SargeRho Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Now that's speed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tw1 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I put Christmas lights on the VAB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalsingularity Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 My new 0.23 Minmus station. About to start collecting science... doubly since I have two labs. That's the way it works, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3mon Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 IKSS Olympus, new module added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueMason Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 The first space flight of the Starlight crew Shuttle:Designed to fulfil the role of a reusable crew transfer vehicle, the Starlight can fly out to Mun or Minmus. It will need partially refuelling in order to return to Kerbin safely, though.Today, we're heading to the Libra Memorial Outpost in LMO to swap two of its 3 crew for two of our crew members.Awkward moment when the shuttle is as big as (if not bigger than) your space station...En route home now. Actually, they orbited back out to near Minmus again to maximise fuel efficiency by performing an aerobrake. Why they didn't think of this on the first orbit down to periapsis is questionable, really.Eventually, a week into the mission, they descend to the surface......only to somehow lose both the tail fins in a bit of atmospheric turbulence (physical time warp...). No-one was injured, fortunately, and despite this mishap, the vehicle has been cleared for operational use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropapi1 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speijker Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 First fly-by (with free return!) of the Mün on my new .23 save.I thought 4 kilometers would be a good margin, but Jeb zipped past with just 200m to spare. Who knew those crater edges were so high? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropapi1 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 First fly-by of the Mün on my new .23 save.I thought 4 kilometers would be a good margin, but Jeb zipped past with just 200m to spare. Who knew those crater edges were so high?7 km is the lowest height I'd go. Lower than that, it's just like playing russian roulette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissioner Tadpole Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 One of the biggest aerobrakes I've ever got: 21km above Kerbin's surface going over 3000m/s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalsingularity Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 First fly-by (with free return!) of the Mün on my new .23 save.I thought 4 kilometers would be a good margin, but Jeb zipped past with just 200m to spare. Who knew those crater edges were so high?http://i.imgur.com/FIXcDbq.pngWoah there, I don't know if the three parachutes is going to be enough for that giant pod. Nicely-done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liowen Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 On my way back to KSC I flew over the mountains, and I noticed something odd and decided to get a bit closer to have look. As got to around 7km I started to see a hole in the middle of the mountain line so I put myself on a course to fly over it. At first I thought it might have been a rendering problem, but as I got closer I seen it was actually how the terrain was suppose to be. Not a great shot, but I thought it looked interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan1297 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekiekutmoar Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Bob, Bill and Jebediah left Kerbin 350 days ago in a mission to Duna. The ship was meant to return to Kerbin after activities on Duna were done, but Jebediah insisted on going to Dres. When trying to reach Kerbin from Dres, it became clear that the transfer was horribly timed. The hellish Eve was ironically the last chance for the Kerbonauts to avoid drifting into interplanetary space for at least 10 years, as they were running low on fuel. Now they're in orbit around Eve with a broken ship and exactly 5 units of liquid fuel and 8,4 units of oxydizer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadweasel Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Woah there, I don't know if the three parachutes is going to be enough for that giant pod. Nicely-done.Why not? It works for this one (very similar config, actually!): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadweasel Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 [TABLE=width: 800]<tbody>[TR][TD]Tanks for the tweakables, SQUAD! These RULE!Made a research aircraft to start gathering some more science in career mode, since I don't *quite* have the parts needed to reach the Mün and back yet, and I'm not satisfied with the paltry gains from transmitting the results.The "Wyvern" is a seriously rock-solid plane, and can jettison the extra engines to save weight for the landing, once it reaches its destination.Currently all flights are one-way, especially since most of its research destinations are too far away from the KSC for its fuel supply to support a return flight. Without landing gear available, it's really just a matter of reaching the target, jettisoning the engine pods, going vertical to bleed off speed, and then drifting lazily to the ground to do that all-important ¡SCIENCE!This little bugger is capable of assuming any orientation at any time, regardless of current velocity and course. It does not stall, and can perform pretty crazy aerobatic maneuvers as a result. Can't wait to get the proper landing gear for it![/TD][/TR]</tbody>[/TABLE] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dispatcher Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 IKSS Olympus, new module added Clearly you and Whackjob have some common interests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_bT Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Finally figured out how to make a working seaplane. Now I can recover splashed down Kerbals the hard way I'm not sure which version I like better though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropapi1 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittyProgram Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Umm, did you happen to see a certain boulder? This may seem like an odd question, but that certain rock is very special! And has been missing for several updates...No, unfortunately, I did not see the magic boulder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinW42 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I recently broke my personal record for fewest number of explosions in an SSTO flight.On approach. This thing is stable, but also very maneuverable. I've had my issues with these on previous attempts.A perfect landing!It even comes with a zero-zero ejection system just in case things do get hairy.And now time to install 0.23. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Felsmak Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Efficient interplanetary transfer? Nah, I'm going into orbit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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