[Min KSP: 1.12.2] Deep Space Exploration Vessels - Build NASA Inspired Ships In KSP

[Space Kadet]

9 minutes ago, Angel-125 said:

Both the TACLS D2 Centrifuge and D2 Greenhouse have greenhouses that take Waste, Water, and CarbonDioxide to produce WasteWater, Oxygen, and Food.

oops wrong forum, this was meant for pathfinder, but its was meant for building up a huge supply of food. like intensive cultivation off kerbin. (starship resupply)  

[Angelo Kerman]

6 hours ago, Space Kadet said:

oops wrong forum, this was meant for pathfinder, but its was meant for building up a huge supply of food. like intensive cultivation off kerbin. (starship resupply)  

In Pathfinder, you can convert the Chuckwagon into a greenhouse, and the Hacienda has a greenhouse template as well. Same as above for the resource consumption.

[Guest]

On ‎07‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 3:36 AM, Angel-125 said:

You'll need to return those experiments home to get the rewards. Be sure to transfer them into a short logistics module configured for science, then return the experiments to Kerbin

@Angel-125 I tryed to follow your advice but I'm still unable to finish the experiments. I have docked a second vessel with the short logistics module but when I click to transfer the experiments the module is not selectable.

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And in VAB, I didn't see any option to configure the module for "science". It shows only KIS inventory and research kits. Maybe a problem with other mods like IFS?

[Angelo Kerman]

6 hours ago, bice said:

@Angel-125 I tryed to follow your advice but I'm still unable to finish the experiments. I have docked a second vessel with the short logistics module but when I click to transfer the experiments the module is not selectable.

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And in VAB, I didn't see any option to configure the module for "science". It shows only KIS inventory and research kits. Maybe a problem with other mods like IFS?

Right click the short logistics module and click Reconfigure Storage. Make sure your short logistic module is configured for science:

From the lab, open the Experiment lab tab and press one of the Transfer buttons:

Available destinations will be outlined in blue. Once transferred you'll receive confirmation:

[Angelo Kerman]

More progress on the EDL Frame:

The Frame has a built-in decoupler that is automatically set up to share fuel. What you do is attach the engine to the EDL Tank, then attach the frame to the tank as well (there are two nodes to do that). Once you decouple the Frame, it serves as a launch pad for the rest of the vehicle. All that is optional of course, you could SSTO the Estonian into Low Duna Orbit with enough fuel.

I've got the EDL Tank configs set up properly too. With Pathfinder installed, you get a Bootstrap configuration that has enough storage space and resources for a small Pathfinder base.

Edited November 8, 2017 by Angel-125

[davidy12]

2 hours ago, Angel-125 said:

 

 

 

SUCK IT DUNA LANDING DENIERS!!! PROOF DEBRIS ON DUNA!!!

[Kosmonaut]

Love this

[Angelo Kerman]

2 hours ago, davidy12 said:

SUCK IT DUNA LANDING DENIERS!!! PROOF DEBRIS ON DUNA!!!

 

6 minutes ago, Kosmonaut said:

Love this

Thanks! It's inspired by the iconic Mars Excursion Module, but designed for the kerbal environment. So instead of having a laboratory/hab, you send along a small Pathfinder base instead. Or, you land a base separately, and just fly the lander to it. Or, you just use the capsule as an orbital crew transport. Or...

Anyway, I'm starting to create the cutouts for the integrated landing gear. Once I get that and the gear themselves done, then all the exteriors for the Estonian are done.

[Kosmonaut]

1 hour ago, Angel-125 said:

 

Thanks! It's inspired by the iconic Mars Excursion Module, but designed for the kerbal environment.

The MEM is one of my favourite spacecraft concepts ever, along with NAUTILUS-X and the Orion Nuclear Pulse Battleship.

I really like the influences not only of the MEM but also the Mk 1-2. It is a perfect stockalike version of a classic spacecraft (what I love about your mods)

[Guest]

On ‎08‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 6:10 PM, Angel-125 said:

Right click the short logistics module and click Reconfigure Storage. Make sure your short logistic module is configured for science:

From the lab, open the Experiment lab tab and press one of the Transfer buttons:

Available destinations will be outlined in blue. Once transferred you'll receive confirmation:

@Angel-125 Thank you for your support but no way.

I removed all the mods except KIS and WildBlue folders and there is no options in VAB for "logistics module".

see image As you can see the Habitat has many options on context menu but the module hasn't.

My gamedata folder

I haven't  MOLE installed. Only Buffalo (version 2.2.7) and DSEV (version 2.4.1). 

 

[Angelo Kerman]

1 hour ago, bice said:

@Angel-125 Thank you for your support but no way.

