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Once she's ready to take wing...

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...gently into that good night we shall not go. (This whole poem has probably been way overused since the film came out...)

It actually has a fourth module docked now, meaning the ring is one third complete. I reckon another day or two and Stargazer will be ready to go :)

Endurance replica hype confirmed.

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Once she's ready to take wing...

http://i.imgur.com/C1zIVtM.png

...gently into that good night we shall not go. (This whole poem has probably been way overused since the film came out...)

It actually has a fourth module docked now, meaning the ring is one third complete. I reckon another day or two and Stargazer will be ready to go :)

Getting the final docking port to attach is the trick... Mine was skewed just slightly somewhere near the beginning, so by the time I had closed the loop, the last two ports were out by roughly the docking port's radius, and, well.... I used KAS winches to pull it into alignment, and to hold it together once engines were lit, but it didn't go so well at that point, physics said no.

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Working on what I hope to be a long range SSTO. I was doing some testing with clipping parts, and realized I could clip some of the mk2 tanks in such a way that I would have a squarish edge. I liked it, and I'm running with it.

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Why can't I focus on anything in KSP? R-SUV is still not updated on 0.25, but even as I was testing the Duna '69 thingy I glanced at the devnotes, and bam, here I am on yet another promising tangent. :rolleyes:

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Notice the 0.98 TWR and 4.5km/s delta-v. Yeah, that was plain luck, this was a production test to see if I could switch root and make the whole thing work with the spaceplane being the last stage. And you should see how the CoM moves as I empty the fuel tank... almost a straight line.

Rune. Sometimes these things look almost intentional in KSP.

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you just remove the wings lol :P

While true, it is a complete redesign. The whole thing is much smaller, with a completely new body & larger legs. I also removed all the custom parts in the body & neck, so now it's only B9 & IR.

After I perfect the body, I will stick wings & engines back on to have the MRK V Raynos. This is an alpha build. Smallest one yet

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While true, it is a complete redesign. The whole thing is much smaller, with a completely new body & larger legs. I also removed all the custom parts in the body & neck, so now it's only B9 & IR.

After I perfect the body, I will stick wings & engines back on to have the MRK V Raynos. This is an alpha build. Smallest one yet

http://i.imgur.com/1bwB5Mn.png

looking cool clown baby

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Well, the MAKS tangent is paying off... It flies!

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I've even managed to figure out the separation!

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The road to development of this thing, however, is paved with lots of explosions...

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Those are intentionally dark photos, of course. Totally intentional. See, this is clearly a military secret project, and those do the test flying when no one is looking... right?

Rune. I have found out, having a fully loaded Mryia blow up on the runway is not very good for the runway. ^^'

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Stargazer is progressing nicely. There doesn't seem to be much in the way of deviation from the correct orientation in any of the docking ports. I did have to go and reset the position once or twice but it's looking pretty straight for now. Four more modules and I'll be seeing the result, I guess.

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Upon docking the 8th module (3rd engine pod), I then realised that I was close to bankrupting my space agency, so I launched an emergency probe to Minmus to complete a contract, and now I've got to sort out a Mun base so I can plant flags all the time...

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Stargazer is progressing nicely. There doesn't seem to be much in the way of deviation from the correct orientation in any of the docking ports. I did have to go and reset the position once or twice but it's looking pretty straight for now. Four more modules and I'll be seeing the result, I guess.

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

Upon docking the 8th module (3rd engine pod), I then realised that I was close to bankrupting my space agency, so I launched an emergency probe to Minmus to complete a contract, and now I've got to sort out a Mun base so I can plant flags all the time...

Holy kerbal, dude, that's epic! Hope you'll have no problem with wobbling

P.S. if you need funds for your project, just tell me! I have some excess kerbals... :D

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It's...

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...it's...

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...581 parts?!

(Also, essentially finished!)

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And that's with no Rangers docked or any base modules slapped on to the sides :0.0:

It looks to be structurally stable, mostly. The final docking port turned out to be less than half a port's width out of alignment, which is pretty spectacular all things considered. The KAS struts are holding things in place nicely for the moment, but I haven't conducted any engine tests yet; the 12 ion engines will produce around 180kN of thrust total, so hopefully the ship won't tear itself apart spontaneously. Obviously, they aren't your run-of-the-mill electric propulsion systems seeing as they produce a whopping 15kN of thrust each, but they're balanced with the stock ion engines, with just a slight improvement on thrust. Also, I highly doubt they'll be running out of fuel too soon...

On a related note, I don't suppose anyone knows if that Ubiozor welding mod is functional in 0.25? I could use it about now :rolleyes:

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