Stratzenblitz75 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Today, I built a megaton sized..... rocket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman4308 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 49 minutes ago, Stratzenblitz75 said: Today, I built a megaton sized..... rocket Very, very impressive. One thing I'm wondering about, though, is whether the benchmarking may have been affected by the sheer simplicity of the rocket design. Most designs flex a bit, and that plays havoc with the rigid-body physics of KSP. However, your design had excellent symmetry, with each segment having exactly the same mass and exactly the same thrust: any flexing at joints was quite minor and didn't need much time to solve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Today I was filling the forum database with random textual content. Not just today, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmymcgoochie Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 @Stratzenblitz75: megaton rocket, designed to crash into itself and shatter into a million pieces on staging. All the millions of Kerbals who happen to live downrange and who are now being carpet-MIRV-ed by many thousands of tons of debris: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmymcgoochie Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 My 10% career continues- two probes headed to the Mun, one flew past then crashed into Kerbin (‘s atmosphere and burnt up) and the other flew past, captured into orbit and then crashed into the Mun. Science was gained from both as well as some bonuses for world firsts and completing parts of a contract, now all that’s left is a proper Mun and back return mission that actually survives. Getting enough science with 10% gains is pretty difficult so I launched a couple of ballistic missiles with some science gear and Val stuck on top from Woomerang to the northern ice shelf and ice caps too, along with the usual scraping up science from the launch sites and adjacent biomes with each new experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Emigrant Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Hey all. Today Valentina led a multi-species voyage of discovery to Minmus. For all Sentient Kinds. ME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerfinon Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 (edited) Started a fresh "Bureaucracy" career game. So time to build some old style planes KerbalX - Caelum Jeb on first flight Out over the sea where a crash will meet something less... solid A little bank turn... Hey the wings didn't fall off! And it's home safely just as the sun goes down... That means a trip to The Outpost for a couple of pints before tomorrow's mission. Edited May 5, 2021 by Caerfinon Added KerbalX link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbals_of_Steel Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 The Duna transfer window in my career save is finally starting to open, so it was time to finalize some designs in the simulator and start sending them out. First to arrive will be a survey sat for Duna (an identical one will show up later in the fleet for Ike): It does orbital science and survey, and functions as a close range relay, bouncing signals to the big RA-100 relay sat that will be put in a molinya orbit over the pole. Next will be a combination orbiter/lander for Ike: It splits in the middle, the fuel tanks and upper section turning into an orbiter, while the lower part with the relay antenna and survey instruments will be dropped onto the Duna side of the moon, turning Ike into an enormous geo-synch comm sat, and hopefully finding some easily extracted ore to refuel the follow-on manned mission. Each of Duna's polar regions will get a full featured lander/rover combination, equipped with all the surface science Kerbalkind can invent: And some cheap and cheerful scout rovers will be scattered across the lower latitudes to search for good landing spots for the away teams: Kos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venusian Explorer Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 After a small break on KSP. i've decided to play KSP again. and so, i decided to Launch a Venera 9 Mission(well,not exactly,but well,at least it's a Venera): Spoiler a couple of seconds later,i've realized that the 1st Stage Engines Can't gimbal(Except stage 2 and 3) This made the rocket to fly in a really unstable way. And then i thought that it whould just crash... But no. It didn't The First stage's finally depleted it's fuel,and since the stage 2 can Gimbal, i finally managed to safely orientate the rocket and finally made it into orbit. ok, Venera Orbiter and Venera Lander has been decoupled,now i will select the lander. oh wait. wrong piece of junk. there we go. mmmmmm.... not bad! at least Eve didn't destro- *kaboom* yed... m-my Venera's... Lander... oh well, things like this always happens(to me). After the Incident. I actually have to think about a new unplanned mission extension,then, i've found out that the orbiter still has fuel to flyby Gilly,or at least into an orbit on it. So,i decided to... Put it into a Low Gilly Orbit! jeez... Looks like Eve Doesn't like my Venera's Landers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerfinon Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 (edited) Small first steps towards space (with marvelously coloured sounding rockets). And lets not forget the ground game. Bill and Bob head out in the utility truck to field test experiments around the KSC After a hard day's data collection and in the spirit of "For All Kerbalkind", Bill and Bob end their mission at the local... Edited May 6, 2021 by Caerfinon added ground science mission Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmymcgoochie Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 10% career successes- first a probe, then a Kerbal landed on the surface of the Mun following a few probe flyby and return missions. The probe was there to stay, but fortunately for Val her lander had the fuel to get back home- even if I over-timewarped and ended up going pointy end forward at 40km on a Munar return trajectory- with 120% re-entry heating too! SAS to retrograde and frantic spacebar smashing meant Val survived and returned on the next pass, bringing some juicy science and smelling faintly of burnt hair after the full force of re-entry came blasting in the window... