Greetings Programs!

[HenryL]

Greetings and salutations fellow intrepid explorers.

I have just returned from my first successful venture to Minmus aboard my trusty design, the Aldrin V. This is not to be confused with the less successful Aldrin IV.. please everyone, a moment of silence for those poor fellows stranded on the Mun when their lander flipped over.

First, some thanks are in order: to the whole Squad team for giving us such a great game. Second, I have to thank Kosmo-Not for his booster ideas that I shamelessly have stolen for my Aldrin V from his excellent Kosmos Zero ship. http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=6310.0 Next I want to thank Feanor for his great (and should be included in STOCK!) addon of the 0.5 scale stock parts. http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=4555.0

Anyone else feel that those landing legs have some spring in them? Or is it that the taller the lander, the more 'bounce' there is because of a lack of rigidity in the joints? It helped a bit when I added some struts. The fins on the lander stage are there for more than esthetics, they also help keep it upright if there is too much bounce on landing.

OK, going to try and attach a pic here.. Let\'s see if that works.

and here is the lander portion on the Mun:

[Endeavour]

Welcome to the Forums! That is a nice looking rocket!

[Vanamonde]

a moment of silence for those poor fellows stranded on the Mun

Which ones? I\'ve left at least 45 myself. If we were all playing in the same universe, the place would be coated with them by now.

Anyone else feel that those landing legs have some spring in them?

I\'ve come to believe that this is why I\'m having so much trouble landing on Mun. I touch down ever so gently, then one of my spring-loaded legs snaps back and sumersaults my ship, which rotation the SAS doesn\'t stop until I\'m upside down, and then I land on my head. I\'ve tried switching to fins for landing gear, and then my ship doesn\'t flip, but the fins crumple and it falls over. I\'m experimenting with strut reinforcement. (After they fall off, the fins explode, which cracks me up. What? Are they made out of dynamite?)

[Volt]

Salutations, fellow Tron fan(?)

[HenryL]

Yes, definitely a fan of Tron.

Thanks for the compliment on the rocket. That is the end result not only of many hours of work, but many brave Kerbals died in its design phase.

As it is, I think it might be more than a tad overpowered. When you get to the Mun you still have about 1/2 of stage #3\'s fuel left and now must jettison to start the descent phase. I have almost as much left when going to Minmus, which surprised me. But overall, as I am not that efficient of a flyer I would rather have a bit too much.

[Capt'n Skunky]

Welcome to the KSP Forums!

Happy Launching!

Arrr!

Capt\'n Skunky

KSP Community Manager