*I HAVE MADE A MUCH BETTER VERSION OF THIS ***
https://www.simplerockets.com/c/LV1JV6/Starship-V2-Automated-Booster-Catch
*PLEASE READ***
After 5 months of work, I give to you a reliably automated super heavy booster catch!
A few notes to you: Sometimes it does some pretty sloppy landings, but in my twenty test flights, it has been caught "Successfully". Set physics to low. I recommend not to use timewarp. There are blocks that set the time mode to normal during important times, but I recommend to not use it at all. As well as that, after the boostback is complete, it corrects its crash site with RCS, and there are two orientation changes. The first only controls the Longitude of the crash site, second controls latitude and longitude. But to correct correctly, on the second, look at the flight log and look at the longitude, the second set of numbers under the impact node or point and see if it is less than or greater than the guidedcraftlandingpoint. The rcs must be translating in the necessary direction, and the roll control is manual, so this is up to you. After it is complete, it will say "Booster Is On A Good Trajectory", then you can timewarp until it hits the atmosphere, and again, roll control is manual, as this is very difficult to implement. There are cameras on the tower as well, but if you want to use them on landing: Pause, Quicksave, switch to the tower, switch back to the booster and the cameras are back. After the booster gets caught, you can switch to the tower, but you can't switch again to the booster as the arms will open. Other than these, have fun!
There will be a link to a showcase of this on my Youtube in the comments!
GENERAL INFO
- Predecessor: Starship V2 auto land
- Created On: Windows
- Game Version: 1.3.204.1
- Price: $1,130,237k
- Number of Parts: 764
- Dimensions: 160 m x 58 m x 109 m
PERFORMANCE
- Total Delta V: 4.6km/s
- Total Thrust: 109.1MN
- Engines: 47
- Wet Mass: 2.07E+7kg
- Dry Mass: 1.61E+7kg
STAGES
| Stage | Engines | Delta V | Thrust | Burn | Mass |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 33 | 3.6km/s | 90.6MN | 1.9m | 4.85E+6kg |
| 3 | 6 | 932m/s | 16.4MN | 4.0m | 4.85E+6kg |
@Luc3s Sounds cool!
@TheVizzyLucky No it doesnt work on this craft, and the new version is also obsolete for me because I have recently made a much much simpler and cooler version. Both the new and this version use rcs to guide to the tower instead of aerodynamic guidance. The newest one (I havent uploaded it yet), uses both aerodynamic guidance and much much simpler code :)
@Luc3s Did you change the vizzy on the updated version? And if you did, does the new vizzy work on this craft?
@TheVizzyLucky honestly, I dont know. I encountered that issue so many times while I was making this and I thought it was finally solved when I uploaded it, but guess not
@Luc3s How can I fix it?
@TheVizzyLucky I have no idea why the game is like that, but if physics are low, then the rotators for the chopsticks and QD fall off
The chopsticks always fall off on launch. Physics are set to low
Edit: Also, I won't be able to try if it works in the updated version, it has too many parts.
@HidroAviao212 Ah, eu pensei que vc queria as nuvens no RSS tamben. Mas se nao funciona no Juno sistema, eu nao sei como consertar isso. Quando vc instala o mod "Temu Clouds", se ta no PC, tem um mods menu nas configuraçoes, e tem um slider para aumentar ou diminuir a altura das nuvens. Talvez ta no 0?
@Luc3s muito obrigado pela dica .
Vai ser um pouco demorado mas vou fazer
@Luc3s bom isso deve me ajudar
@Luc3s Ele só funciona no RSS ?
O meu eu uso o Juno sisten e ele não aparece as nuvens. Eu não sei como que faz para elas aparecerem
@HidroAviao212 https://www.simplerockets.com/Forums/View/295843/Temu-Clouds-RSS
Como que voce colocou esse mod de nuvem ?
O meu não funciona
@Booster12 don’t slow down or speed up timewarp. If you pause and unpause the game, don’t scroll through, just press pause and unpause
@Booster12 Yeah, try that.
@Luc3s do I not have to use any time warp?
@Booster12 I don’t know why that happens. Try not to use timewarp? Keep it at normal timewarp?
@Luc3s on my attempts chopsticks keep braking how to fix?
@Luc3s yes
@ssahinbay This is kind of beta testing because when I was testing it, it got caught each time, but I am working on making this code simpler and more effective. Does the super heavy at least get to the landing burn within like a kilometer from the tower?
@Luc3s the super heavy booster is missing the tower do i need mods or an other system?
I am still working on this, as some of these comments said, it sometimes does not get caught.
@Luc3s great! Can’t wait to play around with that for another 2 hours 🤣
it lands on the top of the tower and slips to the ground and explodes``
@Luc3s Speed from 50 is it too slow?