Niemand303

I think one part gets really underapreciated but can provide a lot of fun. And this part is so awesome it propulsed my first mission to Eeloo I've ever pulled in my life and my first Kerbol SOI leaving. I love the Castor engine. Probe itsels had 5 km/s dV, and no MechJeb for setting nodes (it is awful at interplanetary transfers, it proposed an 8 km/s burn instead of mine 5km/s three part burn with spare dV to leave Kerbol system).

I have an idea on capsule, I need to get home to draw you a pic, the main idea is to make a special "scientific" Hamal Orbital, with a 0.625 hole, where return capsule and its chute (standard Soyuz one with decoupler) are placed.

Sorry, I've understood it sounded too rude. I think that way we can use both alternative and default textures in "main" mode, by providing choice between early Soyuz and later one.

I think you may miss the point. Firespitter can't switch between part modules in that way so green Soyuz has two seats and gray one has three. That way you have two different configurations, visually and by performance.

That's a great idea! Maybe make a green Tantares 2-seater and a gray one - 3-seater. Although, the orbital module should have a green alternative too. Oh, maybe a gray one with a docking window/lights like the TMA and green one like early Soyuzes. Raduga capsule would be nice, but the point is that it is stored inside the ship. If you cole make a kind of a "rack" for it, that would be nice, but it won't play much role in stock game (apart from returning experiments from Kerbin too).

Thanks! Althoug, I was talking about control blocks, since the experiments are intended to be recovered, AFAIK (although, not sure since I haven't played much Station Science, being fan of Sandbox).

Yeah, maybe it could work that way too. Although, I wanted to take a look on Station Science a while ago, for the same reason Lucius brought it up. I want to maintain a minimum of interference with the stock, personally, so I think I will try to make "minimalistic" version of SS support, without many new parts (probably alternatively painted Progress pods for experiments?).

Wow, I didn't expected it would fit! I think it's not as silly as it may seem. I personally think it would be just ok, even if it's slightly unhistoric. And if you make the back seat as the third one, the capsule might as well be transformed to a two-seat one.

Maybe it could be better to make a ModuleManager config instead of duplicating parts? I can take a look on configs.

Yeah, still worse than Kerbin

I was on Miller planet Thanks! I plan make videos for the upcoming missions, so that the writing parts won't be repetitive.

