Mercury Redstone 3, Americas first manned space mission. Scale replica. Throttle up to 100%, activate group 1. Before you reach apotheosis activate group 2, at apotheosis activate group 3 to seperate the capsuel, Group 2 is your retro rocket, shut it down once seperated, or use it to slow your descent. Group 4 is your emergency escape rocket, use is at any time for a quick escape (4-3 will get you away). Group 5 seperates the escape rocket tower. Group 6 seperates the retro rockets and the 'chute cover. Group 7 deploys the parachutes. Thanks for playing.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s) +21 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 53.1ft (16.2m)
- Length 67.3ft (20.5m)
- Height 116.7ft (35.6m)
- Empty Weight 63,369lbs (28,743kg)
- Loaded Weight 187,902lbs (85,231kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.364
- Wing Loading 319.5lbs/ft2 (1,559.8kg/m2)
- Wing Area 588.2ft2 (54.6m2)
- Drag Points 215524
Parts
- Number of Parts 359
- Control Surfaces 4
- Performance Cost 958
Great job by the looks of the description. But my internet in China is too slow to load the pictures, gotta wait 2 more days to test this beauty once I get back! ;)
Lol @WEAPONSMITH
It does have a parachute. 3 actually.
thanks! @Hayhayjam664
ITS AMAZING
Does it have a parachute
That's a big rocket...
@WEAPONSMITH My Mercury capsuel, while not extremely detailed, is exactly to scale, to the thousandth of an inch, and it flys as close to the actual speed as I could get it. 5134mph. it goes considerably higher than the real mission though, for some reason, I blame the physics of the game. :D
@WEAPONSMITH lol, I haven't played it yet... I chose Simpleplanes over Kerbal.
@WEAPONSMITH Tha's cool! He was a genius for sure.
@WEAPONSMITH I think it's one of the more interesting american space missions. Nothing quite like using a ballistic missile to get yourself into space.