Dakitess

Really beautiful, simple and efficient !

I like the modular configuration, I use do my vessel the same way but why that quantity of Nuke ? Their weight is reaaaaaly huge, and this is big lost in fuel-efficience, during long trip. But I can understand that 20+ minutes injection might be too long for some players

"Kudos" ? I'm sorry, I'm not sure of what it means :s EDIT : Well, it sounds good according to internet, so thanks if is for me ^^ I should be able to post the next step tomorow

Wow, this is really nice ! I'm Jealous you've presented the interplanetary ring before I do xD But nice work with this VTOL SSTO, beautifully versatile.

Really ? I don't know how "sticky" works...

Yup I read it, but I wanted to use a rover to assembly everything. I think that in the futur they will build this kind of utility vehicle to move different modules on Mars ground for example. This is cost effective and a wheels are well known technology, reliable. Well, I had this idea of gantry rover (is it a good translation ? Something with a shape of a "bridge", to carry something in the middle, such as for the boat ?), and I wanted to give a try on Duna, on a concrete situation.

Thanks to the delivery, Engineers started to assmbly everything. After taking a look at the Direction Of Use, Kerbonauts seperate everything frome the package. They find the 8 long pylons and the 8 little ones, that are going to form the chassis. The docking port is naturally taken from the initial container, and rest of components where stocked in the 2 lateral containers. After half a week of work, the Gantry Rover was born ! It has a pride of place on the module spot by now, and should be used very soon, to get back the DC-Standard Container.

Second Trip : Gantry Components and DC-Standard Container Let’s go for this second journey of the Middle Carrier ! Orbital Burn in two steps, Double slingshot Mun-Kerbin (on the way back, don’t know if you see what I mean ?) for best extraction from SOI. In the surrounding of Duna, after alignment and altitude corrections, Middle Carrier is in place in the exact same orbit as before. We detach the Container and deorbitation is allowed by the lateral thruster. Then atmospheric re-entry, parachutes opening and landing about 3km far from the previous modules. No matter the distance, the Gantry Rover will carry it wherever you want, and it should be the perfect “in-condition†test. Same thing, but this time with accuracy, the Gantry Components landed 220 meters near to the Engineers. Indeed, the package will need the equip to take shape, in order to finally build the Gantry Rover ! A too far landing would have been dangerous for Engineers, foot travel is not really recommended… During the next step, we should find a fully functional Gantry Rover, ready to use, that should be able to recover the Container full of foods, equipment, tools and obviously beer !

Since I like what you've done on KSP, I'm glad you appreciate mine Then, the rest is coming ^^

Yep I agree, this is not fully about realism, but you know why : KSP does not allow it. If we had bigger tank diameter, then Asparagus would not be necessary, truly. Yes there is mods to do it, but I'm full stock ^^ Thanks by the way EDIT : Well, want the rest of story ? I was kinda demotivated to continue it xD But just tell me, I could take the time to translate progressively the rest of it. This is maybe more interresting as the Base is going to grow up

Base are soooo cool ^^ This is the way to offer new interractions with orbital station ! Organisation become important, and transfers has to be relevant. I'm kinda disapointed of the desinterest from people about my Duna Base, I'm not really motivated to continue the translation :s But it took me sometime to assembly it with some realism, so if you're interested in it, just let me know, I could post the rest of it. Do you have some Base to show ? Whatever if it's All-In-One or Modular ^^

Thanks Highlad, glad you liked it ! I do not know about new legs behaviour, but I expect them to be as tough as before no ? Were you speaking about the Duna Base (Link in top of the page) or the Eve one ? Both use the same trick to deal with realism and feasibility, but I see you speaking about ground docking.

Mmh c'est donc pour cela qu'il n'y a pas de beau portail de présentation des créations, sur les topics ! Parce que c'est un sacré foutoir par rapport àce qu'on peut voir sur notre fofo français. Je vais peut être pas me lancer la dedans dans ce cas, y'aurait trop, ce qui est intéressant pour les lecteurs c'est d'avoir une belle page synthétique et lisible, ou ils peuvent trouver les créations en images et explication ainsi que le .craft correspondant. Tant pis ^^ Merci de la réponse

Since the other modular base is long to translate, i show you another ground base : This is an all-in-one Ground Base, large enough to welcome 53 Kerbonauts ! But as always, Dakitess Corporation prefers to give comfortable situation for his heroes, and it has been decided that 5 guys is perfect, on in each lateral apartment, and the commander in the center. Thanks to the four engines embedded, this station is completely able to land in water (tested !). Tkink about Laythe and multiple small island made of this Base, linked by flexible bridge This Base has been completely assemblied module after module, to prove the faisability of the project. The all-in-one version allow to have something structurally reliable, without the flexibility of docking ports. Below, you can find the complete thread (French, sorry...) of the differents steps : http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.fr/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=2054

Comment fonctionne le système de Spoiler, sur ce forum ? Typiquement un "Expand" pour ouvrir un contenu quoi. J'aurai souhaité faire une copie de mon Hangar français dans la partie "SpaceCraft builder", et la traduire au fur et àmesure, ce serait franchement conséquent et j'ai besoin des Spoiler pour la lisibilité générale. Y a t il une limite àla taille d'un post, sur ce forum ? Pas en terme de longueur, mais de volume de données quoi.

