V0.7.1 broke a few parts, so I fixed it.
This vehicle is stock
Not truly reusable as my crane doesn't work :(.
Payload to Low Droo Orbit: 70 metric tons
Flight Profile:
- Liftoff by full throttling and staging
- Roll left (Q) to point "heat shield" towards the direction of travel
- Start gravity turn at 1.5km
- Turn to 45 degrees at 15km
- Turn to 30 degrees at 25km
- Cut off engines at 17% fuel
- Undock port between ship and booster
- Stage and full throttle to fire ship's engines
- Point ship 30 degrees
- use "[" or "]" to switch back to the booster, note that ship's engines should still be firing.
- Activate 1, 2, and 3 (All should now be turned on)
- Point towards launch pad and 0 degrees pitch
- Full throttle
- Cut off engines when impact point falls 5-10km before the launch pad
- Switch back to the ship
- Circularize quickly / until booster falls to 30km
- Switch back to the booster
- Activate 1, 2, and 3 (Both should have been on)
- Lock retrograde (Or pitch and yaw around to use the aerodynamics of the vehicle to steer it)
- Full throttle when 3000m above ground level
- Deactivate 1 when <100m/s and <1000m above ground
- Keep velocity at about 10x elevation above ground
- Keep velocity at 10m/s when velocity <10m/s
- Land at <5m/s
- Switch back to ship and circularize if needed
Remember to quicksave often.
Payload deployment:
- Activate 0
- Lock heading
- Activate 3
- Slider 1 up
- Undock port between payload and ship
- Activate translation mode via "T"
- Reverse via "S"
- Slider 1 down
- Deactivate 3
Landing the ship (from Low Droo Orbit)
- Put periapsis at ~53km above landing target by going retrograde
- Activate 0
- Set pitch to 45 degrees
- For visual appeasement, roll heat shield down (the heat shield does nothing). The cargo bay might be blown open by the air, use activation group 3 and slider 1 to keep it closed.
- Bounce on the atmosphere for a few times
- Lock retrograde when <1000m/s
- Stage or activate 2 to extend legs
- Full throttle when <~2500m above ground level
- Carefully throttle down
- Land at <10m/s
Remember to quicksave often.
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GENERAL INFO
- Created On: Windows
- Game Version: 0.7.1.2
- Price: $137,732k
- Number of Parts: 501
- Dimensions: 98 m x 14 m x 15 m
PERFORMANCE
- Total Delta V: 3.8km/s
- Total Thrust: 32.3MN
- Engines: 10
- Wet Mass: 2.1E+6kg
- Dry Mass: 1.67E+5kg
STAGES
Stage | Engines | Delta V | Thrust | Burn | Mass |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 | 3.2km/s | 25.9MN | 2.6m | 2.1E+6kg |
2 | 3 | 604m/s | 6.5MN | 3.0m | 2.1E+6kg |
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A bit underpowered?