Project N1 Lunar

[Astronautical achievement]

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:

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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:

I actually found a better copy of the video from the original source, that contained the entire vid and doesn't cut out halfway through:

Кинохроника Наземный стартовый комплекс ракеты Н1-Л3. (1960-1969)

www.net-film.ru

(Note: The website is in Russian, but should be very easy to figure out with the use of a browser translator/"translate page" function)

 

[dennis.krenz]

(Note: The website is in Russian, but should be very easy to figure out with the use of a browser translator/"translate page" function)

Reading Russian is also much easier than speaking it....

 

[Buck Rogers]

The tower is a serious bit of machinery on it's own! Working on the "roller-blades".

All main phases/vessels now have system failure simulation. And bad reentry profiles will be penalised.

 

[Spaceman 3D]

I've seen this one before..

 

[diogom]

I've seen this one before..

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That's what they get for doing a de-orbit burn during atmospheric entry from the Moon, I guess

 

[MarkWatney2015]

Oh my Star City references already? Lmao nice

 

[Buck Rogers]

I made a mock-up to see if it works. It doesn't quite line-up with RL, but all measurements are estimated and at least it functions as intended.

 

[Buck Rogers]

It doesn't quite line-up with RL

Fixed, the fire pits were too small. The quoted pit diameter doesn't match up with the rocket or the quoted (same source!) distance between railway tracks.
Now the tower lines up.

 

[n72.75]

I posted this in the shoutbox yesterday, but for anyone that didn't see it, this is a nice resource: https://web.archive.org/web/20220521220700/https://www.mishindiaries.com/

 

[Buck Rogers]

Now that I've got the geometry mostly figured all I have to do is construct it(!) It makes the N1 look small, I was thinking it would be nice to have an old 60's Soviet bus and ground crew for scale.
Working on the chassis...

 

[dennis.krenz]

I think you could also add some train cars with tanks and a train near by for scale. After all, the N-1 was also rolled out horizontally, so there should be many opportunities for scaling scenery.

 

[Buck Rogers]

I think you could also add some train cars with tanks and a train near by for scale

The roll-out will have 2 trains, but that might take a while.

 

[dennis.krenz]

The roll-out will have 2 trains, but that might take a while.

I can wait. But can you? I have the impression you are quite into the flow with your project now.

 

[diogom]

Mostly there with the LOK panels, screenshot time:





Still some texture work left pending further discoveries but maybe ready to integrate into the rest of the (awesome so far) VC. Will have some partial (and optional) functionality, simpler things like engine configs, module separation, alarms/warnings. Still working out Block D control. There's essentially one source for all these (attached) which is imperfect and not everything is even readable, let alone figurable, so there will be gaps and some artistic license. Been fun diving into it though and piecing together what's possible, and also the subtle differences and similarities to other contemporary hardware.

And of course there will be an English version as well as for LK.

 

[Buck Rogers]

SA and LOK dev. is coming along nicely.
Also made some progress on the tower, the main girders and rigging are modelled. Still very early days...