Small rocket, Long way (This isn't a small mass and part limit challenge!)

[Dcseal]

SMALL ROCKET

LONG WAY

DUN DUN DUN DUU DUU DUNDUNUDUN

Ok enough with the starwars music

Backstory

Jebediah Kerman's Junkyard Co.

and Spaceship parts Co. Were going to run out of buisness if they didn't do something. Rockomax and Kerbodyne's fuel tanks were bigger and better. and they were being used for all kinds of missions.

But, Jeb and Spaceship parts Co. Were just being used for the mun. which now had 1,000,000 flags on it because someone in my last challenge.

So. Jeb and Spaceship Parts Co. Teamed up and enounced they would together build a rocket and fly somewere far away and vast....

And GET BACK.

MISSON

Your mission is to get to Jool, Or Eeloo, Depending on what mode you are on.

EASY MODE

Easy mode is the first one. Get to Duna using

No fuel tanks from Kerbodyne and Rockomax.

Anything else is fine. You may use rockets

from kerbodyne, and rockomax too.

MEDIUM MODE

GET INTO JOOL ORBIT AND LAND ON ONE OF ITS MOONS USING

NO ROCKETS

FROM ROCKOMAX OR KERBODYNE

AND NO FUEL TANKS FROM THEM.

HARD MODE

NO ROCKETS

NO FUEL TANKS

NOT ANYTHING

WITH KERBODYNE

OR ROCKOMAXES

NAME IN IT

.....

Oh,

FLY

TO

Eeloo.

I want to make this really hard. on hard mode,

NO MECHJEB.

Did i make that to intense? Nah, I probably didn't.

Anyway, Goodluck! You have to have photos of the rocket in the Vab, Takeoff, your manuever node that is an encounter, a picture of you orbiting the planet, a picture of rentry or coming down, and then a picture of you on the ground, and finally, get ol' Jeb out and plant the flag. Goodluck!

HALL OF FAME

Foxster - Hard Mode completed

Red Iron Crown - Medium Mode completed

Purpleivan - Hard Mode Completed

Do to the people not being able to read or identify GET BACK

Or Getting to Duna, Jool, Or Eeloo, it means landing.

Jool, however. land on one of jools moons. because you can't land on Jool.

Getting back, Means landing back on kerbin.

Edited September 18, 2015 by Dcseal
I made a really stupid mistake.

[Foxster]

A coupla tings...

One launch from the KSC?

Stock-only, right?

"And GET BACK" means what? You haven't asked for any pictures of this.

MK3 (C7 Aerospace) parts are OK?

Edited September 11, 2015 by Foxster

[Red Iron Crown]

Landing on Laythe and back with no Rockomax, Kerbodyne, or MechJeb, in a single stage:

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Pretty sure it could do an Eeloo flyby and return safely.

[Foxster]

SSTOs - meh!

Here's a proper rocket...

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It was all going to plan (yea, a plan, right!) with loads of dV to spare, when I realised in Eeloo orbit that my lander had a TWR of <1! Whoops. Had to burn off nearly half my fuel in maneuvers just to get the TWR to a workable level.

Then, of course, I was cutting it fine when I got back to Kerbin. I had to have about a dozen tries at aerobraking to get it down and even then I had to burn off the ions etc.

Still, all's well that ends well!

Edited September 11, 2015 by Foxster

[Dcseal]

Landing on Laythe and back with no Rockomax, Kerbodyne, or MechJeb, in a single stage:

http://imgur.com/a/nuITt

Pretty sure it could do an Eeloo flyby and return safely.

Cool, but this does not count in anyway. Duna, Jool, Eloo. You have not completed the challenge.

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A coupla tings...

One launch from the KSC?

Stock-only, right?

"And GET BACK" means what? You haven't asked for any pictures of this.

MK3 (C7 Aerospace) parts are OK?

Get back to kerbin.

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SSTOs - meh!

Here's a proper rocket...

It was all going to plan (yea, a plan, right!) with loads of dV to spare, when I realised in Eeloo orbit that my lander had a TWR of <1! Whoops. Had to burn off nearly half my fuel in maneuvers just to get the TWR to a workable level.

Then, of course, I was cutting it fine when I got back to Kerbin. I had to have about a dozen tries at aerobraking to get it down and even then I had to burn off the ions etc.

Still, all's well that ends well!

Nice job! you nailed it!

[Red Iron Crown]

What does one have to do to qualify for visiting Jool? I figured landing on one of its moons would be sufficient, but perhaps you had something else in mind.

[FlipNascar]

So seeing as there's no mention of Wheaton's Law....

Infini fuel!

[Dcseal]

@FlipNascar, There's also the time saver of something, were you don't have to post everything, Because people can think for themselves and easily determine, am i cheating?

​HINT: Your cheating.

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What does one have to do to qualify for visiting Jool? I figured landing on one of its moons would be sufficient, but perhaps you had something else in mind.

The reason this does not count is simple. You didn't go to any of the planets I put in the challenge.

People can extend the challenge, like Scott Manley took it down to 5 parts in orange efficency or something like that, But you can't edit the challenge by going to something we didn't say to go to. Also, Using a plane, i'm not going to add the rule that that is cheating, but, it's kind of low quality, because your not really using a rocket, what they are meant for.

[Starwhip]

What does one have to do to qualify for visiting Jool? I figured landing on one of its moons would be sufficient, but perhaps you had something else in mind.

Same question here. Seems like you made it. :/

[Dcseal]

Same question here. Seems like you made it. :/

LANDING

on jool

"Getting to jool"

Is kind of the sense.

