doggonemess
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1 hour ago, sturmhauke said:
So the only means of control is adjusting the thrust limiter per engine, is that the idea?
Yup - it's been done more than once in real life. And one of those times they landed successfully. The other crash-landed, with half of the people surviving. So it is something that pilots know about, maybe even train for now.
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Why would anyone go to war over Dres?
Wait, I have a better one:
What's Dres?
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On 11/30/2020 at 9:24 PM, sturmhauke said:
I tried making a Saturn V that flew sideways, but it kept thinking it was a Proton and falling over.
I chortled when I read this. XD
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16 hours ago, ralanboyle said:
Also, is my signature displaying correctly?
In case nobody else let you know, your signature is not showing. Just the 2G planet at the end and four 'minus' images before that.
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On 11/21/2020 at 12:30 AM, Klapaucius said:
1. Your scores is calculated as follows: Height - (Length + Width). Calculate this using the engineers report in the lower right of the SPH (the gear icon).
Do we get bonus points for a levitating truck in the SPH?
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On 11/23/2020 at 12:10 AM, ralanboyle said:
2. I am now completely drunk.
Well, there's your problem!
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11 hours ago, Pds314 said:
I was thinking honor system but photos would be good.
Cool; I always put together some screenshots to tell a story, so that's fun.
I'm still not clear on how the heating/blackout settings work with this.
Thanks!
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On 11/17/2020 at 4:42 AM, Pds314 said:
Quicksave and revert is allowed. Pressure, G lock, and plasma blackout are not.
When you say 'not allowed', do you mean that these options have to be set to normal, or are not allowed to be the 'cause' of a death?
Also, what kind of documentation is required? Video, photo, or are we going by the honor system?
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Yipes!
I've crashed into that mountain before. I can't imagine scaling it.
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This sounds fun. Would the cruise missile category be allowed a rocket assist takeoff? Wouldn't this go against rule #6?
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I was going to say, someone will take this literally and build a plane that can technically fly, then start at 1500 meters at 0 m/s and float down on four vertical engines.
Then they'll act smug and make faces.
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One more question regarding criteria 4 - when you say 'turning on things' do you mean control surfaces, or any action at all? For instance, can I deploy airbrakes at some point during the descent? How about robotic parts?
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This sounds pretty cool. I'm going to give it a shot.
I'm confused about one thing - scoring criteria 5:
5. Add points: Theoretical Orbital Speed at pe, before hitting the atmosphere: in km/s, add points as this times 100.
Wouldn't this number be incredibly high? As in, so high that the other scoring criteria are irrelevant? I'm probably misunderstand something here.
EDIT: I just looked again and I get it now. I was thinking meters per second - not km per second. Higher velocity at reentry would make your craft burn up a lot more easily, so it's worth way more points. Got it.
Thanks!
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I'm not clear on what is happening with the KAL exploit. How does that work?
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10 hours ago, wasml said:
Spinners? I'm not familiar with the term
They were big back in the early 2000's. It was a big Hip-Hop culture thing.
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What, no spinners? Are those a thing anymore?
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What I don't get is how to position the craft so you can actually maneuver or change the velocity of the comet. I tried grabbing it right over the center of mass and all it did was tumble when I started the engine.
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4 hours ago, Bej Kerman said:
Take a normal lifter, then instead of start with the lifter's rockets, have a Clydesdale at one side start and immediately detach then have sepratrons do the same but for second stage. Then use the lifter and take off. To make it safer, instead of having the boosters directly attached to the rocket, have a rig with 3 attachment points launch the boosters then the rocket. Easy.
If there's one thing I love about this forum, it's how people always take the rules and find every loophole.
Granted, this is a big loophole.
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I'm interested. Just one thing - since this is generally for fun, what's wrong with using science related parts mods? For instance, Tarsier has a camera that fits this rover perfectly:
https://www.curseforge.com/kerbal/ksp-mods/tarsier-space-technology-continued
Additionally, D-Magic has some of the experiments that are not included in the original or DLC content. I don't see how including these would make the challenge easier or unfair.
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On 7/21/2020 at 3:06 PM, Klapaucius said:
5. The plane must takeoff and land horizontally. No VTOL. SSTO's welcome.
6. An exception to #5 will be made for helicopters
Thus your entry qualifies. No VTOL was meant to keep folks from just stuffing a bunch of jets underneath. Not much challenge in that.
I would LOVE to see video of this.
Challenge accepted! I'll get back to work on it. I can see it possibly working if I can get the control issues worked out.
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Oh man... I was having a blast designing this off-kilter wing-copter lifting thingy and then read the rules more carefully - NO VTOL.
DOH!
I still wanted to post of picture of it. It actually got off the ground for a few seconds and set back down without blowing up without reaction wheels or SAS. Everything was in balance, I guess. There's no way to steer it, though. I'll shelve it for another goofy challenge.
Earlier model:
Later model, with counter-spinning balance weights:
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This is one of my favorite craft. It's fairly conventional, but took some creative engineering.
https://kerbalx.com/LevAerospace/HALP-20K
It's the High Altitude Launch Platform, or HALP!
It uses a buttload of jet engines (and surprisingly little fuel) to lift the platform to 25,000 meters and then you launch the rocket. I'm willing to bet it makes rockets a little less expensive, since they skip 98% of the atmosphere.
The platform has parachutes to bring it back down for reuse. It works, more or less. Sometimes much less.
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This mod is so good. Love the lore, too!
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2 hours ago, epicfailure2020 said:
should I create a super symmetrical aircraft challenge were you need to double everything?
Hah, supersymmetry. That's funny. You'd have to make your plane out of dark matter.
Make A Plane! (doesnt have to be a real life concept) (Challenge Closed)
in KSP1 Challenges & Mission ideas
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I'll submit my masterpiece of Kerbal-ish engineering, the KLF-101 D VTOL.
I've got a whole bunch of lore explaining why it happened on KerbalX.
https://kerbalx.com/LevAerospace/KLF-101-D-VTOL