TimothyC
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Makulu, it's the Hawai'ian word for Saturn.
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7 minutes ago, CobaltWolf said:
So I was looking at the Titan IV texture sheet and I noticed that there was some room. Anyone have pics of the mounting hardware for the Titan solids? I think it's time for BDB to get its own radial decoupler.
I can after June 8th when it goes on display. Until then There is this:
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1 hour ago, benjee10 said:
The second configuration is most practical in terms of versatility as the first one would require a non-standard offset on the nodes whereas the second one would have the nodes offset at 1.875m intervals which is a lot friendlier I feel. Will implement for the next update, pretty easy to do!
Awesome and thank you. I had considered that it might be easy (a simple duplication of a shroud to a new node), but would have understood a "Buzz off".
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6 minutes ago, Deimos Rast said:
Also, I would love a github link, although I suppose if it's a new repo it doesn't do me much good (since I'm looking for an older version), as I'm trying to make this work in 1.0.5.
I've loaded the latest version in 1.0.5 on Windows with no issues. I do however remove all of the patch options (Just the parts for me)
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3 hours ago, benjee10 said:
Small truss is a definite yes! As for the second part some screenshots might help, I'm having trouble picturing what you're suggesting
Not a problem. This is what I'd like to see. I've used a radial attachment with a Common Berthing Port to attach the Truss to the rest of the station, but the offset makes it look funny (I'm trying to get the truss centered):
The other option that would be nice (as an alternate) is if the truss was offset in the other direction (removing a Zero truss, and going for an even number of segments:
Yes, I am working from the 1989 Baseline, which isn't far from the 1991 baseline to be fair. -
If I might make a pair of requests on the trusses. The first is that I would please like to see a small truss segment that would fit between a pair of solar wings, and the second is that I would be most appreciative if you could provide a node/shroud to allow for either a double truss center section or a single truss center section while above a station that has 2 wide node structures. I can provide a screenshot to help explain if you wish.
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@benjee10 Awesome man, awesome.
I recently broke this image out for someone else, but it might be of some inspiration:
This was proposed as a part of Option A (both A-1 and A-2) in the 1993 Space Station redesign Study. Your existing nodes look very close to it, but it might help with the eventual IVA.
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Just now, akron said:
Voyagers were launched on the last two Atlas IIIE ever built, TC-6 and TC-7. And your estimate is super close!
I think you have a typo there as the Voyager probes went up on Titan. As for Atlas-Centaur, There never was a hammerhead fairing for that production line, meaning the 10 foot fairing was it.
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I really like this mod, and I've started to layout my 1989-91 Freedom analog for 1.1. I do have a couple of questions. First, does the Copula have a node on the glass panel that can be used to have either a decoupler or a docking port for placement? Second, is there any shot at a lab-sized habitation module as was planned for the station up until STS-107?
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Cobalt, nice work on the manual, and you do you, and don't let the users push the schedule. I'd rather have something a bit late but polished and awesome than something soon but buggy.
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12 hours ago, CobaltWolf said:
Thanks! Did I need to do something to Titan IV..?
Not that I've seen, just was showing if you wanted to do further work!
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@CobaltWolf
When you get back to it, here are some Titan IVB images:
http://media.defense.gov/2014/Aug/29/2000931017/-1/-1/0/140829-F-IO108-012.JPG
http://media.defense.gov/2014/Aug/29/2000931018/-1/-1/0/140829-F-IO108-011.JPG
http://media.defense.gov/2014/Aug/29/2000931020/-1/-1/0/140829-F-IO108-010.JPG
http://media.defense.gov/2014/Aug/29/2000931027/-1/-1/0/140829-F-IO108-004.JPGEnjoy!
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4 minutes ago, CobaltWolf said:
Why would I ever make delta 1.875m? That's not even close lol. And he should have done 3.125m instead of 3.2m.
Because @fs10inator is doing his Japanese Deltas in 1.875? It also reduces the number of sizes.
