SpaceGuy21 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 (edited) i use the real fuels mod and its not letting me select the fuel for the lm ascent stage engine, it works for every other tank tho edit: nvm i figured it out, real fuels used up all the space in the ascent stage of the lem for the rcs by default, does anyone perhaps know how much i need? it can hold 375kg of fuel and i dont know how much of that i should allocate for the rcs and the engine itself Edited December 17, 2022 by SpaceGuy21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldForest Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Decided to do some fictional upgrade paths, should the Delta III have gotten a long career path. I created the Delta III 8430H and the 8930H. The 8430H is a Delta III with 4x Gem-60s instead of 9x Gem-46s. The 8930H is a Delta III with 4x Gem-60s and 5x Gem-46s. All 5 of the 46s are air lit type. The test payload is a 5 ton dummy payload to a 100km x 100km equatorial orbit. The 8430H finished with a mere 100 to 200 m/s left in the tank while the 8930H would have had around 300 to 500 m/s left. I say would have, because I kind of screwed up and had to burn up to keep it from falling back into the atmosphere. Oops. Also, Mechjeb didn't like it for some reason. Kept taking a steeper ascent, putting the vehicle horizontal way earlier than it should have, so I had launch it a second time and adjusted the profile a little, probably losing DeltaV in the process. I also played around with CameraTools mod for the launch of the 8930H. Full album: Imgur: The magic of the Internet Delta III 8430H: Spoiler Delta III 8930H: Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyJ576 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 10 hours ago, Rodger said: Just adding some resources to a subtype? It's probably due to B9PS not being the same as normal part resource definitions. Try this for the enhanced subtype : Hide contents SUBTYPE { name = Enhanced transform = Enhanced volumeAdded = 1 addedMass = 0.004 RESOURCE { name = MonoPropellant unitsPerVolume = 8 } RESOURCE { name = ElectricCharge unitsPerVolume = 80 } } B9PS has very good documentation here: https://github.com/blowfishpro/B9PartSwitch/wiki/ModuleB9PartSwitch And it seems like a sensible thing to add, I can add it to the dev branch if you're happy with it? I believe it's a custom WIP texture/cfg by @ballisticfox0, and it's unreleased. Yes, please add it to the dev branch. An official version is preferred over my cobbled together patch. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballisticfox0 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 19 hours ago, TORCHFORMANKIND said: May I ask what PC hardware you used. I want to upgrade my PC. ( •̀ ω •́ )✧ RTX 2070S Ryzen 7 3700X 32GB of RAM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royalswissarmyknife Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 11 hours ago, GoldForest said: Decided to do some fictional upgrade paths, should the Delta III have gotten a long career path. I created the Delta III 8430H and the 8930H. The 8430H is a Delta III with 4x Gem-60s instead of 9x Gem-46s. The 8930H is a Delta III with 4x Gem-60s and 5x Gem-46s. All 5 of the 46s are air lit type. The test payload is a 5 ton dummy payload to a 100km x 100km equatorial orbit. The 8430H finished with a mere 100 to 200 m/s left in the tank while the 8930H would have had around 300 to 500 m/s left. I say would have, because I kind of screwed up and had to burn up to keep it from falling back into the atmosphere. Oops. Also, Mechjeb didn't like it for some reason. Kept taking a steeper ascent, putting the vehicle horizontal way earlier than it should have, so I had launch it a second time and adjusted the profile a little, probably losing DeltaV in the process. I also played around with CameraTools mod for the launch of the 8930H. Full album: Imgur: The magic of the Internet Delta III 8430H: Hide contents Delta III 8930H: Hide contents Delta III having a blue upper stage gang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pudgemountain Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 The Koviets surprised us by testing their Mun rocket on Minmus and then landing on it before us. So to one up them we decided to also land on Minmus but bring in a new LRV. Mission: Apollo 7 Payload: CSM named Jesper, LM named Klaus, Apollo Minmus Surface Experiment Package and LRV Crew: Fredtrey Kerman Commander and LM Pilot, Erly Kerman Scientist, Jebediah Kerman CSM Pilot. (Not sure why the LEM's IVA is buggy like that.) Erly unloading the LRV, unfortunately I forgot that you need a engineer to add the parts to the LRV and Erly is a Scientist. We also payed Softee 1 a visit and took back its camera to be donated to the National Museum. Spoiler Here's Fredtrey next to Softee 1 to scale. After removing the camera we planted a spare flag and officially dedicate Softee 1 a historic landmark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldForest Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Messed around with recreating Thor IRBM, but using it for purely scientific purposes. Here Thor sends up a reentry test vehicle. For anyone wondering how I got a fairing on, I created a custom fairing around the WRESAT and then translated the Thor rocket over it. Full album: Imgur: The magic of the Internet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobaltWolf Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 Feeling motivated to work again, despite the impending KSP2 release. No ETAs - I'm moving at the beginning of January. Some small previews of my current project, I'm sure most here can figure out what it is... (Sorry, apparently I didn't take any overall screenshots when I was working on it yesterday) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blufor878 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 I'm sure someone has done this before, but I used BDB, Photon, and ACK components to make a custom Ares-style rocket. Don't mind the lighting, I had to do a couple takes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbitalManeuvers Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 