their intended usage. Likewise, what gets off Kerbin would definitely make it off Duna, but by designing it with Duna in mind you can trim some mass from it. That's the name of the game when it comes to rocket science.

[700NitroXpress]

Eve isn't Kerbin. What gets off the ground on Kerbin might not be powerful enough for Eve. The gravity there is higher.

You should always design your rockets around their intended usage. Likewise, what gets off Kerbin would definitely make it off Duna, but by designing it with Duna in mind you can trim some mass from it. That's the name of the game when it comes to rocket science.

I'm well aware of this, Eve is the only planet that's giving me trouble otherwise I have a "one size fits all" ship for everything else. One problem is getting the kerbal back up and onto the pod from the surface because the jet pack is useless. Another problem is having something that can land on rough terrain, Eve isn't flat in a lot of areas so a taller ship tends to flip over on the slightest incline. I had ships with high enough TWR to fly on Eve, but not enough fuel to get out of the atmosphere and into orbit.

[csanders]

I trying my first Eve return, could you share that ascent craft for a closer look?

http://growlersoftware.com/users/kerbal/Phalanx%20System%20II.craft

Here's the craft file for the landing craft.

If I recall, the launcher is a bit finicky. Sometimes an SRB will strip off the thing.

NOTE: With the landing legs being changed in .22, I'm not sure how well it will land. I'm guessing it might knock off the center engine, but I'm not sure.

[700NitroXpress]

Here's what I came up with for the Eve lander based off the feedback. The pod on the bottom isn't part of the craft, only for testing purposes.

The tank in the center is a slack tank with no engine, but it feeds fuel into all of the others.

Edited November 6, 2013 by 700NitroXpress