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Ok, I see. I'll be coming back here... often, for the next few days. Sorry!

Hello. I need help writing a .cfg file I have the following nodes inside a bracket called TANK_DEFINITIONS: TANK_DEFINITION { name = Default highlyPressurized = False basemass = 0.000016 * volume TANK { name = LqdOxygen mass = 0.000014 utilization = 1 fillable = True amount = 0.0 maxAmount = 0.0 temperature = 90.15 loss_rate = 0.000000005 note = (lacks insulation) } How do I access the TANK nodes? I think it goes something like: @TANK_DEFINITION:HAS[RealismOverhaul] { @TANK[LqdOxygen] { @mass: } } What should I write?

Thanks. I like the contracts and KCT settings from RP-0. I put more details in a reddit thread in r/RealSolarSystem

My laptop is quietly streaming tears.

It's like Christmas arrives several times a year. -I like how accidents and failure happen and carry over in the 'storyline'. It makes it all the more realistic. -I love the use of fairings on the Biosat. -What does the Biosat's capsule (the part you left in space) contain? -If the return capsule is only carrying very-low-maintenance life forms and does not need any form of avionics, why the battery problems? -What are the panels on top the recovered Biosat capsule? -It is very possible to do a direct Lunar injection from Hammaguir. See: My own career in signature (http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/134788-RSS-RO-RP-0-Algerian-Aerospace-Program%21-Alternative-History-Year-1959) You just have to wait for them to line up -The screenshot for the Metis separation from the final stage is very unclear: bright background and tiny craft. -I'd have liked a screenshot just before impact. -The carrier plane for the HF-7 seems to be the future workhorse for your aircraft designs. I like it. Especially the canted tail. -However, the HF-7's wing placement is atrocious Where are the razor-thin wings? The all-moving tailplane? -Awesome job with that test rig. Even the little burners on the side

I'm sorry I didn't update my problem text. The behavior of the heatshields is completely regular. My problems rose from two places: -I was entering the atmospheres at x100 timewarp. This messes up heat calculations. -I had unrealistic preconceptions about how heatshields worked, mostly from how stock KSP handled re-entry. Nothing to worry about. Clear skies. I attempted several further re-entries at zero time warp and at temperatures lower than 3200K, and the heatshields performed fine. Sorry

I see. I guess: -Offworld colonization seems like a huge endeavor to get 'right'. I can't begin to imagine the difficulties and work it would require to model all the chemical processes and the chemical reactors required to convert something like lunar regolith into rocket fuel in the game. -I used the Stockalike Real Fuels config mod, I thought it would be supported in the tech tree, hence the misplaced, duplicate nodes. -I already play without ullage and limited ignitions, since I felt that for my career playthrough, they bloated part count and lead to failures that hindered rather than enriched gameplay. I was wondering whether you'd be okay if I sketched up a Realism Overhaul 'Light', much like Antenna Range is to Remotetech.

I must warn you, my readers far and few, that part 9 will be delayed by the fact that science nodes on the RP-0 trees are a Clusterf*ck of RSS proportions.

Hi Bevol! I'm subscribed to your channel! After reaching and landing on various planets, I like having the option to actually do something once I'm there, without having to give up on Realism Overhaul. What is needed: -Put MKS/OKS in their correct positions -Give mass and cost multipliers to appropriate parts -Give MKS/OKS refineries the option to produce Real Fuels from 'Ore'. That is all.

