Orbit with the fewest number of SRBs.

[Entroper]

Get into orbit, periapsis at least 70 km, using only SRBs for propulsion. You don\'t have to return safely.

I\'ve done it with 18 SRBs.

[Oggula]

I declare this to be unpossible

[Oggula]

'Don\'t be too proud of this technological terror you\'ve constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force'

[Gojira]

'Don\'t be too proud of this technological terror you\'ve constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force'

[UmbralRaptor]

It\'s certainly doable with a 2-stage SRB setup, but it took me something like 42 boosters. Hm...

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edit 2:

I have enough energy with 16 SRBs, but due to pilot error...

edit 3: Successful orbit with only 16 boosters!

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[Romfarer]

I see your 16 SRB rocket and raise you 15 SRB\'s!

Behold, Orbit 15!

[Lanfiex]

I see your 16 SRB rocket and raise you 15 SRB\'s!

Mother of God I can work out how the rocket works!

could you post the craft file and guide to flying it?

[Nooblet68]

...using only SRBs for propulsion...

That sucks for me.

[UmbralRaptor]

That sucks for me.

We\'re not doing this because it is easy, but because it is hard.

...now to find out if 14 SRBs can reach orbit.

[Romfarer]

I am working on Orbit 14. I have to figure out how to squeeze another 5% (i hope) thrust out of my craft to do it. But i am almost certain it is possible.

[Romfarer]

Orbit 14 is a reality.

[Lanfiex]

Orbit 14 is a reality.

I don\'t know how your rockets work I\'ve tried building them but I cant get spent stages to blow. could you please post a video or a craft file?

[Romfarer]

@Lanfiex i\'m sorry but i am reluctant to share my craft files before i have made certain that orbit 13 is not going to make it to orbit. But at least you figured out part of the mechanics at work here. And really, 'shaking the tail' is the tricky part. I spend many many hours 'tuning' the craft to do just that.

[Lanfiex]

@Lanfiex i\'m sorry but i am reluctant to share my craft files before i have made certain that orbit 13 is not going to make it to orbit. But at least you figured out part of the mechanics at work here. And really, 'shaking the tail' is the tricky part. I spend many many hours 'tuning' the craft to do just that.

Well good luck with 13. Just want to know how to build a more efficient rocket as I want to complete a entire SRB only mission to the moon with vector landing (which is possible just very insane) and get back but to do so I need to get at least 5 booster to make it to the moon at the moment I cant get even one unspent booster in to moons orbit.

[Romfarer]

I had a little breakthrough on Orbit 13. I managed to get the total weight down even further and got the max speed up to 2382ms, just 23ms less than the recorded top speed of Orbit 14. Apparently those 23 ms makes all the difference because i wasn\'t able to get Orbit 13 to a orbit with periapsis higher than 15km.

I have attached the craft files for Orbit 14 and 15.

[Romfarer]

After a week of trial and error i finally got Orbit 13 into orbit!!! The craft suffers from some TWR issues but has dreamy aerodynamics and light weight construction to compensate.