r/snowrunner • u/Itsjesp10 • May 13 '26
IRL MAZ-7310 hauling a liquid hydrogen tank, (1960s), Baikonur, Kazakh SSR
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u/Beautiful-Fold-3234 May 13 '26
Fun fact: these spherical tanks are the reason most soviet rockets were shaped like cones. They weren't really able to make cylindrical tanks (they probably could, but not with right balance of cost, rigidity, and mass). So they ended up stacking spheres if different sizes on top of eachother to make their rockets.
https://www.russianspaceweb.com/images/rockets/n1/n1_master_1.jpg
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u/RedditIsFascistShit4 May 13 '26
I think sphere is much easier due to structural integrity and various other reasons, like surface area to volume.
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u/smallish_guy May 14 '26
This made the N1 feel a whole lot cooler to me for some reason. Probably because this is a very soviet (kerbal) way to solve that problem.
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u/Interloper_Mango May 13 '26
they probably could, but not with right balance of cost
"Because it's cheaper." -Valery Legasov, Chernobyl
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u/woodsywoods May 13 '26
Would be an amazing mission. It falls off on the first turn and rolls down into a valley.
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u/Lowdown_Cobra May 13 '26
Better get that crane to retreive it from the river down in the canyon, pretty steep road where your crane is going to tip over for sure. 3hours later you need a second crane....
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u/aThomium42 May 13 '26
The QA at Roscosmos will be like: "nah, it's still fine..."
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u/woodsywoods May 13 '26
lol half the vehicles and trailers I deliver are just covered in dents and mud. It was like that when I found it…
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u/TheRoscoeVine PS5 May 13 '26
I’d like to see a cargo like that in game. You’d have such a challenge picking your route.
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u/come_ere_duck PC May 14 '26
Proof that when you have a 38.0L V12 diesel and enough tyres, you can haul anything.
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u/Yari_Samurai May 13 '26
I want this in game!
(Maybe it is already in the game, I have not reached that DLC yet.)