The Munbeam 450N

[sal_vager]

'Kodger have you seen Kanley? We have an engine delivery coming any moment and I can\'t find him'

'Can\'t say that I have boss, least not since yesterday, it\'s not like the young boy to be late, he\'s normally here before myself'

'Where does he live anyway?'

'That I wouldn\'t know boss, all I know is he\'s here before me an still here after I\'m gone'

Kigwig Huffed 'Well when he turns up make sure he hangs around for the delivery will you?'

'Sure thing boss, sounds like somethings coming up the road boss, funny though It don\'t sound like the delivery truck'

'No you\'re right, it sounds like a scooter, now who\'d be coming up here on a scooter?'

Kodger just shrugged and walked to the large double doors to have a look, Kigwig not far behind. Coming up the old road was a little bright red scooter with a thin line of white smoke coming from the back and a widely grinning young Kerbal riding it.

'I found young Kanley boss'

Before Kigwig could speak Kanley pulled to a stop in front of the two older Kerbals, the little scooter put putting away until Kanley inexpertly stalled it, nearly falling over.

'Sorry I\'m late boss but I had to go get it, I just got it isn\'t it great!? It\'s got gears an stuff jus like a big bike!'

Kodger was giving the scooter an appraising look 'That a KSA Sunbeam? Nice find if you don\'t mind all the maintenance you got to put into it'

'Don\'t you knock my ride, it\'s brilliant, I\'m gonna name our next rocket after it!'

'Okay okay, I\'m Jus glad you\'re into something other than pipes is all'

'Boys it\'s great you like scooters it really is but the delivery trucks coming up the road right now, Kanley, get the scooter inside, Kodger, help me get the trolley'

They we ready just in time when the truck pulled up, right on the spot Kanley had stopped moments before. The driver jumped down from the cab and wandered over, clipboard in hand.

'I gots a deliv\'ry fora mister Kegwog'

'Thats Kigwig' said Kigwig.

'Yer whatevs, jus sign ere mister'

Kodger and Kanley opened the back of the truck and stared 'Er boss? I think you should look at this'

'What is it boys?' Kigwig handed the clipboard back to the driver then went to see what had gotten Kanley and Kodgers attention.

'It\'s the delivery boss' said Kodger 'It\'s all those new little engines, there\'s not a single main engine among them!'

'Damn you\'re right! Hey! Hey driver this isn\'t what I ordered!'

'Carnt help ya guv I\'m jus the driver, an you signed fer it already, you\'ll ave ta take it up wiv head office'

Kigwig was almost wailing 'What are we going to do with nine lander engines? they\'re no good to us!'

'Soz guv, not my department'

Kodger and Kanley walked up to Kigwig 'It\'s okay boss, me an Kodger\'ll think of something'

'We can\'t make a Munar rocket with these, can we?' Kigwig sounded hopeless.

'We might boss, me an the boy\'ll get to work, don\'t worry, everything\'ll work out'

'Yeah, an I\'ll call it the Munbeam!'

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The Munbeam 450N

With only LV-909\'s in stock, Ker-Flow-Full builds a Munar landing rocket.

This is neither the smallest or most efficient Mun rocket, nor is it the first to only use the new engine, but I wanted to see if I could make a decent rocket that wasn\'t an exercise in frustration to fly and that could bring the Kerbonauts home safely.

She\'s fully equipped with a chute, landing legs and capsule decoupler, and is an easy craft to fly with fuel in reserve should you need it, despite being shorter than most Munar landers.

Also she\'s self cleaning, all the boosters will either fall back to the surface or crash into the mun.

A full Imgur gallery detailing the flight can be found here: http://imgur.com/a/iHovl#0

Have fun

The Munbeam 450N ready for a night launch

Liftoff, destination, the Mun

First booster separation

Second booster drop

In stable orbit, the third boosters are now far behind

A nice view over the ocean

Heading to the Mun

Kerbin falls behind

In orbit around the Mun

Beginning the De-orbit burn

Last boosters are jettisoned

Deploying the new lander legs

Safely down on the Munar surface

Lifting off from the Mun

Back in orbit

Heading home

I performed a few aerobraking orbits

Back in orbit around Kerbin

Capsule separation

Coming down for a water landing

About to splashdown

[Kosmo-not]

I didn\'t realize they had no full-sized fuel tanks either. I like the story.

[sal_vager]

Thanks Kosmo-not, I forgot to work the small tanks into the story, not a big deal though. I\'m beaten on really small Munar rockets but I don\'t mind, it\'s all practice for when we get another planet.

[Kosmo-not]

Thanks Kosmo-not, I forgot to work the small tanks into the story, not a big deal though. I\'m beaten on really small Munar rockets but I don\'t mind, it\'s all practice for when we get another planet.

Don\'t give up on trying to build very small rockets. The knowledge you get from doing it is invaluable, and there\'s no better teacher than experience.

[Exovian]

Thanks Kosmo-not, I forgot to work the small tanks into the story, not a big deal though. I\'m beaten on really small Munar rockets but I don\'t mind, it\'s all practice for when we get another planet.

I really enjoy flying Ker-Flow-Full products. You even managed to get my mom interested in the game (she\'s a sap for minimalism). Keep it up!

[Kosmo-not]

I just did my test flight of it. It performs well. I never had a nervous moment with this rocket. Keep up the good work.

[sal_vager]

Thanks Kosmo-not and Exovian, you guys are great

[Mattstopher]

That\'s a really interesting design, makes my gigantic wasteful munar rocket a bit embarassing :

I\'ll give this a try when I buy KSP next month!