All right, i'll give a try to the other engines I'm always obsessed by ISP but this is right, on light SSTO, the most important is the weight.

Really ? Cause this is the good amount of power for this configuration, with the best ISP (except Nuke of course...), ans this is not that heavy... Regarding fuel consumption, this plane is balanced during all steps.

KissShot, really nice your SSTO ! Beautiful and functionnal, well done... Here is mine, VTOL SSTO, the DC-SkyCraper : Realy manoeuvrable, I like it Give me your opinion, if you have one ^^

There is lot of beautiful things in this thread ! I allow myselft to show mine : This is an all-in-one Ground Base, large enough to welcome 53 Kerbonauts ! But as always, Dakitess Corporation prefers to give comfortable situation for his heroes, and it has been decided that 5 guys is perfect, on in each lateral apartment, and the commander in the center. Thanks to the four engines embedded, this station is completely able to land in water (tested !). Tkink about Laythe and multiple small island made of this Base, linked by flexible bridge This Base has been completely assemblied module after module, to prove the faisability of the project. The all-in-one version allow to have something structurally reliable, without the flexibility of docking ports. Below, you can find the complete thread (French, sorry...) of the differents steps : http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.fr/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=2054

Merci ! Mais dis donc, tu peux carrément modifier ça chez moi, comme ça ? xD Tu es modérateur j'imagine ?

This look amazingly simple, i'm surprised it works so good, well done ! How many full orange tanks represent 170 tons ?

Salut ^^ Pour la signature, je suis d'accord, j'aurai aimé mettre le lien àdroite de l'image ou même associer le lien àl'image, mais j'ai jamais su faire xD Petite pub de mon premier topic sur l'international, dédié àl'une de mes épopées que je m'efforce de traduire tant bien que mal : http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/54715-The-Duna-Colonisation-by-the-Dakitess-Corporation Si vous avez des conseils ou recommandations sur la conduite d'un thread sur ce forum, je suis preneur bien sur

Today, I’m going to present a prototype, soberly named Gantry. It has been designed to be able to carry big loads and move them wherever you want, with precision. Something really important for the next steps of Duna Colonisation… During conception, precision is important to allow the quick dock and undock with the payload. The Rover is really tough, and will be able to deal with accidental ground without any problem, even in charge. To fit this condition, the container itself is high enough to avoid colliding the ground or obstacle. Without Payload, the vehicle looks impossible to destruct or damage, definitely stable, and the wheels had been reinforced to challenge any tough contacts, especially thanks to a slight angle that you might see. Pictures above show the experimentation in real condition, and right now Engineers are dealing with separation of the different functional group to allow the shipping on Duna, of course. This new step focuses on the shipping of the Gantry rover. As the Engineer managed to make a light structure, this second journey will also carry a DC-Standard Container. First Launch (x1) : Structural Column plus Grantry’s Equipments The entire Gantry as completely assembled is impossible to send on Duna. After testing the prototype, and next to a optimisation step, the global Gantry weights 12.05 tons. Pylons are pre-build (you can count them and compare, I did not cheat !) and equipment such as lights, wheels, battery, is stocked in two small containers. The total weight is about 16 tons, to embed tools and extra parts. Isn’t is realist this way ? Having lots of parachutes, the descent will be helped by the re-entry engine, in order to avoid any failure caused by an important velocity when opening. After jettison, 6 small engines take over for final landing. Thus, one of the 2 containers has a slight amount of fuel to allow this final burn. Second Launch (x1) : DC-Standard Container, 36 tons As the Middle Carrier is great (Yeah ? ^^), we are goind to add one DC-Standard Container, the maximum payload that the Gantry can carry : Very massive, this container has a lot of parachutes but also a complete system of lateral propulsion, able to absorb a good quantity of DeltaV when going down, and brake this heavy package. This configuration does not allow a classic Launcher, that’s why engineers decided to create a large one. The docking port that the Gantry will use, is also the one needed for the shipping. Tomorow, the second trip to Duna, after refuelling the Middle Carrier, which is back to Kerbin orbit !

Merci pour la base et merci pour la signature Es tu aussi sur le forum français, avec un éventuel autre pseudo ?

Looks pretty nice ! But 160 tons Payload is kinda hard to orbit without Asparagus, yeah :s But nice try !