Hello. I have found several misplaced parts in the tech tree, which I think comes from Community Tech tree. Please note, I use parts from Roverdude's MKS/OKS, Near Future Propulsion and Electrics, and the Real Fuels config for Stock Engines mod. Anyhow here are the fixes I'd like implemented, up to 300 science: Ctt for rp-0 Nk21 veles from supersonic flight to to refined rocketry Thrust plate multi from start to basic construction Procedural supercritical from start to composites Goresat from early construction to improved instrumentation Film return camera from early construction to improved instrumentation Circular intake from start to supersonic flight Remove able avionics package duplicates Move Mainsail to advanced rocketry Move tail connector B to start Move radiator panel small to heat management systems Move realchute radial chute from start to survivability Move er7500 computer flight unit from start to improved instrumentation Move skipper from early hydrolox to heavy orbital rocketry Move tt-70 radial decoupler from mature orbital rocketry to general construction Remove f-1 from mature orbital Move heatshields from general construction to second gen capsules Remove thermal control system from electrics Remove heatshield from landing Remove small landing gear from landing Move surveyor core from landing to flight control Move 24-77 twitch into mature orbital Move mk-55 thud into advanced landing Move 48-7s spark into mature orbital Remove lv-t30 reliant from improved staged combustion Add procedural solids upgrades to mature solids and large segmented solids Move uks octagonal landing from advanced construction to advanced landing Move scanomatic soil sample from advanced construction to short term habitation Move guidance unit,1m from advanced flight control to flight control Move fl-a30 adaptor from advanced flight control to general construction Move thermal control system medium from imprved electrics to advanced heat management Remove actuators requirement from storage technology, specialised construction Remove procedural stack decoupler from advanced staged combustion Move service bay 2m from advanced staged combustion to basic construction Move cc-r2 connector port from improved solids to advanced construction Remove fairing base and ring from specialised construction Remove fairing shells from specialised construction Move asteroid sounding from actuators to improved instrumentation Remove f100-pw-229 turbofan from mature supersonic flight Move airbrakes from effective spaceplanes to supersonic flight Move delta avionics from specialised control to stability/early probes Move uks training akademy from advanced exploration to colonization Remove goresat from precision engineering Add procedural solids upgrade to larger solids Remove ilc-18k container from larger solids Move winch rw-50 from advanced metalworks to actuators Move micro goo containment pods from composites to precision engineering Move exokerbal core drill from science tech to advanced exploration Remove surveyor core from unmanned tech Move tac-ls air filter from electronics to recycling Move thermal control system large from high-power electrics to specialized radiators excuse the specialized/specialised thing. My ipad's from the UK.

Here's some: Images 17+ I used the temperature ignore cheat to survive the heat shield going over 3200K. The ablator units were only consumed with the rising internal temperature.

Algerian Aerospace Program 8: Algerians around the moon!

I'm having a bit of trouble with heatshields: I recently attempted a 10.5km/s into 70km periapsis re-entry. I had a 2m heatshield with 200 ablator. The ablator's skin temperature rapidly rose to 2000K+ in the upper atmosphere, no ablator consumed, part temperature 400K. At the hottest point (3000K skin), the heatshield's internal temperature was 600K and it had consumed only 4 units of ablator. Then the heatshield exploded from overheating with 196/200 ablator left I attempted re-entry again, with Ignore Max Temp cheat on. The skin temperature rose to 3600K and internal temperature never climbed above 650K. By the time it reached the ground, it had 194/200 units remaining. Is this normal behaviour? Why is the ablator hardly being used? Why is the heatshield basically a normal part with low conductivity and high temperature resistance, instead of an ablative ​shield?

Algerian Aerospace Program 7:

Algerian Aerospace program 6: A bit heavier in history, but worth the read, at least for the cute RemoteTech satellite.

Just going through the config files, I want to ask: -What is BaseCharge? -What units are used for cartridge yield? -what are the powerfactor and heatmultiplier multiplying?

Nope

Thank you.

AASP5 on KSP forums coming soon. Poll up sooner.

Fantastic stuff. I wrote comments on Reddit instead of having you answer them here as well.

Anyone?

Hi. Which .cfg file from Realism Overhaul edits the SAS wheels?

I hadn't installed Contract Configurator correctly. Everything works now.

Apparently, I am not generating any more RP-0 contracts. No Sounding rockets contracts, speed limits or anything. All I have is stock contracts, I declined a few dozen, but only part test, site visit ect. contracts were being created. I went to the Contracts setting file in squad and modified 'maximum available' for all but two of them to 0. All I get now is those two types of contract (site visit and science gathering). I tried installing RemoteTech and Rover contract packs. No contracts is being generated by them. What can I do?

