What's YOUR crazy KSP invention!?

[LtHeckard]

One of my crazy inventions was an ejection seat w/ Parachute. What's your craziest KSP invention?!

[Tiron]

Well I've got two in this one: The craziest landing method ever for an SSTO (which I've used on two planes, but it's much crazier on this one, which is much larger and heavier than the other), and the craziest rover storage/deployment mechanism ever:

[LtHeckard]

Dude that is the coolest SSTO ever!!!

[Whackjob]

[Specialist290]

Mine's actually fairly similar to Tiron's, except for two key differences:

1. There's no SSTO spaceplane involved, but that's because

2. I cut out the middle man and just have the rover land itself.

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[magnemoe]

#Whackjob

/tread

[SofusRud]

Mine was a reverse Space shuttle that i built for the heck of it. What i mean by reverse space shuttle is that it takes off like a plane and lands like a rocket, which is the opposite of what the space shuttle did. Wings and a bunch of jet engines would bring it up to about 25km, flying around 1500m/s. then the wings would detach and the SRBs that make up most of the rocket would fire sequentially. I got an orbital flight with this design and was attempting to build a Lunar lander version before i lost my save file.

Not sure if it was the most efficient way of doing things though.

[Psykikk]

wow. awesome thing. i especially love the mechanisms of rotating hull parts and the gyroscopic lift... what mod is / are those ?

thx in advance

[Whatshtisthis]

I got a... stock turret mechanism in the making, currently taking my time with it(Dammit, laziness).

Here's the experiment on the idea, I'm working on one which is less messy than this.

[Hello moto]

Guys seriously stop posting, Whackjob already won.

[katateochi]

That rotating mid section on Tiron's SSTO is very cool. I like that! Do you use Qstruts during flight to keep it from flexing?

This thread has reminded me that I need to return to more insane things. I've become too sensible in the last few versions, launching things that look like rockets!

So, here's a house being air lifted into place (it's quite a big house, 3 floors, 3 bedrooms and an upstairs terrace with bar)

more pics with inside view and craft download here

Some of you might have seen the vids of FRANK (MKI & MKII)

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But I think one of my earlier creations is still my most crazy; a rocket that launched upside down, then back-fliped and re-launched, all just to make boarding 15 kerbals easier (this was before even the crew manifest mod) so I could fly them out to the night club I'd landed on Mun (and I think the club also gets a couple of crazy points!)

Jump to 0:50 to see the crazy launch or just enjoy da tunes!

[Whackjob]

Guys seriously stop posting, Whackjob already won.

No I didn't. Keep posting folks. I get many ideas this way! I don't pretend even for a second that I'm somehow the king of crazy builds.

[Bishop149]

I know for a fact I haven't done anything half as mad as many people here. . . but

I like the below. . . it is capable of getting almost anywhere in system (and back from most places. . . as long as it doesn't land!) and is TINY, an MkI cockpit with 3 ion engines, as much Xenon as I can cram on and 4 XL solar panels . . . its not fast however.

I'm fond of the idea of a Kerbal being confined to a single chair (with no food obviously) for years at a time on interplanetary transits.

Jet 1st stage rockets?

Actually work bloody well. . . . not quite as weight efficient as a proper spaceplane but a damn sight easier to fly!

[mellojoe]

i made a flying saucer!

(only mod used is Procedural Fairings)

It can fly, fold up landing gear inside, and carries a single Kerbal.

Here's my Dropbox link, including a video

[RawChicken]

A 1 wheel rover! I did more actually, only recorded this one..More to come when i buy a new screen!

a 1 wheel rover! I did more actually, only recorded this one

[ArmchairGravy]

I figured kerbalnauts needed a place to unwind after missions, and all that screaming must make them thirsty, so...Space Bar:

[Whackjob]

Darn it. Now I want to put an AEIA on the Mun. Or Duna.

[SpaceSphereOfDeath]

Darn it. Now I want to put an AEIA on the Mun. Or Duna.

Or both at once with a really long pole.

I can never tell if something seems sarcastic, or a challenge with you whackjob

[skipan]

This is my Kethane "Explorer".

It has a Kethane Scaner and 3 Drills / Converters.

With 3 Rocket and 3 (Kethane powered)Jet engines it can fly on any planet. I managed to fly it to and on eve. how ever the jet engines are to weak there and i had to fly it "hybrid".

http://imgur.com/a/v8STr#0

Edited October 4, 2013 by skipan

[Whackjob]

Or both at once with a really long pole.

I've tried that. You can't have a ship more than 2.5km long.

I can never tell if something seems sarcastic, or a challenge with you whackjob

That's a good thing. Keep everyone on their toes. Most of all myself...

[LtHeckard]

Dude, that's a really awesome design, I never even thought about making a 1 wheel rover!

[Galane]

You all have me beat on crazy, but I have put together a reasonably functional exo-atmospheric kinetic kill vehicle with indefinite on-orbit loiter time. forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/51115-Ship-to-ship-kinetic-energy-transfer-test-report

'Course despite the word "armed" in the project name, Alan Aerospace Recycling and Packaging glosses over the whole weaponry thing with terms like Smart Kinetic Energy Transfer Module. It's not a *missile* it's a "Carrier Vehicle". ;-)

[Joshington]

Space station kit:

Dodging learning how to rendezvous since 2013.

[Brapness]

Something I've posted on the forums before but I'm pretty proud of it (and it took me bleeding ages). It was a real pain to fly and I doubt I'll be doing anything quite so ambitious for a while...

[SoldierHair]

I wanted to explore the ocean.And so i did.