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Mine the seafloor on kerbin ... anywhere


Azimech

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More pictures: http://imgur.com/a/Iohgy

 

Huge self-propelled mining platform, can drill for ore on any sea at maximum depth.

Using the power of autostruts it's possible now to keep a drill head connected to a ship and just let it sink to any depth. On Kerbin the max depth is ~1200m. The "cable" is even longer than that.

Yes, part count is high. The "cable" has most of it. You can reduce part count by deleting stuff from the superstructure you don't need. For example the walkway has a bunch of emergency lights (they're just folded up ladders).

The ISRU is located behind the crew cabin.

Please notice: "Part Pressure Limits" needs to be OFF (Difficulty options -> advanced).
Also, you need advanced tweakables enabled.

How to operate:

1. Sail to the location with ore.

2. Use the console to visualize the autostruts (Alt-F12 -> Physics).

3. Disable all the autostruts on the "cable". Doesn't matter which sequence.

4. The drill starts sinking. This takes time. You can speed it up using physics acceleration (ALT- >). Do not use more than 3x.

5. Make sure you enable the fuel cells, the solar panel and the radiator.

6. Normal time acceleration resets the "cable" and drill to it's original location! Also when moving out of physics range or going back to menu.

7. Use this to your advantage. If you're done drilling, set a number of "cable" elements and the drill to "Autostrut: Heaviest Part".

8. With the cable extended, use "Aim Camera" to navigate along it.

Have fun!

Oh and forget about Laythe. The seas over there are more than twice as deep.

Download link: https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/77I--Offshore-Mining-Platform-v10

 

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4 hours ago, DMSP said:

Someone was mad at this... I like it tons though. Laythe operations may rely on this.

It would mean operations near the shores though, severely limiting its usefulness. Was a big disappointment when I discovered it. With an average depth of over 2km it would require a really huge "cable" and an even larger ship. And how would we get something like that into LKO ... I think this one would already be problematic.

Who knows ... maybe Squad would like the idea and raise the seafloor in a future update @UomoCapra?

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4 minutes ago, Mesklin said:

 "The Abyss" movie.

'The crane! We lost the crane! It's on it's way down to you!'

 One of my all time favourite movies. 

 Nice idea using the parts like that man. 

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