The Small Kerbin 2 Challange

[Red Iron Crown]

Red crown I was trying to find your 9th part and couldnt for the life of me until I saw that 1 dam solar panel lol. I bet a million kerbals I would have forgotten that on a low part challenge lol

I may have run out of charge when attempting the challenge with 8 parts. Curse the 909's lack of alternator!

[Kermen]

Okay, I decided not to try all three categories at once. This one is 6 parts, 112.7t, 44,432 cost. It's also overkill for this mission; my maneuvers were sloppy, I wasted a lot of fuel cherrypicking landing sites, and I actually blew up a bunch of fuel on the kerbin landing.

http://imgur.com/a/JfY9u

It's six parts though. I forgot to ss the mun flag, but I promise it's there.

I used KER because I think KSP is boring and tedious without it, and I used Trajectories to show approximate landing zone, because I wanted to land on land without reverting a bunch of times.

Stage 1 got me to almost 2km/s at 100km, so almost in orbit. I had about 5000m/s to play with after that.

After a landing burn, I hit Kerbin at about 20m/s blowing up the engine, then again at about 14m/s, blowing up the fuel tank, and finally the pod "safely" "landed" at about 9m/s.

Edit: if this counts for scoring, the ship is called "A Ship Which Was Built for Competing In The Small Kerbin 2 Challange." Do with that as you will.

Edited July 30, 2015 by Kermen

[astrobond]

Hi All

Here is my "light weight" mission:

6,221Kg, 29,464 cost, 28 parts.

I didn't remember that with no command pod, there is only one flag available, so I don't know if this is ok

BTW I found this challenge really fun, here is the Album:

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Fly safe with Valentina

[More Boosters]

It's not explicitly stated in the rules so I'm assuming docking is allowed. With that in mind, is it safe to assume that you'd ask for the total mass and cost of the two vehicles?

[Nich]

"Multiple launches are allowed, Sum up wight/parts/cost of all launches. All launches helping the mission must be counted."

Impressive landings with incredibly low TWR. How low was it on the Mun?

[astrobond]

Impressive landings with incredibly low TWR. How low was it on the Mun?

Hi Nich and congrat's for your last mission too Very nice !

From KER on the Mun: Surface TWR 1.25 at start de-orbiting, and 1.29 when landed.

Hard, but not so hard if you keep an eye on the vertical speed, thank's KER

Fly safe with Valentina !

[Nich]

I had a very hard time on the Mun with a lot less weight but I only had 350 m/s in the batteries the the other 250 had to come from solar panels at 1/3 power. I didnt think of watching vertical speed. My craft was right around .72 t when deorbiting for the mun

[Red Iron Crown]

It's six parts though.

Nuts, I have a seven part design I was about to run, back to the drawing board.

[astrobond]

I had a very hard time on the Mun with a lot less weight but I only had 350 m/s in the batteries the the other 250 had to come from solar panels at 1/3 power. I didnt think of watching vertical speed. My craft was right around .72 t when deorbiting for the mun

I think I have between 800 and 1000 m/s with 3000 ElectricCharges + the solar Panels, way more comfortable even if the lander is around 1Ton ^^

But I had to F5/F9 at least two or three times lol !!!

[Nefrums]

Nice missions all of you.

astrobond, the two flags rule was partly there because that I think reentry in a command seat is silly So unfortunately that mission will not go on the scoreboard, despite it being a very well flown one.

Kermen, that one will be hard to beat.

[astrobond]

Nice missions all of you.

astrobond, the two flags rule was partly there because that I think reentry in a command seat is silly So unfortunately that mission will not go on the scoreboard, despite it being a very well flown one...

Thank's a lot Nefrums

Back to the drawingboard too lol

I have a "less silly" version...

[Nich]

Btw My successful mission (with 2 flags) was 8.6 t and you have 10.9 t on the leader board.

[Nefrums]

Btw My successful mission (with 2 flags) was 8.6 t and you have 10.9 t on the leader board.

