jacobgong

display issue

It's a bug with tweakables on resources with 0 max amount, such as electric charge on engines. Current amount becomes invalid and makes all calculations of mass invalid.

you are constantly under gravity's acceleration regardless of what you are doing. orbiting only make the ground go away, it doesn't stop you from falling. The way to save fuel is to fall faster, so you are under acceleration for shorter. And no, killing horizontal speed does not make you fall slower. there's one screenshot were I right clicked the lab's door showing the other kerbals. the kerbals did not go onto the ground, they stood on the fuel tank. It still counts as landed according to the EVA report and surface sample taken.

There's 2 more in the lab, at least 1 screenshot shows that the lab is also filled at the same time as the pods. killing horizontal speed at any point is ok and has no effect on fuel efficiency, as long as you do perfectly horizontal burns instead of retrograde, as for laythe, since the stage is connected via docking port, delta v calculations are incorrect. it will show to have 3,900 total with decouplers. you can try it yourself.

Of course it's gonna be OP because all rockets take less dV to launch with FAR especially when you have no cargo. Also learn to use the tweakables, fixes roll sensitivity very nicely.

SSTO shuttle

smaller screenshots pls, those are too huge I can barely see past the clock on the corner.

Obviously we can't thank you enough for making one of if not THE best mod ever. However it was pure evil to keep us hanging with those unbelievably sexy screenshots. Could've released just the model with no working CFGs in the development thread, I really don't care about the bugs, nor do I care if it really flies, I just wanted to play around with the fantastic models and you wouldn't let us.

ok how do you push?

You mind at least telling us how this works?

The B9 intergraded science instrument pack, 2 Novapunch launch engines, 2 KW vacuum engines and docking strut to reinforce the Laythe modules.

I think an Eve return lander could be done bwtween 200-300 tones, with stock parts and the small lander (no seat).

you don't need that many parachutes, nor do you need that big of a lander to do this.

514 tones, 16717.6 science, 1 refuel, Jeb level, 3 kerbals per moon 5 total. I think that's enough to unlock everything. http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/68262-The-ultimate-Jool-5-challenge-514-tones-16717-6-science?p=944996#post944996

This was supposed to be a single launch mission but I ended up a bit short from getting back so had to launch a 10 tone rescue probe for a return burn.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/67343-Simple-balance-changes-for-stock-parts Good, I was getting tired of the modul manager notations and stuff, now I can just download your version instead. Problems with stock parts: -The radial engines are totally useless because you can just add a structure part and use an inline engine for better performance -the 1 thrust parts are uselss, I gave them 5 thrust instead. Still pretty useless. -Poodle and the 48-7s have the same problem but in reverse. poodle's TWR is lower than that other 50 thrust engine. so It is just better to get 4 of those instead of the Poodle. And the 48-7S has insane TWR way better than anything else, so you can prettymuch replace every other engine by stacking it. -all three stock reaction wheels have the same 20 torque. However they have different masses at 0.2, 0.3, and 0.5. And it is the big one that weighs the least. -mini cube is OP just because it weighs nothing. In general, bigger parts should have better performance than stacked smaller parts. That means better TWR, less mass (structure and wings) and higher ISP. But for stock parts.

500 tone Jeb level with most science run. Currently 500m/s short from returning home, gotta launch a 10t rescue pack to get the back.

Yes, there is no such thing as realistic self-sufficient space craft.

which isn't your job, you're just for the "concept" while someone else does the stuff in Unity right? Maybe you could've made that clear.

what code? you mind share some of it?

Obviously, it is easier to not have it detachable.

It would be more interesting to have the orange tank as the only fuel tank. Or else it just becomes a standard SSTO cargo capacity challenge.

I know they are similar, but I don't think he copied yours because of his total lack of consideration shows that he's not the kind of person who would look through old challenges.

they don't have physical significance and therefore do not weigh anything regardless of their mass. You can try setting their mass to 100 and put 10 on your tiny lander, it still flies.

struts and landing gears don't have weight, are they not allowed? What counts as crashing? Also, what is and is not a structural mod?