Paul Allen Plays KSP

[JoeNapalm]

Paul Allen, MS co-founder, plays KSP for reals!

-Jn-

Edited June 1, 2017 by JoeNapalm

[ZooNamedGames]

I've scanned that article twice and don't see that comment. I see he has a space obsession but nothing about playing KSP.

[Bonus Eventus]

1 minute ago, ZooNamedGames said:

I've scanned that article twice and don't see that comment. I see he has a space obsession but nothing about playing KSP.

Joe's not being literal 

[Just Jim]

OMG... that is about the most Kerbal looking thing I've ever seen.. in real life... but can it actually fly? I look forward to the flight testing phase!

[regex]

21 minutes ago, Just Jim said:

OMG... that is about the most Kerbal looking thing I've ever seen.. in real life... 

It's actually a very Human thing, the Kerbal one would just go to space with cargo because it flies on easy mode.

[KerBlitz Kerman]

48 minutes ago, JoeNapalm said:

Paul Allen, MS co-founder, plays KSP for reals!

-Jn-

Yousa be right, tis most kerbal thing in real life. YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT OUGHTA BE AN OFFICIAL THREAD!!!

Go ahead and start it Joe Napalm. You deserve the  NOT THAT TYPE OF KREDIT!!!

[ZooNamedGames]

47 minutes ago, Bonus Eventus said:

Joe's not being literal 

Tsk

That said, for those curious. If you were to lay a Saturn V next to it; this aircraft would be longer by a mere 20ft! With Saturn V only being 365ft tall. 

[NSEP]

Ok cant wait for people to make this in KSP.

Should this not be in the science and spaceflight section tho?

[ZooNamedGames]

1 minute ago, NSEP said:

Ok cant wait for people to make this in KSP.

Should this not be in the science and spaceflight section tho?

This is stock and called the... Stratolauncher isn't it? Based around the Pegasus vehicle.

Also yeah, it should like be there (sends report).

[XLjedi]

Ya know full well they are gonna get tired of flying that thing and just start hyper editing the stuff into orbit.

Also, they need to add a few actual struts there between the tails...  The way they used the autostrut feature in this case is just not realistic!

..and does anyone know which mod he used to widen the SPH like that?

 

Edited June 1, 2017 by XLjedi

[Dman979]

Moved to Science and Spaceflight. That's a big plane!

[XLjedi]

Just now, Dman979 said:

Moved to Science and Spaceflight. That's a big plane!

Have to tell ya though...  I was getting ready to post the same article reference in the general discussion area, and then noticed it was already up.  You might be merging some posts later this afternoon.  I would not have seen this if posted originally in Science and Spaceflight.

[Dman979]

1 minute ago, XLjedi said:

You might be merging some posts later this afternoon

Thanks for letting us know, we'll keep an eye out for them. You can help by reporting things that need our attention!

[ZooNamedGames]

1 hour ago, Dman979 said:

Thanks for letting us know, we'll keep an eye out for them. You can help by reporting things that need our attention!

I did  

[Norcalplanner]

8 hours ago, NSEP said:

Ok cant wait for people to make this in KSP.

Should this not be in the science and spaceflight section tho?

EJ made this in his stream last night.

[Fellow314]

 

Can anyone tell me how much DeltaV is saved by launching at 35K feet?

 

[YNM]

List of KSP-ish things IRL :

- Ariane 4

- Stratolaunch

Maybe one day CADs would also involve a simulator ? XD

[Starman4308]

On 6/2/2017 at 6:06 AM, Fellow314 said:

Can anyone tell me how much DeltaV is saved by launching at 35K feet?

Very little, at least directly. You've got maybe 250-300 m/sec of delta-V from the aircraft itself, the the energy boost from starting at 35,000 feet isn't very much.

Where it helps the most is with small payload launches. By starting 35,000 feet up, you're in much thinner atmosphere (about 0.25 atmospheres pressure), which means less atmospheric drag losses, and your first-stage engine can be much closer to a vacuum-optimized engine instead of something designed to start at sea level. Where it makes things worse is that your rocket has to be braced to be carried laterally, fully fueled up into the air (adding mass), and you've got a big, expensive aircraft to maintain for the launches. That has to be weighed against the conventional wisdom of "just make the first stage a bit bigger".

Edited June 3, 2017 by Starman4308

[_Augustus_]

On 6/2/2017 at 10:07 AM, YNM said:

List of KSP-ish things IRL :

- Ariane 4

- Stratolaunch

Maybe one day CADs would also involve a simulator ? XD

Explain to me how Ariane 4 is Kerbal?

[YNM]

@_Augustus_ It's not the most aerodynamic (lots of sections, visually), and "add gigantic boosters" is the central theme - how's that not kerbal ?

[The Moose In Your House]

On ‎6‎/‎1‎/‎2017 at 7:03 AM, JoeNapalm said:

Paul Allen, MS co-founder, plays KSP for reals!

-Jn-

Is it because his craft is similar to this?

 

[Human Person]

The little engineer in my head says this plane will break apart when it releases a big weight during flight.

I dunno, I feel like it will bend like hell when it drops the weight, but they shure thought about that.

On the other hand: If they're KSP players, they didn't think about that, they'll try it out.

[JoeNapalm]

22 hours ago, Physics Student said:

The little engineer in my head says this plane will break apart when it releases a big weight during flight.

I dunno, I feel like it will bend like hell when it drops the weight, but they shure thought about that.

On the other hand: If they're KSP players, they didn't think about that, they'll try it out.

I would think those tail booms would start oscillating in a very alarming and inconvenient fashion.

But I'm sure they thought of that, too.

 

-Jn-