PEBKAC Industries NASA Saturn parts, v.0.2

For KSP 1.3.x, July 16, 2017.

This add-on is a set of parts I created because I wanted to learn some things about creating engines for KSP. It's main feature is a model of the Rocketdyne F1 rocket engine used on the Saturn V. There are two different sizes included. One is full (Kerbal) scale (64% of Earth-scale) and the other is scaled to fit in clustered-engine scenarios with the 2.5m parts. There are two "flavors" for each size, one gimbals and one does not. I created a custom exhaust that still manages to fall woefully short of the real thing.

After I built the engines, I wanted a five-way adapter to mount them under. So I built a model of the thrust structure from the Saturn V S-IC. This includes aerodynamic engine fairings and integrated retro-rockets to help separate the stage from the rest of your rocket. I probably should have included a decoupler, but I didn't.  When you mount the F1 engines, the non-gimbaling version goes in the center.

Then I noticed the thrust structure does not really line up all that well with the stock 2.5m fuel tanks. So I took leave of my senses and modeled the entire S-IC stage.  This part is rediculously over-detailed, and uses a boat-load of texture memory.  Again, there are the two sizes available.

Finally, what good is a rocket without the right fins to really set it off? So, I also modeled the proper fins from the Saturn V. Then I decided I wanted the markings to look correct. The included plugin will detect what node on the S-IC or thrust structure that you are sticking the fine onto, and draw the appropriate marking.

I don't plan to carry this any further anytime soon, but then again, I could get crazy again.

Use these parts for whatever you wish. Just credit me somewhere if you do.

The plugin code is mostly derived from Allista's AT_Utils plugin and is covered by his MIT license (see below).

Have fun!

~Kurld


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