Ultimate Steve

I remember that someone did this once. On Eve. I can't find the video, but it was back in the days of the old aero, and he had a giant pancake stack. The first asparagus pairs dropped, like, 10m up.

Kerbal: Portal, but while flying spaceships through caves (on the Mun). Kerbal 2: ^^^ except the evil cave robot captured you and you have to escape again. Not video games, but: Kerb wars - Episode I - The floating-point menace Kerb wars - Episode II - Attack of the kerbs Kerb wars - Episode III - Revenge of the Glitch IV - A new Mun V - The Developers strike back! VI - The return of the Jebi VII - The Kraken awakens etc. Monopoly - KSP edition.

I can't believe it... I actually found LegClosed90!

Granted. They become obsessed with the secret Pokémon Go 2 (eight times as addicting) which releases in two seconds. I wish for 50 million subscribers on youtube. (Also, use @Ultimate Steve in the next post so I can see the response. Thank you.)

Bob

The base of the rocket would be worse than the top, and the top is where the comms are (I think). Also, the cameras near the pad are farther away from the rocket than the ones on the barge.

Probably because this thread was started nearly a year ago...

AFAIK, the air around the base of the rocket is ionized during landing. Same thing happens during re-entry. So, that blocks signals. That, combined with the shaking, is probably what causes the blackout. Also, the sat has separated! It's past 1 AM here, good night everyone!

@Scotius I know. There was one where I was browsing the spaceX youtube channel, and I was all "Wait, there was a launch yesterday?" And then, "Darn, I missed it!" and then "But I'm supposed to be the family space geek!" Still, better than nothing, at least

@Scotius You can rewind the youtube livestream.

We've got reaction images!

That moment of intenseness when it freezes, though. The first line of my above post was written during the freeze. The second was after the freeze Yeah! Space! Rockets! Reusability! Poetry (Don't ask)! Onwards to Mars! Also, it's going on 1AM here. Better get some sleep.

Landing?!?!?!? LANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One more minute!

Nice Dv graphic!

Liftoff!

The strongback has retracted! One minute!

Ready for launch! Tab #1: This thread Tab #2: SpaceX Twitter Tab #3: Elon Musk Twitter Tab #4: Hosted webcast Tab #5: The Final Countdown! (Start it at t-52sec for epic timing) @CatastrophicFailure It's working ok for me. Try the other webcast, or refreshing?

The webcast has started!

45mins until the window opens! Nearly midnight here.

Hey, I happened to check the forum! @Gamax19? Or @Claw?

Okay, I tried building a new plane (Ion Plane X) but I couldn't get it to perform well. At all. So, I decided to strap a seat to the Ion Plane 9f. What could go wrong? *5 hours later* Because I decided to add a bit more fuel, some recovery devices, and adjust the canards so they don't wobble, I ended up at the Ion Plane 9p. Plus, the ladders kept malfunctioning. Jeb launching off of the mountain. This is actually the second Kerballed attempt. The first one exploded (although Jeb survived). Jeb is now airborne, powered by (nearly 100) ion engines, all stuffed inside the cargo bay. The climb rate is high, and the plane is accelerating. Jeb and the plane pass ten kilometers with nearly five minutes of fuel remaining. Jeb is now at 12km and still going strong. 15km has been reached, nearing 16 with 1.5 minutes of fuel remaining. This is my top speed (that I have proof of, I actually got to around 222m/s) in above level flight. Approaching engine cutoff. Aaaand... 18048 meters! New record for both crewed and unscrewed! Go Jeb! I could have flown a bit higher, but I wouldn't have any electricity to control it with. Also, you can see that at this point the CoM had shifted so far forward that even pitching all the way up meant I was in a dive. At this point, I tried to land the beast. The drogue chute is out and the airbrakes are deployed now. You can also see that I have flown 93Km. At this point, the outer wings began to oscilate, so I deployed the main chute. They kept oscillating and fell off, though. It's not 100% re-usable, but I can live with losing a couple thousand funds of wings when the plane costs nearly a million. Fortunately, the plane is actually more controllable without those wings. We have flown 99.3km from the starting point. Later, the marker disappears, meaning that Jeb has flown over 100 Km. At this point, I cut the chutes so I can land the thing. Because the airframe was designed for ion power, it is REALLY good at gliding, and therefore really hard to slow down for a landing. And, splashdown! Nothing exploded, except for the outer wings when they fell off. (Also, it says I only went 20Km. That screen is really inaccurate.) Now that is a lot of distance. Jeb Just missed the sunset. Some personal bests: 1) Altitude of 18048m! We started at 6500m and pulled up by 6300m, though, so it went up by around 12km. 2) Speed of >218m/s in level flight! 3) There was a Kerbal on board! 4) The Ion Plane 9p flew over 100km! (Granted, it started from 6500m up) Okay, now I'm going to try to shift my focus to low altitude ion planes. Maybe. Also, video of this coming Soontm.

8 days left!

Just after midnight for me... gonna be a long night

Four things, all in order: 1) I got to 17288 meters. 2) My screenshots folder now has over 1000 screenshots in it. 3) @zolotiyeruki I tried the AoA adjustment and I could not control the plane at all. 4) I have begun work on the Ion Plane X, the one that will hopefully accomplish my goal. Unfortunately, I am having quite a bit of problems, mainly the fact that it is performing worse than the Ion Plane IX, and it keeps flipping out halfway through the flight.