totm june 2018 Work-in-Progress [WIP] Design Thread

[selfish_meme]

1 hour ago, seiryu said:

Today, I made working stock railway coupling.

It's lock perfect and it can be removed by one move !

 

So the legs pushing, lock and unlock it?

[seiryu]

28 minutes ago, selfish_meme said:

So the legs pushing, lock and unlock it?

well, dose legs are working as springs. to unlock,just push unlock lever.

[qzgy]

There's a really pretty plane called the Bugatti 100P.

Originally designed for an air race, it was never completed. Started work on a replica of it.

[Castille7]

 

It's been a long time since Space Laboratories actually did anything in space these days. Recently I was reminded of an old Station I enjoyed back in 2015, it was having serious structural problems and got put on the back burners. I started working on it again with some new ideas and I've got the craft working very well. I plan to release this one soon.

At first I named the craft Eve Station MK9 because the core of the station was using 9 MK1 lander cans. Now it's named Eve Sat 1.

I left the Fuel Tanks, Nose Cone and Reaction Wheels for now.

Spoiler

 

Photo from it's first Orbit in 2015

 

 

Edited December 3, 2017 by Castille7

[kapteenipirk]

Time for an end of the year update.

The new KDI post is up, witch means that i can finally start emptying the majority of my backlog of crafts.

First of witch will be the upgraded KBM-300 that i promised a long time ago. It took a little extra work to get it done as one of the newer updates crippled it, causing the launch box to brake apart every-time i tried to lift it up.

Luckily, all it needed was a few struts. I also threw in a couple extra upgrades in there aswell.

So here's a couple shots from the first successful test launch in a long time.

Spoiler

The second test launch was a complete success.

Now, lets see what happens when i crash the missile on the runway

Just a little hop and a nice landing with minimal damage. It truly is solid as a rock this time

EDIT: Hmm...looks like it's time to upgrade the old trailer hitching system as-well.

 

EDIT: Looks like the new hitching system doesn't work that well either.

 

Other stuff that will be coming this month includes:

UCS HE 111 (as promised)

Two new Tornado crafts

and two new carriers with a new 3 new carrier planes and 3 new replica carrier planes.

And of-course some stuff to the KDI post.

Edited December 4, 2017 by kapteenipirk

[selfish_meme]

A little experimentation, I have progressed to a walker, but it is not very stable yet

 

[qzgy]

5 hours ago, selfish_meme said:

A little experimentation, I have progressed to a walker, but it is not very stable yet

It looks good so far! Better than my attempts with multibearing machines.

[seiryu]

In these days, I made full stock canon. That has capability of launching bullet in 745km/s.

It doesn't using decoupler or engines. So, I think it's new technologies.

By the way, my friend also made canon with this technologies.

He said he was able to fire bullet in 9 times faster than lightspead.  

 

Edited December 6, 2017 by seiryu

[Kryten 2X4B 523P]

Just a little something Im working on - explorer / crew transfer ship, 12 passengers, 2 science lab personnel and 3 in the command cockpit make for a total crew of 17, and equipped with 3 small relay sats for a local probe / comms network around whatever body it can reach. Almost 5800Dv in Kerbin Orbit and a TWR of 0.51

Still needs some tweaking but Im pretty happy with it. so far.

 

[Castille7]

EVE SAT 1
Update: 12/09/2017

 

Eve Sat 1 is as Satellite I returned to Eve's Orbit from a previous build in 2015. I thought it would be neat to send a craft I build named SpaceTech to the Satellite and maybe attempt to shuttle to Eve and back with the help of a few fuel supply missions. It's taken two trips of fuel supply to get into orbit with Eve Sat 1, I will now need additional fuel to dock and also a refueling station on eve to return to the Satellite. Not sure if SpaceTech will be able to land on Eve I'll find this out with testing, I don't do the math I usually just dive in head first, sort the troubles out with hindsight and it's all fun to me.

 

Eve Sat 1 in Eve's Orbit

Spoiler

 

This is the same Launcher used for SpaceTech heading out with a small fuel pod

This is the second rendezvous with the fuel pod in Eve's Orbit 

 

In Orbit with Eve Sat 1 waiting on more Fuel

 

 

 

Edited December 9, 2017 by Castille7

[Servo]

I built a F-104a ... Or did I?

This was a speedbuild challenge I gave myself: built, tested, and finished in 3 hours, 1:1 scale.

I may tweak a few more things, particularly the wings and nose for more photorealism, but it's pretty much done.

Edited December 10, 2017 by Servo

[He_162]

4 hours ago, Servo said:

I built a F-104a ... Or did I?

This was a speedbuild challenge I gave myself: built, tested, and finished in 3 hours, 1:1 scale.

I may tweak a few more things, particularly the wings and nose for more photorealism, but it's pretty much done.

Beautiful! I think I like it more than some of my cars.

[Yukon0009]

WIP C-130 and B-29.

 

Edit: C-130 now has a working (sort of) ramp

Edited December 10, 2017 by Yukon0009

[Castille7]

I need to setup some comms at Kerbin for my space exploration projects. Here's one of three I plan to put in a stationary orbit. Right now I am using RCS for positioning and I may switch to the dawn engines.