Things are looking up for the scientists at Hammaguir. The FLN leaders have sat down for peace talks with the French government, and a bloodless resolution to the conflicts seems near. Meanwhile, the Americans have started their Saturn program, while the Vostok launchers ready their first Soviet manned mission into Space. Embarrassed by how its domestic problems are overshadowing its technical accomplishments, the French government approves of the SFL-1E Raqis lil-Qamar. A 300 ton rocket, larger than any launched from Hammaguir before, is the rest of an unprecedented budgetary decision to place the France back in the Space Race. The Scientific Lunar Flyby vehicle, version 1, fifth iteration, also known as 'Dancer for the Moon', is designed to put a 1-ton probe on a Lunar intercept trajectory and take advantage of the June 1960 Earth-Moon transfer window. The launch misses the optimal window by barely 2 hours, despite its rapid 23 day transport and assembly time. The initial kick is provided by four solid rocket boosters. Without radial decouplers, they have to be dropped vertically. Parachute recovery allows reusability of certain components. Based on a Russian design, the Ethanol-Oxygen rockets that power the SLF-1E during ascent are less efficient than contemporary Kerosene-Oxygen rockets, but they make up for it with high thrust and availability on a short notice. Due to the lack of radial decouplers, the first stage had to be designed as a single, aerodynamic block. It will be recovered by parachute once it returns to subsonic speeds. The second stage is powered by a smaller, lighter and more technologically advanced version of the First stage main engines. Burning Kerosene and Liquid Oxygen, it improves its efficiency at the cost of raw thrust. The ascent profile is chosen in a way that over half the acceleration is accomplished at the very low drag zone above 80km, and continues horizontally once out of the atmosphere. Also known as the circularization stage,this stage is powered by a vacuum-rated LV-45 engine. While dated compared to the most modern upper stage designs, it features impressive thrust vectoring capability, a necessity for a probe lacking in SAS or RCS. The final stage weighs just under 5 tons after correcting the orbit to a 156x144km altitude. A 3.1km/s burn is calculated and plotted. Had this been done outside of the optimal transfer window, most of that dV would have been used up trying to accomplish a plane change. Without SAS or a reaction control system, the probe still manages to intercept the Moon at a 17000km altitude. While leaving earth at a blistering 10km/s velocity, the SFL-1E probe calculates a 482m/s burn that will bring it back into the Earth's atmosphere. The error margin is a measly 213m/s, or less than 7 seconds of burn. As well as various instruments, Raqis lil-Qamar carries a bulky film camera. It managed to take high quality photographs on solid film, a technique which necessitates physical recovery of the experimental equipment. This will be extremely valuable to French scientists back home. With extreme care and thrust control, the periapis is lowered enough for a shallow re-entry. A vivid screen capture of the view on the way back home. The solar panels remain insufficient to power the probe core, and Raqis lil-Qamar's electrical reserves gradually diminish. Decoupling from an altitude of 398km, where even 0.1m/s changes of velocity can mean the difference between burning up or never touching the atmosphere, is unwise. The decoupling of the probe from the flyby stage has to be done much closer to Earth. Simulating a loss of communications, the flight computer is programmed to stage 2 hours away from re-entry. The probe core accomplishes this task autonomously, a small by significant feat. The parachutes are calibrated and armed while in space. Coming in at nearly 11km/s, the probe would surely have burned up in seconds with any steeper re-entry. Scientists at Hammaguir opt instead for multiple shallow re-entries that gradually bleed off speed. The probe loses power after the first pass, but the heatshield and the aerodynamic fins align it with the direction of travel without any active control. The orbit becomes more and more polar with each pass. The apoapsis is reduced to a mere 16475km. The heatshield has been depleted by 30% by now. The solar panels prove completely inadequate as a power source. The apoapsis dips under the atmosphere after 13 days in space. The probe reaches a G-load of 8.2 when it reaches the top of the stratosphere, over the Indian Ocean. The parachutes are brought to their extreme thermal limits for a few seconds' time. Worryingly, this is considered to be the upper limit for human survivability. Despite multiple heating and cooling passes, the parachutes manage to remain intact and slow down the probe from a terminal velocity of over 300km/h to a much softer 15km/h The probe is mostly submerged upon touchdown. Parts of it sizzle and boil at 450K (180 degrees C) The salty seawater renders most of it unrecoverable, but the film data and flight recorder and well-protected. The probe is picked up by french Submarine. With this headline-worthy accomplishment in the bag, the French government returns to tending domestic affairs.