When are we making 5 meter parts?

[nobbers12345]

I'm excited for even bigger, more massive, more kerbal rockets that can come from those!

[Caelib]

There are mods with 5m parts, but I wouldn't expect to see any stock 5m parts anytime soon.

[SpacedCowboy]

(Everley Bros) Dream;;;DreamDreamDream:wink:

[Sirrobert]

Yea no, that's WAY to big

[montyben101]

No i think there could be 5 m parts but with adapters for the 3.75 meter engines and 2.5 meter ones instead of 5 m engines

[Clockwork_werewolf]

What on earth do you NEED 5m parts for? What can you not launch into space with the new 3.75m parts? You can make an SSTO that launches 100 tons with the new 3.75 parts, how can you need more power?

Unless you are Whackjob, but then at some point he will hit the Chandrasekhar limit if we keep making larger parts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrasekhar_limit

[Red Iron Crown]

What on earth do you NEED 5m parts for? What can you not launch into space with the new 3.75m parts? You can make an SSTO that launches 100 tons with the new 3.75 parts, how can you need more power?

In fairness, the same argument could have been made against 3.75m parts before they were introduced, and against 2.5m parts before that. Bigger parts means fewer parts means better performance, even if you don't need to launch bigger payloads.

Besides, absurdly big rockets are fun in and of themselves.

[Tank Buddy]

I think the 3.75 m parts are big enough already. I like them, but it seems they barely fit in the game.

[Ravenchant]

Well, 5m fairings do look out of place on 3.75m tanks, so I wouldn't mind. But it shouldn't be a priority by any means.

[Comrade Jenkens]

5m parts would be good but there are still many gaps to be filled with the 3.75m parts. And there is a ton of other stuff I'd rather see first.

But finally being able to make a nice and smooth stock Saturn V is something that I really look forward to.

[Victus]

Only when we have 64bit.

[CaptRobau]

The 3.75m parts NASA pack parts work fine as the lower stages of a stock Saturn.

The only use for 5m parts that I could see would be to launch a manned mission to Duna without any orbital assembly or a nuclear thermal rocket. Maybe that's something people need, but such a launcher is not high up on my list of priorities.

[SRV Ron]

If you don't want to wait, download NovaPunch for 0.23.5 They have the 5 meter parts and adapters with fuel in them.

Only thing is that you have to brace them well as the attachment points are quite weak.

Edited May 24, 2014 by SRV Ron

[Dat_Spacewaffle]

No, we dont need stock 5m parts

[Popeholden]

The 3.75m parts NASA pack parts work fine as the lower stages of a stock Saturn.

The only use for 5m parts that I could see would be to launch a manned mission to Duna without any orbital assembly or a nuclear thermal rocket. Maybe that's something people need, but such a launcher is not high up on my list of priorities.

The 3.75 parts work fine but they don't really make a good Saturn V because the proportions are all off. Even using procedural fairings you only get close to the right look, even if you can get the right functionality. the only place the saturn v im working on now isn't right is at the S-IVB, because the parts are the wrong size starting right there. No big deal, but im sure we've all made a Saturn V and it'd be nice to do it right with stock parts.

As for your second point, you can do that mission profile with 3.75m parts. I know because I just did.

[Jouni]

5 m parts would be useful, if you want to lift payloads over 100 tonnes without having to build wide rockets.

[Nemesis1-1]

Yea no, that's WAY to big

It's KSP, there's no such thing as 'way too big'.

[R0cketC0der]

5m would just be OP. It's already easy to build a vehicle that lifts 100 tons+ into orbit without the need for radial boosters with 3.75m parts and 5m would probably allow 250t+ to be lifted into orbit without any boosters. It would just take away the challenge of building things.

[michaelhester07]

I want a bigger VAB before we get bigger parts. My ships are already taking up the whole VAB.

[sjwt]

The 3.75m parts NASA pack parts work fine as the lower stages of a stock Saturn.

The only use for 5m parts that I could see would be to launch a manned mission to Duna without any orbital assembly or a nuclear thermal rocket. Maybe that's something people need, but such a launcher is not high up on my list of priorities.

Manned duna missions with return are quite possible on the older parts-single launch, no 3.75's needed.

[sal_vager]

Went to Duna and back (from Kerbin orbit) recently on 1.25m* parts and a LV-T30, had 7 FL-T400's for the transfer stage, a separate lander, just one Kerbal though.

*forgot the 2.

Edited May 24, 2014 by sal_vager

[Red Iron Crown]

Manned duna missions with return are quite possible on the older parts-single launch, no 3.75's needed.

Or with 1.25m parts, for that matter. (Awesome skills on display in those links)

[Temeter]

I did my manned Moho-mission (Lander+Return) with 7 1.25m Tanks and Nukes and no fancy stuff like homann trajectories or any form of planning. No problem at all. Still, personally i'd like to see 5m parts, if just for insanities sake. There is no 'to big' in Kerbal Space Program.

Edited May 24, 2014 by Temeter

[technicalfool]

Yes please to 5m parts. Reduced part count is always welcome on my ol' machine.

...though could we call them "Whackjob Sized"? I imagine he's been having all sorts of fun with the SLS bits. Arkingthaad 5m edition would probably be an insanely delicious thing.

[Popeholden]

Or with 1.25m parts, for that matter. (Awesome skills on display in those links)

this forum always makes me feel like an idiot.