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    Can I land on Tylo with this?

    in KSP1 Gameplay Questions and Tutorials

    Posted · Edited by Kuzzter

    I suppose the shorter answer to your direct question is, "no, here use this ship instead and fly it like this", but if you let me and others walk you through the design process you will not only know how to land on Tylo, you will gain some skills that will help you do a lot of other things in the game as well.

    First, do you know how much delta V you have in the lander when it's fully fueled? If not, post the mass with full tanks, mass with empty tanks, and we can show you how to calculate the dV you will get with your Poodle descent engine.

    A perfect descent from orbit to Tylo surface costs about 3000 m/s delta V, and the same is true for the ascent. I suggest we start with the numbers and go from there. Depending on the dV of your craft and its thrust to weight ratio (TWR) we can make some suggestions of landing technique (i.e. vertical descent vs. constant altitude)

    ETA: thanks Yukon for correcting, we need TWR not TMR when in Tylo SOI

    Kerbal Kountdown!!!!

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    I am not saying I've finished, but... James T. Kirk and his flawless execution of the Kobayashi Maru come to mind here :sticktongue:

    I don't believe in the no-win scenario either, and I think everything but 12d works without question. All that remains is which mistake was made: do we shift up two spaces, or make Garneau an honorary ESA member?

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    Oh, damn.. I only now realize that one of the fixes didn't come through with the 'fixed' puzzle. 12 down is CSA, not ESA. No more crosswords for me :)

    YES! SOLVED!!!

    Kerbal Kountdown!!!!

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    Here's mine so far. I know we were thinking Glenn for 16D, but I can't corroborate with a 16A. For 2D I didn't think any Russian in history ever had a name as short as four letters :) I even checked the dogs and didn't come up with a match.

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    Kerbal Kountdown!!!!

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Kuzzter

    1d Tereshkova! 3a Carpenter!

    I wonder if they made a mistake and 12d should in fact be a Russian, Gagarin... there does not seem to be an ESA astronaut that fits.

    All mistakes on the puzzle forgiven, it means they're spending their QA time on the game.

    V 0.90 smallest SSTO challenge

    in KSP1 Challenges & Mission ideas

    Posted

    Why not crewed?

    2,046 kg on the runway, turbojet+RCS, SSTO with propellant to spare.

    Keys to the design:

    --two ROUND-8 with oxidant drained and the monopropellant tank between them, for stiffness.

    --Oscar-B tank in front to mount the seat (no oxidant)

    --OM-10 massless RCS thrusters for circularization

    --wing strakes are the best lift/weight ratio in 0.90.

    --no control surfaces, just a small inline gyro and battery

    I could make it quite a bit lighter by taking the seat off and reducing fuel appropriately, but kerbals like to fly :)

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    The Eve Rocks Challenge (v0.90 only)

    in KSP1 Challenges & Mission ideas

    Posted

    At first glance Luizo this may not qualify allthough it is a really good video. Unfortunately the rules state that you must use an enclosed capsule or lander--no "seat only" lifters. Also while the mission is certainly 100% genuine with no cheats, the judging procedure requires the resource window to be visible so we can see how much fuel you are using.

    That aside, I really enjoyed watching the video, your craft is very well made and congratulations on getting two Kerbals home from Eve!

    The I <3 the ROUND-8 Challenge!

    in KSP1 Challenges & Mission ideas

    Posted · Edited by Kuzzter

    All right, we are still basking in the golden glow of victory and here are a few more for the leaderboard.

    BoobyTrap, you go to #1 in the Kerbal Coast (Koast?) Guard category for saving Jeb from drowning (though 'drowning', like 'starving' or 'asphixyating', are not generally things Kebals worry about.)

    Hon. mention to Kerdinand for making it fly. That can't be Jeb in the picture though, I have never seen that sad face on him :)

    Mallock, you go to #1 in the Satellite Swarm category--congrats!

    The Eve Rocks Challenge (v0.90 only)

    in KSP1 Challenges & Mission ideas

    Posted

    Thanks so much, really appreciate the review, the kind words, and the sound advice! Yeah, at one point in the ascent I recall seeing shockwaves forming around the big Kerbodyne, looked over at KER and saw that my TMR was over 7 and throttled WAY back--sorry should have snapped a picture there, but the tank was running dry and I was more concerned at that moment with staging. I think I have a quicksave right before ascent, I may run that again and throttle down earlier to see how much more dV I can save.

