SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster
NO GYRO USED!! ALL CONTROL IS WITH ENGINE GIMABLING!!
A (mostly) scale model of the Falcon 9. I made a few moderations to the real one, like going from 9 to 5 engines. I didn't make the grid fins rotate, it is just airbrakes, however the engines have gimbaling(vectoring) for 3-axis attitude control.
I would also like to point out that this is a 74 part craft, making it seem low-effort, but the thing is, boosters really don't take many parts.
Construction consists of a bland and basic body, with an interstage on top and a small coned base. Then you can put on some grid fin stuff if you want, and make the engines. I think my bells are 3 parts each, with two rotators and that's all. 4 different 3 part landing legs to top everything off. Then I had to go through and make all the different code optimizations for each engine, which was definitely the most time-taking. After that, I added little interior fins that add stability during flight, to help things out just a bit.
CONTROLS
Pitch controls the forward/backward tilt
Yaw controls the sideways tilt
Roll controls the twist of the rocket
Ag1 is control over grid fin extension/retrograde stability(think of it as descent mode).
Ag2 is control over the start of the 5 raptor engines.
Ag3 is control over landing leg extension(they start extended).
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 32.8ft (10.0m)
- Length 33.4ft (10.2m)
- Height 131.5ft (40.1m)
- Empty Weight 26,968lbs (12,232kg)
- Loaded Weight 32,474lbs (14,730kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.415
- Wing Loading 219.4lbs/ft2 (1,071.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 148.0ft2 (13.8m2)
- Drag Points 3459
Parts
- Number of Parts 74
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 444
Tell me how to improve!
Important to note that 0% throttle input results in a 40% output, so when you land it is best to immediately deactivate group two to put the vehicle's full weight onto the legs, greatly helping it stay vertical.
thats so awesome and so easy to fly
@IceCraft maybe someday
@UltraLight probably do the whole rockt?
I love this
@SimpleJets yes, I love it
Have you tried SR2
@dTitanplanesb wel..
I can't be the only one intent on turning this into an ICBM.
@asteroidbook345 how dare you!
@uptightjumbo great to hear!
@UltraLight yes, very nice and very smooth.
@UltraLight no lmao
@asteroidbook345 have you flown it yet?
@Ergi thanks! And like the name being back :)
@asteroidbook345 yes
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@uptightjumbo do you like how it flies?
@UltraLight np
@OPaiTaOn thanks!
@uptightjumbo thanks!