problemecium Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 It occurred to me that I've apparently qualified for the K Prize several times before, but I'd never bothered submitting an actual entry. So today I recorded a short video of my cargo spaceplane bringing a scanning satellite to low Kerbin orbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourfa Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 (edited) Working on a Grand Tour ISRU type mothership that can land everywhere except Eve. My favorite part is a miniature science lander/hopper that fits horizontally in a single Mk3 cargo bay: Uses vernors because I was trying to do the whole mission with zero monoprop but I think I'll change those to RCS blocks to reduce parts count. This will handle science gathering and flag planting on all the low-gravity worlds. Though when the mothership ran out of fuel on this Laythe ascent test, it made a handy lifeboat and got the pilot safely to orbit... Current problem is my mothership's external drills burning up on Kerbin and Laythe atmospheric entry; trying to avoid another 1.5t of cargo bay. Edited December 6, 2015 by fourfa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guz Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 watched Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcake... Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 (edited) Made a stock VTOL trainer, seems to work quite nicely. Cupcake... Edited December 6, 2015 by Cupcake... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev7787 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 On 5 December 2015 1:27:56 pm, The Optimist said: I had the crew of my space station return to Kerbin. Along with the space station by accident. Understatement of the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrooperCooper Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Continued work on my Kerbin infrastructure: 2nd and last greenhouse section arriving at the Kerbin Orbital Shipyard... Facility structure complete... Design study for a future industry complex to be deployed on the Mun surface... Resource scanner sent to the Mun in preparation of upcoming mining OPs... UKS Training academy sent into LKO... Bill and a bunch of newbies sent to the academy with a new generation of CTVs... Conducting engineering excercises at the academy... After the training, the shipyard crew was moved over to the construction site... Bill himself headed back to the surface for future assignments... The shipyard produced an upgraded storage section for itself... It was docked up at the bottom node... To provide the shipyard with metal resources, a new freighter and lifter was designed, able to propel 370 tons into space... Lift off... Gravity turn... First seperation: releasing the auxilary launch boosters... Central section seperated, top stage igniting... Deploying the 370 tons freighter into LKO... Arrival at the shipyard... Moving into position at the bottom... Docking her up... Transfering raw metal to continue orbital production... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 (edited) Built a small Learjet-like business jet, after being inspired by another thread on the forum. Edited December 6, 2015 by Val Aspectratio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunaRocketeer Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 I had a bunch of survey contracts on Kerbin. They were located too far away for my bushplane to reach, so my spaceplane had to do it. Several dodgy landings later resulted in me deciding to do a long range VTOL. I'm so glad I did because it's a hoot to fly. The other thing I got up to was a fun little engineering mission: I forgot some sensors on my Mun vehicle, which was already in orbit of Kerbin, so I used KIS to add them later in a follow on flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whirligig Girl Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Brace yourself. Winter is coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 7 minutes ago, GregroxMun said: Brace yourself. Winter is coming. ... In the tropics, tho? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whirligig Girl Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 7 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: ... In the tropics, tho? It's an ice age, man. mod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermil Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Lot's of painstaking work. Many hours. Almost all day. On solutions which aren't quite. Problems and frustration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 8 minutes ago, GregroxMun said: It's an ice age, man. mod Cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katateochi Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Also been working on a LearJet design. It's been a truly kerbal build, in that I've absolutely no idea why I started making it in the first place, it just sort of happened and then took lots of tinkering to get it right. Off all the aircraft I've built this one behaves the most like a real aircraft when coming into land; rather than having the front wheel come down almost the instant the rear wheels hit the tarmac, this will land on it's rear wheels and coast down the runway a fair ways before bringing the nose wheel down (which for some reason I find very satisfying!). Craft File here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fail-Man 3D Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) Earlier today (approx. 01:30 my local time, I was too tired to write about it), I tested a huge mining rover in my career save. Unfortunately, the extremely large chassis and 6-track design resulted in a hilariously large turning radius; the project is now on indefinite hold until I unlock Infernal Robotics hinges. Pictures here (I'm tired of weeding my imgur account, so I decided to get my own virtual server). I also freed 9GB of disk space by compressing old KSP saves. Edited December 9, 2015 by Fail-Man 3D I got a new VM instead of dealing with imgur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itsdavyjones Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) worked on a plane to use for kerbin based science, and this one works great, it actually takes off on it's own. All of the science payload other than what can be seen right now is in the cargo bay. Edited December 7, 2015 by Itsdavyjones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billygoat_J Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Got a contract to mine the Mun and decided to try and make my launch look like a real rocket with a fairing. The rather giant lander meant the fairing really dwarfed my giant triple rocket. Flawless mission though. Topped off the tanks of the ascent VX and sent its crew home to rack up some experience, leaving their engineer, Stelcy, doin' her engineer thing. She appeared quite happy cooking up fuel alone. I figure she'll throw quite a party when her buddies return. Wasn't too long before she got some company. New contract to expand the base (I like that feature of 1.0.5). I had planned the driller to be compatible with my science rover design, and it worked much better than my last attempt at such things. Landing things on top of the station is a serious pain, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fourfa Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 1 hour ago, Billygoat_J said: Landing things on top of the station is a serious pain, though. I bet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
problemecium Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Today I improved my Portable Station. The new version includes more features than ever and with the optional Expansion Kit can be upgraded into a ring station. I'll post a download soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claw Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Continued on my combined Elcano / Jool 5 Challenge (or JoolCano5). Currently about half way around Vall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dispatcher Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 3 hours ago, Itsdavyjones said: worked on a plane to use for kerbin based science, and this one works great, it actually takes off on it's own . . . Cool. My first planes were "self flying". Took off, flew until out of fuel, glided and landed mostly intact or ditched safely into water; all without me guiding them at all (save for SAS). Not very useful without piloting them, but they were experiments. My idea at the time was that such a plane, especially without SAS, would be easier to control. Actually, that was true for some planes and not so for others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inigma Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I developed a Contract Pack. Released version 0.2 (see my sig for link) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billygoat_J Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 1 hour ago, parameciumkid said: Today I improved my Portable Station. The new version includes more features than ever and with the optional Expansion Kit can be upgraded into a ring station. I'll post a download soon. I was trying to do this very thing last week, but couldn't get the stupid modules to form a ring and attach to each other. How'd you manage it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_v Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) While I haven't done this in 1.0.5 (yet) I generally find the best procedure goes something like this: Mock up the whole station in the VAB, with radial girders to hold things where you want them. Take special care to ensure the angle on the docking ports align precisely, as this is what will make or break the mission. Break it into subassemblies and launch them to orbit, along with a claw-equipped tug. Grab each module in the centre and dock such that both ports touch at the same time - this is tricky and may take a couple of attempts. I generally find the launch vehicle design easier if only one port on each segment (the top one when launching) is angled. Edited December 7, 2015 by steve_v Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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