Very Excited for 1.1!!!

[SpenSpaceCorp]

Looking at the new 1.1 album, I am so excited!!! Not only is there love for spaceplanes, but space shuttle designs specifically! I Really look forward to putting the Vector engines on my space shuttle, probably making things about 110% easier! Also new jet engines finally! Also also a CARGO RAMP!!! YUSSSSS!

(PS: With the vector engine, I immediately thought of "We have clearance, Clarence. Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?")

EDIT: 1.1 album:

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Edited August 25, 2015 by SpenSpaceCorp

[KerBlammo]

Looking at the new 1.1 album, I am so excited!!! Not only is there love for spaceplanes, but space shuttle designs specifically! I Really look forward to putting the Vector engines on my space shuttle, probably making things about 110% easier! Also new jet engines finally! Also also a CARGO RAMP!!! YUSSSSS!

(PS: With the vector engine, I immediately thought of "We have clearance, Clarence. Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?"

Surely you must be joking.

I'm looking forward to unity 5 and full 64-bit support. I hope the bit about the new PhysX being able to distribute ship physics across multiple cores is correct and not a mis-communication.

[Greenfire32]

Surely you must be joking.

I'm totally serious. And don't call me Shirley.

[Kuu Lightwing]

Who cares about all that serious stuff? We got a GE-90! I have no bleedin' idea what to do with it, but it is awesome!

Actually, seriously what useful could I build with GE-90? We don't even have wings big enough that would look good with those.

[Xyphos]

Looking at the new 1.1 album

Would be nice to have a link as a reference, because I have no clue what you're talking about.

[monstah]

Would be nice to have a link as a reference, because I have no clue what you're talking about.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/content/352-Kerbal-Space-Program-1-1-update

http://imgur.com/a/NkzMp

The Shirley line made me giggle.

Edit:

*looks at Xyphos' signature*

*looks at avatar before him*

Rocket Pony?

Edited August 24, 2015 by monstah

[Pecan]

Looking at the new 1.1 album, I am so excited!!! Not only is there love for spaceplanes...

So exactly the same as the last 4 releases; 90% spaceplanes, 9% functionality, 1% rocketry and space 10% functionality?

[Edit: corrected accidental inclusion of rocketry above]

Edited August 24, 2015 by Pecan

[monstah]

Sounds like it. I'm (cautiously) excited about the RT/AntennaRange-lite, but otherwise it's just another update...

[keeper]

This all sounds ...., this is what i was expecting for v1.0 tbh. GG cant wait

[KerikBalm]

So exactly the same as the last 4 releases; 90% spaceplanes, 9% functionality, 1% rocketry and space 10% functionality?

[Edit: corrected accidental inclusion of rocketry above]

You'll find a thread that should be more to your liking that was started recently by me.

I will note that rocketry does get a new LFO engine, and functionality/space does get the remote-tech like thing (that will likely result in probes I've sent whizzing by their destinations, getting a gravity assist from jool, and never working again)

[Fearless Son]

I have to say that I love the new cargo ramp, and not just for use on planes. Think of all the possible spacecraft uses for it! Imagine a booster that, instead of fairings, uses cargo bays and can just drop its content out the back while decelerating back into aerobreaking. Or imagine a "White Base" style carrier that can deploy landers and probes. Come to think of it, even on an airless planetary environment that might be one of the better ways of getting a rover down in one piece, or for recovering modules stuck on the surface for contracts.

[Pax Kerbana]

Yes yes, but will they fix the ridiculous cost of Kerbals?

[Xannari Ferrows]

Sad I can't update until I finish my Vall circumnavigation. I've got some custom parts on there that would be destroyed with it.

[Tanner Rawlings]

Surely you must be joking.

I'm looking forward to unity 5 and full 64-bit support. I hope the bit about the new PhysX being able to distribute ship physics across multiple cores is correct and not a mis-communication.

ksp is single core? damn...i knew it was 32 bit but always thought it could do dual core, guess my other 3 were just sitting there on a smoke break (which explains the smoke coming from my computer)

[GluttonyReaper]

ksp is single core? damn...i knew it was 32 bit but always thought it could do dual core, guess my other 3 were just sitting there on a smoke break (which explains the smoke coming from my computer)

Kind of ... KSP uses multiple cores, but for technical reasons, all the physics is done on a single core, which ends up almost always being the bottleneck on performance.

[ajburges]

I have to say that I love the new cargo ramp, and not just for use on planes. Think of all the possible spacecraft uses for it! Imagine a booster that, instead of fairings, uses cargo bays and can just drop its content out the back while decelerating back into aerobreaking. Or imagine a "White Base" style carrier that can deploy landers and probes. Come to think of it, even on an airless planetary environment that might be one of the better ways of getting a rover down in one piece, or for recovering modules stuck on the surface for contracts.

God! I just tested a Mk3 survey plane with a VTOL reusable rover. That *@%$-#% took 30 minutes and countless tries to redock with the carrier. Can't get a ramp quick enough. It will be murder on CoM migration though.

[SpacedCowboy]

I also am very excited over the new parts. The new Mk1 crew cab, fabulous. 2 Kerbs in a 1.25. the new designs are endless.

[Columbia]

Why are you calling it a GE-90? Why not just call it a large turbofan? Or do you have to be that pedantic to call it a specific engine though it's obviously based on general large turbofans and is not an exact replica of it?

I think calling it "GE-90" affectionally would be pretty good.

[Jett_Quasar]

I'm halting all new space plane designs until I get my hands on these new parts.

JR

[Grumman]

I have plans for that cargo ramp. Awesome plans.

[Kuu Lightwing]

Not to be mean, but why are you calling it a GE-90? Why not just call it a large turbofan? Or do you have to be that pedantic to call it a specific engine though it's obviously based on general large turbofans and is not an exact replica of it?

Because it's an enormous turbofan... And it looks pretty close. Real GE-90 has a diameter of 3.5m. I'm pretty sure that kerbal parts are downscaled a bit compared to real life counterparts, so, I guess 2.5m engine is most definitely a GE-90 version...

Like... do you see this? The only problem that the current airliner wings we have, belong to 737, not 777... They are a bit too small.

[Xyphos]

I like the size2 turbofan, now we don't have to spam so many damn jets to achieve the same result.

also, I like cargobay tail section, it almost looks like the one from B9, and I can see it getting MANY uses, since it won't clip into the engines on our vessels.

now we just need the normal cargobays re-worked so they don't clip.

[lemon1324]

Not to be mean, but why are you calling it a GE-90? Why not just call it a large turbofan? Or do you have to be that pedantic to call it a specific engine though it's obviously based on general large turbofans and is not an exact replica of it?

I'm certainly calling it a GE90, both because it's my favorite turbofan and because it looks exactly like one:

The pylon is distinctive in how close to wing level the top of the engine is, and no other large turbofan actually looks quite the same. (besides which, the GE90 is the largest single turbofan by more than a foot fan diameter over the next, and also by maximum thrust--so if you pick a specific engine, well, this is it.)

Though it does look silly on the airliner wing we currently have in stock, because the wing isn't large enough. The Mk3 fuselages are about big enough though, so hopefully we get a matching wing! (or apply tweakscale liberally)

[Kuu Lightwing]

It would also be cool if it sounded like GE90! The real thing seem to have a very distinctive low-pitch noise.

[Xyphos]

Edited August 25, 2015 by Xyphos