[Longest Hover Challenge]

On 3/30/2020 at 12:57 PM, sevenperforce said:

The jet intakes all have suction at zero forward airspeed.

On the other hand it becomes a "whose computer can handle the highest part count" challenge, which is not as interesting.

To make it more interesting you could do a "no parallel staging and no engine more than once" rule which would be very interesting.

Thanks. I'll add that.

[Fastest to Land on the VAB]

6 hours ago, mabdi36 said:

Hey, uhh @Petabyte... It wasn't me that landed on the VAB in 5 seconds, I haven't even attempted it! It was @dnbattley!

Edit: Also, It wasn't @ralanboyle with the 17.5 second launch, it was @Klapaucius

Thanks, I must have been confused with the quotes. I'm new here. :-)

[Fastest to Land on the VAB]

On 3/22/2020 at 6:02 PM, pmborg said:

Technically this is not a land is a crash!

But it's nice anyway!

 

If you were to ask me, it is just landing legs working extra good :-)

[Fastest to Land on the VAB]

The idea is simple.

Use only stock parts to safely land on the VAB as fast as possible. No cheating, of course.

My fastest time is 20 seconds. I think you can beat that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0C1z6Vqa4o

 

Leaderboard:

dnbattley - 5 seconds

Klapaucius - 17.5 seconds

Petabyte - 20 seconds

 

[The KSC Rocket Hover Race: Hover around the VAB on rocket thrust]

19 hours ago, ralanboyle said:

25 seconds. Your move @Petabyte. 

 

Eh. You win. Races aren't really my thing anyway.

[Longest Hover Challenge]

I am allowing staging now. This should allow for a much more interesting challenge.

[The KSC Rocket Hover Race: Hover around the VAB on rocket thrust]

13 minutes ago, ralanboyle said:

Damn man, 

It's all about that landing. 

Somebody will probably beat it in 20 minutes.

[The KSC Rocket Hover Race: Hover around the VAB on rocket thrust]

Sorry ralanboyle, 36 seconds.

 

[The KSC Rocket Hover Race: Hover around the VAB on rocket thrust]

I'm confused on the max height. 100 meters is just above the launch pad.

[The KSC Rocket Hover Race: Hover around the VAB on rocket thrust]

This is extremely frustrating.  A lot of people will rage with this.

[The KSC Rocket Hover Race: Hover around the VAB on rocket thrust]

Can parachutes be used? They can be used to slow down the craft during hover.

And thanks for giving credit to me for my post, and extending it. :-)

[Longest Hover Challenge]

I'm raising the max height to 1000m. 500 is just too little.

[Longest Hover Challenge]

2 hours ago, vyznev said:

By "spacecraft", I assume you mean a rocket-powered one? Because I'm pretty sure I could build a solar and/or RTG powered helicopter than can hover forever. Possibly even without using DLC parts, although it'd certainly be much easier with the Breaking Ground motors.

Also, I assume this should be done on Kerbin, and that the altitude is to be measured from the surface and not from sea level. (If you wanted, you could specify an airless celestial body like the Mun or Tylo instead to definitely rule out any non-rocket solutions. But you do need to require a specific body, or everyone will choose Gilly.)

Yes, it should be on Kerbin, with a liquid fuel engine. I wasn't very clear on that. It also can't take advantage of wings + aerodynamics.

It also can not use jet engines.

[Longest Hover Challenge]

Well, it's pretty simple. Try to get the longest hover time on a spacecraft.

This is my first post on the KSP forums. I have been playing the game for a few years though.

Rules:

• Must be between 10-1000m
• Can't touch the ground during hover
• No jet engines, only solid/liquid rocket fuel
• No use of aerodynamics/wings to fly
• Be honest :-)
• A video isn't required but it would be better.
• No parallel staging
• No engine more than once

Leaderboard:

vyznev - 9.5 minutes