OHM ReFuel's Morning Star Orbital Refueler

[OrbitHangar]

T.Neo and HiPotOk1978 present ReFuel's Morning Star XR5 Orbital Refueler nbsp; Morning Star is a XR5 that is owned and operated by ReFuel L.L.C and is stationed at the Corporate Headquaters on Earth. It's primary role is to provide orbital refueling services and can be launched at any time and any inclination. In its fully loaded configuration it can leave the runway with a grand total of 711,480kg of main fuel that it can burn in its engines or transfer to docked ships. The only runway that Morning Star can take off from at the Corporate HQ is the 6/24 and even still, your gonna need your SCRAMS, hover and main engines to get airborn in a mere 4.3km run. Total weight of the fuel and containers is 504,432kg. What is included in this add-on is the XR5 skin ReFuelMorningStar, an XR5 payload for fuel containers that each fit into a single payload slot (designed by T.Neo) and can supply the XR5 Vanguard v1.2 or later with additional main fuel. A scenario that will allow you to try out the craft at the ReFuel Corporate HQ doesn't require the base itself, but will look pretty funny with just the craft sitting in the Arizona Desert

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[T.Neo]

Hi. to anyone who downloaded this, a slight fix:

Go to the bottom of the mesh file, the section that says this:

MATERIAL tankfuel
0.878431 0.878431 0.878431 1.000000
0.878431 0.878431 0.878431 1.000000
1.000000 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000  20
0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000

And delete the "2" on the third line, Like this:

MATERIAL tankfuel
0.878431 0.878431 0.878431 1.000000
0.878431 0.878431 0.878431 1.000000
1.000000 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000   0
0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 1.000000

This should make the tanks look like they are covered in foam and not copper.

 

[Epsilon]

With regards to takeoff of this beast when fully loaded, it's not a -requirement- to use the hovers to get it off the ground. You can take it off from the WIA main runway with just a bit to spare. Put your elevators all the way down (maximum lift), and try not to do an unintended vertical takeoff once the nose starts lifting. :rofl:

 

[garyw]

You could velco an SRB or two onto the XR5 - a SERIOUS JATO platorm!

 

[HiPotOk1978]

TNeo has supplied me with a new msh file and asked me to update this addon. now you don't need to modify the msh manually since this is now part of the release

 

[HiPotOk1978]

Version 2.o is now out and includes a SCRAM fuel payload. Fly an XR5 Vanguard twice around planet Earth with the SCRAM engines in the upper stratosphere.


If you have downloaded this add-on previously , it is safe to replace all files from the previous versions

 

[EnDSchultz]

As of Orbiter 2010, these fuel modules no longer seem to feed into the Vanguard's usable fuel supply.

 

[Epsilon]

Straight from the man who did the XR5:

; (OPTIONAL) set to 'true' if this payload contains fuel or LOX that is consumable by the parent XR vessel
XRConsumableTank = true

This line in the .cfg file for the payload apparently needs to be added for the new XR series (i.e. the ones that work properly on 2010.)

I haven't heard from ReFuel in a good long while, but I'll bring this to his attention if I see him again. Good catch!

 

[EnDSchultz]

Confirmed. Adding the specified line to the two configs under "XR Payload Custom Parameters" has solved the problem. Thanks for looking into it, Epsilon!