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(Discontinued) 1:1 Saturn-1B Launch Vehicle

(With the matching Apollo Spacecraft)

(do not re-upload or modify without my consent, please)

https://youtu.be/wruwqV6_fBg


Hatch Update soon https://youtu.be/fsiySSaJeA0

The launch pad is at the Mainland, to the East (right) of the Fishing Village, it has a vehicle marker (placed conveniently near a hospital)

Recommended Settings:
Phys detail: should work at High, Med - Works smoothly at Low for low end PCs
Infinite Electric: Optional
Infinite Fuel: Unrecommended


- CONTEXT-

The Saturn-IB was developed for the Apollo program during the Space Race Era (1957-1975).

It flew flew 5 manned flights during the Apollo program:
1. Apollo 7
2. Apollo Soyuz Test Project
3. Skylab 2
4. Skylab 3
5. Skylab 4
(Would have flown Apollo 1)

It is around 60m, and consists of two stages:
1. S-IB
2. S-IVB


Video:
https://youtu.be/JbL-Aw3LB3Y

Simplified Instructions:

note: docking light: Address 5, Value -1

Saturn-IB MK6b Revised Proceedures

- TP/go to the Sawyer south fishing village

- Set physics setting to low

- Spawn the mission from the editor

-Locate the rocket and go to the pad

- In the main tower, flip on the "Pad lighting" key (optional)

- take the elevator up

- top floor, turn on the "Crew Access Arm Lighting" (optional)

- Slide the "Crew Access Arm Deployment" lever up to max (value 1)

- Go to the white room at the end, make sure the key button on the ground is OFF

- turn on "whiteroom lighting" (optional)

- grab the handle above the capsule window, press "open hatch" and pull it away from the capsule

- Open the "Internal hatch", crouch and enter, and pull the previous hatch from the floor back to position

- Close the internal hatch and sit in the center seat

- main panel, top right, turn on "Main instrument supply"

- main panel, bottom right, turn on "SM to CM elec transfer Cuttoff", "SM Main Bus" and "CM BUS 1" and lastly "Environmental Control (heating)"

- right panel, turn on: CM breakers "Instrumentation", "Environment", "Telescope and Sensor Systems", Antenna and Telemetry", then "SM Guidance systems" and "S-IVB Transfer Systems"

- on the right, turn on the light if wanted

- On the main panel, top, flip on "S-IC ARM", "S-II ARM", "S-IVB ARM"

- On the main panel, bottom left, turn on "Manual Seperations ARM"

- next to it, enter "1" into the keypad, then press "Input Address" next to the screen. then when ready to launch, press "Write Value" TWICE! to initiate t-60 countdown. hold down "read out value" to see the countdown displayed

(Rocket launches)

- The time from launch is displayed on the right, by the window

- once the timer reaches "80", the 1st stage will seperate ("S-IC" indicator will cut off)

- Once the separation happens, on the main panel, bottom left, flip on "LES Jettison".

- enter "5" into the keypad, then press "Input Address", then enter "1" on the keypad and press "SM Breakers: SPS"

- Once you want to separate from the rocket, flip on "S-IVB" at the bottom of the main panel

- Once both spacecrafts are away from the rocket, press "Write Value", this will flip the Lunar Module around

- IF THE LUNAR MODULE DOES NOT CONNECT IN FRONT, enter "2" into the keypad and press "Write Value"

- Once it is docked, flip on "SPS ARM" and "SPS Ignition on the main panel, then "HGA Deploy" on the left panel

- Now go over to the left "Command Module Pilot (CMP)" seat, from here you can control the spacecraft

- you will need to use the game's trim to adjust the pitch, roll, and yaw throughout the flight, to achieve level flight

Recommended values:
LEFT
x:0.03
y:-0.03
RIGHT
x:0.11
y0.00 (unused)

- Once stable, you can open the "Docking Hatch" and "LEM Docking Hatch" to access the Lunar Module

(ONCE YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH/LOW ON FUEL)

- close both hatches

- enter "5" into the keypad

- switch "SPS Ignition" OFF

- press "Write Value", this will discard the Lunar Module

- You can either fly downwards with the SPS, or freefall

- When freefalling, you can press "Fuel Cell Ignition" on the main panel right, to provide power

- when below 5000m (16 000ft), switch off "SM Breakers: SPS", "Telescope and Sensor Systems" on the right panel

- On the main panel, bottom, press "SM Jetisson", then on the main right, "CM BUS 2"

- If your electricity is getting low, disable "Antennas and Telemetry", and "Environment" on the right panel.

- Before 1000m (3200)ft, press "Landing Sequence"

- at 1000m, the nose cap blows off, and the drogue chute comes out

- at 500m (1600ft), the main chutes will deploy, IF THEY DO NOT, press "Manual Chute Release"

- Once splasheddown, you may turn "Main Instrumentation Supply" off

- Wait for the spacecraft to stabilize before opening the hatch / performing recovery

- The bilge pump only works if the Main Instrumentation Supply is ON.


That's all

EMERGENCY REFERENCE SECTION
- Rocket is going horizontal/down during ascent
ABORT

- The battery is running low
"Fuel Cell Ignition"

- Lunar Module fails to dock after 2 attemps
enter "5", press "Input Address", then "Write Value" (removes Lunar Module)

end of instructions

please leave feedback or questions in the desc

(Tags: Rocket, Space, NASA, Apollo Program, Grumman, North American Aviation, Saturn, Rocket, Chrysler, Douglas, Rocketdyne, Lunar Program, 1957-1975)

{Discord details: BlueKnight230#2607}

Message to those interested

So this is the current situation on the Saturn-IB.

First of all, I want to thank you for still being interested by it, it honestly surprises me.

Files regarding the Saturn or Apollo vehicles haven't been opened in months, the main issue is time. Firstly, I don't have much of what I call "continuous time", where I can spend 3-4 hours straight fixing stuff. Due to irl, I usually work on vehicle for one or two hours, and more later in the day. I have a lot of events coming up as well, such as moving abroad, and the Saturn-IB isn't the top of my priority.

The other issue is work. If you look at the panels, connectors and antennas, you can probably imagine what you'll find in terms of logic. A spaghetti of logic being piled up, modified, different logic writing styles due to progres I have made along the way, and honestly, nobody can fix and do stuff efficiently without losing their sanity. The Saturn-IB has not exactly been a fun project, a lot of it has been spent fixing bugs, and you fix more, and then they come back, and specially with the Lunar Module maneuver, it is hell in there, which is the reason why I have preferred Mercury Redstone, it is small, slightly more simple and I generally prefer how I built up the foundation, with sequencing and manual overrides. This is why you may, and I say MAY see Mercury Atlas come someday, the shell is already done.

So to cut it short, you will probably not see an update to the Saturn-IB, and the Saturn-V is definitely not going. I hope you don't take it badly, as I am certain it is not what you expected to hear. If you still hold some interest for the Atlas, let me know and Ill see if I can fit some time for it.

Blue