Starhelperdude Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 GAME OVER! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Gemini XI mission, but as it was originally planned: visiting Pegasus III to pick up a piece of the micrometeoroid scanner and demonstrate the satellite interception capability to the USAF. All of the pics here are in-game screenshots thanks to the amazing Waterfall editor, including the high altitude ones, and only have some filters applied in Gimp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeaKaka Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Beccab said: Woah! Nice plumes! Any chance of sharing configs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beccab Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 4 minutes ago, KeaKaka said: Woah! Nice plumes! Any chance of sharing configs? Those were all just edited in flight I'm afraid, I have no idea how waterfall configs are actually made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhelperdude Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 I have a question: where is the Nuclear experiment package placed on GATV/ADTA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam-Kerman Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 31 minutes ago, Starhelperdude said: I have a question: where is the Nuclear experiment package placed on GATV/ADTA? think it's somewhere near engine on opposite of the two spheres or guess at least that's what i believe people have done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adventures Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 (edited) I wanted to make a Apollo 15 Recreation and I just wanted to ask if there are any plans for a rover or any mods or workshop stuff to make a rover that fits in the apollo J area? Edited March 2, 2022 by Adventures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x170doom Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Starhelperdude said: I have a question: where is the Nuclear experiment package placed on GATV/ADTA? i usually put it on the engine mount myself (quite low down so that it is propperly covered by the interstage) being honest I don't know if there is a "Propper" build location for it. however if somewhere on the aft engine mount/skirt is probably your best bet 1 minute ago, Adventures said: I wanted to make a Apollo 15 Recreation and I just wanted to ask if there are any plans for a rover or any mods or workshop stuff to make a rover that fits in the apollo J area? there aren't plans to make any rover parts as far as i know. although cobalt has said that it might happen in a ksp2 port of the mod if the rover physics are better in low gravity (or at least this is how I interpreted cobaltwolf's answer a few pages back). however there was a rover build shared a few pages ago (it does require other mods like kerbalism though as it was built using parts from it) as for workshop/kerbalx builds. i'm not sure atm but i doubt there would be any. hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blu3wolf Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 4 hours ago, Starhelperdude said: I have a question: where is the Nuclear experiment package placed on GATV/ADTA? Ive been putting mine on the engine mount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blu3wolf Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 (edited) So the Kane landing contracts require you to take a magnetometer scan when landed. Does the MLEM have a magnetometer mounted normally that Im missing? So far as I can tell it does not, but quite possibly Im just not seeing it. Edit: Also, the MLEM-CRD Cosmic Ray Detector doesnt feature in the Apollo issue - is it supposed to be attached to the descent stage? Edited March 4, 2022 by blu3wolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pTrevTrevs Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 6 hours ago, blu3wolf said: So the Kane landing contracts require you to take a magnetometer scan when landed. Does the MLEM have a magnetometer mounted normally that Im missing? So far as I can tell it does not, but quite possibly Im just not seeing it. Edit: Also, the MLEM-CRD Cosmic Ray Detector doesnt feature in the Apollo issue - is it supposed to be attached to the descent stage? It's been hard to find good sources on this but in this photo you can see the cosmic ray detector hung from one of Challenger's landing legs: My guess is that it was probably installed there after landing, similar to how the cosmic experiment on Apollo 16 was set up on EVA. On that mission, however, the experiment looked a little different: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invaderchaos Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 (edited) The late Saturn I Instrument Unit (block II) used on SA-8 through SA-10 (pegasus missions) is now available (as a switch of the default S4 IU) on github, along with the science definition for the pegasus micrometeorite experiment. This means content for Pegasus is officially complete! (besides any misc bug that might appear lol) Edited March 5, 2022 by Invaderchaos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyJ576 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 3 hours ago, Invaderchaos said: The late Saturn I Instrument Unit (block II) used on SA-8 through SA-10 (pegasus missions) is now available (as a switch of the default S4 IU) on github, along with the science definition for the pegasus micrometeorite experiment. This means content for Pegasus is officially complete! (besides any misc bug that might appear lol) Excellent! Thank you for adding the alternate IU. The dev team's commitment to historical accuracy is commendable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldForest Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 4 hours ago, Invaderchaos said: This means content for Pegasus is officially complete! (besides any misc bug that might appear lol) Trying to upstage me? Hmm? lol, looks good as always! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NyanTurian Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Hello, I've been having some issues with the Corona heatshield (SG-RV3) overheating during reentry. It would seem the part doesn't generate sufficient drag to decelerate the return capsule before it manages to melt at around 30 km. I'm using RescaleZ 365 3.2X with 100% reentry heating and deorbit using about 40 m/s from 119km x 119km to a periapsis of about 30 km (~4,100 m/s velocity). I had some nearly critical temperatures with JNSQ in a previous version, but that is a smaller scale. Compared to other heatshields, this one severely under performs. It tends to fall apart before it's finished using up its ablator. I tested the Hermes capsule and its heatshield, and the stock 2.5m capsule with stock heatshield, and those worked as intended from the same trajectory. Attaching the stock 0.625m heatshield to the bottom of the Corona pod (SG-RV1) functioned properly and decelerated without issues. Oddly enough, the pod itself decelerates better than the heatshield after the heatshield melts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPFlyer Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 I'm going to have to say it's probably something on your end. I'm running on 2.5x JNSQ and rarely use more than 30% of the total ablator and never get super hot. Are you sure you're staying nose first all the way down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyJ576 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 @InvaderchaosI have assembled and launched the Pegasus, and currently have it flying at 130km on KSRSS. When I try to run the micrometeorite experiment, I get back a response that it "can't be conducted within an atmosphere". Seems strange. Did I goon something up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbitalManeuvers Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 I was testing the S1D-BE4 Booster Skirt and saw something inexplicable before splashdown, so I reverted and filmed it, and here it is. What you'll see if you at about 1:17ish is that at 70m, something hits the water - but it's not "me" ... and then the engine mount tips over like it's in the water, and then nosedives the last 10m. And watch the surface velocity - the mystery splash at 70m slows me down, then it speeds back up again after the nosedive. Is this ... ghosts? Spoiler btw, I was trying to determine how many of the radial chutes 4 F1's need to slow down enough to survive ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teslamax Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 On 11/14/2021 at 7:07 AM, Zorg said: 25Kw power tower addition if they had been able to perform the Skylab reboost. I am planning to make this for the second phase of skylab stuff. Would suggest looking here: https://www.spacelaunchreport.com/thorflew.html 25 kW Power Module (ca 1978, MSFC) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invaderchaos Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 On 3/5/2022 at 3:32 PM, DaveyJ576 said: @InvaderchaosI have assembled and launched the Pegasus, and currently have it flying at 130km on KSRSS. When I try to run the micrometeorite experiment, I get back a response that it "can't be conducted within an atmosphere". Seems strange. Did I goon something up? Nah, its on my end I think. Pretty sure I know what I did wrong. A fix will be up some point today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pTrevTrevs Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 The crew of Apollo 18 gazing into the blinding white pit of Aristarchus crater, counting the days until the new ALSEP equipment drops... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldForest Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Soom TM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NyanTurian Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 On 3/5/2022 at 4:20 PM, CAPFlyer said: I'm going to have to say it's probably something on your end. I'm running on 2.5x JNSQ and rarely use more than 30% of the total ablator and never get super hot. Are you sure you're staying nose first all the way down? Yes, always heatshield forward. I tested on my old 1.11 JNSQ install and used up the entire ablator, but the max critical temp was stopped around 2,200K and the drag managed the rest. That was on a trajectory from 127km x 127 km, 54 m/s burn down to 129km x 31 km. A major difference is the atmosphere height being 85km in JNSQ and 70km in RescaleZ. Something in one of RescaleZ's configs might be outdated, maybe in the Physics.cfg where it mentions ablator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbitalManeuvers Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 On 3/5/2022 at 11:03 AM, NyanTurian said: I'm using RescaleZ 365 3.2X 27 minutes ago, NyanTurian said: A major difference is the atmosphere height being 85km in JNSQ and 70km in RescaleZ. You're on a 3x rescale and your atmo stops at 70km? It's like 90k in KSRSS at 2.5x and just slightly lower in JNSQ at 2.7x. That number seems odd, especially considering the effects you're seeing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaintedLion Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 15 hours ago, pTrevTrevs said: The crew of Apollo 18 gazing into the blinding white pit of Aristarchus crater, counting the days until the new ALSEP equipment drops... What settings get your visors that gold and opaque? Mine are very shiny but only a pale gold and still fairly transparent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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