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[da_nang]

Spoiler: Spaceplanes! I like to call this a "Hot Seat" design. Ready with a lander in the back. (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Refueling at the station. (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Turns out the little lander was short on fuel. (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: So we sent one up with double! We're sending the old one back. (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Landing success! (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Within jetpack distance of momentous flag. (click to show/hide)

Finally, as I switched to my Jool probe to correct its course, it was subsequently eaten by the Hell Kraken.

[Facekillz058]

I...
I give up, no matter how much I lighten the drill rover without changing it entirely, I cannot make a ship that can get it to orbit the Mun.
Whether this means I just can't fly worth a crap, or that I can't build a ship worth a crap, I don't know.
Please, Bay 12, I come to you in my moment of need to build me a ship to get this thing to the Mun.
It's not like it's huge or heavy, I've gotten bigger things into Orbit before, but this thing just doesn't want to do it.
Make sure you have the Kethane Pack, otherwise you won't have half the parts that compose the rover,

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39635912/Kethane%20Drill%20Rig%20Mk_2%20%28Rover%20Only%29.craft

[Graknorke]

Have you tried making a larger launch vehicle?

[Facekillz058]

Of course.

[Graknorke]

Of course.

How many stages did it have, and how many fuel tanks was each mainsail lifting?

[Girlinhat]

Asparagus!

[Graknorke]

Asparagus!

Asparagus rockets have issues with balance once struts get involved.

[LordSlowpoke]

step 1. put 300 boosters directly under the craft
step 2. launch
step 3. sprinkle struts among major fault lines
step 4. repeat #2 and #3 until craft semi-stable
step 5. add more boosters
step 6. repeat #2 and #3 until craft enters orbit

seriously it's not hard (the kerbin-mun manuever doesn't take much delta-v anyway)

[Girlinhat]

Add more orange + mainsail in symmetry, with asparagus, until you've got something powerful enough.

Seriously, this is how the 'pros' do it.  Just keep adding tanks and engines.

[Facekillz058]

The ship I was using:


Stage 4:
Mainsail, Big Orange Tank, 8 Big Solid Boosters.

Stage 3:
Mainsail, Big Orange Tank, 8 Big Solid Boosters.

Stage 2:
Skipper, Big Orange Tank, 4 Radial Engines, 8 Small Solid Boosters.

Stage 1/Everything that is on the Rover to get it to the Mun when everything else is out of fuel:
2 Large Solid Boosters, 4 Radial Engines.


EDIT: I'll try asparagus, I've been hesitant to try that because I read it was kinda tricky.

[LordSlowpoke]

your fourth stage does not have enough twr

add 16 more big boosters symmetrically and strut them together at the outermost edges

[Graknorke]

Add more orange + mainsail in symmetry, with asparagus, until you've got something powerful enough.

Seriously, this is how the 'pros' do it.  Just keep adding tanks and engines.

I have never seen anything outside of parts of megastructures where more than 1 layer of asparagus staging was needed to get into Kerbin's orbit. More power often isn't all that useful in the launch stage. What's more important is considering the Thrust:Weight ratio, and how much resistance the air is giving you.

[Culise]

Thank you all for the mod advice.  I've already loaded Kethane, Protractor, and Crew Manifest (after watching an interesting Constellation video), and I'll definitely add on MechJeb as well and take a look at B9.  I also found Procedural Fairings, which looks like it could be somewhat promising. 

[Anvilfolk]

This  launcher is the reason I'm waiting for the 0.22 patch's saveable parts. This thing gets stuff that's pretty heavy into orbit. Also, there are definitely wobble issues, which is why it has the spider-leg design with struts!

[Aseaheru]

The farings mod is fun.