Nik333

Part 2 - Interplanetary This part was very bad for me. Doing all those maneuvers for so long times (one for 20 minutes almost without possibility of phys. warp) was even worse for me than docking problems in last part. WHAT did I actually did? I have left Kerbin SOI and did tranfer to Jool. ------------------------- MISSION REPORT Increasing orbit around Kerbin from 100 km to 300 km Increasing orbit around Kerbin from 300 km to 520 km Increasing orbit around Kerbin from 520 km to 860 km Increasing apoapsis out of Kerbin SOI Waiting for Jool transfer maneuver node Doing Jool transfer maneuver NOTE: Heights of orbits are approximate ------------------------- NOTE I have not done any corrections in this part. They are main part of next part which will be released maybe today. ------------------------- VIDEO

As title says, this is my The Ultimate Jool-5 Challenge attempt. And it was successful attempt! Here is link to challenge thread for every cause... Basic mission info Version: 0.90 Mods: KER and Kerbal Alarm Clock Kerbals: Jebediah and Bill Launches: 6 Refueling: No Other statistical data in part 1 below PARTS Part 1 - Assembling (BELOW) Part 2 - Interplanetary (1st page) Part 3 - Corrections (1st page) Part 4 - Laythe (1st page) Part 5 - Vall (1st page) Part 6 - Tylo (1st page) Part 7 - Bop and Pol (1st page) Part 8 - Return (1st page) Part 1 - Assembling As every 2nd KSP player, I build my rockets big. I mean BIG. It took me whole day to get this beauty to orbit, part by part. Sometimes I even felt like I won't did it and I will give up. I am doing it in sandbox, but I have counted total funds needed and more statistical data... --------------------------- STATISTICS Number of launches: 6 Total starting weight: 3,110.858 tons Orbital assembled weight: 447.254 tons Cost: 1,611,008 funds --------------------------- BASE (Base) 47,784 funds - 77.595 tons In this module, Jebediah and Bill will spend few years and these modules are as comfortable as possible (which is not actually possible). It is smallest of all parts and it is connected to Main Engine and Tylo Lander. --------------------------- LAYTHE LANDER (Laythe) 121,896 funds - 192.198 tons It has some chutes for landing, 4 jet engines with a little fuel, 2 rocket engines on sides and central fuel tank for these 2. It also includes some luxuries, such as ladder, solar panels and rcs. --------------------------- TYLO LANDER (Tylo) 156,056 funds - 307.085 tons I had some problems designing this. Most alerting fact is, that it has got just enough Delta V to get to surface from 20 km orbit and back. This will be close one... --------------------------- TRIAL LANDER (Trial) 97,292 funds - 180.260 tons As very original name already says, this lander lands on 3 bodies. Yea, Bop, Pol and Vall. I might use it later after return for landing on Mun to make my mission even more... crazy? --------------------------- MAIN ENGINE (Engine) 1,031,836 funds - 2,058.340 tons 7 Jumbo tanks, 14 nukes and still very slow acceleration. One of reasons of 17 fps. I have tried ~6 designs for takeoff and then I: have accidentaly removed video OR forget to record OR didn't record because of low fps. I hope it isn't suspicious. --------------------------- ADDITIONAL FUEL (Fuel) 156,144 fund - 295.380 tons Because of different final design of main engine, I have sent this to compensate removed fuel. It also brought necessary rcs refuel. Took me while to do 4 independent dockings... --------------------------- MISSION REPORT Base takeoff Base parked at Kerbin orbit at 101 km Laythe takeoff Laythe and Base successful rendezvous at Kerbin orbit Tylo takeoff Tylo and Ship succesful rendezvous and reorganization at Kerbin orbit Trial takeoff Trial and Ship successful rendezvous at Kerbin orbit Engine takeoff Engine and Ship successful rendezvous at Kerbin orbit Fuel takeoff Fuel and Ship rendezvous and docking at Kerbin orbit --------------------------- VIDEO

Thank you for making it all clear. Videos I make about this mission are very short, they aren't long like videos usually are and they are cut so it won't probably take too long to watch them. Next video, I am rendering right now, (getting to interplanetary and getting trajectory for Jool periapsis) is shorter than 4 minutes and I think it is faster to watch it, than reading text, which you can usually find below images.

Can I post my trip in more posts or does it have to be here all together in one post? I can't wait to do an attempt in this challenge and it will be my first trip to Jool. EDIT: I have just realized that there is huge text saying that it is not accepting new entries. I have already started so I will do it just for fun. EDIT 2: Moved whole report to THIS PLACE. I will repost this link once mission will be completed! Currently, mission is NOT complete