Rakaydos Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 (edited) After a mishap with overaggressive rendevus and a rescue from the nuclear tug, the Heavy Lifter arrives. Intended to handle anywhere from Stock tylo landing to Kerbin Ascent, the heavy lifter has 5000 vac DV and 4500 sea level Kerbin DV, with ISRU equipment to top off after landing and parachutes to keep it pointed the right way during atmospheric decent. Also visible is the scaffolding and the modular subsystems it brought up- The nuclear tug, Asteroid claw/miner, docking arm (doubling as extra fuel for the nuclear tug), 1 docking port adapter, 1 Mk1 command pod (that also doubles as a docking port adapter), Two Ant class microtugs and 2 OscarChair-class Kerbal Reentry Vehicals. (Also an expirimental Rotor design, but it's causing some problems with reaction wheel wobble, so I may end up tossing it.) Edit: Consuting with the astrocartographers, the Heavy Lifter is rated for the following worlds on Nova Kerbana: Vael: Insufficent DV/TWR (gas giant?) Silne: Yes Ilve: No Cal: Yes Sern: No Mirn: Insufficent DV/TWR (gas giant?) Hesmin: yes Sulph: yes Taythe: yes Vesp: yes Irnil: yes Keles: Insufficent DV/TWR (gas giant?) Orph: yes Kelin: Insufficent TWR. Esle: Unclear/draining tanks for sufficent TWR may not leave enough DV for orbit Alva: Probably yes Mork: Yes Blalo: Unclear/draining tanks for sufficent TWR may not leave enough DV for orbit Leyn: yes Rav: yes Alar: yes Elno: yes Phain: yes Kernim: No Dalne: Probably yes Erel: Maybe. Requires heavily drained tanks for sufficent TWR Iain: Require a 10 KM or taller mountian. (can hopper around with drained tanks above 4 km, barely) Narath: yes Dunem: Yes Um: Refueler's Choice (very yes) Edited April 10, 2018 by Rakaydos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakaydos Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 So my first leg is a short jump to Duna to refuel on Gilly. I've got a lot more hardware than my initial tests called for for lunar refueling, so I'm going for an easier target. That means jumping warping to Duna. Warp navigation 101: when attempting to match velocities with an object in a different SoI... DONT TRUST THE NAV BALL's RELATIVE VELOCITY. If Kerbin and Duna are at the closest point, their velocities should be lined up, and there should be little more velocity to counter than Kerbinspeed-Dunaspeed. Duna is in a higher orbit than kerbin, so it is moving slower, Which means you should warp away from kerbin at the point where your orbital vector is retrograde. So at local noon, when Kerbin and Duna are aligned, warp directly AWAY from duna. Once you are out of Kerbin SoI, you should get a real relative velocity from the navball, and it should be the low thousands. Warp to duna, making sure to go around Kerbin's SoI. Then it's just a matter of warping into an orbit of Duna and doing normal orbit changes to land on gilly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilhelm Kerman Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) Tropical Laythe for newbies Jool is just so beautiful... I think I can remember posting a link to a google drive folder with these images. (At least I can put the images in the post now!) Edited April 11, 2018 by Wilhelm Kerman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakaydos Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) My warpcraft was lost with all hands on gilly while mission control was on a snack break. At last report they were mining gilly while bouncing slowly down a hill at sub 1m speeds. The F3 black box gives no reason for the loss- the kraken is being blamed. And quicksave is reverting to AFTER whatever the incident was. Edited April 11, 2018 by Rakaydos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cortwade Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) Wanna talk to people quickly? Sure you do, Billy! KSS Now has a Discord! The first ten people will be given a "Cool Person" rank, and access to a snazzy cool person lounge! Join now while the place is somewhat under control... https://discord.gg/evMQX Edited April 11, 2018 by Cortwade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltshaker Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 28 minutes ago, Cortwade said: Wanna talk to people quickly? Sure you do, Billy! KSS Now has a Discord! The first ten people will be given a "Cool Person" rank, and access to a snazzy cool person lounge! Join now while the place is somewhat under control... https://discord.gg/5gYRN The link's invalid or expired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cortwade Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 6 minutes ago, Saltshaker said: The link's invalid or expired. Try now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarCrusher96 Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Link to discord on page 1. Should not expire. https://discord.gg/MJP6d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheProtagonists Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 33 minutes ago, StarCrusher96 said: Should not expire. well... it just expired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilhelm Kerman Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 22 hours ago, TheProtagonists said: well... it just expired @TheProtagonists just get the app, and be done with all your issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow01 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Is There a map of the delta v formula the kss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilhelm Kerman Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 7 minutes ago, arrow01 said: Is There a map of the delta v formula the kss? It is possible to make one for the systems, but not for interstellar transfers. I mean, you could but no one would use it. Currently there are none TWO SPOTS LEFT IN DISCORD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kontrole Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Wilhelm Kerman said: It is possible to make one for the systems, but not for interstellar transfers. I mean, you could but no one would use it. Currently there are none TWO SPOTS LEFT IN DISCORD I have both the app on my phone and on my desktop. For some reason both links show up as expired for me too. Love to join even without the "special title" Edited April 12, 2018 by Kontrole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cortwade Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 3 hours ago, Kontrole said: I have both the app on my phone and on my desktop. For some reason both links show up as expired for me too. Love to join even without the "special title" https://discord.gg/7cW7Z No idea why these non-expiring invites are expiring... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kontrole Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 16 minutes ago, Cortwade said: https://discord.gg/7cW7Z No idea why these non-expiring invites are expiring... Thanks @Cortwade ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover 6428 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Please make this mod compatible with “AFTER KEEBIN” by Gameslinx! It would be awesome!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover 6428 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Please make this mod compatible with “After Kerbin” by Gameslinx. That would be amazing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilhelm Kerman Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rover6428 said: Please make this mod compatible with “AFTER KEEBIN” by Gameslinx! It would be awesome!!! 1 hour ago, Rover6428 said: Please make this mod compatible with “After Kerbin” by Gameslinx. That would be amazing!!! You do not need to say it twice. First, the sun *technically* becomes another body, and is replaced by a sun near-clone called Kerbol. A compatablility patch would have to put those bodies around an aged Kerbol. Archangel’s flares too. Several bodies would have to be different, as Eve in KSS is more Venus like. Another note, Kerbalkind would likely be based on Blalo after Kerbin died. Kelin is an excellent star for that, because of its long lifespan. Edited April 13, 2018 by Wilhelm Kerman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilhelm Kerman Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 @Tynton @Tynton @Tynton Don't mind me, just summoning someone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tynton Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 (edited) Hmm? @Wilhelm Kerman Sorry for the late response. Edited April 13, 2018 by Tynton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilhelm Kerman Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Just now, Tynton said: Hmm? @Wilhelm Kerman Sorry for the late response. I noticed you have the reputation of Master Chief. Shame if anything happened to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tynton Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Interesting. Anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilhelm Kerman Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Tynton said: Interesting. Anyway? I have made a new google doc for the fact book. [LINK REMOVED] Edited April 13, 2018 by Wilhelm Kerman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tynton Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Thanks for the notification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilhelm Kerman Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 I'll link it in the discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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