Andem Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Oh! The Kenlie Kerman thing! @Kuzzter, is that Sisko from DS9 inspiration? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max_creative Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 4 hours ago, Angel-125 said: There! Are! Four! Lights! Moons! There! Are! Five! Moons! There! Are! Four! Dots! There! Is! An! Eclipse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dilsby Posted July 21, 2016 Author Share Posted July 21, 2016 57 minutes ago, Andem said: Oh! The Kenlie Kerman thing! @Kuzzter, is that Sisko from DS9 inspiration? Nope, was not thinking that way. A clairvoyant, not a prophet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceplaneAddict Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 18 hours ago, Kuzzter said: Annnd let's do the other one: So just because there wasn't any on-panel radio chatter with Jeb doesn't mean he wasn't directing Tedus into the bay: I just decided repeating the sequence wouldn't be as interesting the second time around Russian words... Shadows of the Kraken? Zombies...... Emiko Station and Carlenna? woah... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dilsby Posted July 21, 2016 Author Share Posted July 21, 2016 Russian just comes from the fact Nimzo is some sort of Russian-speaking Kerbal; zombie references are for both @Just Jim and @Geschosskopf So, the ships are recovered and I'm getting ready to attempt a landing. And am wondering if it'd be easier just to send Qwammer down about 20 times. Here's the current draft of my worksheet, for your amusement: Spoiler Ship mass (t): 653.050 LF: 24596 units, 9680 units usable for LFO = 48.4t OX: 11831 units = 59.2t (1t LF or O = 200 units) Mass w/o LFO = 545.50 dV with aerospikes : dV= Isp*g*ln (m0/mf) dV= (340) (9.8) ln (1.197) dV= 340* 9.8* .1978 dV = 599.1 (will have a bit more after expending some LF on LV-Ns) drop from 10km to surface, arrest with aerospikes? s=0.5*at^2 t=(2s/a)^1/2 a=.373 m/s2 t = 164.7s v=at = 62 m/s Where’s the OX? Qwammer: 5134 Main Pods: 5816 Skimmer: 880 Total: 11830 (check!) Descent Checklist: 1. Transfer all OX out of Skimmer, Fill Qwammer, find best tanks to flow for ventrals 2. Rebalance LF to ensure 12xLVN for deorbit 3. Find exact coordinates of LZ center. 4. Extend gear, open Q-bay 5. Set Qwammer spikes to full thrust 6. Balance LFO/thrust for descent aerospikes 7. CONTROL FROM: LSO station 8. Orient retrograde inverted. OK TO DESCEND 9. Descend to 8km orbit 10. On LV-N, kill horizontal velocity, pitch control to maintain vertical ~0 11. Hover above LZ center in vertical position at 5km altitude 12. Enable vernor/RCS 13. Flip ship to landing orientation 14. CONTROL FROM: dorsal port 15. Disable mains (3), enable ventrals and qwammer (4) 16. Start firing ventrals by 1500m 17. Hover at 50m, translate to LZ center on vernors ABORT MODE: FULL THROTTLE, ENABLE MAINS (3) 18. Final descent, target 0.2m/s at contact 19. exhale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceplaneAddict Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Sending the Qwammer down alone seems safer... but you wouldn't want that, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 30 minutes ago, Kuzzter said: Russian just comes from the fact Nimzo is some sort of Russian-speaking Kerbal; zombie references are for both @Just Jim and @Geschosskopf So, the ships are recovered and I'm getting ready to attempt a landing. And am wondering if it'd be easier just to send Qwammer down about 20 times. Here's the current draft of my worksheet, for your amusement: Reveal hidden contents Ship mass (t): 653.050 LF: 24596 units, 9680 units usable for LFO = 48.4t OX: 11831 units = 59.2t (1t LF or O = 200 units) Mass w/o LFO = 545.50 dV with aerospikes : dV= Isp*g*ln (m0/mf) dV= (340) (9.8) ln (1.197) dV= 340* 9.8* .1978 dV = 599.1 (will have a bit more after expending some LF on LV-Ns) drop from 10km to surface, arrest with aerospikes? s=0.5*at^2 t=(2s/a)^1/2 a=.373 m/s2 t = 164.7s v=at = 62 m/s Where’s the OX? Qwammer: 5134 Main Pods: 5816 Skimmer: 880 Total: 11830 (check!) Descent Checklist: 1. Transfer all OX out of Skimmer, Fill Qwammer, find best tanks to flow for ventrals 2. Rebalance LF to ensure 12xLVN for deorbit 3. Find exact coordinates of LZ center. 4. Extend gear, open Q-bay 5. Set Qwammer spikes to full thrust 6. Balance LFO/thrust for descent aerospikes 7. CONTROL FROM: LSO station 8. Orient retrograde inverted. OK TO DESCEND 9. Descend to 8km orbit 10. On LV-N, kill horizontal velocity, pitch control to maintain vertical ~0 11. Hover above LZ center in vertical position at 5km altitude 12. Enable vernor/RCS 13. Flip ship to landing orientation 14. CONTROL FROM: dorsal port 15. Disable mains (3), enable ventrals and qwammer (4) 16. Start firing ventrals by 1500m 17. Hover at 50m, translate to LZ center on vernors ABORT MODE: FULL THROTTLE, ENABLE MAINS (3) 18. Final descent, target 0.2m/s at contact 19. exhale Thank you! And for the record, I haven't put any on Pol... yet.... so Nizmo is safe... I hope... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Awesome 'that's no Mun' shot of Intrepid and Pol. Really nails down quite how durned big that bad girl is. Yeah, yeah, I know. Pol aint much of a mun. Shush - you're spoiling it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dilsby Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 (edited) This is happening now: Spoiler Edited July 22, 2016 by Kuzzter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0111narwhalz Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 3 hours ago, Kuzzter said: This is happening now: I didn't realize she had so many NTRs. That's a lot of nozzles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dilsby Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 42 minutes ago, 0111narwhalz said: I didn't realize she had so many NTRs. That's a lot of nozzles. Well, with a mass of 600-1200 tons depending on fuel load, we do need a lot of 'em! Those 24 LV-Ns give 1440 kN thrust, which I find to give acceptable acceleration in most circumstances. In other news: phhhhhheewwwwwwwwwww...