Tobmaster

Downloaded ksp at work to read the changelog and it contained far fewer changes than I expected, and I know there were things changed that weren't in there. I may have to go through the parts and compare mass from .19 to .20 to see if something changed there causing more drag...

Thanks for the reply, I was planning to check the changelog when I get off from work anyways, just hoping for a quick answer while at work

I have a decent design for an SSTO spaceplane that has run up to orbit numerous times, but after .20 update, it isn't achieving orbit anymore. I can only hit about 1300m/s where I'm usually at 1500m/s. Did something change with the atmospheric conditions on kerbin with the new update? I am just going nuts trying to figure out if my piloting got worse overnight or if I have to make some modifications to the plane.

That looks sweet

To make things easier on the submissions, I decided to just update my original post with my updated score and photos. according to my calculations, that should be 1480 now. I never count using spaceplane wheels since it is a flyer... Thanks again

Sounds like fun, I'm in.

I have updated my submission, but same vehicle: Got to 1500m/s 40s slower than previous attempt Winched Tim's pod onto the plane. Dropping Tim off at the center This Time I landed without damage Points: changes in Italics 10+20 = altitude over 10k 50+100 = hypersonic 100 = landing like a pro 100 = hardcore Pilot 100 = made it back in one piece 300 = Speed Run (under 1hr) 500 = no pod left behind Total = 1280 I believe this will be all for me Thanks for the fun challenge

Not kidding windows xp and low resource antivirus was all that was on it. Although the game would crash more often than desired with out of memory errors and such. it did come to a stop before the new unity engine was employed, then I was able to put the last piece on it. Once I got my new PC, I flew the thing to laythe... that took forever (about half a day)

I worked... although I may tackle a challenge when I get home

Or patience... this was all done on my old rig which was an AMD64 X2 3800+ 2GB ram and a radeon 3850 video card. Aside from the videocard, it was the same as what it was when I built it in 2005. - not "elite" in any shape

The real pain starts when you do dock something to it (4 ports on the bottom)... I calculate it in seconds/frame

Does this count? Only like 140 Kerbals on board. The top section can probably take a kerbal out of the system. Only 6 sections - the middle main, the four side modules and the top. I kept the station around until I decided I wanted to colonize laythe, then it was retro fitted into a mothership with a couple of boosters... heavy lag fest involved... and it is all stock.

I am a.... well almost everything. I spend hours in the VAB and watch in horror as my ship explodes on the launch pad. Then I spend just as long flying those ships into orbit only to think of a way to improve that design and to make it compatible with other things I have built (I have a little rover that can dock to my duna station and if I align enough of them the station can be moveable and a space plane that can mirror dock with another). I am also a huge exploration nerd. I love seeing that new planet come into view and seeing what things I can land on it. I even have spent half a day driving a rover on Mun chasing down anomalies. What I don't do is sit down and calculate the perfect launch window or that junk, even though I could, it just isn't that fun for me. I'm also not one that cares how "realistic" something is. But... above all else; I am an explosives expert!

Sounds neat, how do you plan to carry this out? I may be interested in assisting with this mission.

Mission 17: Engineer Australianfries on duty. Jeb kept screaming about "space planes" and some other comment about a VTOL, so after he passed out from dehydration caused by his screaming, the engineers started work on something to satiate his hunger for spaceplanes. After the VTOL test, a quick little Space plane headed for the stars

I'm actually recreating how the missions took place since the thread was destroyed in the forum crash. It really would be something if all this was being reported on in real time...

Mission 16: ENgineer Tobmaster on Duty. After Jeb's return from vacation, he was practically foaming at the mouth when he learned how little was accomplished and demanded a plane in orbit. Of course, during the design phases, Jeb kept shouting "MORE BOOSTERS!" And it paid off... "Oooh... Here's an idea." Jeb uttered with a smile. A second spaceplane was launched to execute his idea. As hairbrained as his idea was, it worked perfectly and the boudle docked space plane stopped at a nearby fuel depot to top up

Mission 12: Engineer 1001sd on duty. It was a hard day at KSC today. Every launch ended in failure, all because of Jeb's sudden desire to fly a plane to another planet, but then he went on vacation. Mission 13: Engineer Tobmaster on Duty. Another slow but necessary day, following the failed launches, happened with just the launch of a single tanker to refuel the large galactic cruiser being assembled. Mission 14 Engineer Shand on Duty. KSC Mission control had a complete computer failure grounding any and all launches in the test queue... a sad, sad, day... Mission 15 Engineer 1001sd on Duty. KSC has decided to never let Jeb have another week off. For some reason the engineers just cant get motivated. This time around, all that was launched was a simple probe... Jeb won't be happy.

Mission Report 11: Engineer on duty: Australianfries KSC wanted to continue their studies on lander modules and life support systems and decided that Duna was a great place to test their new systems: After the proof of concept, the lander was loaded up on the launcher stage and lifted out into the stars. Many days later the lander approached Duna and headed down to the surface. Great piloting skills landed the test module not far from the site of the previous long term base. Next was a new rover design destined for the brave kerbals on Duna

Mission report 10: Engineer Shand on Duty: After a retrofit to mission 8's munar orbiter, the continuation of a large interplanetary ship was further outfitted with a lander module.

Mission Report 9: Engineer Tobmaster on Duty: Stand By

Mission 8: Engineer 1001sd on duty: Now that there was a place that could support life off of Kerbin, KSC decided to continue research closer to home in preparation of a large mission to the water planet. Ksc wanted to improve the efficiency of their launches and communication network, so more missions to Mun were executed.

Mission 7 Laythe Encounter: Engineer: Asmayus At this point, we had lost communications with a few of our engineers and had to proceed without them.... After visiting two of only three atmospheric landing bodies, a simple probe was sent out to investigate Laythe Once in orbit, the probe was able to send back data that there was drinkable water and breathable atmosphere on Jool's satellite.

Mission 6: Duna: Engineer on duty Austrailianfries After the success of the Eve mission the Team at KSC gathered a crew to head to Duna for a look. Once the satellites were deployed, the lone lander was sent down to the surface:

Mission Report 5: Yet still under the watchful eye of engineer Tobmaster: The Eve mission was started and a manned rover pod was set out in chase of the space station that left earlier in the week. "Mission control; We are approaching Eve... Relaying updated coordinates to the rover mission:" "Eve Station; we read you loud and clear, making our approach now." "Uh, Eve lander... I believe you are coming in a little hot." "You think? Our systems aren't responding very quickly in this heavy atmosphere." Once they got the orbit stabilized, the rover lander was released from the base engine system and headed for a large island to set down. "Man, the sunrise is pretty!" "Copy that... Eve Station out..."