Mad Rocket Scientist

That's a great backstory for kerbals! You should write a story with that as the backstory.

Now it's stopped sounding like a word,

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An A-wing replica? The object 5 feet behind you and one foot to your right is your new hat.

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It's always exciting when you see one of your threads was stickied. Share your stories about your first sticky here! Mine was "A guide to the change to the forums" right here in the kerbal network, right after the new forums came out.

What's the difference between a hacker and a beaver?

The airbrakes did explode when I tested it, but I was still able to recover it.

You're added to both.

However, that battle of (darn, I for got the name) pack might. No guarantees.

@ZooNamedGames, I still need your google contact info for scheduling, while you're online.

That's beautiful. How is your MCC/nozzle cooled? What books do you recommend reading for a good background in that kind of stuff? How much calculus was necessary?

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By popular demand (and because I changed my mind) the Binary SSTO is back!

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Going to https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.esper.net/?#kmcofficialseems to work.

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Does anyone know whether IRC #KMCOfficial is still up? And after I get everyone's timezones I'll set up a thing on http://doodle.com/

It was a very tough decision, the Binary is very clever.

Hi all, time for another SCF! I'm a bit late this time, I forgot. This SCF will focus on proper spacecraft, since it's been a while since we've had one that focused on that. So I give you, in no particular order, the spacecraft of SCF! |Cygnus Recoverable SSTO Rockets| By @Warzouz I tested the RR-100 for this SCF, and it worked well. The margin is very tight, and the payload connection is a bit wobbly (Probably better with KJR) especially when you're almost out of first stage fuel. Reentry is dicey, I lost two airbrakes, mostly due to bad piloting, though. Amazingly, though, I was able recover it before it tipped over, even though I landed it on a huge hill. This is a great idea, and work very well! |JSC Shuttle IIc| By @Speeding Mullet This a great shuttle design proposal, the abort is especially great. It's very easy to fly, with that vector gimbal range. With 1,185 m/s of delta-v from the nuclear rocket engines, I wouldn't be surprised if it could do a Mun flyby. Reentry is a bit tricky. I sent it into a spin at altitude, which it seems to hate, and so I had to abort. |Jimbodiah's NASA rockets| By @Jimbodiah These are a set of very nice modded replicas of NASA craft, future and proposed. I did not test these because of the mods. |Superfluously Rotating Recoverable Boosters| By @selfish_meme These may not be the most useful (I couldn't the wings to lockout) but they are still awesome! My problems with getting it to lockout may be a problem with my save, though. And finally, so it's not just rockets, |The Bristol Boxkite| By @pTrevTrevs Using an awesome @Majorjim strut framework design, now with engines! Honorable mention: |Binary VTOL/SSTO| By @Bubbadevlin I changed my mind on this one folks. This SSTO can actually rotate it's engine nacelles to vertical flight mode, or horizontal flight mode, while still staying part of the same craft. Alright, folks, that's it for this week!

You just stack those radial spider engines out from the frame and then attach the wheels to it. It's not like a @Majorjim spider/thermometer hinge or a @sgt_flyer spider/cubic strut hinge, both using spider colliders to link two separate vehicles. It just uses the springiness of the engines. I think, even if @Vagani didn't invent it, @Vagani is the master, using ant engines to simulate the springiness of a frame and suspension. And he was doing it before the editor gizmos. All of my suspensions are copies of @Vagani suspensions, with my only addition being the use of fuel lines, which may not even improve it much. I haven't taken apart an @Azimech, @Majorjim, or @RevanCorana suspension. However, this kind of thing does get developed independently.

I think I can do it right now.

Yep, that would be me. Very sorry, and I'm afraid I can't do it today either. I might be able to do it tomorrow, if you guys can wait.