Land and take off and go back from Minmus with just gimbal as control

[322997am]

Just go to Minmus orbit however you want use hyper edit I don't care . Then turn rcs sas and reaction wheels off. Then land and return to kerbin safely without cheats. Still no reaction wheels rcs or sas. Who can do it?

[Foxster]

You need to look at the guide for setting challenges.

[rocx]

Translated:

This challenge is about piloting skills: land a craft (stock or mod parts, doesn't matter) from Minmus orbit to the surface and take off again. You may not use SAS during any point. All reaction wheels must be switched off. All rcs thrusters must be switched off. Your only attitude control can come from the gimballing of your main engines (all of which must be pointed in the same direction). Piloting aids such as Mechjeb are also obviously not allowed.

Entrants should preferably show their skills through an uploaded video, but an image album with plenty of pictures can also work.

If there are multiple entries and people feel the need to be ranked and outdo each other, I suggest using fewer engines, more complicated craft, or a lower TWR. Maybe someone can even show us a landing without any gimballed engines!

[smjjames]

Would also be good if the OP showed an example of their attempt.

[Hotblack Desiato]

are engines pointing in different directions allowed? if so, a player could set up a manual action-group controlled RCS-system.

[322997am]

I did this challenge but I did it in career first and then I came up with the challenge.

[mattssheep4]

Did this in career mode 1.0.2. Had Bob as pilot, didn't have probe cores yet or RCS. I got over 1500 science from that mission. Don't have pics, I guess I could go do it again...

[Hotblack Desiato]

Did this in career mode 1.0.2. Had Bob as pilot, didn't have probe cores yet or RCS. I got over 1500 science from that mission. Don't have pics, I guess I could go do it again...

the problem is, that the capsule has torque on its own, bob is just not a pilot and can't use SAS.

but in this challenge, the player is basically not able to turn the ship around without aid of the gimbal-function of the rocket engines. (which makes the MK55 a very interesting choice because of its high gimbal value).

one more quite important thing: timewarp stops rotation. I'd suggest the mod persistent rotation. the spacecraft remembers its own rotation-speed during timewarp