FleshJeb

This is Pierce Brosnan's fault.

I'd use two hinges and make a Z. I'd collab, but I'm on an even worse machine now, and I hate loading KSP with only 4GB of RAM.

Welcome back. I missed you!

Wing shape makes no difference to KSP aerodynamics. As long as the center of lift is a little bit behind center of mass, it will be fine.

Grant Imehara (Mythbusters) just passed away from a brain anuerysm at age 49. Seemed like such a good dude. EDIT: Somebody already covered it, never mind.

Well, now I have a more socially acceptable response for why it burns when I pee...

I'm just disappointed that none of you have said, "ISPeeeeeeee" yet.

This is my new favorite thing.

While we're waving around our dV numbers: 7328m/s on orbit, no drag exploits.

Like the real world, it varies with temperature. They modeled the atmosphere on an Earth standard model with different heights. Check the atmo charts here: https://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Kerbin. One really useful tool is the stock AeroGUI, which you can get to with Alt-F12, and it's under the Physics tab. It's turned on in this screenshot, and it's showing the speed of sound at sea level to be about 352m/s: I have another one showing speed of sound as 299m/s at 21.5km altitude. Although, temperature varies with altitude, time of day, and latitude.

You're 100% right. One of the reasons that this sub-forum is my favorite place in the KSP social sphere. Please see the graphs here: https://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/J-33_"Wheesley"_Turbofan_Engine

That UI is worse than the article, and that's saying something. I hope that it be heavily modded (discarded entirely), and that it's not reflective of the general competence of the dev team. Although by the sounds of Adventure Mode, I expect they've spent their time feature-creeping and not focusing on core design. Based on what I've seen so far, I expect I'll delay my decision to purchase for a year or two after release.

Have you ever done a wheely on a bicycle. Same thing. The wheel torque is pitching you. I would just use the regular keys, set the wheels to SAS Only, and turn on the Stability control in the MechJeb rover window.

I’m an anti-materialist—It’s just stuff. I don’t even lock my doors.

@Spacescifi I forget how to multiquote: I couldn't remember the timeline and who rescues him from Psi Corps. Was it Lise or Sheridan? I just assumed he was out of the picture and unrecoverable. Best case is that he settles down with Lise. Sheridan is a very convenient "Mary Sue", which is why killing him off is a really interesting idea. Do The Avengers gel so well without Captain America? If you were to cast Cap in the 80s, you'd pick Bruce Boxleitner. He's a good diplomat partially because he's such a trustworthy boy scout. The whole reason Sheridan could save Earth is that he brought two or three other EarthForce ships and captains with him. That convinced most of the rest of EarthForce to turn against Clarke and stop the missiles instead of getting delayed by a battle. G'Kar just doesn't have the same influence and connections. Also, he's much more of a philosopher than a military commander. I think in his old age he becomes a revered figure, second only to G'Quan. Yep. Even if Earth survived, they'd give into xenophobia and isolationism without a former EarthForce captain as the first President of the League. In B5, Earth is a bit of a stand-in for the U.S....aaaand I'll let you draw your own parallels. It's hard to say--I think he was the weakest actor of the main cast, so I think that really limited what could be written for him in the large story arc. I think he just continues being a damn good doctor who continues to treat all species with maximum care, compassion, and skill. That's a hell of a contribution to peace all on it's own. Franklin and Delenn don't work as a couple, but I think they make excellent friends without having the writers force an awkward romance. My biggest argument against it is that Franklin is WAY into bad girls. Because of his father, he's still a damaged little boy with something to prove. That makes him really obsessively good at his job, but he's got a long way to go. Delenn is a strong, independent, adult woman who wouldn't be attracted to that. I think there's a lot of opportunity for Stephen to experience more growth, but that's a side plot and doesn't fit into the timeline of the story. Lennier is an interesting case. They had that whole story arc where he admits his love for Delenn betrays some people and runs off into the wilderness. I know that really ticked off the actor because he thought it was deeply out of character. I also don't think Lennier and Delenn work as a couple for many of the same reasons as Franklin. I do think he becomes an envoy between the Rangers and the Minbari government, without actually becoming either a Ranger or a politician. His ability to enable and support them would be invaluable. He doesn't have the flexibility and the subtlety to make it in politics, or onto the Grey Council. He probably settles down with a nice Minbari gal that's a good fit for him, settles down and has some kids that he adores.

