mightyhuhn

both the struggle and testrocket 1.1 can't reach space anymore they can't even get close to it now.

currently i decouple it.

for it's breaking this rule.

but that's the trick. ablator has mass. i could spare a declocker by using the payload with the heat shield but that simply feels wrong.

just to make sure i didn't break any rules. the nose cone is a heat shield with 0 ablator so just a structure part with over 3000 heat resistence.

@Maelstrom Vortex it's ion= 2.37 the rest is not on a decoupler or docking point. so in term of the rules it would be 100/185.59*2.37= 1.277008459507517% just remove everything in the cargo and repleace it with something sticking to a decoupler or docking node, deactived every fuel in it and fly in in orbit. BTW. your ISRU is not centered correctly.

i just broke the record by a little bit... : http://abload.de/img/challengev31iyut8.png http://abload.de/img/challengev32gluxd.png http://abload.de/img/challengev33ybuaf.png http://abload.de/img/challengev3418uir.png http://abload.de/img/challengev35spucm.png i messed most of the screns up but it is. 100/9.53*4.6=48.26862539349423 i'm going to make a video. f5 saved it: http://abload.de/img/challengev3new126u84.png http://abload.de/img/challengev3new2npuoy.png

your math doesn't make any sense too me can you share the craft? i mean the dry plane should be at about 120-220 tons. so how to get a fraction of 40 % with a small payload of 202/206 ton?

it is ok to disable engines and air intakes? and there is a simply trick to fly it without to disable anything. just watch the tail fins and use q/e to correct them and it will fly totally normal at low speed.

they don't explode that's the major reason and that's why there are 2. ram like to explode. i know the rounds only have 1900 and the ram 2100 but still the rams over heat faster in my tests. i needed more fuel and i'm using air breathing for a long time.

flys totally fien but it's hard to land

here a proper video from "the struggle" and the craft http://kerbalx.com/freehuhn/the-struggle

ok next try: http://abload.de/img/challengev21bquhd.png http://abload.de/img/challengev22t2ujj.png http://abload.de/img/challengev24cvurx.png 100/11.44*3.58=31.2937062937063 right? - - - Updated - - - it's 11.6 in the sph why is it 11.44-11.43 on the runway? buggy air intakes?

even the nose cone explodes so i don't think so.

does the intake break the rule? http://abload.de/img/challenge1myugx.png http://abload.de/img/challenge28pume.png http://abload.de/img/challenge4yfudn.png 100/6.9*1.8 = 26.0869565217391 right?

the 48-7S is not really overpowered. it is on place 3 in term of TWR 30.6 : http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Parts#Liquid_Fuel_Engines the ISP of 300-350 is making them more balance. but your engines have bad ISP and bad TWR.

here more problem with the parts: all stock monopropellant tanks have a crash tolerance of 12 m/s all your tanks have 6 m/s. the FL R15 and FL R50 have way to little fuel for there size. the rackmax spinnaker has the same trust as the rockmax 48-7s (weight 0.1) but has a weight of (0.125) is about 5 times as big and has a ISP of 285-335. this part has a very powerful alternator the alternator is more powerful than the alternator from the stock s3 ks-25x4 (the biggest stock engine). small things: the LV T5 bigger than the rockmax 48-7s but has only 5 trust compared to the 30 trust and has a weight of 0.5 feels a little bit odd. the TtH feels odd to for the same reason. the RV-50 is just a cheaper replacement for the stock one they have the same stats. the stock alike look of the parts is lovely!

ok thx sound doable water i see

ok to me just crash them in the ground or? i'm totally not able to do this: "Test TR-18A Stack Decoupler splashed down at Kerbin" how to achieve >splashed down< doesn't sound to hard for me to splash something down ...