DrScarlett

Hi @FreeThinker, since we now have three antimatter storage parts, I wanted to post my understanding and see if I am correct. Can you comment yes/no or anything I missed? We have a small and a large Electrostatic Antimatter containment device. The large one used to be called Diamagnetic Antimatter containment device, but now is a 'regular' large sized Electrostatic device. I was not able to collect antimatter before the update, but now they both work the same. They both collect a resource called "Antimatter" from the collectors and I can transfer this resource between the two. The third container (shown off earlier by @FreeThinker - beautiful modelling, btw) is the Diamagnetic Antimatter trap, it holds a new, much more compact, Antimatter resource called "Anti Hydrogen" and can convert any present "Antimatter" to "Anti Hydrogen" (or vice versa), compressing the Antimatter to a more dense stuff in the process, but it needs an Antimatter Containment device to hold the Antimatter to be converted. It cannot be used directly in conjunction with Antimatter collectors. As far as Anti Hydrogen goes, I only tested the PBC Antimatter Reactor. It seems it can consume both Antimatter and Anti Hydrogen (calling it 2 variants in the status window) so we do not need to convert Anti Hydrogen back to Antimatter before we use it. It also seems that Anti Hydrogen is consumed more slowly in proportion to the higher density. (Does this work the same for all Antimatter consuming parts?) Thanks very much for this great update, Dr. Scarlett

YESSS!!! Thank you!!! <3 <3 <3

Hi again @FreeThinker, What I forgot to mention previous week also is that the Diamagnetic container also failed to collect AM when in a vessel with collectors. Possibly the same resource conversion thingy you mentioned?

Great fixes, can't wait to get them live, thank you!

Hey @FreeThinker, actually, I have a few questions about this. Maybe you can enlighten me. I have a Diamagnetic AM Containment device, not a trap, and it doesn't look like the one you are showing. It does look like it holds much more AM though. Can i use the Diamagnetic container to power devices, the same way as the Antistatic containers, or can I only use it for transport? I did a bit of testing, build a new tanker, and it looks like I cannot transfer antimatter between the two different types of containment devices i have. That makes using the two types in parallel very impractical.

Nope, didn't know. Thank you!

Interesting, I see a couple more things than MechJeb (what I have been using) gives me. I'll check it our. Thanks

Are you using TCA at all? Thank you, @FreeThinker, for your encouraging words! I understand you are trying to up the challenge - I appreciate that. However, disregarding the fact that this thing wasn't purposed for travel to other bodies, if I consider the mun landing proposal, I have to put serious question marks to it. First, along the lines of what @Nansuchao said, it can already transfer to, and land on the Mun. I just land it on its ass on the Kerbstein. See below Using rotating VTOLs for that introduces a complication that seems impractical. For using the thermal jets in a rotating fashion I would have to put them near the CoM, or use two pair or them, which would move the CoM way back again, giving me an unbalanced plane. if you want me to make a VTOL based on thermal jets that can rotate the engines, I can try that, but giving it wings as well is weird hybrid mixture. Second, using the thermal jets in a non-atmospheric environment (rotating or otherwise) doesn't make much sense to me. I would have to haul more propellant to the Mun. I am fine with going for a VTOL concept, but I would not like to design it for both atmospheric gliding as well as non-atmospheric rocketing purposes. it's either - or. I'm sorry, the whole idea just weirds me out. Maybe you should specify the challenge more clearly? How do you want it to take off? How do you want it to land? In atmosphe? In vacuum? Now adding FTL that is a challenge. i might take you up on that. If you read earlier with my discussion with @Ciro1983811, we already discussed that. I did a quick adaptation, add some legs and move the tail plane forward, but I nailed it. Barely. Enter the MunMoth

