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My entry for simplest clock: Go outside and use the VAB as a sundial. Define 1:00 to be when the shadow extends all the way to the western mountains (sunrise). When the shadow extends to the Mk 1 Pod Memorial on the west side, it's approximately 2:00. When it extends to the closest VAB tank on the east side of the VAB, it's approximately 3:00. And when it extends all the way to the water (sunset), it's approximately 4:00.

(You can add a constant offset to get the time zone of your choice. I leave it as an exercise to calculate the proper offset to match official KSC time.)

This clock has zero parts and is guaranteed to never speed up or slow down. Because it has no parts, I have no assembly photos or craft files to submit.

A similar but slightly flawed zero-part clock can also be built using the flagpole. Use the horizons and the outer edges of the paving circle around it as the hour markers, although at times near sunrise the VAB shadow will consume the flagpole shadow.

If you add some screenshots or something, I'll accept it as an official entry. No pics, no clicks....

Because morons like me can't interpret the text instructions.

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http://sta.sh/21afa0ko9g05

This is my entry. I got into a geostationary vertical orbit of Eve and now I have the clock pointing at eve, so it's telling the time relative to Eve. The first clock on Eve! :D

The dish is from the RemoteTech mod because I don't like things easy. It's a disadvantage for me so no throwing me on the cheater list. >.>

"Alt+f12 is encouraged." Some RCS may have been cheated for nailing the geostationary. And fuel. <.<

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http://sta.sh/21afa0ko9g05

This is my entry. I got into a geostationary vertical orbit of Eve and now I have the clock pointing at eve, so it's telling the time relative to Eve. The first clock on Eve! :D

The dish is from the RemoteTech mod because I don't like things easy. It's a disadvantage for me so no throwing me on the cheater list. >.>

"Alt+f12 is encouraged." Some RCS may have been cheated for nailing the geostationary. And fuel. <.<

You did not have to fly it to Eve. But kudos for doing so. I'm not sure I see from the pictures how the clock works... Could you be a darling and either add some more pictures that show it "telling time" or explain it in writing? That way everybody can understand.

What time are you telling?

How does it work?

And the forum natively supports imgur albums, so you can also use that and then add the album directly into your post.

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I'll just explain in words because i'm too lazy to switch away from what i'm building.

It's at a geostationary point, so if you look at it in the map it will tell the time in an eve-ular day. What time it's telling depends on the position on the ship relative to the planet. Think of Eve as the center of the clock and the ship as the hour hand. (What I should do is put in one 10x closer to Eve and have a minute hand too.. give me an hour or two.)

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I'll just explain in words because i'm too lazy to switch away from what i'm building.

It's at a geostationary point, so if you look at it in the map it will tell the time in an eve-ular day. What time it's telling depends on the position on the ship relative to the planet. Think of Eve as the center of the clock and the ship as the hour hand. (What I should do is put in one 10x closer to Eve and have a minute hand too.. give me an hour or two.)

Works for me. Congratulations on completing the build a clock challenge with your Eve entry.

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