EDIT: I'm very dumb.

You can't land on jool!

i wonder how many people's games i crashed.

Sorry!!!!

Edited September 16, 2015 by Dcseal

[Red Iron Crown]

The reason this does not count is simple. You didn't go to any of the planets I put in the challenge.

I was in a closed orbit of Jool and landed on one of its moons. A landing on Jool is impossible. I get that you don't approve of my entry, but for the benefit of others trying to meet the "Get to Jool" level of difficulty, what exactly must one do?

Edit:

LANDING

on jool

"Getting to jool"

Is kind of the sense.

Ooooh. Might want to make that the hardest difficulty level.

[killakrust]

I was in a closed orbit of Jool and landed on one of its moons. A landing on Jool is impossible. I get that you don't approve of my entry, but for the benefit of others trying to meet the "Get to Jool" level of difficulty, what exactly must one do?

Edit:

Ooooh. Might want to make that the hardest difficulty level.

Hmm, seems to me that perhaps Dcseal does not realize that Laythe is at Jool. You certainly have completed 'Medium Mode' AFAICT (i.e. you got to Jool and back again + some).

[Dcseal]

Hmm, seems to me that perhaps Dcseal does not realize that Laythe is at Jool. You certainly have completed 'Medium Mode' AFAICT (i.e. you got to Jool and back again + some).

Ok. I apologize. I did not seem to notice that it is impossible to get to Jool. My mistake. Ok, you've completed medium. My apologies.

[Red Iron Crown]

Actually I don't think I have. Apparently the Rapier engines used are a C7/Rockomax product (I thought they were C7 only). My apologies, I thought the plane was compliant with your rules.

I'll see if I can put together a compliant entry soon (and a pure rocket, since those seem to be what you prefer ).

[Dcseal]

Actually I don't think I have. Apparently the Rapier engines used are a C7/Rockomax product (I thought they were C7 only). My apologies, I thought the plane was compliant with your rules.

I'll see if I can put together a compliant entry soon (and a pure rocket, since those seem to be what you prefer ).

Ahhh, Bugger it. After all this, whatever, you've completed it. I've already put your name up there, and i'm to lazy to take it off. plus, I guess you did kinda outwit me and complete the challenge without me knowing, because, I did not know that jool cannot be landed on. Well, whatever, It's just the engines, Whatever, You won.

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I'll see if I can put together a compliant entry soon (and a pure rocket, since those seem to be what you prefer ).

Well, actually. i have something even better for you. If you use your same exact build on easy mode, duna, you'll win easy.

So, if you want me to keep your name on medium, ask me. but, if you wanna try easy, i'll take your name of medium and you can try easy

You can complete mutipile ones, but if you wanna try again then i'll want to take off the kind of cheaty one.

Because, in easy mode, you only have not use rockomaxes, and Kerybodynes fuel tanks, right?

[SpaceplaneAddict]

Rapier's allowed then? Not clear on it.

[SpaceplaneAddict]

We are go for prelaunch checklists.

[purpleivan]

Ok... here's my entry to the challenge, a hard mode trip to Eeloo.

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[Dcseal]

Rapier's allowed then? Not clear on it.

Rapier Engine is not allowed.

If something has rockomax or kerbodyne's name in it, It is not allowed, well, depending on what mode you're on, because easy mode you only can't use there fuel tanks, on medium, none of there fuel tanks or rockets, ect so on so on.

Goodluck!

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We are go for prelaunch checklists.

Everything seems to be in order. You're go for launch.

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Ok... here's my entry to the challenge, a hard mode trip to Eeloo.

Nice, You nailed it! Hard mode completed. If you would, please check back to just confirm nothing is rockomax or kerybodyne.

[SpaceplaneAddict]

I FOUND A LOOPHOLE IN YOUR RULES! Did I break your ears yet? Good. Anyways, what about that liquid fuel booster? It's a fuel tank, but also an engine? WHAT GIVES?! Nick name: Rhino. Just sayin'

Edited September 18, 2015 by SpaceplaneAddict

[purpleivan]

Nice, You nailed it! Hard mode completed. If you would, please check back to just confirm nothing is rockomax or kerybodyne.

I can confirm that no parts were Rockomax or Kerbodyne.

Engines used were.

T-1 Toroidal

LV-T45

LV-N

IK-6315

All tanks were non Kerbodyne/Rockomax also.

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I'd have thought that the S1 SRB-KD25k and the BACC, both being made by Rockomax are not allow for some of the difficulty levels, but the smaller ones aren't so should be available.

[h=1][/h]

[Dcseal]

I FOUND A LOOPHOLE IN YOUR RULES! Did I break your ears yet? Good. Anyways, what about that liquid fuel booster? It's a fuel tank, but also an engine? WHAT GIVES?! Nick name: Rhino. Just sayin'

Nice try. Who does it say the part is made by ingame?

[SpaceplaneAddict]

Kerbodyne. But for Easy mode 2 Duna, it only says no fuel *tanks* allowed. But Engines are allowed from rocko/kerbo.

[purpleivan]

I think I need to withdraw my entry from the challenge as I put the wrong, i.e. non stock RTG's on it by mistake.

I have the Near Future Electrical add-on in my install for a cinematic I'm working on, and must grabbed the PB-AS-NUK part from that instead of the stock PB-NUK. I only found out when someone on another thread noticed it in the IMGUR album I posted there.

I'll update my vehicle at some point and re-run the flight with all stock parts.