Dear interstellars, I would like to, finally, share another succes story with you. I wanted to create a space plane that picks up anti matter from a hauler in orbit, and that uses @FreeThinker's excellent fission and fusion tech to go SSTO. The basic principle was easy, copied from @Ciro1983811's SSTO rocket example, but turning that into a working space plane was not. It took me a week experimenting, learning about stability and aerodynamics to go from an awful pilot to a point where I can build a stable space plane and actually land it on the runway. The turning point was my discovery of the procedural wing, and to a lesser extent, the landing gears from Kerbal foundry. I do not think I could have done it without those. So I want to show you the result, which I call "the Moth". Here is the Moth's predecessor, which looks way cooler, bit it tended to go into a flat spin on re-entry, in such a way that I could not recover from the spin.Turns out there is more to center of mass than just putting it in front of the center of lift. Boy, I wish KSP would give me more information on the center of drag! Can't wait to try out Ferram once it goes 1.3. So below here is the Moth. Notice the difference in configuration which puts its center of mass just before the middle of the plane. I would have loved to pull it forward even further, but with all the reactors and the Kerbstein needing to be all the way at the end I could not figure out how to do it. I am open to additional suggestions. Also I found a wing position that gives a nice balance between stability and maneuverability. If this thing spins out, if I have enough altitude, I can always recover. I am very proud. It is very tough to find the right way to side-attach things to your vessels body - nacelle-style. I made use of the MKS Honey-badger's side-attachment parts The Moth takes off on thermal jets with pebble beds, starts out air breathing, moves over to methane (tank is in the middle in the body under the wing, balance is the same with or without fuel) about 16 KM up, when fuel runs out its apo is between 45 and 50 KM. Coast until 40 KM after which the Kerbstein can kick in. It does a 35 degree climb all the way to the top, no need for leveling out, increasing horizontal velocity, none of that stuff. It's wonderful. It used to be able to climb steeper, until I put the wings at a slight angle, which allowed for the final touch I needed - a smooth take-off and more importantly, smooth landing at a low angle of attack. 2 pics of the Moth taking off. Switching to Kerbstein above 40 KM. Here it is during re-entry, the air breaks are very nice, they also help to provide a soft and slow landing. Finally here is the image showing glorious victory: the Moth handing off 1.5 Kilograms of anti-matter to the Termite! VICTORY! I hope you enjoyed this report. I had great fun using interstellar technology to create this plane!

Indeed!

Exactly! So it is very good to know what this vector is @FreeThinker do you think you might come up with a way to visualise your exit vector without having to drop out of warp?

No. Neither. You want to drop out of warp so that your retained vector becomes your orbital vector.

What I usually do is drop out of warp outside the SOI of my destination, sometimes in the middle of my trip. This does two things: 1. It shows you the direction of your Kerbol related vector - which is exactly the vector you will retain when you drop out of warp around your target. 2. If I want I can then do an in between hop to use the change in my Kerbol orbit to get a more desirable vector. Kerbol gravity well shenanigans. Now using the new indications @FreeThinker has shown, you can use the gravity well to greatly affect this vector. But it helps very much to understand what this vector is to begin with. It lets you know whether you need to drop out in front, next to, above, below or, god forbid, behind your target body.

That is amazing, that are some VERY nice additions that will make gravity assisted FTL exits much easier. You just need to make sure you have the power to put a negative exponent on your c multiplier (going ever slower than one c) to give you time to pick your best exit. Seems to cost just as much as going multiple c's. How is that by the way, what is the theoretical physics idea behing that (if any)?

Whoohoo, thanks, @Hotaru

Such a simple answer. Thank you, @Starwaster! I tried clicking the hatch (transfer doesn't help you EVA), and that didn't work so I though something wasn't right with my setup. So now.... ... I tried the other door. Problem solved! ThanQ again!!!

How come I am still Curious George with 195 posts?

