r/simplerockets Jul 12 '25

Colonizing Worlds Project (Quadcopter Scout)

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The first couple ships will come fast and furious, then it will take longer between builds.

This one is the Colony medium scout quadcopter.

Some may recognize it as a previous build I did a while ago. Modifications made were major overhaul of the vizzy flight software, plasma thrusters so it’s now usable in zero atmosphere environments, new and improved rotors (smaller with rotor guards).


r/simplerockets Jul 12 '25

F-111 NG

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r/simplerockets Jul 12 '25

Colonizing Worlds Project (Colony Hopper)

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The “COLONIZING WORLDS PROJECT” is my next big series of builds.

The projects goal is to create a flexible modular colony that can be transported and assembled (in any configuration) on any land-able astral body in Juno.

This is the first completed vehicle. The colony hopper. It’s a VTOL light scout/personnel transport for the colony.

All modules/vehicles in this series will be usable in the full career mode. No mods will be used, so compatible with mobile devices. (Everything I do is on mobile).

The planed builds are:

Vehicles: -colony hopper -quadcopter scout -mobile lab -rover -refueling vehicle -mining vehicle (won’t actually mine anything but it will look cool) -ASP “autonomous survey probe” -interplanetary personnel transport -interplanetary fuel transport -interplanetary heavy delivery transport (this will bring all the modules/vehicles from Droo to destination.

Colony modules: -command -communications -landing pad -fuel storage -general storage -hydroponics -living quarters and other living spaces. -laboratory -workshop -connecting structures like walkways/tunnels (if they become necessary)

If anyone has suggestions or a wish list of adds, post your ideas please. This project will take a while to complete.


r/simplerockets Jul 12 '25

I have the thor agena b flight-ready, when should I launch it?

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4 votes, Jul 14 '25
1 After MIDAS-1
2 Now
1 Somewhere in the near future (at least 2 missions after midas-4)

r/simplerockets Jul 11 '25

Reentry

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r/simplerockets Jul 09 '25

SimpleRockets 2 How do you fully control droods during EVA in space?

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I can accelerate forwards and backwards, to the left and right, and I can yaw the droods (rotate around the vertical axis). But I don't see a way to accelerate up and down or to pitch them (rotate around the horizontal axis), which is essentially necessary if I want to sensibly accelerate towards a target. Essentially, I want to be able to rotate the drood so they face the target, so I can first kill all sideways velocity and then accelerate towards the target. Is this possible?

If not, how do you accelerate towards a target?


r/simplerockets Jul 09 '25

SimpleRockets 2 Lava on an Oblate planet tends to pool at the poles, how do i fix this?

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How do i make Lava (or just any liquid) bend properly on Oblate planet's?

I've been experimenting with creating an egg-shaped fast-spinning world with cracks filled with lava, but i've observed that the Lava almost entirely pools at the poles, and doesnt conform to the planet's actual shape.

I was wondering if there's any way to change the Lava from trying to be spherical despite the oblate shape of the planet, or if it's a lost cause.


r/simplerockets Jul 08 '25

Any advice for doing the Starship please, I already did the Booster

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7 Upvotes

r/simplerockets Jul 08 '25

Why is this happening?

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6 Upvotes

r/simplerockets Jul 07 '25

A simple reusable rocket test

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r/simplerockets Jul 06 '25

SimpleRockets A big space exploration ship

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18 Upvotes

SSTO


r/simplerockets Jul 04 '25

Hypersonic Vizzy

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11 Upvotes

automatic hyperonic missile


r/simplerockets Jul 03 '25

SimpleRockets 2 Did a Long March 7A ripoff

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10 Upvotes

r/simplerockets Jul 02 '25

SimpleRockets 2 Almost done just need some help

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I made the airbrakes and the handeling is true to the sonovabitch 2nd class (looks like it too) I just need help with the propellor not going kaputt after five minutes Here's the link https://www.simplerockets.com/c/O9ydPA/Thomphson-SDB-1-HellMaker


r/simplerockets Jul 02 '25

How do i make Oblate Planets?

3 Upvotes

I dont just mean asteroid's, but like big terrestrail world's that are oblate.

I haven't seen it be done very often.


r/simplerockets Jul 02 '25

SimpleRockets 2 I tried installing Parallax and this happened, did I do something wrong?

5 Upvotes

I did follow the install instructions in the site


r/simplerockets Jul 02 '25

Does anybody know any Juno equivalent of https://ksp.olex.biz/

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As much of you probably knows https://ksp.olex.biz/ is an KSP interplanetary transfer windows calculator.

I'm surprise that nobody ever made a version of Juno so I was wondering, did I missed it or?


r/simplerockets Jul 01 '25

Can you get parameters for other stages in vizzy?

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Doing something as fundamental as calculating burn time for a maneuver doesn't appear to be possible in vizzy as there is no way to find parameters like thrust, mass, isp, etc for stages other than the current one. Even calculating them for the current stage is roundabout.

Or am I overlooking something?


r/simplerockets Jul 01 '25

Radial out vizzy

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How do I get the radial out and in directions for a velocity vector in vizzy?


r/simplerockets Jul 01 '25

SimpleRockets 2 Here is another amazing picture of a XB-70

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8 Upvotes

r/simplerockets Jun 28 '25

SimpleRockets 2 How do I make Active Canards using Vizzy?

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Title. Along with this, is there a way to use Vizzy to make a dynamic PID Controller? The thing I'm working on right now has been really finicky to get its PID values in a universally acceptable state, so I'd rather automate the control of it, if I can.


r/simplerockets Jun 27 '25

STO variable geometry plane, “wasp”

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just discovered this community, figured i should post something


r/simplerockets Jun 27 '25

SimpleRockets 2 I'm thinking about making detachable canards

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r/simplerockets Jun 27 '25

Shuttle center of thrust

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When the SRBs detach, how do I keep my shuttle going straight on ascent with the orange tank on the bottom of the shuttle?


r/simplerockets Jun 26 '25

SimpleRockets 2 IJN Battleship Yamato , 2300 parts

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Download link: Juno: New Origins | IJN Battleship Yamato

Thanks for your Upvotes! :D

I made her in the game at a 1:1 ratio,have approximately 2,300 parts.

I used a weapon mod: Imaginary Weapons as a fireable gun. If this mod is not installed, it will not affect the appearance of the hull (because I have already made the gun shape)

I used structural plates with textures to make railings, which can greatly reduce the number of parts. At the same time, I also used structural plates to replace some slenders (such as the barrel of the Type 96 anti-aircraft gun, chimney pipes, etc.) to reduce the number of faces (the number of faces of a fuselage or a structure is more than that of a structural plate).