    Am applying these lessons learned towards my next big cruiser the KSS Gojira Maru, bound for the moons of Jool sometime after V1 hits! :D

    Landing on Tylo

    in KSP1 Gameplay Questions and Tutorials

    Posted

    After a bunch of tries i finally managed a decent landing/ascent in one stage using the Constant Altitude method. I don't have a picture of the ship, but it's easy to describe: Mk1 lander can, Rocko-32 18 ton fuel tank, a little RCS and a medium gyro, 3x LV-N, and a few I-beams between the engines to allow the landing legs to mount low enough. Total dV is over 7000, TMR a bit less than 0.9 fully fueled.

    Descent profile:

    1. Begin 20km orbit
    2. Burn retro to 2000m/s orbital velocity
    3. Fall to ~12km
    4. Begin firing engines to reduce vertical speed
    5. Vertical velocity ~0 at 5km
    6. Continue burning at 30 to 60 degree angle to horizon, keeping vertical velocity near zero while reducing horizontal
    7. With horizontal velocity ~200-400 m/s and not seeing large mountains in the way, allow ship to begin falling
    8. Continue reducing horizontal velocity while allowing vertical velocity of up to 50 m/s
    9. At <1000m from ground, kill horizontal velocity and finish descent

    Got to ground this way using about 2600m/s dV, no trouble ascending. I did have to practice the landing method several times though, it was a new skill for me.

    KSP 1.0 General Thread + All the new features

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted

    Aha, the whole ROUND-8 thing was just to distract us from their REAL purpose, giving us crappy fairing separation!

    ...well, it worked on me. I too would prefer two-piece separation but I'm not ready to blow up the forum over it. The Great ROUND-8 Revolt was over a functional part; this is over the nature of a cloud of non-persistent debris. I'll put this in the category of "gee I really wish the cargo bay doors wouldn't clip through my wings when they open" and play on.

    The Eve Rocks Challenge (v0.90 only)

    in KSP1 Challenges & Mission ideas

    Posted

    Congrats Norcalplanner and Tiaga, and thanks Norcalplanner for a great start to the peer reviews!

    I just clicked through Lou's mission and WOW--he got ALL! THE! SCIENCE! Two Kerbals, three biomes, a perfect landing location and a very intricate ship to pull it off. His mission report is very easy to follow, with the resource window always open. I found myself in suspense wondering "what's he gonna do with that xenon?" until the end :) Amazingly, he pulls the whole thing off without a single orbital rendezvous. One ship leaves, same ship comes back with the science--just WOW.

    The I <3 the ROUND-8 Challenge!

    in KSP1 Challenges & Mission ideas

    Posted · Edited by Kuzzter

    Hey, take a look at these two v1.0 screenshots (posted about 5 hours ago) and tell me if you think the same thing I do...

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    Could it be? COULD! IT! BE!?!!

    YES! Read it here!

    EXCERPT:

    The Round-8 "Lifesaver" tank... Squad were astounded at the community feedback for the change - "what are people saying? Are we making a bad call? But they also think we need a bigger xenon tank.. so por que no los dos!" The ROUND-8 will stay an LFO tank (and be re-balanced)! And Squad are adding a new large xenon tank! Hooray! (stay tuned!)

    VICTORY! HUZZAH FOR THE ROUND-8, and our GLORIOUS ORDER! Por que no los dos, indeedamente?

    Thanks everyone for participating in the Challenge, our work here is done! Feel free to post cool designs in perpetuity, but I will cease adjudicating when the next Developer Notes come out on Tuesday.

    The I <3 the ROUND-8 Challenge!

    in KSP1 Challenges & Mission ideas

    Posted

    That is my submission, and the reason that only r-8s could be used is because that other tanks would take up too much space.

    Very nice, it's like the lander can has a brilliant golden skin that holds fuel. Putting you on the leaderboard, and you can also consider yourself a Knight of the Order!

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    [...]And will just eleven magical toroids be enough to bring him back home?

    Excellent! Even better than your first entry, and i love the story.

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    That is my last entry, 10k dv :), only cheat balls are welded (with structural part inside) for reduce part count
    :confused: Oh my! Please tell me you're going to Eve with that? If your "cheat balls" perform awesomely enough I think we can forgive a little welding.

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    Jeb was only allowed one more Round-8, before they were converted to use some pointless fuel that offers no thrust. But nobody said what size, so Jeb ordered the biggest Round-8 ever, and headed to orbit....
    That's nuts! Not sure it's a challenge entry as it isn't THE r-8 (unless you are playing with modded capsules and aerospikes that are hilariously small?) But wonderful none the less.
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