CobaltWolf Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Morphisor said: With a slightly reduced final stage fuel load, 2 stages to orbit - if barely. I assume the small amount of monoprop in the new Easton 100 fuel tank (2nd stage) is for the new Easton control module? It's not mounted in this version - doesn't seem to be needed? My inner autism is struggling to handle the fact that the protruding side structure of the new Eaton fuel tanks is not aligned with the engine The Able upper stages all have integrated RCS for control now. The control module is an avionics core and doesn't contain any RCS. The raceways are all fairly accurately positioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphisor Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, CobaltWolf said: The Able upper stages all have integrated RCS for control now. The control module is an avionics core and doesn't contain any RCS. The raceways are all fairly accurately positioned. Then is the avionics module supposed to be included? Right now it does fine without it. And you mean to tell me the raceway positioned this way is historically correct... Great, no love for autism in the 50's it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobaltWolf Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Morphisor said: Then is the avionics module supposed to be included? Right now it does fine without it. I mean, on some level it depends on what you are trying to do - historical builds, or just whatever works. Of course it works just fine without the guidance/avionics unit - KSP works that way but real life doesn't. So I made it, if for no other reason than to get the proportions right. Here's the historical build courtesy of @Friznit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphisor Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Ah nice, I see it's been updated for the new parts! Will adjust accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappystein Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 10 hours ago, CobaltWolf said: re: GATV, in my defense, I didn't expect it to be deprecated for three months without replacement. I've never seen anything about them being used outside GATV other than vague implications that GATV wasn't the only use of them... if you have a link that would be very helpful. Sadly, I read that on a now dead website that was talking about aircraft ENLINT/COMINT rolls and why they were important for aircraft to maintain the roles. I just remember the article talking about a space Based ENLINT program and describing how the satellite would function and why it was not as good/accurate/preceise as Aircraft in this role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MashAndBangers Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) I think I found a bug with the Upper stage thrust buff config. It has "bluedog_ablestarEngine|bluedog_ableEngine", which should be "bluedog_ablestar_Engine|bluedog_able_Engine". Unless ablestarEngine and ableEngine do exist. If not, don't forget your underscores Also case sensitive. shh, I did not find that out the hard way, I've always known. Edited February 11, 2020 by MashAndBangers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorg Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 3 hours ago, MashAndBangers said: I think I found a bug with the Upper stage thrust buff config. It has "bluedog_ablestarEngine|bluedog_ableEngine", which should be "bluedog_ablestar_Engine|bluedog_able_Engine". Unless ablestarEngine and ableEngine do exist. If not, don't forget your underscores Also case sensitive. shh, I did not find that out the hard way, I've always known. I presume you're playing with the dev branch? those are references to the old Able/Ablestar engines. The patch has not yet been updated with the new BDB 1.7 engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MashAndBangers Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 9 hours ago, Zorg said: I presume you're playing with the dev branch? those are references to the old Able/Ablestar engines. The patch has not yet been updated with the new BDB 1.7 engines. yep, dev branch. so nothing wrong here, nothing to see, move along! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorg Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 2 hours ago, MashAndBangers said: yep, dev branch. so nothing wrong here, nothing to see, move along! Patch is updated now with the new engines And now for a ranger Block 2 mission. Atlas LV-3B Agena B Yeah we're still working on how best to bring the rolling under control Simulated images from the TV system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invaderchaos Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 (edited) Out of all of the probe parts that have been revamped/added in this dev cycle, I've always found that the Lunar Orbiter parts were less"lego-able" (simply because of the design of the real-life lunar orbiter) compared to the mariner/ranger parts or even your nimbus parts. That is why recently I have been trying to find more creative uses of the Lunar Orbiter parts, and I'm surprised with a lot of the ideas I was able to come up with. One of my favorite and most recent missions with the Lunar Orbiter parts was an Eeloo flyby mission, where I tried to envision what it would be like if a mission like New Horizons was attempted 40 years earlier. I had a lot of fun trying to put all these parts together! More pictures on the imgur album: https://imgur.com/gallery/IFR2sN7 Edited February 12, 2020 by