I removed all the mods except KIS and WildBlue folders and there is no options in VAB for "logistics module".

see image As you can see the Habitat has many options on context menu but the module hasn't.

My gamedata folder

I haven't  MOLE installed. Only Buffalo (version 2.2.7) and DSEV (version 2.4.1). 

 

What is in your WildBlueIndustries folder?

[Angelo Kerman]

Struggling through the landing legs now...

[Kosmonaut]

Oh my god that is beautiful...

How much Delta-V does it have?

[Nightside]

So conical! 

It looks great!

[Angelo Kerman]

58 minutes ago, Kosmonaut said:

Oh my god that is beautiful...

How much Delta-V does it have?

Configured with nothing but propellant, about 3k. If configured to hold a Pathfinder base and set up to be two stages, about 800 in the descent stage and 1800 in the ascent stage. Definitely enough to land a small Pathfinder base and make it back to orbit when you’re done- if you leave the base and landing frame behind.

 

42 minutes ago, Nightside said:

So conical! 

It looks great!

Thanks! The shape follows that of the stock Mk1-2 rather than the Apollo or Orion, both of which are squatter. I tried making the command pod squatter but it just didn’t look right.

[Angelo Kerman]

Duna landing and orbit test, configured for SSTO, but this is a two-stage test. Deorbit motor jettison:

Coasting down:

Setting off the shaped charges in the heat shield end cap:

Chutes deployed:

Landing burn:

Touchdown!

Launch:

Back in orbit:

[Guest]

12 hours ago, Angel-125 said:

What is in your WildBlueIndustries folder?

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do you need the log?

[Bottle Rocketeer 500]

9 hours ago, Angel-125 said:

tried making the command pod squatter but it just didn’t look right.

Totally agree, @Angel-125. It just looks...too short and too wide. The same happened to me while making the basic shape of a 3.125m command pod, originally designed to be 2.5m.

[DStaal]

Looking at that landing sequence, may I ask for Landertron integration?  It looks like an ideal case for it.

[Angelo Kerman]

14 hours ago, bice said:

image

do you need the log?

Yup, definitely need the log.

 

8 hours ago, DStaal said:

Looking at that landing sequence, may I ask for Landertron integration?  It looks like an ideal case for it.

Not familiar with Landertron, how does that work?

[DStaal]

44 minutes ago, Angel-125 said:

Not familiar with Landertron, how does that work?

It's a simple little mod: You attach a part with the controller (either a stand-alone box, or some specialty engines), and on your descent arm the controller.  It will automatically perform a 'suicide burn' just before impact to enable a gentle landing.  Horizontal speed is not taken into account, and you have to be pointed the right way on your own - all it does is fire the engines at the appropriate time.

(It does have a mode for planes as well - upon touchdown it'll fire to arrest forward velocity.)

I was thinking if you put the controller in the capsule, it could be armed from there and then the last step in your landing procedure can be automated.  It's fairly small, but a neat touch I think.

[Angelo Kerman]

1 hour ago, DStaal said:

It's a simple little mod: You attach a part with the controller (either a stand-alone box, or some specialty engines), and on your descent arm the controller.  It will automatically perform a 'suicide burn' just before impact to enable a gentle landing.  Horizontal speed is not taken into account, and you have to be pointed the right way on your own - all it does is fire the engines at the appropriate time.

(It does have a mode for planes as well - upon touchdown it'll fire to arrest forward velocity.)

I was thinking if you put the controller in the capsule, it could be armed from there and then the last step in your landing procedure can be automated.  It's fairly small, but a neat touch I think.

That's cool. I can look at Landertron and see if I can equip the command pod with what it needs.

[Angelo Kerman]

Is this the correct forum for landertrons?

I don't see how the ladertron controller works. I see a bunch of engines that use it though. I'm just using the stock T-1 Dart aerospike for the Estonian (you can fit other engines too), but I don't see anything that says you add the part module to a command pod and it uses any engine...

[Angelo Kerman]

Exterior work: Done!

Now to work on the IVA. Still shooting for an end of November release for Odyssey Three. I've got a few parts to do...

Edited November 11, 2017 by Angel-125

[Mandella]

5 hours ago, Angel-125 said:

Is this the correct forum for landertrons?

I don't see how the ladertron controller works. I see a bunch of engines that use it though. I'm just using the stock T-1 Dart aerospike for the Estonian (you can fit other engines too), but I don't see anything that says you add the part module to a command pod and it uses any engine...

It should be the XT-L-KRAB "Landertron Box" which is included in the download.

I haven't actually used this mod though, although I will be. In fact, I just put together my own jury-rigged version with manually controlled downward pointing Separatrons to give a slightly overweight capsule a softer landing. I should have known that someone in the community would have already done a mod for it!