You know you overbuilt your rocket when...

[Norpo]

When you legitimately have to use my Titan Engine part mod to keep part counts down.

(It's 7 Kerbodyne advanced engines in one.)

[IllicitMedic]

Single stage launch to splash down Mun mission using the 3 man pod loaded with every science part even though I designed the mission with 3 stages.

[worir4]

When Gilly lands on you.

[Tex]

When you try to launch a craft with 31 parts when the launch pad only supports 30.

[Randazzo]

When your parking orbit is 1,000 Km.

It had a lander on top that was upside down, which was thusly counted as negative Delta V against the total. I neglected to notice this until after I had launched. I wondered why that rocket had to be so dang big....

[MoeKitsune]

You know your rocket's overpowered when it doesn't crash into Kerbin, Kerbin crashes into it.

Okay, maybe that's (a little) too much. Feels good to be back on the forums though.

In Soviet Krussia, Kerbin crashes into YOU!

Anyway, you know your rocket is overbuilt when it falls onto the runway after takeoff-and blows the whole thing up.

[worir4]

When you use the VAB as a fuel tank and thr ATC tower as a nose cone.

[Astrofox]

When the VAB at the final tier says that the rocket has too many parts (also the final tier launchpad!).

Keep in mind that both allow for infinite mass and parts...

[moogoob]

When Gilly lands on you.

Isn't that usually how it works?

My entry: when you can lift an 11 ton winged Nastybird space shuttle to orbit in one stage and still have fuel left for descent and parachute landing of the booster.

(Also could have gone in the "what did you do in KSP today? thread. Still on topic either way.)

Edited February 12, 2015 by moogoob
spewlling & such

[SpaceLaunchSystem]

When you can land and take off from all the planets and moons using only your ascent stage.

Edited March 31, 2015 by SpaceLaunchSystem

[michaelhester07]

When you have to launch from the grass to keep the launch clamps from glitching parts of your rocket when they spawn at angles on the launch pad.

[PatPL]

When your launch vehicle is so big, that you don't need to start from launchpad to get to space

[Columbia]

When you realize that a rocket of much smaller size can do the same job much more efficiently.

[Arsonik]

Ooops....

[Lord Aurelius]

When your rocket casts a shadow over the water at noon, despite being centered on the launchpad.

When you NEED scientific notation to make the dV numbers fit in the MechJeb window.

When you confuse your rocket's part count with the payout for the contract you're trying to fulfill.

When your rocket's escape pod has enough seats for all of Kerbalkind (just in case).

[Dawnstar]

When you save a little too much precious rocket juice by lithobraking, smash off the ruggedized rover wheels, flush away the supersized landing legs, ablate the entire backup set of landing gear you added in a moment of paranoia, and come down hard on your bare fat ass ...

... but your ass is a MK3 fuel tank (short) and your engines are radially mounted on shock-absorbing hardpoints.

STUCK THE LANDING. JUST LIKE EVERY LANDING.

[Camaron]

When I find myself having to clip the biggest engines into each other just to get off the ground with a small enough partscount for the ship to load at all. I've spent the last two days just experimenting with "compound engines"

[Sampa]

When it is so big, you can't see the pad itself

[Whackjob]

When it takes you two hours and twenty minutes in real time from launch to orbit.

[Xannari Ferrows]

When your ship is less than 3 tons, yet is a hundred or so parts, and self sufficient.

[Rath]

You need LV-T45 engines to maneuver the ship 'cause RCS thrusters aren't enough.

When using MechJeb to move your ship, you get an error message saying "Awww hell no!".

Saying "Sorry I dont thisnk I can do that."

[CrazyJebGuy]

Your "Small" duna craft has more delta-v in orbit than is recommended on the launchpad!

[GiantTank]

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/57626-Realistic-Solar-System-Crafts-MEGATHREAD?p=1745636#post1745636 (scroll down 4 posts, not the first one)

Because 700000 ton rockets are logic.

[Jumpyyoza]

I have a terrible habit of over building my rockets. Just built a rocket that got to orbit on the first stage alone, no boosters or anything. It even had a few hundred m/s of Delta V left. It was also carrying the start of a Mun station

[John FX]

When on your return from doing the Jool 5 mission you see that you have enough fuel to do it again.