Well, those 24 streched for more than a month, I'm sorry for that. But still I present: PART 3: The artificial comet. 4 November 1958, Kerbonur Kosmodrome, Administration Building. Sergey: -Let me present you Dmitriy, he is representing the Gosudarstvennaya Komissiya. He came here from Kapitol to control the process and present his report to the government. And now, kermrades, I want you to share your opinions on the reasons of the malfunction of the rocket. Dmitriy: -Hello everyone! I wish we'd encounter for a good reason. I've heard of your work before, though I worked with military. This situation requires our involvment too. I'm from the First Department, so you might understand what it means. Everyone nodded and tried to avoid eye contact with Dmitry: First Department in most military structures were responsible for intelligence and worked directly with the infamous Kerbiet Security Comitee. He continued then: -My duty is not to punish you, but to prevent accidents like this to happen. Government decided that you might need some military assistance in the search of the reasons of the accidents, not only by brute force, - Dmitry smiled, - You might have noticed some troops were dispatched to collect all the debris. Now, I'd love to hear your ideas now. Let's begin with you, Sergey. Sergey: -Thanks. Well, according to telemetry, there was a severe loss of fuel pressure in the Block «V» engine, which led to the loss of thrust in the whole assembly. The guidance systems tried to fight the pitch momentum, but at the end it was too strong. Small pressure losses sometimes occur in the system, but they are usually negated by the verniers. Dmitry: -I see that, Sergey. As far as I know, Boris was the creator of the guidance block and other on-board electronics. What is your oppinion on the causes? Boris: -To be fair, I don't have much things to say. Our systems worked correctly all over the flight. Though, probably, the disassembly of rocket was caused by severe attempts of our verniers to pitch the rocket back up, but the stress tests aren't yet complete. Dmitry: -Thanks for your opinion, it will be taken into consideration. Valentin, I think you were the author of the engine, what can you tell us? Valentin: -The flight regime for those engines was nominal until the drop happened. I'm afraid, it could be an assembly error, possibly the fuel line wasn't firmly attached. Or even it could be a sabotage. All the audience turned to him in shock: minor accidents happened before and no one would blame someone else, especially accuse of sabotage. Probably, the presence of the Security Comitee provoked him to say it, but either way it was the worst thing he could say. Dmitry kept silence for a half-minute and told quietly: -Well, thanks for sharing your thoughts. I think the meeting is over, let's wait for the results from the labs. In silence, everyone started to leave their seats with agility, not usually seen from them: the effect of Valentin's words were dramatical. He was a new member of the team, but he couldn't avoid this mistake. Trust is what keeps up the enthusiasm of the team. The next day the results of the debris analisys arrived and everyone forgot about yesterday's «s-bomb». Valentin, himself, ashamed of his suspicions, tried to remain unseen and not to draw attention to himself for the rest of the investigation, which showed, that he was right: a bolt, holding the fuel line broke, causing the fuel to spill on the hot metal of the combustion chamber, basically, leading to its ignition and explosion. Sergey remembered his words at the meeting, and pardonned him, with the cost of Valentin's promise to be more cautious with his speech. The next launch to strike the Mun was announced on January. The preparations were hasty, but the pre-flight check only gained in length. From now in, a reserve team was formed to check on the results of previous teams. Each action should been recorded in the special notebook, which was later signed by the chief of the workers team, transferred to the chief of the launch site and only then he gave the permission for launch. Mission: Mun-1 Payload: Mun Impactor M-1 Rocket: Zapad-M Date: 02.01.1959 Result: Partial success -Attention! Minute readiness! -Key to launch sequence! -Tape feed one! -Pumps on! -Key to the drain! -Tape feed two! -Launch! -Ignition! -Preliminary! Intermediate! Main! LIFTOFF!!! -One hundred seconds, first, second stage engines nominal! -One hundred twenty, first stage separation confirmed! -Two hundred ten, third stage ignition confirmed, golovnye obtekateli jetissoned! - Four hundreds seconds, craft on trajectory to Mun, activating the timing device! Once again the launch procedure was interrupted by a mission control officer. By his look Boris understood: he's not bringing good news today. Sergey caught that look too and intercepted him by asking directly what was wrong. -Komrade Chief Constructor, the telemetry decoding indicates that Mun-1 missed the Mun, it is now on Kerbin escape trajectory. Sergey remained calm. Another failure was really disappointing, but there was nothing to do now. Instead, he turned towards Boris and announced loudly to him: -Boris, looks like you created a new planet! Look at the trajectory your computer set! His reassuring smile turned a failure into a partial success. On its way to Mun probe recorded enough data about the magnetic field for Science Academy to analyze. Small probe, on his turn, became the first object to leave Kerbin SOI, marking a bold achievement on the way to other celestial bodies...

A SUPAH-DUPAH car for Jebediah with those motors. Too sad they can't be controlled with action groups. EDIT: Jeb tries to fly! EDIT2: JEB CONFIRMS! Prop planes can fly!

Sounds intriguing, going to take a look!

New RO configs! Test while the new RO is getting ready. https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7pmwcjq0on3m89/Tantares_RO.zip?dl=0

Yay, checking the release immediately! Also, that mole from Czechoslovakian cartoon is awesome! Brings up childhood memories for several generations of Eastern Europe citizens.

Tried to fly N1L3 in RO to check new configs... Well... Things didn't quite went as planned. But Jeb and Bill are safe!

Thanks to Ikaneko and many-many others I made it! 500 and one additional point! TA-DAAAM!

Noir, mon ami. Grey is your "style", I know, but I prefer black ablative shielding.

Meet a new member of NIF-1, to celebrate its incorporation into OKB-1: THE SPIRAL SHUTTLE! Seats 2 pilots, has a solar panel on its belly, 135 units of Monoprop and launched on top of Soyuz. It glides like feather! On take-off, though, I'd recommend going straight up until 15 or even 20 km. DOWNLOAD

I love it's style, but will there be an option to turn off sound? I prefer having custom music.

The configs are slightly outdated, and I haven't tried RP-0 at all, since the new version of configs should be incorporated "officially" into RO itself. But I can upload the updated version at Dropbox for the sake of having an easier migration.

Start grumbling: "Back in my days the atmosphere was like soup and the fairings were made out of wing parts!"

3x5 rep until Light-Green, posting since August 2014, so it is possible to reach the group pretty fast.

Well, I'd suggest taking into account that English isn't his first language. Maybe he wasn't meant to be so rude. Especially if he says "sorry if he sounds rude" in the same post.