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[Aqizzar]

No, if anything, that's scarier.  Saying "I have no idea if this will work" is an open gamble, and wild untested risks always pay off in adventurous endeavors like spaceflight.  Saying "it usually works" means they've tried it before and it has at least once failed catastrophically.

I love the Wobblebottle.  Every time I launch it, it fails in a different fashion, often with a three-pack breaking loose but not separating, so it's still pushing the craft, but out of control.  Safely descending to Kerth in the middle of an unmanned rocket rodeo is just plain awesome.

[alway]

Found a silly design using the modded ones: make a rocket powered only by punch-out escape rockets.

[Deadmeat1471]

Out of curiosity, I'm trying to make a Saturn V rocket. Given the limitations on linux (i cant tilt or scroll the design) Its abit fiddly.
For one the Saturn 5 stage 1 and 2 has 5 engines. Theres no 5 engine coupler from what ive seen

*edit, actually i think i saw one on one of the addon packs.

Other than that, this is how I see it.

Stage 3:
command module
fuel
fuel
LFR

Stage 2:
fuel-fuel-fuel-fuel-fuel-fuel
fuel-fuel-fuel-fuel-fuel-fuel
lfr-lfr-lfr-lfr-lfr-lfr

Stage 1:
fuel-fuel-fuel-fuel-fuel-fuel
lfr-lfr-lfr-lfr-lfr-lfr

I'l try this now and see how it goes, on 0.83.

[Impending Doom]

The addon pack on the front page has a giant fuel tank and rocket that would probably work better than tri-couplers. Plus, they won't flail around like octopus tentacles.

[Dsarker]

You will need the big fuel tank. Five engines will otherwise be unable to get off the ground.

[Deadmeat1471]

Yeah the quinti coupler is way to buggy for me to use. I'll try using SRBs instead of liquid rockets for the first two stages.

You will need the big fuel tank. Five engines will otherwise be unable to get off the ground.

Wrong, they did, and accelerated to around 80 m/s before second stage fired.

[BigD145]

The addon pack on the front page has a giant fuel tank and rocket that would probably work better than tri-couplers. Plus, they won't flail around like octopus tentacles.

Octopus boosters are awesome. They sway in the breeze, which is quite soothing.

[Deadmeat1471]

The addon pack on the front page has a giant fuel tank and rocket that would probably work better than tri-couplers. Plus, they won't flail around like octopus tentacles.

Octopus boosters are awesome. They sway in the breeze, which is quite soothing.

They scare the shit out of me.

[Dsarker]

Why would you use the quinti coupler? Just use the 5x1 adapter.

[Deadmeat1471]

Why would you use the quinti coupler? Just use the 5x1 adapter.

That is the 5x1 adaptor. From the extra patch.

*Getting really tired of bay12ers trying to act smart, and failing. If you aren't going to post intelligently just remain silent. It's always the best policy.
Trying to catch people out with your awesome knowledge, and failing, just makes you look like an idiot.

[Dsarker]

What do you mean its buggy, then?

[Impending Doom]

Why would you use the quinti coupler? Just use the 5x1 adapter.

That is the 5x1 adaptor. From the extra patch.

I think he's talking about the adapter cones, for connecting the giant fuel tanks to the normal sized modules.

[rutsber]

Why would you use the quinti coupler? Just use the 5x1 adapter.

That is the 5x1 adaptor. From the extra patch.

I think he's talking about the adapter cones, for connecting the giant fuel tanks to the normal sized modules.

If I remember right, there was a quinti coupler that was similar to the tri and a 5x1 that allowed tou to connect, say 5 srbs to the underside of a big fuel tank. Don't know why you would do that but it was just an example.

[Impending Doom]

Why would you use the quinti coupler? Just use the 5x1 adapter.

That is the 5x1 adaptor. From the extra patch.

I think he's talking about the adapter cones, for connecting the giant fuel tanks to the normal sized modules.

If I remember right, there was a quinti coupler that was similar to the tri and a 5x1 that allowed tou to connect, say 5 srbs to the underside of a big fuel tank. Don't know why you would do that but it was just an example.

Deadmeat said that part was incredibly buggy for him.

[Aqizzar]

By the way, in case anyone was wondering, HarvesteR posted a Mercator-esque projection of the Kerbal planet's surface.  Specifically the map skin wrapped onto the globe when viewed from way out in space.

Spoiler: Kerth? (click to show/hide)

He says he just made the heightmap from a random noise generator, and picked a launch location on a coast near the equator.  Any resemblance to terrestrial land masses is pure coincidence.