Challenge me!

[The Space Core]

I'm waiting for a very particular game to come out on November 10th, it's a little indie game you've probably never heard of it...

But anyways that's not important, I've looked over the forum and all the challenges are just too hard or too easy... I would like all of you to submit challenges to me! Even if they don't seem like challenges to you.

I am in science mode and I can land a relatively heavy probe on minmus and mun. I can land return ships on mun so far, (but not minimus)and that is about the range of my ability so far. But with your motivation I can improve.

Edited November 3, 2015 by The Space Core

[BlueCanary]

How about flying a plane under the bridge at R and D?

[Mikki]

How about flying a plane under the bridge at R and D?

OMG! This is actually a challenge worth! Good thing Kerbs wear helmets all the time...

[Sharkman Briton]

First of all, it's spelt 'Minmus' not 'Minimus'

Now thats out of the way, heres my challenge. There are arches scattered around the Mun as little easter eggs, my challenge for you is to find one, and plant a flag ontop of it.

Then fly a rocket under it like a plane.

Good luck!

[The Space Core]

Question: Does the craft that flies under the arch have to be the same as the one that brings the flag, and does it have to return?

[Dfthu]

Land a plane (non VTOL) on the top of the VAB.

[Foxster]

Build an SSTO.

[The Space Core]

Build an SSTO.

Done, My mindset was to be as light as possible

[rocx]

Build a craft that can go to Minmus surface without staging and includes an ISRU converter and drills. Once you're there, the rest of the Kerbol system is open for you.

[The Space Core]

Uh wow, not sure If I can do no staging for a minmus miner, at least not yet. I can do so with staging I think.

Edited November 3, 2015 by The Space Core

[SpaceplaneAddict]

Aww, if I, a rocket hater can do it, with a (rocket), you can!

-SPAddict

Don't let your dreams be dreams

[The Space Core]

How about flying a plane under the bridge at R and D?

This one is a pain in the neck! Planes are so tricky to control for me! Can it be vtol by any chance? My current attempt, the "Chickadee" has a turning circle about as wide as kerbol.

[Fluburtur]

Land a plane backward

[Jakalth]

Build a supersonic plane, if you have the engines unlocked, and fly it nearly suborbital height(around 20,000m) at supersonic speed. Then try to maintain this height and stay supersonic long enough to go at least half way around kerbal without having any parts burn off.

Not a huge challenge, but it is good practice for flying space planes. Finding and then riding on the edge of that fine line between the plane getting hot, and the parts burning up. The closer and more consistently you can ride that line, the more efficiently you can launch space planes.

[FleshJeb]

Land a plane backward

Did it for a reddit "backwards SSTO" challenge:

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[The Space Core]

How about flying a plane under the bridge at R and D?

Done, so many crashed planes... Including the one that finally did make it under...

They are backwards though, the one on the top came after the one on the bottom.

[SpaceplaneAddict]

Single Stage Spaceplane to Minmus or Mun!!

[Monsterlunch]

Single Stage Spaceplane to Minmus or Mun!!

This. Had so much fun designing something that was capable of touring the Kerbol system!

[The Space Core]

Build a supersonic plane, if you have the engines unlocked, and fly it nearly suborbital height(around 20,000m) at supersonic speed. Then try to maintain this height and stay supersonic long enough to go at least half way around kerbal without having any parts burn off.

Not a huge challenge, but it is good practice for flying space planes. Finding and then riding on the edge of that fine line between the plane getting hot, and the parts burning up. The closer and more consistently you can ride that line, the more efficiently you can launch space planes.

I cdidn't have the engines unlocked in science so I ended up just having to go career to do this one.

I ended up overdoing it going 3/4 of the way around kerbin. Only issue was that I broke off the engines on landing.

[The Space Core]

First of all, it's spelt 'Minmus' not 'Minimus'

Now thats out of the way, heres my challenge. There are arches scattered around the Mun as little easter eggs, my challenge for you is to find one, and plant a flag ontop of it.

Then fly a rocket under it like a plane.

Good luck!

Sorry it took me so long to do this one... Finally got around to it.

Took a bunch of pics in a row while passing through.

Edited November 6, 2015 by The Space Core

[TheXRuler]

Mhhh land on tyloo successfully and return, for bonus snacks make the lander SSTO so you can refuel in orbit and reuse it.

Or:

Successfully land an asteroid on Kerbin without breaking it, for bunos snacks get it on the KSC peninsula

[The Space Core]

Mhhh land on tyloo successfully and return, for bonus snacks make the lander SSTO so you can refuel in orbit and reuse it.

Or:

Successfully land an asteroid on Kerbin without breaking it, for bunos snacks get it on the KSC peninsula

The tylo lander is my current project. It may take a little longer though because of all of the orbital construction. Emma bring a bunch of landers for the other moons as well.

Edited November 7, 2015 by The Space Core

[Jovus]

Land on the Moon and return.

No, not the Mun.

[The Space Core]

Um, what do you mean, there's only minmus and mum?

[TheXRuler]

He means land on the Moon. As in Real Scale Solar System where your "kerbin" orbital velocity is ~8km/s

Edit: Kerbin's moon is called "The Mun"