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    What did you do in KSP1 today?

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Martian Emigrant

    On 3/3/2024 at 2:33 PM, N_Danger said:

    Coming back we had to use a lot of the RCS propellent after using up all the fuel. 

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    Yup,

    Been there,

    done that,

    Pushed more than once too.

    Might have to do it again......

     

    ME

    Dropping orbits, tidal forces and Kraken

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    Hi.

    Congrats on making it to Laythe.

     

    Why would you want perfect circles?

    Small deviations (Even larger ones) are normal and expected.

     

    Some ideas.

    I don't really know but I think the game keeps more decimals than what is saved so on reload ships always move a bit, speeds are ever so sightly off.

    When you do a burn the ship loses mass and the burns are not instantaneous.

    The later part of the burn is more efficient.

    So burning in the middle of the burn time is actually a bit off.

    Is your ship balanced?  The engines need to gimbal for any off-centre mass.

    So the average direction is a bit off.

     

    ME

     

     

    What did you do in KSP1 today?

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    Hi all.

     

    The ring on a Rock at to be re centred. The C of G was too far off for the gimbals to compensate.

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    But compensate they did.
     

    Spoiler

    To prepare the arrival of the ring.

    Bill undocked the grabber unit from the zenith-Minus port of Kerbin Station.

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    Almost touching.

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    Voila!

     

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    ME

    What did you do in KSP1 today?

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Martian Emigrant

    So I am about to abandon my current career game.

    I have been using it as a sandbox and there are things all over the place.

    There are asteroids orbiting Kerbin the Mun and minmus.

    One landed on Kerbin.

     

    So what do you do with an asteroid so close to the home world?

     

    Put a ring on it!

     

    ME

     

    What did you do in KSP1 today?

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    Hey all Kerbonuts.

     

    Mission control launched the  Tankernormous.

    The tanker that couldn't be built.

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    Inserting it in a circular orbit 290KM over Kerbin with 12650 units of liquid fuel.

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    Followed shortly thereafter by Kathmon Kerbal in the the spanking new SBP1.

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    Spoiler

    Filling all the tanks gave the SBP 5200DV.

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    Orbital mechanic school paying off.

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    Big time

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    Taking a hike? I guess?

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    Getting there and back.

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    Closer

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    Close enough

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    Space business isn't always cold.

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    Against my advice Kathmon de-orbited a bit early and had to start the air-breathing engines.

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    It looked iffy for a while but lift was developed when the ship got in the lower atmosphere.

    Thank you Mr Bernoulli.

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    Almost there and just in time. Totally out of ice-cream. Oh and fuel.

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    The ship had to be towed in. And Kathmon walked back. Feels good after 6.5 years.

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    ME

    What did you do in KSP1 today?

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Martian Emigrant

    Based on an SSTO from @Lyra

    Our Spy-Satellite got a glimpse of a new type of SSTO. One using only liquid fuel.

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    Our engineers worked on one once but the computer holding the blue prints crashed....The save file was gone.

    So Jeb was dispatched to steal one of their prototypes.

    He was chosen because he had the same size as their test pilot and speaks the language.
     

    Spoiler

    So long suckers.

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    After making it to orbit Jeb transmitted back that he could make it to Minmus. The Mun if he was really careful.

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    Mission Control: "Don't you dare"

    After a fiery descent where nothing exploded Jeb relit the air-breathing engines and flew toward one of our advanced bases.

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    Luckier than good. Jeb made it to Kiego Karcia (Crater Launch Site).

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    Several prototypes variations were made.

     

    One was taken to Minmus.

    Revisiting a previous in-game landing site.

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    The return had enough Delta-V to lower the orbit before hitting the atmosphere.

    One to the Mun.

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    The ship had to hit the top of the atmosphere several times to slowdown and not explode.

    The last one is doing some in orbit docking and refuelling tests.

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    There are talks of an Ike mission....Just because.

     

    ME

     

    consulta

    in KSP1 Challenges & Mission ideas

    Posted

    Thanks google.

      

    Hola. Bienvenido a bordo.


Cuando desacople, siempre estoy al mando del barco equivocado.

Utilice [ y o ] para cambiar de barco.


Si tiene un teclado y una combinación de teclas diferentes, puede consultar el menú "Configuración".

     

    Hi. Welcome aboard.

     

    When I undock I am always in command of the wrong vessel.

    Use the  [   and or   ]    to switch vessel.

     

    If you have a different keyboard and key-binding you can check the "Settings" menu.

     

    ME

     

     

     

     

    What did you do in KSP1 today?

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Martian Emigrant

    Hello all.

    Jeb invited Val to go checkout the new space-station.

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    She objected to not having a window.

    All pilots should have a window.

    Val: "Next time, I get to fly and you get the rumble-seat".


     

    Spoiler

    They got to the station. But didn't have enough delta-V to de-orbit so they borrowed some from the station.

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    On the return trip there was an un-forecasted cloud layer.

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    All is well. All Kerbals are healthy.

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    The next day mission control sent a cargo-tanker to the station.

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    ME

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