mystifeid

Squad once ran a challenge to impact the mun in 20 minutes or less. I think the fastest time was just under 12 minutes. But this was with a tiny payload. Good luck getting a station into munar orbit in the times suggested.

Probably 2k+ hours on non-Steam installs plus the 4376 hours Steam reports.

Go back to having a control point facing forward then hold the forward key down while alternately tapping the left and right keys. You should be able to get it moving faster than 100m/s but it's pretty painful keeping it up for very long.

Did you try using stock installations? If not, please try.

Slow, isn't it. This is the M8 missile hitting the runway with 300 units of ore in 28 seconds.

Missile now hits the runway in 30 seconds (with 300 units of ore).

Don't you love how the Mohole is the fastest way to get from the North Pole to the South Pole.

While we wait for that very fast 29 seconds (or maybe less) here is the high reliability MV-6 hitting the runway in 34 seconds. To get under 75 tons it only carries 210 units of ore - total mass: 74.74 tons.

Ok, that's fast. Really fast. I'd like it if it hit one of the buildings - just to see what happens. I hope that screenshot is taken from a video. Tiny motor designs. Using 24 x EM-16S

Whoops. My bad - I was thinking of the air intake.

Isn't it moved up and clipped into the base of the fairing to create a hole?

Isn't this an exploit? Are Kraken drives ok too?

No. Best speed (level flight) for this plane is achieved at around 750m - 329m/s with bombs and 330.3m/s without. Above and below this height max speed drops. Air density and propeller pitch determine the speed much more so than angle of attack - even in a vertical dive. A shallow dive from 1000m sees the speed briefly go over 331m/s. Height for this challenge is best at around 400-500m because of extra time required to climb to and descend from 750m and I only lose about 1m/s.

Thanks for thinking of me but unguided or programmed is usually not really my cup of tea.

M3 takes out the Island Runway in 51 seconds.

B-24 hits the strip in 1:48.

Here is Fat Boy dropping 300 units of ore. Impact at 2:29. Edit: Dammit. Forgot the engines were set at 58% size.

Mercifully, a KAL-1000 is reasonably expensive and is not going to help lower the cost of a Kickback launch. It's cheaper to stick with the Shrimps and their nosecones. But it still might be possible to swap the Shrimps for Mites...

Yeah, I didn't know you could do that. I thought that was a good find. I agree but wouldn't have minded if you had said the opposite. So, I'm pretty sure I won't be noodling around. I could be wrong but at this stage I don't think it's possible to make orbit without throttling the Kickback. (To ensure I could deorbit, I had to completely shut the Kickback down while I coasted to the Ap.) Just wanted to check before I sunk a lot of time into it.

@Klapaucius- this business of putting thrust limit in an action group. Is this allowed? Already I've made orbit using just a Kickback. Only problem was the orbit was too high for the Sepratrons to deorbit. Now I'm taking fuel out of the Kickback. It's also possible to completely shutdown - it takes a while - and restart the Kickback.

Held any Hydrogen medals ? Woomerang launch pad ? You will need that one for your atom of Organesson. When you do these, pick an element. Here is Shrike Mk3 with a launch cost of 7342.

Nope, didn't help.

Geez, too many to choose from - you pick.

Yeah, it is hard to stop thinking about it...

Jeb takes the Shrike Mk2 for a spin around Kerbin but remembers to park the ship back in front of the SPH. Shrike Mk2 has a new lowest overall launch cost of 7627 but since I'm still pushing a Mk1 pod, I don't think @bayesian_acolyte will have much trouble doing better.