Hey there, I just wanted to ring in on this. You guys are making some good work so far. I'm anxious to see the finished product. :thumbup:
I changed the meshes to have a diameter of 10.17. Could someone help me with making a better fairing mesh? I'm absolutely horrible at making meshes.
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Also, What's the ISP of the EDS?
Here's the latest beta of my Ares V addon. View attachment 3948
I'm now starting work on a more up to date Altair lander for the rocket to carry. The one from the Ares & Orion addon is the latest version right?
Also, how are those fairing meshes coming?
Great work, folks!
Idea: If you add a docking port which conincides with the location of the Altair-lander docking port mesh while it is in the payload bay, a CEV could dock to the EDS and it would look like it is docking to the Altair sitting in the payload bay.
Then the TLI burn can be performed with the CEV sitting on top of the Ares V EDS.
That could cause problems. When Orion is docked like that, and you press 'J' on the EDS, the LSAM will be released but the Orion will remain docked.
Maybe a better idea is to add a docking port to the EDS right where the Altair comes together with the payload adapter, and add another docking port on Altair's aft. Upon reaching orbit, you'd hit 'J' to jettison the Altair, which would be in the right position to dock with the EDS, and then you just dock Orion to Altair.
See the fairing... how does it seem to you?
Sounds good. But what of kind of Ares I would you use for scenarios?
This one: CEV-Orion Correct assembly
I've also made an expansion pack for it that improves the addon a lot. It's available here: CEV-Orion UPGRADE