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavscout74 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Started off with some adjustments to my CF-02 Cobra, eliminating the ground-looping issues. Also did some stall testing - power off with gear & flaps down, it stalls right at 30 m/s. For power-on stalls, well, it's TWR is >1 so that wasn't really happening. Maybe a vertical climb up until the engine starts losing significant power. Then it was time for a test flight of the crewed Mun orbiter. The first try ended up 9 m/s short of completing the return to Kerbin maneuver so a quick revert & redesign (still haven't started career, just testing designs & tweaking the tech tree) was called for. The improved version got back to Kerbin with nearly 400 m/s dV remaining, allowing for a final deceleration burn just before reentry. Somehow in the process Jeb disappeared - he wasn't on EVA, wasn't showing up in the tracking station, wasn't even listed in the astronaut complex (not even as KIA initially). After the mission, he showed up on the KIA list - apparently when he tried to reenter the capsule after an EVA, he was krakened into solar orbit & died. Had to do a little text editing to fix that. Initial version: Improved version with larger SRB & stretched radial fuel tanks Booster separation with Mun in the background: Mun transfer Mun arrival - entered a ~100km circular orbit, stepped down to a 50km orbit to simulate rendezvous with a lander, then departed for home from the 50 km orbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadOaks Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) Garnet 8, an orbital telescope platform, taking high resolution imagery of the Mun. Selene 5 Lander making a nighttime transfer burn. Staging event during an unmanned demonstration flight of the Amity crew vehicle. I take A LOT of screenshots, mostly because I enjoy paging through them when I don't have time to play. I tried throwing some of the ones from this week into a video as an experiment: Edited May 7, 2021 by BadOaks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) I made my longest-range SSTO yet. It can do a round trip to Laythe's ocean surface without refueling, and has enough fuel that it doesn't even need to aerocapture on return to KSC. She has about 6000 m/s vacuum dV upon reaching 100 km Kerbin orbit. Carries a crew of two and a small external (underslung) payload. https://kerbalx.com/Brikoleur/Billbo Edited May 7, 2021 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerfinon Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Multam in Parvo - Early game mission for an uncrewed launch to pass the Karmen line... Just a simple probe. Launches for the heavens And reaches 471 kms height (and lost all the fins due to extreme heat). This little guy packed a punch! Sadly, the probe burned up on re-entry (not shown, still too soon ). Now, if I could only steer the thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L0ck0n Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Updated my mod and played some Spintires and DCS in KSP xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Moving an rover on Minmus, contract completed. It was tumbling while passing the marker and disintegrated a bit later. The real weird thing was that it was nothing wrong with the rover at all, that is until I moved it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peridoot Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 On 5/5/2021 at 11:21 AM, Martian Emigrant said: Hey all. Today Valentina led a multi-species voyage of discovery to Minmus. For all Sentient Kinds. ME is it just me or are the MLP kerbals the most cursed things i have ever seen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Kerbal Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 (edited) Ion users- You have my respect. I just did a 37 minute asteroid capture burn. Edited May 8, 2021 by Wizard Kerbal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotel26 Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Wizard Kerbal said: 37 minute Very likely you already know this, too, but since I discovered it very late, for anyone else who doesn't know: Shift-Period increases 'physics' warp, even in space, allowing engines to keep firing and netting up to a 4x speed-up in time progression. Congratulations on your 'catch'! If it's not at least a Size E, you should throw it back. Edited May 8, 2021 by Hotel26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Kerbal Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 1 minute ago, Hotel26 said: Very likely you already know this, too, but since I discovered it very late, for anyone else who doesn't know: Shift-Period increases 'physics' warp, even in space, allowing engines to keep firing and netting up to a 4x speed-up in time progression. On console, if you exit warp too quick it stops you from warping again. So yeah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotel26 Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 1 minute ago, Wizard Kerbal said: On console, if you exit warp too quick it stops you from warping again. Congratulations, console users- You have my respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Kerbal Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 (edited) Usually I wait 5 seconds before doing anything else, but I over-warped a bit and had to immediately burn. And If I leave the console alone for 2 minutes, it pauses the game. Here's my solution: It keeps the camera moving WAIT NO ITS GONNA BE AN ENTIRE HOUR BECAUSE THE IN-GAME TIME IS 3x SLOWER THAN IRL Edited May 8, 2021 by Wizard Kerbal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotel26 Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 You've invented the 'joystick dongle'!! You should get royalties... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Kerbal Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 (edited) My controller died I have a solution: Charge the computer which charges the controller Edited May 8, 2021 by Wizard Kerbal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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