Constellation V2 (All Dres-ed up)

[WooDzor]

I present thee: the Constellation V2. 3 launches into orbit. A science lab, two hitchiker cabins, a lander, and large enough to be seen from 2 kilometres with the naked eye.

A Dragon is available as a contingency and to allow for orbital maneuvers in the dark around Dres. It was also used to bring half of the 5 man crew(there is space for 13 Kerbals though, but that wouldn't be nice) to the interplanetary ship.

The Kerbals are on their way on their first voyage to Dres

After a couple of mid transit burns the Kerbals have reached orbit around Dres

Getting rid of the drop tank after pumping all the fuel to the interplanetary drive

After eva-ing the Kerbals to the lander it is undocked from the mothership

Time to land

WOOHOOO!

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SPH

Interplanetary MPV V2 performed as planned. I could physicswarp 3x and thing still kept nicely pointed at the blue marker.

VAB

Interplanetary Drive V2 performed as planned. Could use a bit more oomph. Nobody enjoys sitting through a 21 minute burn.

The orange droptank The launcher needs some work. It's an old remnant from the original Constellation mission. It is possible to get into orbit the only problem is that it uses fuel from the the orange tanks. So fill up the tanks properly. Bang a proper launcher under it and you're good to go

Edited August 31, 2014 by WooDzor

[piggysanTH]

That Look Beautiful!

[Harry Rhodan]

Nice. Is the part where you stored the orange tank made from stock parts or is that a single part from a mod? I really like that design.

[Majorjim!]

Good work on this mate!

I hope the little guys make it home!

MJ

[Overfloater]

Nice "hab module"!!! ;-)

[WooDzor]

Nice. Is the part where you stored the orange tank made from stock parts or is that a single part from a mod? I really like that design.

It's all stock. Even the cute round windows on the Mothership I have 97 days to the return to Kerbin window. i am thinking about driving to the white crater edge and put a flag there. Though I am not quite sure how far it is X)

[Woopert]

That looks fantastic! Very nice! Rep for you

[Harry Rhodan]

It's all stock. Even the cute round windows on the Mothership

Then I'm definetely interested in the craft file. I've been able to recreate you engine section but Im more interested in a solution for a droppable inline tank.

[WooDzor]

So that white crater edge was 9 kilometres up a 30+ degree slope, the mini rover performed well as always, but Loddan had forgotten the camera.

En route to the Constellation V2.

After dropping all the excessive wait to save fuel (incl the lander can and the dragon) the KOI (Kerbol Orbit Insertion) burn was initiated

With an orbital speed of over 3.500 m/s and only vapors left in the tank, Loddan wanted to make up for forgetting the camera and came up with the brilliant plan to aerobreak the Constellation at 32.500 meters.

The 5 man crew is waiting in a 150x150 parking orbit to be picked up by 2 Dragons. Mission Success

Keeping in mind that the orange tanks were only half full when I left Kerbin, I could easily add about 20% to 25% more dV to this craft. Ike (I haven't been there manned since 0.19), Gilli, Pol and Bob are to be next.

There was only one minor hick-up on Dres, while driving to the crater edge Patwin hit a pothole and flipped the rover in such a way that both Kerbals got stuck in the rover and after being ejected they just stood there smiling uncontrollably. (as in I couldn't control them) A quick reload made the two Kerbals disappear and I had to text edit them back into the same location.

I will update the first post in a minute with the craft files.