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Kerbal MonoRail A bit of backstory: For ages Kerbals used planes and rockets to cover great distances over land. But none of them could carry much stuff, and there were the occasional crashes and stuff. So I they decided to build a MonoRail system! It would then be used to carry large amounts of fuel, etc., from places where resources are abundant, to places that are the best to launch from. +-----+ | LOG | +-----+ [ 220605.1118 ] Test with Ground Anchor. The Ground Anchor seems to be too buggy to be used to tie the rails to the ground. (See log 22.1) [ 220606.1239 ] Test for rail attachment. It may be a good idea, but only when no ground is available. (See log 22.2) [ 220822.2116 ] Test with a carriage on a rail. The whole thing seems pretty stable, although it isn't (especially in curves). (see log 22.3) [ 220822.2232 ] Longer rail and speed test. Prototype can reach 50 m/s, and probably more. Still not stable, due to spring issues. (see log 22.4) [ 230202.1854 ] New rail, using a custom 30-meter-long, 1.875m square-sectionned part. Several tests using plane wheels. Still unusable as the springs are either too low to actually do something, or too high and cause the car to derail. New design, using rover wheels this time, as spring set to minimum will not cause some casing collider hit the rail, thus slowing down - and possibly stopping - the vehicle. (see log 23.1) [ 230204.1301 ] Test to determine an efficient way of arranging docking ports, to produce as much thrust as possible. (see log 23.2) [ 230204.1313 ] Design for fuel wagon and engine, the latter using four of the engine modules previously found. (see log 23.3) [ 230204.1341 ] Test of the previously designed vehicles. (see log 23.4) [ 230204.1519 ] Test of the cargo wagon and the platform, which allows loading/unloading of vehicles. (see log 23.5) [ 230208.1444 ] Stress-tested the chassis: the wheels break often. The issue could be fixed by changing the wheels, though it has yet to be tested. (see log 23.6) [ 230208.1542 ] More stress-testing, this time with fuel wagons and in a straight line. Results indicate that more wheels might will be needed. (see log 23.7) [ 230214.1831 ] Test for rail segment coupling technology. The technique used works good. It will be kept unless a better one is found (which is very unlikely). (see log 23.8) [ 230701.1744 ] A bit of theory about the use of fairings as rails, to make the MonoRail fully stock. (see log 23.9) TBC