Project N1 Lunar

[Paolo_P]

Hi everybody,
I've been watching this thread for a long time, because I've been dreaming to have the chance to fly soviet moon program.
I kindly wanted to ask if the beta version of the add-on was released and I somehow lost it or if it was still in the making.
Thanks
Paolo

 

[Matias Saibene]

@Buck Rogers
I'm making some progress on Multistage2026 with your N1.
Now with exhaust textures!

 

[BrianJ]

Hi everybody,
I've been watching this thread for a long time, because I've been dreaming to have the chance to fly soviet moon program.
I kindly wanted to ask if the beta version of the add-on was released and I somehow lost it or if it was still in the making.
Thanks
Paolo

Hi,
I don't know of any beta version release so far. I think @Buck Rogers was considering it.
Work continues. I have been having fun thinking up autopilot programs for landing/ascent/reentry

 

[Buck Rogers]

Hi everybody,
I've been watching this thread for a long time, because I've been dreaming to have the chance to fly soviet moon program.
I kindly wanted to ask if the beta version of the add-on was released and I somehow lost it or if it was still in the making.
Thanks
Paolo

No beta so far but pretty close.
Currently putting together the SA cockpit and @BrianJ is tinkering with a TEI MFD! After that it's probably a good time for a beta release.

 

[Buck Rogers]

Cockpit progress so far, Kazbek seats by @diogom

 

[Buck Rogers]

And fixed some hatch issues.
View from the BO.

 

[GLS]

This might be of interest for the project:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2049488213908013272

 

[Buck Rogers]

This might be of interest for the project:

Yes
After working and researching so long that with the knowledge I have now I'd like to re-do at least half of it!
Have discussed that it would be nice to make an (even) more authentic version at some point. I guess this one will be more of an iconic visualisation. Did also cross my mind that with insu. no one would recognise it!
All good info though, thanks

 

[GLS]

After working and researching so long that with the knowledge I have now I'd like to re-do at least half of it!

Looks like you have work for a version 2

 

[diogom]

This might be of interest for the project:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2049488213908013272

Oh cool, photo's out in the world now and not just paywalled on RussianSpaceWeb. Yeah this one was a real treat to find but unfortunately couldn't repost, hadn't seen it anywhere else. There's also one of the corresponding launch, a Soyuz with a funky looking fairing.

I think the same phenomenon happens with the LOK, almost always in bare metal, the instrument module at least, the engineering displays without insulation at MAI don't help I guess (that display also seems to have an LOK BO on top of a Zond SA judging from the GRAU index on both, so plenty sources of confusion to go around).

 

[Buck Rogers]

Patching the LOK wouldn't be to hard, exchange the tail material and cover the middle section with MLI, I guess the PO shield and feather panels would remain white?

I presume the BO interior would also have cladding similar to the SA and not the bare ribs as in the museum exhibition?

 

[diogom]

Patching the LOK wouldn't be to hard, exchange the tail material and cover the middle section with MLI, I guess the PO shield and feather panels would remain white?

I presume the BO interior would also have cladding similar to the SA and not the bare ribs as in the museum exhibition?

Yeah the radiators are good, would just be the forward and aft of the PO. Could be the aft was white too maybe with the exposed tanks, considering the LK DO on the T2K that GLS posted.

BO might have been relatively bare, based on how it was and is on Soyuz, I think what we see on the exhibit might have been it. At least for the hull, some of those struts and "racks" may have been closed up with some panels or cloth.

 

[Buck Rogers]

Yeah the radiators are good, would just be the forward and aft of the PO. Could be the aft was white too maybe with the exposed tanks, considering the LK DO on the T2K that GLS posted.

BO might have been relatively bare, based on how it was and is on Soyuz, I think what we see on the exhibit might have been it. At least for the hull, some of those struts and "racks" may have been closed up with some panels or cloth.

OK, not quite as bad as I thought. It would be the LK that would mostly need a make-over. Although I do find the bare metal aesthetically pleasing.

 

[IgnalinaNuclearPowerPlant]

This looks interesting!

 

[Buck Rogers]

Work on the SA continues, autopilot, damage model, cockpit control panels.
Also started on the pad and tower, slowly piecing the details together, sat images are the best plan view! Building it in 3D helps to solve some errors, one source states the tower rotation arc as 60m "diameter", but that doesn't fit, it's evidently 60m "radius". But I think I've got the basic geometry, the pivot point needs to be off-centre and the tower (145m tall!) rotated 45°. Still don't have much information/images of the undercarriage and "rear-bar"- there seems to be a control cabin on it? Also the fire pits are underground, not sure how best to deal with that? I haven't got that far with tile-editing.

 

[Buck Rogers]

This looks interesting!

Hi there
You're new so I missed your post. You like all things Buran? Same pad.

 

[GLS]

Also the fire pits are underground, not sure how best to deal with that? I haven't got that far with tile-editing.

You could edit the terrain to make a depression where the pad is, and that would be covered by the pad surface and a flat mesh that blends the pad surface to the surrounding terrain. For an example, look at how SLC-6 is in SSV.

 

[Astronautical achievement]

Work on the SA continues, autopilot, damage model, cockpit control panels.
Also started on the pad and tower, slowly piecing the details together, sat images are the best plan view! Building it in 3D helps to solve some errors, one source states the tower rotation arc as 60m "diameter", but that doesn't fit, it's evidently 60m "radius". But I think I've got the basic geometry, the pivot point needs to be off-centre and the tower (145m tall!) rotated 45°. Still don't have much information/images of the undercarriage and "rear-bar"- there seems to be a control cabin on it? Also the fire pits are underground, not sure how best to deal with that? I haven't got that far with tile-editing.
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While I am unsure as to the exact depth, I found a schematic of the hold-down ring at the base of the pad as well as the deflector directly underneath. I also found a schematic showing the supports for the ring:



As for the schematics and what not, they come from this Soviet documentary "Starting Complex of Lunar Rocket N-1 L3", and goes into extensive detail:

 

[IgnalinaNuclearPowerPlant]

Hi there
You're new so I missed your post. You like all things Buran? Same pad.

Haha yes, all these cool massive soviet vehicles!

 

[Buck Rogers]

You could edit the terrain to make a depression where the pad is, and that would be covered by the pad surface and a flat mesh that blends the pad surface to the surrounding terrain. For an example, look at how SLC-6 is in SSV.

Thanks for the pointer
That's a much larger area than I expected! Experiments with .flt files weren't so good, I guess with elev.mod it's more accurate. I didn't get that far with tile editing so that's another step.
Also the area is already well covered by other addons, probably makes sense to link it to one of the main ones to minimize conflicts.

As for the schematics and what not, they come from this Soviet documentary "Starting Complex of Lunar Rocket N-1 L3", and goes into extensive detail:

That video is great, thanks! I already see some of the undercarriage