Yes, my bad. It is the Econo 2.3 not 2.1 that should be on the score board

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And to give you a more challenging target to beat I give you: Smallmunhopper

5.995 kg

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[Kermen]

Oh cool, it counted. Let me tell you guys, balancing a 3.75m tank on a poodle on the mun is no easy feat. I probably wouldn't have crashlanded on kerbin if I hadn't wasted so much dV looking for the flattest spot I could find on the mun. 5.2 degree slope. In one attempt, I actually landed the craft sidways and recreated a certain scene from Prometheus trying to make it stop rolling. Had to revert though because I blew up on takeoff.

[Kermen]

New entry. 22 parts, 79.1t, 15122 cost. Check out the remaining dV after my final burn. Better documented this time.

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That's it for me I think. If someone wants to usurp this design it would not be hard. You could use docking ports for staging and save a tiny bit of cash using Hammers instead of BACCs (albeit twice as many of them) but I just wanted to beat the -current- record, not set an unbeatable one. As for weight challenge... that ion scooter is a thing of beauty and I'm not gonna try to mess with that. I bet you could shave some weight off the fairing (or omit it) and redesign the wings and structural elements, but like I said, that's a work of art, I'm not going to change it.

That said, this was a very fun challenge and gave me an excuse to build some really unconventional rockets. Thanks Nefrums!

[astrobond]

Hi Again All

Arglllll.... You just beat me Nefrums !!! Congratulations, very, very nice mission

Here is my new one, with a lot of pictures, I hope i'll be on the second "lightweight" place some minutes xD

Same number of parts, a little less of cost, but 268kg more than you Nefrums !!!

BTW almost the same approach but the vertical takeoff

You made a really well tuned ship and perfect flight !!! Not me lol xD

6,263Kg, 32,843cost, 27 parts.

At least this time the two Flags are Ok

Here is the Album:

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Fly safe with Valentina

[Nefrums]

Kermen you are now top on two of the scorebaords, well done.

And anstrobond that was one good mission, I think it was better flown than mine. I think that you might be able to save some fuel by reducing drag with a fairing.

[astrobond]

.... And anstrobond that was one good mission, I think it was better flown than mine. I think that you might be able to save some fuel by reducing drag with a fairing.

You read in my head lol !!! (maybe this is me who read in your's in fact... xD)

After some testing, here is my new ship:

And you are right, fairing is really more than paying the added weight !

I have to make the mission again, but at this time, in LKO with more than 3500m/s D/V on the mothership, that should be good

5,850kg, 31,290cost, 19 parts !

Fly safe with Valentina

Edited July 31, 2015 by astrobond

[Kermen]

If you add up each ship's position on each of the three scoreboards, I think your little craft there is the new overall leader. Well done!

[astrobond]

Hi Again All

Here is my last try, just finished

5,850kg, 31,290cost, 19 parts.

Maybe the first on the "Lightweight" scoreboard until Nefrums with his funny ion scooter or someone else does better ^^

The Album:

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Fly safe with Valentina

Edited August 1, 2015 by astrobond

[astrobond]

If you add up each ship's position on each of the three scoreboards, I think your little craft there is the new overall leader. Well done!

Thank's a lot Kermen, but you are in the 1st place of the two other scoreboards !!! congrat's too

[Mesklin]

My entry with minimal mass craft: 4.188t on launchpad with pilot. Who is need cabin? Fresh vacuum is perfect today.

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Craft drawings: http://kerbalx.com/crafts/4146

Edited August 2, 2015 by Mesklin

[Nich]

Nefrums how did you get the chair in the middle like that? I was making a rescue craft and I cant get it to work

[Nefrums]

Well done mesklin. i did not know that trick with the picking up flags. There I get for trying to write clever rules

Nefrums how did you get the chair in the middle like that? I was making a rescue craft and I cant get it to work

There are a few Struts in between the batteries. The Struts are offset down a bit and the chair is plaiced on top of them

[Kermen]

Mesklin, the VAB shows your craft mass as 4.755t, not 4.188t. It's still the lowest, but it's a little cheaty to undersell it like that.