Dear KSP modding enthusiasts, I have a very strange issue that I am looking for help on. On certain cockpits my Kerbal crew portraits disappear. I am having a hard time getting a bead on this, because it happens on some cockpits and not on others. The reason I am posting it here is because of the OPT "Stall" class QS01 cockpit. This one only shows two kerbals - the ones in the front two seats, even though all five are present. I cannot scroll through the portrait list, it only shows two. I feel this could provide a crucial clue for someone who understands part modeling, IVA interiors and so on. I have a feeling it must have something to do with the way the cockpit is designed. I use a heavily modded game, some 60 odd mods. I tried turning a bunch off one by one, but I wasn't able to to find any culprits. I am hoping to get a tip from you guys to find a less brute-force method for fixing this. Here is a list of cockpits that I checked. I found less problem occurrences than I expected - I seem to remember it having occurred in the recent past with more cockpits than I found now. It does not happen: OPT Space-plane parts - MK3 Airline cockpit: shows all 4 OPT Space-plane parts - OPT "Stall" class Space-plane cockpit: shows 2 of 2 OPT Space-plane parts - OPT "Humpback" class cockpit: shows all 10 OPT Space-plane parts - OPT 2.5m I Mk22 Cockpit: shows all 3 MK-3 Stock-alike expansion pack - MK3-2 Cockpit: shows all 4 MK-2 Stock-alike expansion pack - CB-C Cockpit: shows 1 of 1 Stock - MK2 Cockpit - shows all 3 Stock - MK2 Inline Cockpit - shows 2 of 2 Stock - MK3 Cockpit - shows all 4 Quiz Tech Aero pack: Mk2 Thunderbolt cockpit: shows 2 of 2 It happens: OPT Space-plane parts - OPT 2.5m ISP Shuttle Cockpit MK-I: no crew portraits at all OPT Space-plane parts - OPT 'Avatar' class Chimera cockpit: no crew portraits at all MK-3 Stock-alike expansion pack - MK3 inline command bridge - no crew portraits at all. This is the one I direly need to have work correctly. I need to be able to EVA them Mixed result: OPT Space-plane parts - OPT "Stall" class QS01 cockpit: shows 2 out of 5 USI Kolonization Systems - 'Orca' Command module: shows all 6, but with black portraits and the IVA views are completely black Thanks in advance for any help you can give me! Mods used: [X] Science! AT Utils B9 Aerospace Procedural Wings - Fork BahamutoD Animation Modules Cmmunity Category Kit Community Resource Pack Community Tech Tree Configurable Containers Configurable Containers Core Distant Object Enhancement Distant Object Enhancement default config Environmental Visual Enancements Extraplanetary Launchpads Extraplanetary Launchpads - No More Production Firespitter Ground Construction Ground Construction Core Infernal Robotics Interstellar Fuel Switch Interstellar Fuel Switch Core Kerbal Alarm Clock Kerbal Attachment System Kerbal Foundries Kerbal Inventory System Konstruction KRASH - Kerbal Ramification Artificial Simulation Hub KSP Interstellar Extended KSP Wheel Lithobrake Exploration Technologies Malemute Rover MechJeb 2 Mk2 Stockalike Extension Mk3 Stockalike Extension Module Manager OPT Spacwplane parts Procedural Fairings Quiz Tech Aero Pack Scatterer Scatterer - default config Scatterer - Sunflare SpaceY Expanded SpaceY Heavy Lifters Stock Visual Enhancements Stock Visual Enhancements-High Res Textures Surface Mounted Stock-Alike lights Throttle Rontrolled Avionics TreeLoader TriggerAU Flags Tweakscale Universal Storage USI Core USI Exploration Pack USI Freight Transport Technologies USI Kolonization Systems USI Life Support USI Tools

Oh my god.... I am SOOOO sorry for wasting your time.... Generators Blush

When I launch the thing with already some AM in the containers from the VAB, same happens. Does that mean AM reactors are just currently out of order period?

Aaah that sounds like it has nothing to do with starting off without AM fuel. Good Thanks again

Do you think you can explain a bit more about the issue? Will I for instance have to revert before launch so the then new reactor will fire up after having been empty once I fill her up with AM?

For me unfortunately that means waiting for CKAN, but thank you very much!!!!

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