DoctorDavinci

Sorry to hear that as it is totally possible to do stage 1 in under 5 minutes with good driving and a good design ... thing is that the path you take can substantially affect how quickly you finish each stage My best time in practice runs with stock wheels and 3 Juno's utilizing boost flaps is 5:14 and I know I can improve on that ... and that is with no cheats and only 2 mods, them being BDAc and Roll Cages Rerolled Speed is definitely good for stage 1, however if your vehicle design can't take punishment then it's going to break apart ... keep practicing and I'm sure you can improve your time At first I was achieving sub 8 minutes with Bill's Big Bad Beaver but after a bit of practice I managed to shave a little over 2.5 minutes off my time with the same exact vehicle ... so totally possible

Even better .... Love it, looks fantastic

I saw the title of this post and immediately thought of this:

What do you mean show? I just said to go and smash her up ...don't tell me I have to sign a waiver or whatnot

By all mean ... smash her up

Nooooooooooo Dakar race ideas should stay Dakar ....... I guess it's like the Borg always say .... you will be assimilated Enjoy ... please refrain from hijacking any challenge that I may post as I don't find it the sincerest form of flattery as the saying goes

I agree with @Triop ... your timing for posting this challenge is abysmal I for one say boycott

Thanx, the Mad Moose is faster going over a hill as compared to going around it ... Damn tough too as Val has rolled her down the mountain a few times and she keeps on going and shooting after righting herself My save with targets, Sure ... Here you go: https://www.dropbox.com/s/epr5fj1jk7jxe5n/DAKAR 2017 - START.sfs?dl=0 ... Anyone is welcome to use it There are 31 targets with their weapon managers set to Team B spread out between the flags as well as a refueling trailer at each flag ... The trailers have no weapon manager so if you wanna blow 'em up you gotta do that by the eye

Second Stage with the Mad Moose is complete ... Time was 12:09 Screenshots: Video:

I recommend this channel for all who are interested ... There is a wealth of information and ideas in these videos and many of them directly adress what is being discussed here Issac Arthur is the dude's name and I have found the things he has talked about in his video's are quite interesting Channel Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g Website Link: www.IsaacArthur.net

First Stage with the Mad Moose is complete ... Time was an even 15 minutes Screenshots: Video:

@katateochi - if you set each of your refueling stations to be 'bases' then when you decouple from them the mission timer will be rest back to 0 ... if you do this just besure to do the 'control from here' deal on your kerbal so that when you decouple you are controlling the buggy and not the refueling station

There were many times throughout this thread and the other one where it was mentioned I guess it got lost in the excitement as the Dakar 2017 challenge is one of the best challenges to come out as of late

So you do realize that the Dakar events were intended to continue? Hijacking a challenge idea, then hijacking the challenge threads of the person you hijacked the challenge idea from in order to advertise the challenge you created from the original hijacked challenge idea isn't in good form Just my opinion

It doesn't work Work better? ... from your own post you said it crashes, so no it doesn't work better since it crashes And exponentially better? ... are you a software engineer or a DX12 developer?

Of course it doesn't matter ... race day doesn't mean anything since everyone is going to make up their own rules as they go, how stupid of me not to realize this

So if this challenge is called Dakar 2017 and it is still 2016 .......... I refer you to the OP of this thread where it is clearly stated at the top that the race starts on 1/1/2017

So I was under the impression that the race started on January 1st 2017 ... seeing as it is December 31st 2016, isn't it a bit premature to post an entry? @Triop?

I thought the race started on the first, no?

Fairly quick, electric powered and armed with an M1 Abrams turret, I now present for your approval the CANUKWorks DCM1 Mad Moose ... This variant (the slower one) consists of 106 parts Turning on the lights turns on the fuel cells (activate fuel cell is set to this action group) https://kerbalx.com/DoctorDavinci/DCM1-Mad-Moose---KerbalX NOTE: I edited the stock textures to have it camoed in the picture

Hey all, just a PSA ..... If you set up refueling stations at each flag and use docking ports to do your refueling, when you decouple your craft from the refueling station the mission timer is rest back to 0 EDIT: You will have to set your refueling stations as bases to use this quirk of KSP ... Place your refueling stations then go to the tracking station, select a refueling station, click on the 'i' looking button on the lower right to bring up the craft info and then double click on the name of the station (Black type on orange background) ... Select station as the icon to be used and save

Check that the BDAc version you are using is for the KSP version you are using ... I refer you to the following thread:

I'm just going to run them separately ... I'll place a Moose at each flag for the Beaver to refuel This also opened up having targets for the Beaver between stages so I mounted a M230 Chaingun to the top of her

So I have 2 entries and the plan was to run them in tandem as one of the entries, the Mad Moose, is carrying all the fuel for refueling Bill's Big Bad Beaver between stages If it is not allowed to save between stages then I will be immediately disqualified as soon as I go to launch the Beaver after the Moose gets to the stage 1 flag ... I guess I will have to run them in separate saves and place refueling stations at each flag for the Beaver to refuel On the upside it will reduce the weight of the Moose by a half ton or so (she's just under 17 tons now)

'By the eye contracting, we can always get it up ... getting it back down is where you run into problems'