K&S Kayak Racing

[Castille7]

 

K&S Technologies Group Kayak Racing

This project started with a little Kayak I once built and it then bloomed into a Kayak Race. At first the craft was only a cool little show piece without any intentions of a rowing mechanism and we thought about making one for it. At first the rowing mechanism was tweaked and fitted to look and row nicely. Then the idea of racing came along with the creations that were needed for filming. We both hope everyone enjoys this Kayak Racing Project as much as we enjoyed putting it together. Once again a huge thanks to @klond for his inspiration with the KSP Engineering that gives me the motivation to push these projects to their limits. 

 

 

 

 

The Making of K&S Kayak Racing

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Operations: 
K&S Kayak
Drive the Kayak to the water by holding down your W key for forward and A&D Keys for
steering, hitting water near 20 m/s.
Engage SAS when you are in the water. 
EVA a Kerbal and mount into the seat if desired.
Pressing Space Bar will remove wheels and Capsule. 
Apply Full Throttle Press Space Bar and allow Kayak to reach 2.0 m/s Switch to the Oar's,
press and hold Q to Row.

K&S Dueling Kayak's
Drive the Kayaks to the water by holding down your W key for forward and A&D Keys for
steering, hitting water near 20 m/s. 
EVA Kerbals and mount into the seats if desired. Pressing Space Bar will remove wheels
and Capsule. 
Apply Full Throttle and press Space Bar and allow Kayaks to travel near 2.0 m/s
Switch to first Kayak by switching Left.
Press and hold Q then Switch Left
Press and hold Q to Row second Kayak
Kayaks will continue to paddle on their own. 
Switch back to the craft by switching Right twice, steering with A&D

K&S Kayak
Craft File: K&S Kayak
Parts: 108
Mass: 4.185t
Height: 3.4m
Width: 6.6m
Length: 12.3m

K&S Dueling Kayaks
Craft File: K&S Dueling Kayaks
Parts: 362
Mass: 9.494t
Height: 4.3m
Width: 15.7m
Length: 16.7m

Edited November 7, 2017 by Castille7

[Azimech]

Hahaha ... This is terrific! I really love this propulsion method!

[Castille7]

7 hours ago, Azimech said:

Hahaha ... This is terrific! I really love this propulsion method!

Thanks man, this is one of those whatever it takes to get it done!  Klond's creativity with the row machine, I added the Juno for some cheat methods 

Edited November 7, 2017 by Castille7

[selfish_meme]

Lovin it!

[Thor Wotansen]

Yep, explosions in Kerbal campfires are normal. 

[klond]

 Note that my guy @Castille7 chose an actual river for the film site.  With film crew travel time, delivery of movie props in custom made planes, re-delivery of said items after mishaps and engineering mistakes by his -ahem- movie prop helper guy, video editing, sound editing, I'm sure that he did 90% of the work.  It was fun helping and watching the progress of delivery and the ordeal of getting everything setup just right.

[Majorjim!]

Well done for getting pinned this month! Very well deserved. I'm off to watch the river wild.

[Castille7]

34 minutes ago, Majorjim! said:

Well done for getting pinned this month! Very well deserved. I'm off to watch the river wild.

Got pinned??  

thank you  Majorjim!