Rocket Falling Apart on Launchpad

[GiantTank]

I made a rocket where giant does not describe its size. The second stage is bigger than most eve rockets I have seen. The thrust is somewhere around i dont know, 6 giganewtons, yes giganewtons with a TWR of 1.10. (Mods, PP). Its one giant SRB at the botton.

But it just phantomly tears apart on the launchpad. I would put this as a bug, but its probably too ridicolusly stupid for the game to comprehend. What happens is the rocket has the top fall off, the clamps literally sink into the launchpad (yes, sink into the pad) despite me editing the cfg file to have a crazy break force and torque. Could it be KJR just screwing with me or what? Thanks.

Edited February 18, 2015 by GiantTank

[SpenSpaceCorp]

Probably just too massive. Try adding moar struts. that should help, but IDK if it will help enough haha. I want to see a pic of this gigantic monstrosity!

[GiantTank]

Probably just too massive. Try adding moar struts. that should help, but IDK if it will help enough haha. I want to see a pic of this gigantic monstrosity!

Idk, it looks like a kraken attack from being too big and i dont know the cause.

[Starwhip]

Most likely part clipping. I'd say kraken too.

[Superfluous J]

Yeah there comes a point where you have to start constructing in space

[Red Iron Crown]

You must show us pics of your rocket. For science.

[Starwhip]

What happens is the rocket has the top fall off, the clamps literally sink into the launchpad (yes, sink into the pad) despite me editing the cfg file to have a crazy break force and torque. Could it be KJR just screwing with me or what? Thanks.

Yeah, that's KJR.

Get rid of it for a moment and see what happens. Launch clamps in Stock are impossible to move without bugs.

[BudgetHedgehog]

Launch clamps in Stock are impossible to move without bugs.

You say that, but...

[eddiew]

You say that, but...

That does not look like it will end well...

[GiantTank]

The Kraken has been slain. A KJR update was what was needed.

670000 tons of solid fuel. I think it had like 330 million units of solid fuel.

Space center for scale

[Starwhip]

You say that, but...

http://i.imgur.com/fTQRaVz.jpg

Huh.

I was wrong.

*goes and sits in a corner*

EDIT:

And, ah, how did that fit in the VAB? Even just the editor?

[BudgetHedgehog]

And, ah, how did that fit in the VAB? Even just the editor?

Build a normal tall rocket, attach clamps to top, flip it 180 degrees, push it as high as possible into the roof. You'd be surprised how high you can actually make it go. Yeah, once physics kicked in, the clamps just couldn't support the torque and pinged out the ground. I did not go to space that day.

[Th3F3aR]

this thing is HUUUUUUGEEEEEE

But whats it's purpose? My Super Heavy Lifter with a 500T Payload lift capacity is not that huge ?

[perk]

my usual fix for launchpad problems is to copy the file to the SPH and launch it from the runway, that one can support much bigger craft

[GiantTank]

this thing is HUUUUUUGEEEEEE

But whats it's purpose? My Super Heavy Lifter with a 500T Payload lift capacity is not that huge ?

For mine? An RSS Venus return, jupiter colony idk

[Sampa]

The Kraken has been slain. A KJR update was what was needed.

http://i.imgur.com/moCijNY.jpg

670000 tons of solid fuel. I think it had like 330 million units of solid fuel.

http://i.imgur.com/nd9GmUi.jpg

Space center for scale

I doubt the kraken has been slain, just temporarily defeated! And I believe that Struts are a necessity...EVEN WITH KJR!

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

Vessel mass: 667,362 tons... Six hundred sixty seven thousand three hundred sixty two.

Care to post a screenshot from closer?

[Thomassino]

Kraken sees an opponent in the rocket! Kraken angry! Kraken terminates launch! :D

[-Velocity-]

Yea, I also want to see a closer screenshot.

Did you implement a self-destruct mode? That would be spectacular. On my biggest rocket, I set up a self-destruct on "Abort", but triggering a bunch of sepatrons to fire into several key root parts, causing them to explode and the rocket to disintegrate (lighting up the second stage engines simultaneously as well helps to make the fireball even more spectacular). I'd love to see your rocket go boom!