GoSlash27

We do not negotiate with terrorists. Killing those hostages will merely further cement public opinion against your dastardly cause. Come out now, and we *might* be lenient. -Slashy

Jar Jar Binks gets his tongue stuck in the generator, rendering you defenseless. I beat up George Lucas and throw you off the hill. My hill.

Thinking about this one today because I'm trying something similar; a circumnavigation by glider with no control surfaces. I'm almost on day 6... Best, -Slashy

These days my favorite activities are dreamed up by others in the challenge section. Pretty much all airplanes because (to me) aerodynamics is the most challenging part of KSP Best, -Slashy

Yup. That's why they call it "fine print". I've seen them offer cheap contracts to set up a kolniya orbit around Kerbol. Gotta know what you're getting into before you accept the contract... Best, -Slashy

I knock out your shield generator with AT-ATs and assault your hill with star destroyers/ stormtroopers. The Emperor's hill.

Foxster, We're gliding for all we're worth! Oh. I can see from your screenshot that you didn't. Best, -Slashy

1987 Buick Grand National. They don't build 'em like that anymore

The way I do it is by limiting my climb rate. NMT 500 m/sec up to 25 km altitude, then NMT 100 m/sec up to 32 km altitude. Once at 32 km, maintain altitude until periapsis is established, then use just enough throttle to maintain it. It sounds like you're climbing too rapidly, which will cause you to be too slow at altitude, which runs you out of air. You need to have low enough wing loading to climb efficiently at terminal velocity (about 1.0 Cl per tonne), enough intake area (about .018 m^2 per engine) and enough engine (about 1 turbojet per 15 tonnes or 1 RAPIER per 10 tonnes. As an aside... lifting 300 tonnes with a spaceplane sounds like a nightmare. A vertical turbojet lifter would make a lot more sense for that job IMO. Best, -Slashy

... Except that if they actually counted in ternary they wouldn't have instruments that displayed digits higher than 2, nor would the 3 main sections of the throttle be subdivided into 5s. Fun concept, tho' -Slashy

Rebalanced the glider, added some panels, and had another go. I shot myself in the foot this time; I dumped 10km altitude on the first day at sunset because I wasn't confident of the glider's ability to continue without power. I needn't have worried. It glides just fine. This means I have to run it one more time, but first I want to try Batz-10K's method. I think he's onto something better. Best, -Slashy

Excellent work! I think you'll have that altitude record for a long while and that's an amazing distance for an intact glider. I wonder if it's possible to ditch the wings completely and shoot for a 70 km apoapsis? You might be able to nearly circumnavigate Kerbin... Best, -Slashy

I poisoned Ethanadams' food supply with rattlesnake venom. Nobody's hill.

SemiaCloud, I think you are missing the point of this thread Best, -Slashy

This one is years old: An approaching supercell thunderstorm. You can see the strong downdraft present in the leading edge, which causes a distinct rolling shelf on the leading edge. We get big weather out here in the midwest. This was from last winter. We had a cold snap with wind chill down to -52*F (-47*C). I soaked a t-shirt, held it out in the wind, and flash-froze it into that shape. Best, -Slashy

Classic! "He is an 'alibut. I chose him out of thousands. Didn't like the others; they were all too flat..."

After today's flight, I think I was just lucky. It was dynamically stable at 15* nose up. I hadn't designed or tested it for that, it just happened to be right. I had a similar situation tonight, and I trimmed it out before the battery died. This time, it didn't make any difference. It crashed and burned as soon as the battery went flat. Best, -Slashy

I've only managed to have lucid dreams a handful of times, and of those I was only able to dictate them twice. This was a result of being on medication that induced sleep paralysis as a side effect. Recognizing that you're not awake helps you in that situation, and it eventually leads to lucid dreaming. Pretty neat when it happens, but not worth the cost IMO. Best, -Slashy

New entry for NCS class. I hope it's legal, 'cuz I ditched the dead weight when I was done with it. http://s52.photobucket.com/user/GoSlash27/slideshow/KSP/TengliderII http://wikisend.com/download/947334/TengliderII.craft As you can see, I was still over 10km altitude when the juice went out, so I was in a position to go a whole lot farther... Best, -Slashy

That's affirmative. If your craft has control surfaces on it, then it's in open class. Best, -Slashy

Scratchin' mah head... Good question! I don't know It held a nice 15* nose up after the lights went out, so either the reaction wheels still work on a dead battery or else it happened to have the CoG in a convenient spot. Best, -Slashy

Okay, here's my entry (no control surfaces): http://wikisend.com/download/415872/tenglider.craft I know there's room for improvement, but that was almost 2 hours! Good enough for me... Best, -Slashy

haha I ran out of daylight and still had 2 km altitude left. Luckily, I trimmed it out before the battery died, so it's a waiting game for it to end at this point. Entry coming... Best, -Slashy

I saw that. A man after my own heart! But somebody who uses control surfaces will beat your record even if they're not trying to infiniglide. Best, -Slashy

The problem is that it is too easy to infiniglide, even not trying to. The only way to avoid it is to ban control surfaces. Best, -Slashy