Going Kerbal......

[koyoti]

Saw this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-33608816 on the BBC news site earlier.

First thought was' Can I build this?' Second was that the driver must play KSP and has 'gone Kerbal' IRL.

Anyone done anything similar? or have any other examples of someone 'going Kerbal'?

[Guest]

How is this "Kerbal", exactly?

[mythbusters844]

How is this "Kerbal", exactly?

look its a KAR which uses straps (aka sTRUTS) and its poorly made and WOBBLES which is KERBAL!!!! xDD all it needs is more BOOSTERS aand EXPLOSIONS!!!!!!!!!! xDDDDDDDDDDDD

But I agree, I don't see how this is "kerbal" in any way, shape, or form.

Edited July 21, 2015 by mythbusters844

[Tex]

Aw c'mon guys, it's plenty Kerbal! Solving problems in a way that was never intended to be remotely thought of. Strapping a truck to a car INSIDE the trunk? Wha?!

[keeper]

He did all that without cheats? Very kerbal.

[StrandedonEarth]

Yup, that's the way Bill would do it. But only 1 strap? That's asking for things to start kraken.

[Vanamonde]

As this is not about the game itself, the thread has been moved to the off-topic lounge.

[Flymetothemun]

I've always wondered if the UK/Britain/England* had rednecks. Now I know.

*-I'm a stupid American that weighs more than a battle ship.

[T-Bouw]

Wha, what? How was he ever expecting to make a turn with...with that?!

[megatiger78]

Wha, what? How was he ever expecting to make a turn with...with that?!

boosters.

[Slam_Jones]

If I didn't know better, I'd assume it was someone trying to make the best of a car crash.

"Well, I've got half a van in my trunk... guess I'll put a strap on it and make do."

[BagelRabbit]

Anyone done anything similar? or have any other examples of someone 'going Kerbal'?

If by "Kerbal" you mean slapping things together and expecting them to work? Oh, yeah... I've seen some pretty "Kerbal" stuff.

Possibly my favorite example of this sort of thing is the time when one of my friends, Daddyisabar from the Rocketry Forum, did his best to fly a plastic model of a battleship. With rocket engines. Pardon the large images here:

(The engines went in the tubes that you see near the front of the rocket. The orca on the bottom was for stability.)

Believe it or not, this design might have worked... if it wasn't for the fact that only one motor lit. Sadly, the battleship did a bunch of flips and was destroyed upon its hitting the ground:

'Twas a great loss.

To be fair, I've flown some pretty "Kerbal" stuff as well, and some of it has even worked! This "soccer field rocket" went up to nearly a hundred feet (the drag was real) before tumbling back down safely:

I think that these two (and especially the space battleship) are some pretty good contenders for the "Most Kerbal Rocket Ever Flown in Real Life." Good stuff.

-Upsilon