The "no-engined" flyer challenge!

[Tw1]

though most just pop into smoke randomly, so these are the (un)lucky survivors:

Perhaps, they'd stay on if the unbreakable joints thing was on. Could we?

[Themohawkninja]

Perhaps, they'd stay on if the unbreakable joints thing was on. Could we?

No, I said no cheats.

[Scott_H]

LMAO! I did not see this coming at all!

Just a taste of things to come, currently trying to fill it up on the runway

[Themohawkninja]

Just a taste of things to come, currently trying to fill it up on the runway

0.o

Oh... dear...

[Tw1]

No, I said no cheats.

Fair enough. This craft works without it.

10*5*782=39100

I reckon I can go for ten kerbals at this speed, if I load the rest on, and fly more carefully.

I'll be back tomorrow.

Edited August 5, 2013 by Tw1

[zarakon]

http://i.imgur.com/HxQKXzF.png

I've seen my share of disaster debris fields in the sky, but nothing quite like that!

[skykooler]

Just a taste of things to come, currently trying to fill it up on the runway

...

wut.

If I count correctly, you've got...256 seats on there?

[0muffins0]

Just a taste of things to come, currently trying to fill it up on the runway

272 seats I think O_O

I just tried dropping kerbals down into a hopper (because those seats really lag the game). Totally worked ... until I clipped the ground and spilt kerbals everywhere.

[Scott_H]

...If I count correctly, you've got...256 seats on there?

huehuehuehue, 272, there is another flap of 16 hanging in the back

Although I did fill it up and I was running at around 4 fps, so I cut the top off so now it's just 144

[automcdonough]

why use seats at all? one of the score multipliers is weight, might as well just spam full command pods?

[Scott_H]

why use seats at all? one of the score multipliers is weight, might as well just spam full command pods?

/really/ hard to move something that massive at any reasonable speed, I tired to make something huge but It wouldn't fly xD

[zarakon]

your seats look like they're facing sideways

time to redo them all!

[Scott_H]

your seats look like they're facing sideways

time to redo them all!

They are all facing sideways, make no difference to me

[Skorpychan]

This is completely absurd. Flagrant abuse of the scoring system leading to outlandishly silly designs.

I love it.

I vote that 0muffins0 should get an honorary mention for the glitch, though.

[iDan122]

Just a taste of things to come, currently trying to fill it up on the runway

Mein.. fukin... Got.(My.. f***ing.. God!)

[Scott_H]

25.2 m/s

210.15 T

96 Kerbals

25.2*210.15*(96+1) = 513690.66 to top my previous score

And for the proof:

Speed: in air right after the upper wings ripped off and it's about to split in half, it's not really stable xD

Weight: info screen while on the runway

Kerbals: 3x4 for each column, 8 columns , so 96 kerbals total

Taken from the suggestion before to keep the kerbals in command pods, sadly my wing made of kerbals didn't get to fly, I lagged out sadly, so I made this that still caused me to change textures down to low being it's over 600 parts, I did manage to barely fly it at around 12 fps, with a take off taking up a good 5 mins to slide off the edge of the runway.

[Themohawkninja]

That is absolutely absurd!

Too bad your giant 272 (or however many it was) seat flyer lagged out.

[Scott_H]

Too bad your giant 272 (or however many it was) seat flyer lagged out.

Turns out when you stuff 272 kerbals in one spot, if you tip the slightest bit off the runway, they kinda explode into one another and just fall apart into ragdoll mode, and when you have 270+ kerbals in ragdoll on a moving plane, it tends to break computers, I wish I could have done it though

Although, This design here is expandable, I can fit more and more on the back as each section can lift itself and a little more, so if I /really/ felt like it, I could run it at around 1 fps and takeoff with even more than this

[Tw1]

Looks like this challange is geting to the point where it's as much a CPU challenge as a player skill challenge.

Seeing Scott-H's clever use of command pods, and 10x bigger-than-the-rest score, I decided to modify my approach, adding more weight, and more kerbals.

But I like my infinigliders fast.

It took many hours to create a design that didn't pull itself to bits before getting any decent speed.

One problem was that the craft would pitch wildly as it rose, but this turned out to be more of a piloting problem. By using Q and E to accelerate instead, SAS would hold my direction, and I just had to avoid rolling.

I set graphics settings to minimum, and turned down the window resolution, as well as clearing all other vessels from the space center. But then I was quite impressed with how my computer handheld this monster.

I was even able to add more struts.

Weight on the pad:

There are 21 kerbals. 12 in Mk3 cockpits, 5 in Mk1 cockpits, and 4 on external seats.

One extra on the ground, to give the "plane" a kick to get it going.

Then, some careful wiggling, and the chain reaction slowly begins.

Here is a screenshot just after disassembly started, showing maximum speed:

21kerbals.

43.01 tons.

461m/s.

416379.81 points.

Turns out much of the thing held together, and continued to fly for 95km, before crashing into the sea at 587.9m/s.

I could probably bolt on a bunch of pods, use a ton more struts, and fly it at a few FPS, but I think this will do.

Edited August 7, 2013 by Tw1

[Themohawkninja]

1252 parts, and your computer could handle it long enough to fly that thing? Your computer is about as impressive as your challenge submissions.

[Tw1]

I could probably bolt on a bunch of pods, use a ton more struts, and fly it at a few FPS, but I think this will do.

I'm in awe of what my computer just put up with.

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Lets see...

10+12+7+5+14=

48 Kerbals.

58.89 Tons

427 Meters per second

Which makes it:

Edit: just realised I've been doing the equation wrong:

427*(48+1)*58.89=

1232155.47 points!

Most epic flight ever. Worth staying up to 3am for.

Anyone else interested in scrounging for CPU power to run a 1606 part craft? It is stock as required.

Edited August 9, 2013 by Tw1

[Scott_H]

I realized that adding more kerbals in pods adds to weight, and by making a system that can can it's own weight and then mirroring it seems to be working quite well, it just isn't stable in flight, so I plan on making a very light carrier that can carry tons of times it's own weight, and then strap tons of pods to it.

With my plane design with the wings covered in kerbals it was quite light in the end, but very laggy on the eva'd kerbals, although the empty plane ran fine a nice 350~ parts, so I made the one with many command pods out of necessity for a lag free craft, the extra weight was just a bonus, and I do plan on making something stupidly big and fast, as in command pods I don't have to worry of flying careful and having them fall out of their seats.

I'm going to edit and show progress below this until I finish my new design

[Tw1]

so I plan on making a very light carrier that can carry tons of times it's own weight, and then strap tons of pods to it.

-snip-

That's more or less how my plane was developed.

See if you can go for two million! Good luck.

If you get there, I might go for three.

[Scott_H]

See if you can go for two million! Good luck.

If you get there, I might go for three.

I will try, and I hope to see what amazing infiglider you can make to get to 3 mil, best of luck to you.

[LukeTheTexan]

well so am I but i shouldn't. the KSP people can REALLY make crazy(correction Krazy) aircraft that can do many things. ive even seen an alcatraz challenge to make a big thing that can fly as for away as possible