The next installment your local superstore's attempt to make the cheapest rocket to Luna.

be sure before launching that the velocity and performance tabs are open in the flight view, and I recommend pinning them so that they stay open once in the map because you are going to need them.

Flight instructions:
Blast off at 100% at an 80-degree launch angle.

Wait until the acceleration variable under the velocity tab is at 9.0 m/s then tilt the craft to a 60-degree angle.

burn at this angle until the apogee reaches 61,000m where you should bring the thrust down to 1% and tilt the craft to around 11 degrees.

If this was all done correctly, you should have 19% of your fuel left.

keep the rocket thrust at 1% until you are 25 seconds till apogee where you should bring the engines to full thrust and burn them out. Immediately after burning out the first stage, fire the second. there's no time to waste here.

You want to keep your vertical speed under the velocity tab around 0 +-12 m/s. it's hard to describe this next part, but once your path feels like it's relatively close to wrapping around the planet, lower your angle of elevation to 0. The reason for burning the first stage getting you around 65,000 m/s is to give you enough height to allow you to do this. You have to do it as soon as you think you can lest you waste fuel.

Circularize, and you have made it to orbit. your delta-v should be at around 2,600 m/s which is more than sufficient to get you safely to the moon using an optimal true anomaly.

I can not guarantee than these instructions will allow you to get this rocket to the moon as I flew this rocket many many times and have a good feel for it.

GENERAL INFO

  • Created On: Windows
  • Game Version: 0.8.402.0
  • Price: $584k
  • Number of Parts: 7
  • Dimensions: 11 m x 3 m x 3 m

PERFORMANCE

  • Total Delta V: 8.0km/s
  • Total Thrust: 198kN
  • Engines: 2
  • Wet Mass: 15,421kg
  • Dry Mass: 1,969kg

STAGES

Stage Engines Delta V Thrust Burn Mass
1 1 3.7km/s 185kN 2.6m 15,421kg
3 1 4.3km/s 12kN 5.1m 1,530kg

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    112 eonn44

    @Rizkyman What?

    If you're referring to my lack of uploads, I'd love to continue making this better, but I've been in classes (actually starting an aerospace engineering degree) nonstop since making this. Maybe during my winter break...

    3.6 years ago
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    22.6k Rizkyman

    No more upload?

    +1 3.6 years ago

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