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CV Herald

Vanilla - NO Mods used

Survival ready

Interplanetary Cargo Vessel "Herald" - UESC Construction Contest 23 Entry


Specs:

Cargo

2x Large Cargo Containers
27x Small Cargo Containers

4x Hydrogen Tank (that's enough hydrogen to enter and reenter the atmosphere)
6x Oxygen Tank
4x Oxygen Generators (equipped with some ice for survival (and refueling the hydrogen tanks))

Power

14x Small Reactor (7x Main Power, 7x Reserve)
30x Batteries (15x Main, 15x Reserve)

Thrusters

5x Large Atmospheric
41x Small Atmospheric

2x Large Hydrogen
22x Small Hydrogen

52x Small Ion Thrusters

1x Jump Drive

Gravity Drive

8x Gravity Generators (max. acceleration 8g, presets: 4g forward, 4g backwards)
8x Artificial Mass

Remote Control

1x RC Block
10x Cameras

Communication

1x Antenna
1x Laser Antenna

3x Cryo Pods
3x Flight Seats
2x Passenger Seats
1x Med Bay

- small pressurized Hangar (Layout for a small standard KSH Miner (I recommend to add a landing gear to the miner. The Connector isn't strong enough to lock the miner in place)

very small ship (1755 blocks)


How to fly:

It's possible to fly the ship in the atmosphere by using the atmospheric thrusters without the help of hydrogen thrusters. If you want or need more thrust, just activate them ;D. The tanks have enough hydrogen stored to get into the orbit and reenter the atmosphere even if you need a second try. But I would still recommend to use them only in atmospheric flight if you want to change the altitude faster or prevent a crash.

How to enter orbit:

1. Hover as high as possible only with acitivated atmospheric thrusters (They only have enough power to hover the ship so that you will only reach an altitude of ~2000m)

2. Ignite all Hydrogen (Nr.1.1) and Ion (Nr.1.4) Thrusters at ~2000m and raise the nose by 20° - 40°

3. Activate the forward Gravity Drive (Flightseat Nr. 2.1 for the g. generators and 2.9 for the artificial mass) at ~15000m (planet. grav.: ~0.4g, artific. grav.: ~0.3g). If this is not enough thrust to stay at 100 m/s, it's possible to set the backwards Gravity Drive (Nr. 2.5, 2.6, 2.7) from -1g to +1g for an overall acceleration of 8g

4. Deactivate all Hydrogen and Atmospheric Thrusters to save Hydrogen and Energy

5. You'll leave the planetary gravity field at ~40000m. Now you can fly the ship by using the Ion Thrusters and the Gravity Drive (Hint: Use the Backwards Gravity Drive for fast deceleration).

How to land the ship:

1. Enter the Planetary Gravity Field above your destination and glide down till ~3000m (or lower if you want ;D)

2. Activate all Atmospheric Thrusters and ignite the Small Hydrogen Thrusters (Nr. 1.3) to decelerate the ship fast enough

3. Fly to your destination

Hint: Try to save as much Hydrogen as possible in Survival Mode. You don't know when you will need it :D


PS: The flying guide above was tested in Vanilla (Speed limit at 104.5 m/s)