Admiral Fluffy Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 (edited) I worked on a Space shuttle inspired design. Pictures will come later when I am finished Edited June 21, 2021 by Admiral Fluffy Hy llok nw pg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king of nowhere Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) not exactly today, but both in the last week: first, during eva construction sometimes i still had the instinct to move the astronaut around with the jetpack. and instead of moving the astronaut, it would turn around the part i was about to place. just a few days ago, i had an illumination, and i decided to check if it worked in the vab too. and hey, it did! I've been playing nothing else since one year ago, and i never learned of this trick. before, whenever i wanted to place, for example, a docking port or adapter in a different orientation, i would attach it in the default orientation, turn around, detach it and attach it again (so that it was attached on the right node). this discovery saved a lot of hassle second, until today, i never knew you could time warp during burns. sure, there are mods for it. i had one such mod myself, it saved me from making a 6-days burn with ion engines once (i needed a 7000 m/s burn at eeloo on a solar powered craft). but then it caused malfunction, so i took it down. and sometimes i saw people mention that you can time warp while burning, but i always assumed they were referring to mods. until, just a couple days ago, i read someone mentioning alt . to speed up to 4x. today i used it for the first time. as i like running big mothership, and those have necessarily low thrust, it's going to become a real time saver. I've been playing over 2000 hours, and i never noticed those options until now! Edited June 22, 2021 by king of nowhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavscout74 Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) Sent my Jool fleet on its way finally. My Laythe Explorer jet was the hardest, with 0.19g acceleration in the NERV transfer stage. Ended up splitting into 3 burns just to keep from reentering the atmosphere. Jooldiver required a 2-part burn for the same reason and the Jool Advanced Probe barely made it in a single burn without dipping into the atmosphere. With multiple 9-10 minute burns, I ended up with no time for anything actually fun. Next scheduled events are the Duna fleet beginning to arrive (60+ days out), so maybe the next day or two I'll have time to clean up a few spent stages out of orbit. At this point, I've basically accomplished what I set out to do (test & adjust the tech tree more to my liking) so other than wanting to see how a few things play out, I'm almost ready to dump this science save and start a proper career. Random departure images: Jool Relay staging & lighting its NERV transfer stage Something else staging Laythe Explorer during its first maneuver And during a later one Jooldiver heading to its second maneuver Last to leave Kerbin was Jooldiver, with a parting image of home: Edited June 22, 2021 by Cavscout74 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemon cup Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Made SPACEHAB for benjee_10’s SOCK shuttle (it’s a bit cobbled together but it does look pretty close and holds 3 kerbals) and recreated STS-57. FULL MISSION Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N_Danger Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Sent some kerbels to the Mun's north pole. We are at 10 meters AGL There are some great views up here "Hey look at our shadow on the side of that cliff" And we have successfully completed the mission. And we sent an impactor to get the science from a deployed seismometer to complete a contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Do you think I over did it to carry this container? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dientus Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 1 hour ago, ColdJ said: Do you think I over did it to carry this container? I like the design, looks good! Besides you can never overdo lifting power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminal Velocity Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) Rocket lab electron launch with microsat (FAILURE): Launch Second stage ignition and hotswap: When I realized the flight failed: Edited June 22, 2021 by Rocketry101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Fluffy Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 4 hours ago, ColdJ said: Do you think I over did it to carry this container? Of course not. In fact, I think you under-did it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben J. Kerman Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Working on an SSTO. I will probably never use it and it might not work, but I am making one anyway. Then I will start working on some heavy transport trucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerfinon Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Ben J. Kerman said: Then I will start working on some heavy transport trucks. Why not both? A SSTO that is a heavy transport truck with a working crane! (Val says YES!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Destroyer Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 I put rovers on several Moons, including Ganymede! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netbumbler Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 On 6/17/2021 at 11:00 PM, EpicSpaceTroll139 said: Continued working on my shuttle landing program. I've made significant progress, the script now actually tracks the heading alignment circles instead of doing the big weird curve thing, and butters the bread on landing. It even lands right in the touchdown zone. Rollout could still use some work though. The drag chute isn't deploying, and the brakes could be a bit more aggressive. Also it would be nice (but not critical) to stay on centerline. Edit: The landing speed looks a bit faster than it really is, because I sped up the video to get real-time at the beginning, not realizing the lag decreased a bit as time went on. Awesome! I can fly everything manually pretty well but making KOS do it for me is my next goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamera Obscura Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 I rescued someone from the surface of Minmus (contract requirement) and