The Biggest Rocket in KSP History? [Real Solar System = 14,101.3 metric tonnes)]

[ANWRocketMan]

Good day rocketeers,

Today I present to you an album of, what is for me the biggest rocket I've ever built, the "NOVA" C-9. In Real Solar System...

Launch to orbit, technical views:

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Launch to orbit, cinematic views:

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Technical Specifications:

Height: 132.5m

Width: 38.75m

Payload mass: 449-mt(metric tonness) to LEO[400km x 400km]

Launch Mass: 14 101.3-mt(metric tonness)

Launch Thrust: 186 576kN

Parts: 109

Staging:

1. Boosters(2x):
   • Propulsion: 8x RocketDyne F-1 Engines(each)
     
   • Thrust: 62 192kN(each)
     
   • Diameter: 12.5m(each)
     
   • Burn Time: 185s
     

[*]Stage 01:

• Propulsion: 8x RocketDyne F-1 Engines
  
• Thrust: 62 192kN
  
• Diameter: 13.75m (+ 1.25m for booster mounts)
  
• Burn Time: 185s
  

[*]Stage 02:

• Propulsion: 8x Pratt & Whitney RocketDyne J-2X Engines
  
• Thrust: 10 480kN
  
• Diameter: 10.7m
  
• Burn Time: 444s
  

Launch Profile:

NOTE: Launch profile will be added later. I haven't done enough launches myself yet.

Mod List:

• Realism Solar System v5.5
  
• Realism Overhaul v3.0 w/ SFJackBauer's Real Enghines v5.1
  
• Stretchy SRB v8.1
  
• Real Fuels
  
• Deadly Re-entry
  
• FAR 0.12.2.5
  
• AIES Aerospace
  
• Procedural Fairings v4.3
  
• F-1 Engine(forgot the author)
  
• Kerbal Joint Reinforcement v1.8(v2.0 woprks but seems less stable, especially at launch with the launch clamps bugging out).
  
• * There are more necessary I think, will post them when I upload the craft file.
  

NOTES:

I will be adding the craft file sometime this weekend. Just a couple more issues to sort out.

It is also important to take notice that the F-1 Engines take a lot of polygons, as such you need a beefy Graphics card to handle 24 of them AND a payload that weighs 450-tonnes. I can't actually use this rocket for anything other than demonstration.

[thescientist]

http://1-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/vp/image/1375/92/1375928691761.jpg

I must agree

[ANWRocketMan]

Thanks for the amazement!

[Blipser]

Impresive, but isnt Asmi working on a 1000 tonne launcher

[ANWRocketMan]

1,000 tonne payload?

[FanaticalFighter]

Let me pick my jaw up from the floor

How many frames are you getting launching this monster? You could strap an Atlas V on this and launch that to orbit. An Atlas V. Hell, if it can launch 400 tons to orbit, then you'll probably have fuel left to do some stuff even after in orbit.

[ANWRocketMan]

It's pretty low, but mostly due to the high poly F-1 engine models. I only have a GT240 anyway. Further than that the part count is surprisingly low(thanks to Stretchy Tanks and Kerbal Joint Reinforcement, which is a MUST for things like this).

I'm going to make one that "cheats" by using "asparagus"-type staging between the boosters and core stage in a Falcon 9 Heavy sort of way. But that'll only be later in the week. Got university stuff to worry about now

[Blipser]

yup, 1000 tonne payload

[ANWRocketMan]

Hmm... Guess I'll have to scratch some money together, buy a better graphics card so I can build something bigger and more complex. Damn "poverty"

[SFJackBauer]

24 F-1 engines? 186 million Newtons of thrust?

*faints*

The F-1 is not throttleable, how did you got away with it?