How do you used your Round-8s today?

[goldenpeach]

Never really used them, apart from some small project like putting some small craft in geostationary orbit. Otherwise, nothing at all.

Still, I like them somehow...

[selfish_meme]

Micro balancing spaceplane for payload fraction challenge, once I get it right will then move to nearest equivalent single tank

[Xavven]

I never use those. Squad should get rid of them.

They shouldn't so much get rid of them as re-purpose them. In fact, I think we need a tank for the Ion engine that sits between the PB-X150 and PB-X750. Maybe with enough votes, we could get the community to make Squad switch it to xenon. Who's with me?

[Rainbow-Dashie]

They shouldn't so much get rid of them as re-purpose them. In fact, I think we need a tank for the Ion engine that sits between the PB-X150 and PB-X750. Maybe with enough votes, we could get the community to make Squad switch it to xenon. Who's with me?

I think Squad was intending to do exactly that... but people love their Donut Tank. I like it as well, I just never get around to using it...

[Geschosskopf]

As a Moho ascent stage. Tenemmy didn't really enjoy the ride, probably because he was getting sunburned. Note the thermal gauge on his chest.

With a single Round-8 and Ant engine, this thing has about 2800m/s. On Moho, it has a TWR of 1.38 with a full tank, considerably higher TWRs at other small airless things. It has the 0.625m probe core and SAS under the Round-8, allowing any type of Kerbal to fly it.

The idea is, this goes down on a descent stage covered with science instruments. Run the experiements, have the Kerbal stuff all the data in his pockets, then fly back up to the mothership on this little platform. Thus, you have a light-weight, essentially 1-way lander, so the mothership and lifter for the mission can be smaller, which helps when going to places like Moho and Eeloo (where this platform has a slightly higher TWR than Moho).

You can, of course, also use this as an emergency lifeboat for more conventional landers at places like Mun and Ike.

Edited June 30, 2015 by Geschosskopf

[LABHOUSE]

I have never used them, well except for putting them on ion la ders in anticipation for them to be converted and getting a use.

[eataTREE]

I size them up with Tweakscale (if necessary) and use them as spacers to fix it when the launch-stage rocket nozzles aren't exactly level.

[Destroyer713]

I really only use them as adaptors between 1.25 m tanks and a Spark engine for things like Mun landers and the like that need a lot of fuel but don't need a high TWR.

[Aragosnat]

cool , how many dv it has?

Enough to land on The Mun and likely make it back from a polar landing. To bad no chute to try it out.

[EdusacconBR]

round-8 needs more variants! xD maybe a probe core or a monoproppelant version

[Geschosskopf]

round-8 needs more variants! xD maybe a probe core or a monoproppelant version

Porkjet gave us the Stock Fuel Switch mod. This makes multiple variants of ALL stock (and most mod) fuel tanks. This is a much better solution than adding different versions as separate, memory-eating parts.

[Plume & Akakak]

To add a touch of "Victorian time-machine" style to vessels.

[EdusacconBR]

Porkjet gave us the Stock Fuel Switch mod.

yea, i know, but the textures still the same, and theres no round probe core :c

[worir4]

I use them to save kerbals that have fallen overboard.

[annallia]

To add a touch of "Victorian time-machine" style to vessels.

*snip*

That thing is awesome!

My last use for it?

Micro lander (because they look better than any other small tank), also fun to fly around in. Unfortunately I had forgotten something about small very light weight crafts is that it doesn't really take much to get them going at all from say Mun. In my attempt to rendezvous with the command pod this morning I accidentally sent Jeb out of Kerbins SOI

[Plume & Akakak]

That thing is awesome!

My last use for it?

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z335/annallia92/screenshot13_zps9daa3lhh.png

(Thanks !)

It's great ! I love mini-ships !

[EdusacconBR]

no more round-8 usage? ;-;

[Goddess Bhavani]

Life preserver, of course.

[EdusacconBR]

Life preserver, of course.

can it be thrown on the sea to save kerbals? xD

[Homusubi]

There's no point in removing something. If one person finds them interesting to use, that's enough reason to keep it in the game, whatever it is.

[Tankbuster32]

As an endcap for 1.25m stages (mostly aesthetic stuff). That and small probes.

[X-SR71]

I just want to say I love these tanks and all my probes/satellites are either Round-8 plus LV-1s or Ion powered!