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So you find the engines in KSP a little underwhelming and think you could do better? Want to build a clock? I want to see all your weird and wonderful creations!

I trust you'll actually be building a clock? I just got... er I'm presuming that when I reload KSP after it crashed that I just got the pendulum to work properly on my Grandfather Clock...

or here... where people actually read threads?

these look pretty good, wish we had some stock bearings

Dude, you can make them with very few parts. Depending on what it needs to do, you can get away with as few as five or six parts...

As for stock stuff...

Ferris Wheel (download in sig)

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A bunch of Turrets (download in sig)

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Don't know what to call this, other than it's supposed to be an SSTO that incorporates a turret that works. It works. You can spin around all day long. But it can't handle anything attached to it. Kerbals survive the trip up in the command seat!

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And I also have a couple of really ugly and badly performing helicopters. And some trucks with articulated trailers in varying stages of disrepair. And some other weird contraptions in varying states...

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erasmusguy

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I trust you'll actually be building a clock? I just got... er I'm presuming that when I reload KSP after it crashed that I just got the pendulum to work properly on my Grandfather Clock...

Dude, you can make them with very few parts. Depending on what it needs to do, you can get away with as few as five or six parts...

As for stock stuff...

Ferris Wheel (download in sig)

http://imgur.com/a/BKpny

http://imgur.com/a/uZ2B7

A bunch of Turrets (download in sig)

http://i.imgur.com/kWrbofR.jpg

Don't know what to call this, other than it's supposed to be an SSTO that incorporates a turret that works. It works. You can spin around all day long. But it can't handle anything attached to it. Kerbals survive the trip up in the command seat!

http://i.imgur.com/aCOYae8.png

And I also have a couple of really ugly and badly performing helicopters. And some trucks with articulated trailers in varying stages of disrepair. And some other weird contraptions in varying states...

Some sweet looking stuff here! Making a clock is on my list of things to do but Im trying to make a boat using a turboprop engine and the f35b fan using a jet turbine at the mo!

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or here... where people actually read threads?

these look pretty good, wish we had some stock bearings

These things arent to bad though.

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And the pendulum works. Kind of...

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Jet engines spin the big wheels (so that they're kept in sync). Those are attached to shafts with a single tooth that intersects with the pendulum's bearing in order to "help" it up. Gets stuck too easily though... But it's getting there. Take that Space. Who goes to Space anyway?

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And the pendulum works. Kind of...

http://i.imgur.com/p6CiT5T.gif

Jet engines spin the big wheels (so that they're kept in sync). Those are attached to shafts with a single tooth that intersects with the pendulum's bearing in order to "help" it up. Gets stuck too easily though... But it's getting there. Take that Space. Who goes to Space anyway?

how long does the pendulum swing for? This thing has about 3 you swings before loosing all momentum.

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http://i.imgur.com/8XV4Z5H.png

how long does the pendulum swing for? This thing has about 3 you swings before loosing all momentum.

You should set an engine to give it a little extra push at the height of one swing or the other - this is similar to how a real pendulum works, where a small amount of energy in the mainspring is released into the pendulum to keep it swinging.

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http://i.imgur.com/8XV4Z5H.png

how long does the pendulum swing for? This thing has about 3 you swings before loosing all momentum.

I had the same problem, well mine would only manage one swing on account of it not being that heavy. That pendulum will now however, theoretically, swing until the fuel runs out. Reality, the teeth stick, and it gets all jammed up quite easily.

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some mechanical things that have caught my eye.

Azimechs engine/clutch/axle combo.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/112707-The-Great-Piston-Engine-Thread/page3

A clock building challenge.

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/134513-How-big-is-your-clock

A mechanical rover.

http://kerbalx.com/Mad_Rocket_Scientist/AMRSD-High-roller

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The Calculator Project challenge

The Chunkin' Challenge

Sadly these challenges were 0.90 and I hadn't yet discovered the joy of kludging.....

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