https://kerbal-maps.finitemonkeys.org/ EDIT: Color Relief mode on this one: https://ksp.deringenieur.net/

Which is doubly ironic because this thread was started as a sly protest to over-moderation of negative things. I still have the group PM that started it. I think it's really good for the community to be able to just TALK and form bonds. I had myself banned for two six-moth stretches because I was so irritated with the notion that having a public, human conversation was not allowed. I'm sure the above violates a rule, but I REALLY don't give a flarp. In an attempt to get back on topic: Work and life are going reasonably well, so I have nothing to complain about. Except that it was 103deg F last time I had fieldwork... I still had fun.

I'm forgetting a lot of the plot, even though I've watched every episode at least 3 times. I think the Alien Council (is that the right name?) votes to maintain the independence of Bab 5. The station probably ends up under Minbari/mixed command. A lot of the same people would still be working there, just with different uniforms. I think the politics get slower and involve more compromise. I suppose having Neroon in command of the station is a bit of a demotion for him, so that wouldn't quite logically work. It would still be an interesting character study. I don't think he'd be a diplomatically cunning as Sheridan, but ultimately I think he'd make it work. I think Minbar probably becomes the superpower, rather than one among equals. In this scenario, G'Kar and Londo become more influential. I think the shared grief of losing so many people that they love and respect encourages them to work together more. They'd be the only "elder statesmen" left, and cooperation would serve the best interests of their people. After Sheridan dies, I think Delenn would scheme very hard to make this happen. She's very aware of the power of narrative, and is a masterful political manipulator. G'Kar and Londo together would have enormous political capital and serve as an example to others. IIRC that sort of happens anyway, but in this case it happens earlier, and is less precarious. Or perhaps Londo goes fully mad and sabotages everything. The Rangers are still legitimate and effective as a peacekeeping force. They still gather up the Ancients and tell the Shadows and the Vorlons to GTFO. They still end up in the peacekeeper role under the same conditions. It might be a harder, longer sell, but ultimately, it's a really good move. Marcus becomes a very well-respected and effective senior commander in the Rangers. Ultimately he still dies saving lives. Earth dies in the attack that Sheridan prevented. The remainder of humanity are refugees, and Mars becomes the new center of Sol-system power. I think humanity is out of the game for quite some time. G'Kar inherits Garibaldi's Daffy Duck poster. (Ignore me, no one listens to Zathras.)

Agreed with @bewing, traction control is a menace. Another thing to do is set up friction profiles on a KAL-1000. One end for high-speed running in the flats (I usually make them impossible to tip, and with lower friction on the front wheels), and maxxed out at the other, for hill-climbing. The real secret sauce for atmo rovers is ducted fans. They're MUCH more efficient and faster than wheel power.

@fozba Here's a portal into the rabbit hole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vis-viva_equation Basically, you subtract your starting state from your desired end state. Even sitting on a planet, you're in an orbit--It's just been paused by the ground. dV is almost always in vacuum. There's some rounding and error factor built into the community dV maps.

I'd rather KSP2 never gets made than have developers take any crap from Take-Two. At the end of the day, it's just a game. My thanks to the developers who chose not to continue.

I spent 10 minutes trying to get that into KSP. I can see every other craft on Steam, but not the ONE I'm subscribed to. Sorry, can't help you.

I use this amazingly low-overhead, rapid-prototyping tool called a pencil and paper. Joking aside, I've used AutoCAD professionally for 25 years, and I still think that in the early phases of a project, dealing with computer interfaces limits your thinking and takes up valuable mental processing cycles. Make the machine work for you, don't work for the machine.