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1 minute ago, TheDARKOMETER said:

I don't have access to my PC right now.  I can share it tomorrow if you're really interested ^^. It's a beauty to fly that fighter jet really.:cool:

I'll do my best to replicate it; I think I've got the same mods. We can compare craft :D

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Not today, but Sunday... yeah, it takes a long time to write these mission reports...

Launched an extension to the 'Skylab' space station:

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Then launched another one:

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Then went of 3 15-minute EVAs to attach over 16 lights to the surface of my station, using KIS/KAS. As Bob Fitch always says, you've gotta have moar lights!

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Oh, and nearly killed Jeb and Bill...

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A couple of days ago I returned to KSP after a long break and built a simple electric shuttle for a Munar flyby. Today I decided to try where the shuttle can go with enough propellant.

I also needed bigger boosters.

Spoiler

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I decided to depart immediately without waiting for a proper window. The shuttle was so heavy that I had to do the escape burn over three orbits.

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After a single course correction, I had a decent encounter with Moho. I did a quick orbital insertion and then departed immediately.

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Moho was ahead of Kerbin when I departed, so there was no reasonable way to return to home quickly. The escape burn put the apoapsis a bit below Eve, the first course correction raised it a bit above Eve, and the second course correction gave an encounter with Kerbin 1.5 orbits after leaving Moho. The insertion burn took a really long time, as the solar panels did not supply enough power that far away from the Sun.

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There was enough delta-v left to insert the shuttle to LKO without aerobraking.

Spoiler

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The mission took 1.1 Kerbin years, and total delta-v was about 17250 m/s. The ion engines are quite powerful now, as we have large enough xenon containers.

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Tested a couple light Eve lander concepts for my grand tour. Got bored and flew helicopter with some flashy lights (epilepsy warning!). Finally I tested a spaceplane for recovering a kerbal and her ship from orbit. I managed to melt one of the elevons with spinny results.

 

Currently trying to figure out what exactly I did when installing TAC that makes ships/planes in my Realism Overhaul file uncontrollable fixed :)

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What did I do today? I got Kerbal. Really Kerbal.

Sent this ship to Dres. To complete a couple of contracts, and just because I like to go to Dres now and then. Was a month out and fine tuning my encounter when I noticed what is probably already obvious to everyone else. This is a mining vessel with no ore tanks. :o

I told myself it was only a month. Just reload and do it again. I still wasn't very happy.

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So, moving on to other matters. A while back I sent a ship that split into two crafts with Klaws to complete two "recover so and so and his module" contracts. One at Bop, the other at Vall. All went well and I liked the way the ship divided.

 

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This was how I left them, waiting for a window home. They're finally reaching Kerbin now. Brought the first home. All worked perfectly. I was very happy. Of course, you may have already noticed, (I certainly didn't, not until I was already in Kerbin's atmosphere and about to splash down just off the coast of the KSC), that there are no parachutes on these vessels.

I was not amused. :mad:

The contracts were lucrative, though, so I just shook it off and launched a rescue vehicle with a second klaw to bring it to the surface. Here they are docked.

 

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This is where you separate simple boneheadedness from true stupidity. You probably already noticed; there are still no parachutes on the vessel. :confused:

Is that even possible?

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4 hours ago, EpicSpaceTroll139 said:

 (epilepsy warning!).

I don't have epilepsy.  Why do i feel sick and why the rump snoggins do you have lights that bright on helo blades?

 

Cleared out all my KSP installs and reloaded a fresh RO/RP-0 Dev build.  Got frustrated with problems docking and other issues.

Started New Career

First to space.  Made it to 152km on very basic hardware "Borf I"

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Little high Sounding rocket trying to get some samples back....352km burned up. Still good science came back. "Borf II"

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First orbital sat. Went into a 252x1250km orbit. Stuck there, no ignitions left.  Going to try RCS de-orbit at AP. "Bingo Junk I"

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Failed first reentry, failed to notice i was past AP when circularizing, wobbled on entry and flamed out. "Probebnugen I & II"

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Still got good polar data and more science.

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8 hours ago, Triop said:

Something is up...and it ain't my *classified* <_<

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Nice MiGs, but those engines tho:o. What are thooooose? What mod?  Also how much thrust does that engine produce :D ? 

Also I should start making Russian Fighter replicas, but they're much harder to make, especially the Sukhoi's. ;.;

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On ‎14‎-‎5‎-‎2017 at 10:12 AM, astroheiko said:

The exploration of the Hox System slowly comes to the end. At the last station, the Annomalie, I make still a remembrance photo. In the upper right corner,
where the many small dots are, are almost all the planets in the Cirosystem. Only Nero and Leto are missing.

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We're done here and head off to Argo. The Rover remains at the monolith.

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30 days later the crew is back at Argo and prepares to land.

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Where shall I land, so many hills?

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Of course, the lander wants to land somewhere on a slope with 45 degrees inclination. Therefore, I place the SAS just before touchdown on
Radial Out and give only so much thrust that I can hold the height. With the thrusters I hover then so long through the area until I have a
flat place. The landscape can only be enjoyed by the crew after the landing.

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A fairly active moon, steaming and hissing everywhere.

 

 

Again, there is a monolith, this time a green one.

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After all biomes are explored there is still a reminder photo of the flag.

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Now we are goiong to meet the mothership. First, the connector for the claw and the narrow band scanner must be placed in the cargobay. Then I dock the lander to

 the mothership to make it full. One more time to land and then I can go to Gael.

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After this docking everything is ready for the departure. I have as little oxidizer as possible to have as much dV as possible - a total of
9.512 m/s. 255 records are also on board.

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I just can't stop drewling when looking at your lander, I just love it

I made this before i've seen yours, but in no way it has the refinement of your design, it's absolutely awesome! Now where is that drewling smiley when you need one. :confused:

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14 hours ago, astroheiko said:

The mothership to Leto needs 2 more relays, so I quickly put a rocket together. My freight SSTO I could have taken too but it does not fly
as great as I would like. So we take a rocket, which goes faster.

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I would like to see this ship getting launched into orbit.

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I became the "coolest program director ever" when I told my kerbals they would soon be using dirt bikes on Duna. 

 

 

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Naturally, we developed the technology on Kerbin First.

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Tested for cool jumps, turns take practice.

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The heavy duty version has roll bars, so it's definitely pretty safe. 

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As with most things in KSP, it's a bit dangerous sometimes. Make sure you always wear your helmet. 

 

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Morning run into orbit trying again to reenter. The clouds are working now.  Staying away from a few mods (Vens', CLS, Semi-Sat, Test Flight, Persistent, Filter Ext.) was a good choice.  Game is running great even with FASA/NF/Cryo parts packs.

High reflectivity parts in the FASA pack looked a bit weird with blue reflection from sky.

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Got the stage fuel near perfect and it circ'd before even hitting mid Atlantic.

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RV getting oriented for entry.  Still burned up.  Need more drag and a heavier heat shield.  It was very close.

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The "Leroy Jenkins I" RV test system was mostly a success just as its namesake. Could take away about half the RCS fuel and 200dV from de-orbit fuel. Or keep the safety margin....nah.

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I was sending a prototype base to the surface of the Mun to meet up with the first part of the base. I was so happy with my self when I had started my suicide burn into the Mun. Thanks Kerbal Engineer! Then I looked away for a moment then corrected my trajectory towards the base. Then the most unexpected thing happened. I LANDED ON MY OWN BASE! Debris was everywhere, as well as my mind. I started laughing madly, then reloaded the landing. I'll try not to be as precise next time.

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"Kouston, we have several problems, but that doesn't matter so we want to continue on with the mission."
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