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[sluissa]

You might actually be better staging the solid boosters a bit more. 6, 3, 3 or even 3, 3, 3, 3 With the little bit of weight you're sending up you MIGHT even be able to get away with 3, 3, 2, 2, 2. Just make sure you always keep the thrust even. Don't want 2-3 on the same side all going off at once rather than 2 or 3 equally spaced.

[sluissa]

Yeah, 3,3,2,2,2 works beautifully, but I know it's still not the most efficient way of doing things. I'll leave it to you how to improve it from there. Enjoy.


Edit: Sorry, meant this as an edit to the last post, not a new one. Apologies.

[Graknorke]

I should probably work on how I do boosters. Because I don't really do boosters so well. Most of the time I just stick a load more liquid fuel rockets on the side that feed fuel into the central column so that they run out first.

Instead I just try and make rockets as tall as possible. They are now at the point where they start snapping in half, they wobble so much.

[ank]

I should probably work on how I do boosters. Because I don't really do boosters so well. Most of the time I just stick a load more liquid fuel rockets on the side that feed fuel into the central column so that they run out first.

Instead I just try and make rockets as tall as possible. They are now at the point where they start snapping in half, they wobble so much.

I use the same method, i call it The Dropper.
Like you said, feeds to inner engines and drops the outer ones.
This is as far as i know the most efficient design.
BUT you rocket ends up looking like a cylinder.

Using this method i landed on the Mun with 6 engines each with 4 full fuel tank, and a secondary lander on top(i flew to minmus with it after i landed on the mun). This was in the last version though, before the large fuel tanks.

[Rose]

Spoiler: Am I doing it right? (click to show/hide)

I actually very stable in flight, would have landed it if not for water.

[sluissa]

Except for a distinct lack of anything that would actually get it into space, looks great.

[Rose]

Hehehe, yeah, this is a distinctly atmo-only plane.

[Rose]

Spoiler: Well, I sorta landed (click to show/hide)

[sluissa]

Any landing you can propel yourself away from under your own power...

[Rose]

Spoiler: Booyah. (click to show/hide)

Can't take off again, though.

[LoSboccacc]

Why the wing pieces pointing down?

[Rose]

Why the wing pieces pointing down?

Gravity. They're straight in the hangar. maybe I should have them angled slightly upwards

[LoSboccacc]

Since the size multiplication, wing tips require struts to the fuselage

[Urist McScoopbeard]

I'll put this here:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

This is a fully working and balanced VTOL which can go from hover to fly mid-flight and back again, it can also take off either way. It is mostly stock parts with a couple of mod parts for the engines.

[sluissa]

That is pretty darn impressive.