landed only about 400m away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Kerbal Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 How are you even alive, Jeb? oh. Oh! OH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavscout74 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 (edited) Skipped ahead two months and my first two Duna craft arrived - first a fuel tanker that flew past Duna and entered Ike orbit, then the core of the Duna station arrived and sent back the first data from Duna orbit. These are my first-ever craft to reach Duna/Ike in JNSQ. These were followed by a pair of course corrections on probes going to Hamek & Eve. Tomorrow should see the next round of Duna arrivals trickling into orbit. Fuel Tanker "C" approaching Duna And approaching Ike orbit Duna crew station entering orbit Next up were a pair of course correction for my Hamek probe and Evera-1 Edited June 23, 2021 by Cavscout74 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Kerbal Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 (edited) Questioned attempting to be hired as a QA tester. The kraken doesn't just wobble my crafts apart, actually, they never wobble apart my crafts. They attack me psychologically, giving me hundreds of bugs I fail to reproduce when I try to. I severely want to bash my head into a wall when I make a cool craft and the game just NOPE!'s out on me Edited June 23, 2021 by Wizard Kerbal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Wizard Kerbal said: Questioned attempting to be hired as a QA tester. The kraken doesn't just wobble my crafts apart, actually, they never wobble apart my crafts. They attack me psychologically, giving me hundreds of bugs I fail to reproduce when I try to. I severely want to bash my head into a wall when I make a cool craft and the game just NOPE!'s out on me Example of a nope please. Might be able to find someone who has had something similar before and had it sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdinaryKerman Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 (edited) Quote Rear wheels spontaneously exploded? No spares? For some reason have a spare sounding rocket at hand? No problem! Just weld the rocket on top and fire it up! (Should be enough fuel to get to somewhere in the R&D complex) Mods shown: KSC++ (the road), KSC Extended (those extra VABs in the background), CNAR (the WAC Corporal stage), Cold War Aerospace (the SUV, likely supposed to be the military-spec M1009 Chevrolet Blazer. I used smaller wheels from Grounded for a less 'military' look) Edited June 23, 2021 by OrdinaryKerman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, OrdinaryKerman said: No problem! Just weld the rocket on top and fire it up! I love that, fire what looks like a laser at a highly combustable vessel. What could possibly go wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 I did a quick satellite deployment mission: This is a rapid turnaround mission... This is as far as I got tonight, but the next payload is waiting to be installed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdinaryKerman Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 4 hours ago, Angel-125 said: This is as far as I got tonight, but the next payload is waiting to be installed... Where's that frame and gantry crane from? It it a WIP new part for Mk-33 for fast cargo loading? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerfinon Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Into the Abyss Jeb descends in the new diving bell to survey the crash site A little EVA in the briny deep. Yep, we are definitely going to need "a bigger boat" to get this thing top side [and more lights. It's pretty dark down here]. Scuba Gear courtesy of "SunkWorks Maritime Technologies" purveyors of fine diving equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Fluffy Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 On 6/21/2021 at 3:21 PM, Admiral Fluffy said: I worked on a Space shuttle inspired design. Pictures will come later when I am finished Here is my Shuttle. It worked very well. Thankfully, no one was hurt. Also tested my 4 Kerbal Command pod. It worked flawlessly. Mk-1 and Mk 1-3 pods stacked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 (edited) I have been listening to the Spiderman Rap by JT Music and decided I wanted a Kerbal version so 1 rap song. I'm Amazing, fire blazing, when I'm strapped to a rocket I'm lazing, Through the atmo, through the strato, even though I'm just riding a JATO. In to orbit, I am crawling, cause you know that the planets be calling, Better stable, periapsis, before my eliptic collapses. Jet pilot, rocket jockey, but I never have time to be cocky, Always testing, all the latest, It's you who think I'm the greatest. I know what comes from all this power. I may be short but watch me TWR. Why would you ever let me fall when my chute can catch me. When used to do my best there's very few who match me. You challenge me, I never cower. Another day, with no pay, you're sending me aloft. I get more action, way more traction now, than Lara Croft. I'm flung out, really strung out, as I'm headed for the Mun. It's a short trip, now and end flip, I'm sure I'll be landing soon. And by the way, I know it's all grey, nothing much here to see. But that's ok, cause back on Kerbin, I'll be on TV. I know what comes from all this power. I may be short but watch me TWR. Why would you ever let me fall when my chute can catch me. When used to do my best there's very few who match me. You challenge me, I never cower. Hey I'm no fool, wer'e headed for Jool, I can see what you did. Oh a grand tour, how long is it for, cause you know I am no kid. A decade in space, goodbye Kerbin race, it seems that I'm taking the long way. For you it's all fun, it's just a milk run, but for me I get no say. Forever in light, it never is night, guess I'll be getting a tan. Man this is boring, guess I'll be snoring, weren't you my number 1 fan? I know what comes from all this power. I may be short but watch me TWR. Why would you ever let me fall when my chute can catch me. When used to do my best there's very few who match me. And now I am just floating out here for ages. It seems life can take you through so many stages. I really think I need a shower......... Edited June 23, 2021 by ColdJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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