SN-8 Replica with working Elonerons made in honor of today’s (December 9 2020) almost fully successful launch of the Starship 12.5km test.

Hopefully this will get me to 5K points, but we’ll see.

EDIT: THIS GOT ME ALMOST TO 6K AS OF WRITING THIS! HOLY CRAP!

GENERAL INFO

  • Successors 1 craft(s)
  • Created On: iOS
  • Game Version: 0.9.509.0
  • Price: $329,217k
  • Number of Parts: 46
  • Dimensions: 62 m x 10 m x 23 m

PERFORMANCE

  • Total Delta V: 2.9km/s
  • Total Thrust: 76.8MN
  • Engines: 6
  • Wet Mass: 2.28E+6kg
  • Dry Mass: 2.11E+5kg

STAGES

Stage Engines Delta V Thrust Burn Mass
1 6 2.9km/s 76.8MN 56s 2.28E+6kg

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    25.6k VosAerospace

    @TopSecret2 oh that’s what you meant - lol i thought you were challenging the date sn8 launched. But i totally agree that it is a crappy craft that skipped over major steps, plus Scott Manley proved why reaction wheels aren’t a good idea.

    3.2 years ago
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    @VosAerospace I’m sure about the cold gas thrusters as RCS. Can’t exactly rotate two wheels to change the orientation of a craft when all the mass is in the aft section. Like two people tugging at each over for control of their toy... oh wait.

    3.2 years ago
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    25.6k VosAerospace

    @TopSecret2 yup. sn8 launched december 9. this craft was published on december 9. u sure abt that math?

    3.2 years ago
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    @VosAerospace

    Me: Looks at calendar

    Are you sure ‘bout that?

    3.2 years ago
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    25.6k VosAerospace

    @TopSecret2 Oh, I know. I made it in about five minutes, since SN8 had literally JUST launched.

    3.2 years ago
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    This thing has a mass of serious problems:
    1. The gyroscope and batteries could easily be replaced by monopropellant and clipped RCS nozzles (which can be done w/o tinker panel), which would make this more accurate to the ability of the Starship to Bellyflop.
    2. There only really needs to be three rockets anyway for sea level performance; why add more mass and steps for vacuum engines when the rocket doesn’t have the deltaV for space anyway?
    3. The center of mass should be redone so that the rocket can rotate itself around it. When a plane takes off it has to rotate because that improves lift, but to rotate it needs a CoM at the rear landing gear so it would act as a fulcrum. Likewise, thrust vectoring on the raptor engines needs to be done so it can rotate itself vertically for the belly flop maneuver.

    3.2 years ago
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    @VosAerospace 😂 that's fast!

    3.3 years ago
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    25.6k VosAerospace

    @ZWAC I try to embody the simple part of the name SIMPLErockets

    3.3 years ago
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    25.6k VosAerospace

    @ZWAC Well, it got me to 10K rly. also, please do!

    3.3 years ago
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    7,034 AQUILA

    @VosAerospace ya

    3.3 years ago
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    961 ZWAC

    46 parts to get 6k, amazing, I should advertise in Discord.

    3.3 years ago
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    25.6k VosAerospace

    @ahmad183 All good.

    +1 3.3 years ago
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    7,034 AQUILA

    Sorry i'm late

    3.3 years ago
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    25.6k VosAerospace

    @DutchAerospace Yeah. I threw this together in about five minutes.

    3.3 years ago
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    @VosAerospace ok, that sounds better. I tried it with engines on and is was turning faster, but not fast enough.

    3.3 years ago
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    25.6k VosAerospace

    @Patelsh24 About five minutes

    3.3 years ago
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    6,715 Patelsh24

    @VosAerospace hah. How long did it take you to make after it landed?

    3.3 years ago
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    25.6k VosAerospace

    @Patelsh24 Thanks for the commentary - I was think of making the Elonerons out of fuel tanks but I had to throw something together rly quickly since they had just landed it. Literally just borrowed the starship from my last starship post and labeled it SN8...

    3.3 years ago
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    6,715 Patelsh24

    The elonerons shouldn’t really be made of fins or structural panels. Should prob be made out of struts and/or fuel tanks to get the beefy shape. Also I don’t think SN8 had vactors on it. The forward elonerons are also kinda big

    3.3 years ago
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    3,462 tsampoy

    Awesome!

    3.3 years ago
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    915 Barran

    @DutchAerospace I made SN8 automatic launch and landing with VIZZY .... see @Barran

    3.3 years ago
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    25.6k VosAerospace

    @DutchAerospace Yeah... Sorry. I have a better version that I’m going to post soon that has the cold gas thrusters so it’s turns better. Out of curiosity, did you do what the actual test did and use the engines to help the turn?

    3.3 years ago
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    It's turning waaay to slow, so when I start belly-flopping at 12.5 km, I will crash when I start flipping at 10 km

    3.3 years ago
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    2,919 TuHruE

    @VosAerospace Yup, your soaring high man🛫

    3.3 years ago
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    195 AK7563

    I wanna take it to 12.8 km in the sky and nearly making it land

    3.3 years ago
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