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    [1.12.5] Bluedog Design Bureau - Stockalike Saturn, Apollo, and more! (v1.13.0 "Забытый" 13/Aug/2023)

    in KSP1 Mod Releases

    Posted · Edited by Rory Yammomoto

    2 hours ago, CobaltWolf said:

    "...[W]e have a sort of 'Help Wanted/Now Hiring' thing. Currently the BDB tech tree placements are fairly suspect. Would anyone be interested in doing an 'audit' of the stock tech tree nodes for all the parts? I noticed a lot of stuff out of whack when I was looking at the tech tree the other day - to the point that it was overwhelming..."

    Say... if you are going to do it right, I have a possible system:

    1) find when a player would most likely unlock things to go to various places (Suborbit, orbit, manned orbit, moon flyby, etc...)

    2) Find when the US or other country did it (1950s, 1958, 1960, 1964, etc...) to gauge when a player would be in our time.

    3) place parts according to said nodes and said dates, creating a balance. Don't make all the parts for a rocket available at once - make the tanks available first, then the engines for said tanks. (let's see them try to make an Atlas tank with some Redstone engines fly...)

    TI-BASIC orbital Calculator

    in KSP1 Tools and Applications

    Posted · Edited by Rory Yammomoto

    OK, this has a major problem. Eccentricity is not calculated correctly, and when calculating the apsides, the equations given seem to have a tendency to set your current altitude to the periapsis or apoapsis (whichever is closest, strangely; one would assume if its failing it would make a point that your orbit does not reach.) I need some help. I am accepting suggestions for improvements.

    EDIT: Turns out that thee equation I am using is used only to compute SMA while at the apsides.

    ANOTHER EDIT: the equation was input incorrectly. The program works anywhere now.

    TI-BASIC orbital Calculator

    in KSP1 Tools and Applications

    Posted · Edited by Rory Yammomoto

    I have been developing a method to automatically calculate the orbital elements of a spacecraft with a Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus calculator. My script, which has been posted below, does not need (but can use) the apsides of an orbit to continue, operating on the Vis-Viva Equation. All that is needed is a reference altitude and velocity, the radius of the current body, and the Standard Gravitational Parameter of the current body. After only a week, the script has reached a high level of development, and can calculate Gilly's orbit with a 2%-13% error. As such, I feel it is ready for release and testing.

     

    Feel free to change the program however you feel, as I want this script to be the greatest external orbit calculator it can be.

    NEEDS:

    •  A Texas Instruments Zilog Z80-based calculator (or the means  to emulate one)
    • A way to transfer scripts to said calculator

    BOSH. Google Drive Link.

    Plain Text Code:

    Spoiler

     

    ClrHome
    Disp "ORBIT FINDER----
    Disp "VERSION 5.*","","","",""
    Disp "***PRESS ENTER**
    Pause

    ClrHome
    Disp "APOAPSIS?-------","([e] IF N/A)
    Prompt Y

    ClrHome
    Disp "PERIAPSIS?------","([e] IF N/A)
    Prompt X

    ClrHome
    Disp "ALT/VEL?--------
    Prompt R
    Prompt V

    ClrHome
    Disp "BODY RADIUS?----
    Prompt C

    ClrHome
    Disp "STND GRAV PARAM?
    Prompt K


    If Y=[e] or X=[e]
    Then

    ClrHome
    Disp "USING VISV CALCS
    ((2/(R+C))-(V^^2/K))^^-1->A

    Disp "SEMIMAJOR AXIS--
    Disp A
    Pause

    Goto N

    Else
    ((X+C)+(Y+C))/2->A
    Disp "USING AP/PE CALC
    Disp "SEMIMAJOR AXIS--
    Disp A
    Pause
        
    Lbl N
    End

    2pisqrt(A^^3/K)->P

    ClrHome
    Disp "PERIOD----------"
    Disp P
    Pause

    ((.5(C+R)VP)/(piA))->B

    ClrHome
    Disp "SEMIMINOR AXIS--
    Disp B
    Pause
    sqrt(1-(B^^2/A^^2))->E

    ClrHome
    Disp "ECCENTRICITY----
    Disp E
    Pause
    Disp "CALC AP and PE?,"",""
    Disp "(F5 TO CONTINUE)
    Repeat Ans
    getKey->theta
    End

    P
    If theta=15
    then
    A(1-E)->Y
    A(1+E)->X
    ClrHome
    Disp "ORBIT ELEMENTS
    Disp "AP=",X
    Disp "PE=",Y
    Disp "E=",E
    Pause
    Goto theta
    Else
        
        
    Lbl theta
    End
    Stop

     

    [1.12.5] Bluedog Design Bureau - Stockalike Saturn, Apollo, and more! (v1.13.0 "Забытый" 13/Aug/2023)

    in KSP1 Mod Releases

    Posted · Edited by Rory Yammomoto

    13 minutes ago, VenomousRequiem said:

    Okay listen everyone. @legoclone09 and @Rory Yammomoto gather round. If we're moving to the Add-on Releases we've gotta keep things professional. Keep the memes to a minimum. I'm good friends with a couple moderators. :wink:

    seriously tho

    NEVER! YOU CAN TAKE MY DAMN MEMES WHEN YOU PRISE THEM FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS! AND EVEN THEN GOOD LUCK, BE CAUSE I WILL HAVE GLUED MY MEMES TO MY COLD DEAD HANDS!

    2 minutes ago, biohazard15 said:

    Hmm, I was never able to achieve orbit with BDB's Mercury-Redstone. Is there some serious rebalance? Or maybe I'm flying my M-R wrong? :D

    M-R does not go to orbit. M-Atlas does.

    [1.12.5] Bluedog Design Bureau - Stockalike Saturn, Apollo, and more! (v1.13.0 "Забытый" 13/Aug/2023)

    in KSP1 Mod Releases

    Posted · Edited by Rory Yammomoto

    34 minutes ago, CobaltWolf said:

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    Today’s the day! The BDB team is happy to present to you the v1.0 release of Bluedog Design Bureau – “Eagle!”.

     

     

     

    – parts for advanced Apollo variants, and parts for the S-1E first stage from Eyes Turned Skywards.

    Hooray! ETS! I can finally escape to a world without the terrible space shuttle!

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