Spoiler

 

[pTrevTrevs]

I am (maybe) back from the abyss, after not playing this game for so long, for so many different reasons. I don't know if I can really count this post as a WIP craft since I don't know if I want to publish these craft or not, I really just made them in order to try and shake off this KSP burnout I've had for the last eight months or so, but all the same, I do want to try and get back into enjoying KSP to the same degree I used to, and that involves posting on the forums again, so here I am, and here this is...

This is the core module of my new space station, named Marius, in orbit around the Mun. I've decided that the best thing to keep me interested is to do things that I've never done in the game before, and as embarrassing as it may be to admit, I've never actually made a Mun-orbiting space station or surface base. So hopefully I can get this station built up to a respectable level, and then begin construction of a base on the surface.

My naming scheme for this new generation of craft is based on Roman historical figures, Marius being the general who first introduced the concept of a Roman professional army as opposed to the citizen-soldier based armies of before. This image shows Scipio, named after Scipio Africanus, who defeated Hannibal in the Second Punic War at the Battle of Zama. It follows Soyuz's layout, with an orbital module at the front for extra living space and from which to conduct spacewalks, however, I think I've managed to keep it away from the general Russian aesthetic, which I don't really like quite so much as modern American and European designs (fight me, Korolev).

I'm not using any mods other than Kerbal Engineer, Editor Extensions, and a few visual enhancement mods, but I used a storage bay (that's what they're called, yeah?) for the service module with the idea that I can leave empty space inside to install special equipment for certain missions or KIS storage boxes, should I ever decide to use the required mods.

Here's the first mission to the station underway at last. Hopefully, the extra time I've had lately will continue to be forthcoming, and I'll have a chance in the next few days to install some more modules to the station which will allow it to support regular missions to the surface.

Sorry for the long post. It feels good to be back, I just hope it will last.

[Majorjim!]

11 hours ago, pTrevTrevs said:

I am (maybe) back from the abyss,

Good to see you (maybe) back mate! I saw your name and thought, ooh, I haven't seen them in a while. You make awesome craft man so we are always happy to see what you have.

[pTrevTrevs]

12 hours ago, Majorjim! said:

Good to see you (maybe) back mate! I saw your name and thought, ooh, I haven't seen them in a while. You make awesome craft man so we are always happy to see what you have.

I'll make one more quick post here regarding my efforts to get back in, and then any future posts about this station I'll make in Mission Reports, since it seems more appropriate there than here.

The second module contains extra radiators and solar cells (modeled after the Scipio type), as well as four docking ports and a small set of ore tanks so I don't have to wait to send a dedicated storage module over before I can begin making ground bases.

The delivery vehicle is just a modified Scipio service module, with the rendezvous radar (or what is intended to represent it) moved to the back and a protective collar in place of the connector to the descent module. Once it delivered the Forward Node to Marius it was sent back to Kerbin as a final test of the Scipio's ability to do so, as well as to see just how much reentry would tear it up, so I know if it's practical to send unneeded equipment (namely cargo tankers) back to Kerbin for disposal or simply wreck them on the far side of the Mun.

The station's current state, with the new Node module docked on the left and Scipio 2 docked at the rear. Node 1 is intended to be a berth for a future docking module to house another Scipio or its upcoming cargo variant, and another module for an as-yet-undetermined purpose. The core module's unused ports will in the future house a truss section for a main solar array, as well as an airlock module and an observation/communications module, probably with a cupola. That's my plan, anyway.

This makes my second manual rendezvous with the station, I believe I'm beginning to get the hang of it again.

[SaturnianBlue]

@pTrevTrevs These design are great! There's a really neat quality to them with the attention to detail. I haven't posted much on this thread for a long while.

[dukbob]

I built a rocket once, but its TWR was less than 1. SO... I decided to copy the first stage 4 times so now instead of having 5 vector engines it has 25 vectors and a TWR of 6. I would share it with you, but I don't know how.

 

[Kryten 2X4B 523P]

After a complete rebuild Ive now got this:

101 Kerbal capacity, 3 relay sats, and 5k Dv.  460 ish parts not including launcher.

shame we dont have rotating parts (and Im crap at bearings!)

[hurdurdur]

So i doodled around with low tech ssto-s and the inefficiency at low tech just ate my heart out. So i made this, hope it inspires someone

 

 

[selfish_meme]

Just want to show you guys something, I updated my PC and had a crack at getting this working

 

[He_162]

Work time on these projects is scarce with school, but I am working on a couple new cars:
-Finishing the DeLorean. Better late than never, and soon, we won't have to worry about being late.
-2020 Tesla Roadster. Ludicrous? No. This thing's gone plaid.

[Castille7]

EVE SAT 1
Update: 12/18/2017

 

After three rendezvous fueling up SpaceTech in Eve's Orbit I was able to dock with Eve Sat 1. After doing so I released the empty fuel pods. These fuel pods will need some work for better handling, docking was not too smooth. Next I will reduce Eve Sat 1's Orbit for a better view and communication setup.

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

[Pixel of Life]

An 18-kerbal orbital shuttle, for when you've got places to be and want to get there in style. Still lacks RCS because I haven't been able to come up with a good layout for the thrusters. I also don't really like the big rectangular slot in the middle, I'll have to do something about that. I think I'll try making the tail(s) shorter so they form a flat-bottomed V shape with the thing in front of the gap.

(Yes, it has a rear wing. No, it doesn't do anything. But everyone knows rear wing = instant +50 horsepower!)

Edited December 20, 2017 by CaptainKorhonen