How does one explain this? Well, The MEP that is on the ground used to be on the rack up on the side of the Shelter, at least that's where it was when we landed. But then Leadfoot Bill climbed up the ladder, which shook the shelter, and the MEP literally just fell off. At first it slid straight down on top of the landing leg. Then it slipped down near the ground. Today when I loaded the save, I find this. Apparently it was headed off into the sunset but the hook had other ideas. "The Great Escaping MEP" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MashAndBangers Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 3 hours ago, CobaltWolf said: the impending KSP2 early access. Fixed that for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyJ576 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 For those of you who haven't seen it yet, @Rodgeradded a small patch to the dev branch. The enhanced Mercury retropack now has actual EC and Monopropellant when you switch to that variant. It enables much longer duration missions like what was planned for Alan Shepard's 2nd flight, MA-10 (it never flew). Thanks @Rodger! I appreciate the effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blufor878 Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Man, why didn't I get Photon sooner? Nothing to see here folks. Definitely nothing odd here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biohazard15 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 18 hours ago, CobaltWolf said: Some small previews of my current project, I'm sure most here can figure out what it is... (Sorry, apparently I didn't take any overall screenshots when I was working on it yesterday) Yay! What about the soil analyzer? Making it two-part with removable scoop is inpractical, so maybe use science system to "remove" it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobaltWolf Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 4 hours ago, biohazard15 said: Yay! What about the soil analyzer? Making it two-part with removable scoop is inpractical, so maybe use science system to "remove" it? It's coming, I just hadn't started it yet haha. It was basically a box'o'science that was lowered to the ground via a little winch, I don't think it detached at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blufor878 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 That Gemini/Titan/SRB hybrid I made is on KerbalX now. Made some changes too. Also made a cargo variant. https://kerbalx.com/ManateeAerospace/SRB-1T https://kerbalx.com/ManateeAerospace/SRB-1-GLV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldForest Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Hmmm, looks a little strange, can't figure out why tho... Nope. Still can't see anything wrong. More experimenting with CameraTools. Decided to go from the side of the rocket instead of behind it so I don't get just giant SRB plume shots. This is how you do dual payload, right? Hey! Wait for me brother! Um, thee uh... calculations for reentry might have been a tad off. Full album: Imgur: The magic of the Internet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blufor878 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 4 hours ago, GoldForest said: Hmmm, looks a little strange, can't figure out why tho... Nope. Still can't see anything wrong. More experimenting with CameraTools. Decided to go from the side of the rocket instead of behind it so I don't get just giant SRB plume shots. This is how you do dual payload, right? Hey! Wait for me brother! Um, thee uh... calculations for reentry might have been a tad off. Full album: Imgur: The magic of the Internet I feel personally attacked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldForest Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, Blufor878 said: I feel personally attacked. Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blufor878 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Just now, GoldForest said: Why? Because I didn't think of something equally insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldForest Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 8 minutes ago, Blufor878 said: Because I didn't think of something equally insane. Tbh, this isn't that insane. If anything, I'd call it almost practical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ra4nd0m Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, GoldForest said: This is how you do dual payload, right? Well this is THE Kerbal Engineering. It seems that Boeing outsourced dual payload adapter to Kerbals. You forgot to stick Jeb's junkyard logo somwere on those fairings. 6 hours ago, GoldForest said: Um, thee uh... calculations for reentry might have been a tad off. What are this grid-finy things at the end of this stage near the engine? Edited December 21, 2022 by ra4nd0m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldForest Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 28 minutes ago, ra4nd0m said: Well this is THE Kerbal Engineering. It seems that Boeing outsourced dual payload adapter to Kerbals. You forgot to stick Jeb's junkyard logo somwere on those fairings. What are this grid-finy things at the end of this stage near the engine? Part of the model. They are just for looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royalswissarmyknife Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Blufor878 said: Because I didn't think of something equally insane. Look like you need to make something crazier Maybe a double Saturn V Edited December 21, 2022 by Royalswissarmyknife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pudgemountain Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 3 hours ago, Blufor878 said: Because I didn't think of something equally insane. 3 hours ago, GoldForest said: Tbh, this isn't that insane. If anything, I'd call it almost practical. If you want it to be really insane, just do what Carnasa does and build them upside down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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