-
Posts
759 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Reputation
69 ExcellentProfile Information
-
About me
Ubiquitous Rocketeer.
Recent Profile Visitors
The recent visitors block is disabled and is not being shown to other users.
-
Hi all! I am currently doing a self-imposed challenge to drive around each body in the Kerbal system. I have a rover and launch platform which will safely land on every body, however for Eve, Kerbin and especially Laythe, the lack of land routes presents some difficulties. I have attempted to build rovers with attached stock propellers or paddles to travel across these bodies without any real success. Can anyone suggest/provide a stock or stockish method of traversing large liquid bodies which is also land-capable for these 3 bodies? Alternatively, can anyone suggest a route for Kerbin or Eve which allows one to circumnavigate terrestrially? Cheers, Sam
-
Never use RCS unless the ship must dock as part of its plan (ie: space station) Dont assemble in orbit if at all possible. Build one craft for every planet: ie, a lander/rover must be able to land on every planet and moon without needing changes. I tend to use Ion return pods for my larger craft (you can get ~6800 dV out of a Mk1 Can with a total weight of 1.38 T. See here for an example: http://imgur.com/iFfMqAV. Thats enough dV to get you home from anywhere
-
Back a while ago, the forum servers had a brainfart and lost a massive amount of posts that hadn't been backed up. Entire accounts were deleted.
-
"Deployed" control surfaces, what is it?
kahlzun replied to kahlzun's topic in KSP1 Gameplay Questions and Tutorials
But what does it actually do? Mechanically, i mean? -
How do I deorbit at a lower angle?
kahlzun replied to Gonzxor's topic in KSP1 Gameplay Questions and Tutorials
As he said, lower apoapsis or higher periapsis. You can also try burning 'up' as you start to enter the atmosphere. -
The Elcano Challenge : Ground-based circumnavigation
kahlzun replied to Fengist's topic in KSP1 Challenges & Mission ideas
I would say it does. Frankly, anything that doesn't have thrust or wings and travels over land is automatically a rover to me. -
Are you still continuing your ion drive sound mod? I don't want to necro the thread w./o permission, I wanted to know if it worked in 1.0 and if you can fix the looping flameout sound.
-
The Elcano Challenge : Ground-based circumnavigation
kahlzun replied to Fengist's topic in KSP1 Challenges & Mission ideas
Frankly, go for something rugged, with redundant parts. Circumnavigsating Duna is a 2000 km drive across deserts and rampy goodness. You wouldn't try that in a jalopy. -
The Elcano Challenge : Ground-based circumnavigation
kahlzun replied to Fengist's topic in KSP1 Challenges & Mission ideas
Ok, i'm gonna take a stab at this. I have a rover design i'm pretty confident in. Gonna use MechJeb as I CBF driving it manually. My newest rover 'innovation' has been to include landing gear in addition to powered wheels. This means if power is low, I am going downhill, or there is a risk of a hard landing, I can deploy the gear & prevent the tyres from popping. I think I will start with Duna, as I quite like the planet. Day 1: Landed approx 72Sx78E, heading north. Debris from my skycrane will be taken as my point-of-reference. Planting flags every 20km or so, heading due north. 4 flags and 67 km later, stopped for the night. Day 2: Still heading north. Passed 45S, starting to get red sand. Approx 167 km away from landing site, 9 flags. -
What top 10 (or less) mods couldn't you do without?
kahlzun replied to Mulbin's topic in KSP1 Mods Discussions
Mechjeb RCS BuildAid Kerbal AlarmClock Hyperedit HeatWarning is pretty useful too, but YMMV. -
Essentially, try to burn from launch into the plane of the orbit. Failing that, burn to the eccentric orbit and then turn the orbit at apoapsis. If you could share the specifics of the current orbit vs the planned one, that would help. Remember when building satellites, less gives more dV. A small engine can take you a LONG way if the craft is mostly fuel, and you don't need a powerful engine unless you are planning to land on somewhere.