Invaderchaos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaMensae Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Finished the new Redstone Launch Stand (aside from the remaining color options besides the current dark gray and red), now with an integrated (and mostly remade) umbilical pole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorg Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Invaderchaos said: Out of all of the probe parts that have been revamped/added in this dev cycle, I've always found that the Lunar Orbiter parts were less"lego-able" (simply because of the design of the real-life lunar orbiter) compared to the mariner/ranger parts or even your nimbus parts. That is why recently I have been trying to find more creative uses of the Lunar Orbiter parts, and I'm surprised with a lot of the ideas I was able to come up with. One of my favorite and most recent missions with the Lunar Orbiter parts was an Eeloo flyby mission, where I tried to envision what it would be like if a mission like New Horizons was attempted 40 years earlier. I had a lot of fun trying to put all these parts together! More pictures on the imgur album: https://imgur.com/gallery/IFR2sN7 I am definitely stealing this design for later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobaltWolf Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 Hello hello... if y'all haven't noticed my life has been busier than normal lately? Thank you to all the lovely people sharing pictures and comments keeping the thread interesting. Here's some stuff I've been working on... first, a quick extra little adapter part for Atlas-Able as part of the Pioneer P3 parts... I'm hoping to get the P3 stuff in game tonight, there's a few areas of the textures that still need to be finished. It's less of an adapter and more a little cap that extends down to get the shape right... I've been away from my OGO files all week despite really wanting to get that finished up... but in the meantime, the quick Pioneer 6 revamp is going swimmingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcelo Silveira Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 21 minutes ago, CobaltWolf said: but in the meantime, the quick Pioneer 6 revamp is going swimmingly. Will the new Pioneer 6 be a single part (plus the antennae) or use a probe core and a service module? Because the Pioneer 6 service module is very useful for small relay satellites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobaltWolf Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 Just now, Marcelo Silveira said: Will the new Pioneer 6 be a single part (plus the antennae) or use a probe core and a service module? Because the Pioneer 6 service module is very useful for small relay satellites. It will be split up the same way as before, the proportions are just more accurate (it's overall much shorter, slightly wider than it is tall IIRC) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappystein Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 17 hours ago, Zorg said: I am definitely stealing this design for later Eyap. That is a good probe design (hastily re downloads Probes+ for the RTGs!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MashAndBangers Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 I wonder what I'm launching. Y̷͓̮̾̐̂̎̚Ę̵̛͈̠̼͕̈́̑̓͂͂̽̑̽S̷̨̨͔͍̳̲̔ͅ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremillion Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 "Blast off! The crew of Apollo 7 launches from Pad 39A in Cape Canaveral to begin their 4-day journey to the Moon, to fulfill President John F. Kennedy's promise to send men around Earth's nearest neighbor before the end of his second term. Neil Armstrong and Roger Chaffee crew the Apollo capsule, stacked atop the mighty Hercules rocket, "Von Braun's Barbarian", which will send them on their way." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MashAndBangers Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Quick concern, the J2X engine has the stock upgrade module. Shouldn't it be switched to the B9partswitch method instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorg Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 1 hour ago, MashAndBangers said: Quick concern, the J2X engine has the stock upgrade module. Shouldn't it be switched to the B9partswitch method instead? Thats a definite oversight. Not sure how we missed that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorg Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) The J-2X should be fixed now in the dev branch. Also forgot to apply the 25% thrust scaling to the upgrade earlier so the upgrade was a massive bump in thrust. It should all be ok now. Edited February 14, 2020 by Zorg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorg Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Thanks to some balance changes courtesy of JSO, Juno IV-B is quite flyable now. Keep in mind that the Jupiter 1st stage tank and the 6K 3rd stage tank are now underfilled. As discussed earlier you are encouraged to adjust the fill depending on the mission. It is also recommended to use the upgraded LR79 NA13 config instead of the S3D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobaltWolf Posted February 14, 2020 Author Share Posted February 14, 2020 Working on some early game communications satellites for establishing early relay nets. Is that still something that's even needed? I haven't played since the RemoteTech days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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