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The ULA parts pack developers have settled on 3.2m as the size for the Delta IV core / 5m DCSS / Vulcan / ACES, with 2.5 for Atlas V / 4m DCSS , and 1.875 for Delta II and Centaur. I think that the 3.2m size would work very well for LDC Titan / Barbarian.
Now I just need to convince you Cobalt to accept the off-scale factor and make Thor / Thorad / Delta 1.875m -
Oh, I like those very much and look forward to seeing more. Thank you for sharing your hard work!
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9 hours ago, CobaltWolf said:
I don't think the Centaur needs a core? I don't think it ever flew with that sort of independent control.
Centaur D, G, G' (G Prime), T, II (Two), & III (Three) all had control systems. I think I'd go with very low thrust jets, and no torque.
A Centaur IV base would have had IVF replacing the RCS (in game monoprop) with LFO jets and a small fuel cell. The core on a Centaur IV would also be at the bottom. This was not a real thing, but a series of proposed upgrades that were all folded into ACES
If anyone was to do ACES it would have the above listed settings for the Centaur IV plus up to four engine placement nodes at the bottom. ACES would be 3-3.125m in KSP scale. (ACES was considered for Atlas V launches early in the program). -
1 hour ago, Nazari1382 said:
check the download on spacedock again in a few
Thank you. I had played around with this mod back when it was first released, but I had forgotten just how good it looks.
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For some reason, the IVAs on the station parts are non-existent for me - that is, they are completely transparent (I can see the outside from the inside).
The Orbiter IVAs are working perfectly however.
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@CobaltWolf & @Noah_Blade Yeah, Saturn V-B is fun. The first stage (the S-ID*) is a stage-and-a-half style stage (Like Atlas, and NLS-2) that is capable of delivering 51klbs to LEO, while only resulting in a 1/2 of one percent decrease in payload to the surface of the moon when used in a three stage stack configuration. In an S-ID + S-IVB configuration two engines could be deleted from the S-ID resulting in a 110klbs payload to LEO, or all engines could be left in place for 183klbs to LEO.
*The above numbers are for the Standard Length S-ID. A version with a 20 foot tank extension adds another 12klbs to the above numbers as a floor. -
The parts look great.
As for AAP, I'm still keeping an eye out, but one thing that might be fun (and useful in pushing Saturn-Nova out) is the late 1980s/early 1990s National Launch System. It consisted of one type of engine (STME - Space Transportation Main Engine), two main types of tank (5.4m and an 8.4m tank which would reduce to a 3m and a 5m for simplicity in kerbal scale*). The proposed upper stages were all either STMEs or RL-10s. The one slightly complicated part would be the NLS-2's six engine stage-and-a-half base (think classic Atlas), but I know I have diagrams for that geometry saved.
NLS-1:
Yes, those are Post-Challenger SRBs, but they were programmed to be replaced with NLS-1 cores (offering 1+2*SRB, 2, and 3 core options).
NLS-2:
NLS-1 and 2 used common tankage and would have covered the medium to heavy lift range (Titan and above)
NLS-3 was a 5.4m single stick rocket, and few images of it exist (and none as pretty as the art above).
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1 minute ago, CobaltWolf said:
Yeah holy smokes...
@TimothyC what did @MKSheppard want to ask about?
He's working on a total-revamp mod, and had expressed to me that he was interested in using your components in his mod.
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5 minutes ago, VenomousRequiem said:
Cobalt accidentally dropped a magnet on his hard drive before he could transfer it all... I'm afraid this is the end of BDB.
Wait. Didn't he save everything to a cloud account?
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In that case, what is the currently released content released as (as far as reuse of existing content in other mods)?
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17 minutes ago, CobaltWolf said:
Cus if I keep going, sooner or later I'm going to get to Saturn. And I can't let that happen.
Goodbye, KSP forums. It's been a blast.
-CW
I am sorry to hear that, but would like to thank you for the work you have done. I know that MkSheppard had a few questions for you and I think he'd like to get them off before you totally close up shop.
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There is going to be a 1.875m probecore.