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Hi all Mission successful ! I made a new Jool 5 Mission in a 1.05 hard mode career with a ISRU SSTO ship. The Mission Report and the craft file are here if you want to get a look : ISRU Rhino SSTO Explorer Mk1 Jool 5 Mission Fly safe with Valentina

Hi all Mission successful ! The 4 Albums are on the Mission Report here: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/130960-isru-rhino-ssto-explorer-mk1-jool-5-mission/ Fly safe with Valentina

Chapter three uploaded (Bop and Tylo ok)

Chapter three uploaded

WOW ! we have a first Top Ranked Emergency Pilot Congratulations @ForScience6686 ! You are in the Top of the leaderboard ! 15mn34s... really impressive Fly safe with Valentina Hi @MacGamer04 Yes you can use autopilot, i will just add (autopilot) after your time in the leaderboard.

Chapter two uploaded (Vall and Laythe ok)

Exactly Launch to KSS docked. Wow 18 minutes will sent you in the first place ! go go go

Chapter two uploaded

Thank's @fourfa The big converter is in the bottom of the MK3 Cargo Bay, behind the SC-9001, a little clipped up and down... (the grey parts of the converter) I made a link to the craft above the picture if you want to see exactly how i have tried to avoid too much clipping ^^ The MK3 Cargo Bay is really filled up in this ship xD I have tested the ship on Laythe and Kerbin De-Orbit, with a good angle of attack, no problems with the scanners But i will not use high speed aerobrakings ! (no heatshields on the ship, Rhino used to get captured). Yes the structural intakes are excellents for landing legs struts, and very lights ! I Don't remember who found this excellent trick, sorry, but definately a good idea

Hi all I started a Mission Report, that's just the beginning, but if someone want's to get a look, that's here : http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/130960-isru-rhino-ssto-explorer-mk1-jool-5-mission/ I will update as soon as i go further in the mission... Fly safe with Valentina

ISRU Rhino SSTO Explorer Mk1 Jool 5 Mission Hi All Here is the Mission Report of a new try for the ISRU Level of The Ultimate Jool 5 Challenge - continuation for KSP 1.0! , my first try since the 1.05 update ! I started a new career in hard mode, so the challenge is a little harder in ISRU version, because of the restricted Ore availability... To be efficient, i wanted to do a SSTO ship with 4 Kerbals ( The Orange Suits boys and girl ), the minimum of fuel, two big drills and a big converter to avoid long mining time. BTW, that's the first mission to Jool in this carreer, so i also needed the full science pack... FOR SCIENCE !, and to find good Ore spots. After a looong brainstorming and simulation testing (Thank's HyperEdit ), i ended with this ship: The ISRU Rhino SSTO Explorer Mk1 ! ( <--- Craft file here) 235t., 82parts, 225097funds, 1 Rhino, 2 Vectors (to help Kerbin ascent, and if a boost is needed), 16155LF and 19475Ox. The Vac. Dv of this ship fully fuelled is 4719m/s with the three engines On, and 4836m/s with the Rhino only. The only mod used in this mission: KER. One launch, no sats, no rovers, just 4 Kerbals and a ship Total cost of the mission: 225097 - 201775 = 23322 funds ! Now, it's time to go... First chapter of the mission: To Jool ! In this chapter, the Kerbin ascent, Minmus Journey, ISRU refueling, and first burn to Jool System Second chapter of the mission: Vall and Laythe ! In this chapter, the Jool System insertion, the Scanning of Ore and the Landing on Vall and Laythe Third chapter of the mission: Bop and Tylo ! In this chapter, from Laythe to Bop, and... Tylo Fourth and last chapter of the mission: Pol and Kerbin ! In this chapter: from Tylo to Pol, and back to Kerbin ! Fly safe with Valentina !

Just... WOW ! For a first post... that's a really good one Congratulations @Alarik !!!

Youhouuu Thank's a lot @sdj64, let's go to a new ISRU SSTO Jool5 challenge try, with the 4 Orange Suits !

Hi all Don't know if someone made it full in 1.05, but @sdj64 started it in 1.04, ending in 1.05 here : A very big challenge... but this IS possible Fly safe with Valentina !

non. @CAKE99

@sdj64 Hi I'm making a new SSTO for the ISRU Jool 5 Challenge to try the mission in my 1.05 hard mode career: But before to start the mission, i would like to know if the "Drill-O-Matic" and the "Convert-O-Tron" in the two pictures below are ok with the clipping rules of this challenge ? Thank's for getting a look Fly safe with Valentina !

Happy New Year from France ! Build all fantastic vessels, and fly safe with the kerbonauts xD

Nice plane !

Cocoricoooo

Grrr.... "you must spread some...blah blah blah..." Congrat's Kuzzer ! Still a lot of fun ! Fly safe with Val

Congrat's Starhawk ! Remember's me my first Jool 5 mission (not in a challenge, just for "fun" in 0.24 version), big ship, big landers, and at least two refuel missions xD Your's was short on Tylo, really short on Val... but you made it with only one refuel ! (more fun when this is short ) Fly safe with Val

Err... "French Vanilla KSP"... you mean "Fresh Vanilla KSP" ? Because i'm from France and i didn't heard of a French Vanilla version lol

Awesome !!!

Lol !!! yes, i hesitated to name it "The Ugly Duckling", so no offend BTW, the Beluga must be the only real plane that can carry an ISRU xD

Hi all Waiting the 1.0.5 update, i played a little with a new "light" stock ISRU SSTO: The "Goose" 37.2t., 44parts, 2200dV left in LKO. Made a Mun travel, landing, mining refuel, and back to Kerbin, but could go almost everywhere with it ! Jeb was happy Fly safe with Valentina !