Phoxtane

I\'m planning to become an engineer specializing in robotics systems and development. For now though, I have to settle with NXTs and Lego Technic ;D

I read in PopSci magazine about six months ago that NASA is working on the design of a new rocket system. At the time, it looked as if it was going back to the capsule design of the Apollo missions, but it could take twice as many passengers. I believe the project name was 'Challenger' but I\'m probably wrong.

I don\'t like the fact that Endermen pick up any block, including player-placed, obsidian, and bedrock.

They work just fine, why not keep paying for them until we develop those newer rockets I keep hearing about? Unless it\'s cheaper to have Russia haul us up and back.

This is where he adds inertial dampeners to the parts list. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InertialDampening This is why we would need it.

Great work! Yeah, I found the calculator online, but it doesn\'t tell you how to get to a 13:1, it just tells you what the current ratio in your train is. I\'ve also contacted Sariel himself on this matter also. The differential idea seems the most likely solution. I\'ll give it a try after school today. UPDATE: How it\'s going to work, hopefully... The 6:1 ratio and the 20:1 ratio will use the same input shaft, and will use a differential to average out the rotations to get 13:1. I need another 20:1 ratio for the other part of the Tzolkin, so I\'ll just reuse the 20:1 ratio, and perhaps even use the same shafts.

No freaking way. Updated, and this man wins a Jeb: 8)

I\'m working on a project in Lego, but I need a 13:1 gear ratio to do so. That is, turn the output shaft once every time I turn the input shaft 13 times. Whoever can help me will get a mention in some video credits, if I make a video. I may end up not making one right away, or at all. Off-Topic: Never use the official Lego message boards for specific help like this. Evidently, nobody knows what I\'m talking about, because I have zero replies as opposed to some other threads up for less time than mine with poorly-worded questions. If you want to help me in the Lego message boards, my profile name is Starfox5678, and the thread should be in the Technic section near the top of the first page.

Shameless Bump of Doom.

If it's a forum for anything and everything... Get a huge team of people together to moderate, cause there'll be all sorts of trouble. Just look at 4chan.

If anything, watch out for this guy. He's crazy I tell you, just absolutely nutty. I'm joking, of course. ;P

Since someone asked... You don't need to stay level during the flight, just below 15 km in altitude. Also updated the OP with this new information.

Stressed, boring, and quite drunk I presume. 8)

I'd like to see that in a video. ;D

Well, I figured that not going outside the atmosphere would be good enough, but you're right, the air is thin enough that you can go pretty fast... How about 15,000 meters? That should be good enough (and it lets my last personal best be legal ;P).

We all know that speeds in excess of 8,000 m/s are possible outside the atmosphere are possible, but how fast can you go inside the atmosphere? Objectives: Go as fast as you can inside Kearth\'s atmosphere. -Try to beat my record. -Try to beat your personal best. -Try to set the record for this challenge. Official Rules: 1: You may not exit the atmosphere during this challenge. 2: No modded parts are allowed. 3: You may only use the stock parts, Sunday Punch\'s pack, the C7 Flight Pack, and Silisko Industries Donut Research and Spacecraft Development Pack. 4: Adding screenshots is encouraged, but exceptions will be made for those working on secret projects (like me). You do not need to maintain level flight to be eligible for this challenge. *As of the 0.10.1 revision, the drag model has been heavily reworked, and the atmosphere now extends to 68,000 meters! I suggest you resubmit under these new conditions! Altitude limit still applies.* My first attempt got me 333.6 m/s with an experimental craft I call Gnat I. The second iteration of this line of rockets is Gnat II, and I\'ve reached speeds of 338.7 m/s with it. Gnat III got me 388.2 m/s. CURRENT RECORD HOLDER Salda007 at 1775.3 m/s, flying an extended-parts, level flight class aircraft! He is no longer using the C7 Micro Fuel Tank, but he beat his previous record!

Are you sure?

I got the Kerbal Space Program recently, so I decided to make a forum account to go with it.