IronCretin

Should the telstar antena be a relay?

I can help out if you need testing and tweaks.

You can add and remove the new fairing nodes, so it might be possible in 1.2.

Is there a way I can edit this to be 2x stock scale? Most of the replica mods like BDB and Tantares recommend that for balance.

You can use the new fairing interstage nodes.

We're looking at surface speed, and Justintime505 made his entry before I clarified the rule about Kerbals.

Thanks for your questions. I guess pilot assistant would be fine, as it's an engineering challenge. FAR is fine, I'll make a separate leaderboard. As for dives, i did one, but it didn't really help me that much, as all those junos are pretty draggy, so I'd say go for it. I'm gonna say you need a kerbal, because that sort of sets a lower bound on mass. You don't need to land or recover the kerbal, though.

Juno speed challenge! Challenge: Take a kerbal to the fastest speed possible, using only the "Juno" jet engine. Rules: No engines or other means of propulsion besides the Juno. Stock (Informational and assist mods are allowed). If enough people are interested, I can add a separate FAR leaderboard. Please specify your game version (aero was changed in 1.2, but not everyone is on the prerelease) No cheats. (aero gui and overlays are okay) You must have at least one kerbal on your craft. (Optional) Scoring is determined by surface velocity. Dives and other maneuvers are allowed Give a screenshot of the craft and the f3 screen with max velocity Repeat entries are allowed. Leaderboards: 1.2: @swjr-swis: 801 m/s @Justintime505: 796 m/s @swjr-swis: 757 m/s @IronCretin: 755 m/s 1.1: FAR: @Van Disaster: 720 m/s Uncrewed 1.2: @Justintime505: 796 m/s @Thomas H.: 777 m/s My entry, in 1.2, made it up to 755 m/s:

That's what the milestones are for.

Will we be able to see the new shaders ingame?

The MPL already does most of this.

Sounds like it would make a great challenge. http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/forum/25-challenges-mission-ideas/

25 meters, with a lander and a science package. I landed a rescue lander a similar distance away.

How about lifting specific payloads? You get the contract to insert a payload of some mass into some orbit, and when you accept it, the payload appears in you part menu, and you just have to build a rocket to lift it to the orbit. Or maybe secret payloads? Like, all you know is the approximate mass, and its inside a fairing or somesuch.

We have a topic here? That's news to me.

It looks like the Terrier is getting a buff, so it might be able take over that role.

This is the best thread on the forums.

There already is one, don't worry.

There is a thing that tells you what science has been collected. Click on "Science Archives" in the upper left corner.

Actually, the rhino looks like it's based on the J-2X, which has a smaller upper thing (sorry, idk what its actual name is):

Here's the oldest one I could find in my steam library: It was for one of those part test contracts that needed a specific altitude and velocity. My solution was to launch it on a big booster, and then slow down with engines on the front at the appropriate time.

I loved those books when I was a kid!

Does the new "Boar" engine in the part revamp affect your plans for the F-1?

If you look at both the parts and their real-world inspirations, you'll see that the boar and the twin-boar have somewhat different engines.The Boar is based on the F-1 engine from the Saturn V, and the Twin-Boar is based on the Pyrios boosters from the Space Launch system, which would use 2 F1B engines, which are slightly different from the F-1.