Wernher Von Braun's Ferry Rocket

This rocket is based of Wernher Von Braun's 1955 low Earth (Droo) orbit rocket. Von Braun was envisioning big rockets after World War II. This design is based off his expertise with the A4 (German’s V2) design. Using rocket motors similar to the A4, He designed a massive rocket that could reach LEO (LDO). To do this he needed a massive amount of engines 106 in total with 67 just in the 1st stage.

This design is based off Von Braun's initial design. While Simple Rocket’s Editor is powerful. His design had an unusual mirror hexagonal design that is a real pain to implement. I choose a radial hexagonal design a it is achievable with the look very similar to the original. To mimic the small engines I used Pixie and then cut power in half. I also removed most of the fuel as the original design use Nitric Acid and Hydrazine as fuel and oxidizer. So the design is not very efficient compared to modern rockets. (When this was designed no rocket has yet reached orbit)

When launching cut the throttle to 70% or the craft will be unstable and spin out of control. (Even with a 50% reduction in thrust the Pixie is still too powerful.) With an optimal flight the craft should reach orbit with about 6% fuel left. The craft can reenter and glide back to Droo. The rearward spike is to help with landing as of building there are not any landing gear (I suspect that will change soon).

Enjoy a bit of history.