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FyunchClick Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 19 hours ago, Kuzzter said: This is happening now: Am I the only one who occasionally finds themselves right-click-dragging or mouse-wheeling at KSP screenshots or videos to have a better look at something interesting? I just caught myself again doing at that screenshot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 18 minutes ago, FyunchClick said: Am I the only one who occasionally finds themselves right-click-dragging or mouse-wheeling at KSP screenshots or videos to have a better look at something interesting? I just caught myself again doing at that screenshot. Guilty... <hangs head in shame> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dilsby Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 Well then, you both might find yourself trying to drag THIS one around The amazing thing isn't that I hit the LZ, five meters from dead center, with 5000 units of oxidant to spare, on the first attempt... the amazing thing is that I got all the screenshots in one take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 4 minutes ago, Kuzzter said: Well then, you both might find yourself trying to drag THIS one around I am now exhaling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geschosskopf Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 9 minutes ago, Kuzzter said: the amazing thing is that I got all the screenshots in one take. Hehehe, I doubt you had the budget for more than 1 take Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jim Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Wow, the only thing missing from that last chapter was a super-dramatic soundtrack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Now that's what I call a pinpoint landing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelo Kerman Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, Just Jim said: Wow, the only thing missing from that last chapter was a super-dramatic soundtrack! I find this works perfectly. Congratulations on a successful landing! It also occurs to me that some kind of glow-in-the-dark stakes that you can put down would be really helpful for night landings... Edited July 23, 2016 by Angel-125 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dilsby Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Angel-125 said: I find this works perfectly. Actually, that is exactly the piece of music that was going through my head while I was putting the scene together--really! In fact, 2:10 of the video is the exact moment when Kenlie gets the roll stable, the ship is hovering over the LZ, and Val orders the descent. Wow! I guess this proves that you can, indeed, commumicate sound with pictures and vice versa Edited July 23, 2016 by Kuzzter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceplaneAddict Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) *Sees a perfect landing square within the flags* *Dies * Edited July 23, 2016 by SpaceplaneAddict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) Kenlie is turning out to be quite the skilled pilot. It's nice to have followed him all the way from blundering hero worshipper to where he is today: still blundering on occasion but a confident and meaningful member of the team. Edited July 23, 2016 by Deddly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geschosskopf Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 7 minutes ago, Deddly said: but a confident and meaningful member of the team. Who hallucinates and listens to "voices", and might one day go kerbicidal, but yeah, otherwise not too bad a guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dilsby Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 3 hours ago, SpaceplaneAddict said: *Sees a perfect landing square within the flags* *Dies * Yeah, you weren't the only one! I spent more time 'hovering' and trying to translate on vernors than is reflected in the panels, but it really wasn't bad. The ol' girl handles pretty well for 650 tons! 11 minutes ago, Deddly said: Kenlie is turning out to be quite the skilled pilot. It's nice to have followed him all the way from blundering hero worshipper to where he is today: still blundering on occasion but a confident and meaningful member of the team. Thanks! I'm liking him more and more myself--of course he couldn't have done it without Val's expert direction, Bill handling thrust balance, and Dilsby managing some of the other tasks. I had considered Bob or Dilsby saying 'Captin, don't you think we need our best pilot for this?' upon which Val takes the helm herself-- but there's a bunch of things wrong with that. First, of course, that's not really the kind of leader she is--her goal is always to build up the crew. Second, I wouldn't want to give the impression that a ship like Intrepid gets flown by a single jock with a stick and a throttle (even if it's really just me with a mouse and keyboard) Third, I'd just spent twenty minutes running my checklist, sliding engine throttles and sloshing fuel around and I didn't have patience to make anyone change seats 2 minutes ago, Geschosskopf said: Who hallucinates and listens to "voices", and might one day go kerbicidal, but yeah, otherwise not too bad a guy Oh yeah, that too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketSquid Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) Nice! The last time I landed with that kind of precision it was with my tiny, Radioisotope rocket biome-hopping probe. I can hardly imagine landing a beast like the intrepid at all. Edited July 23, 2016 by RocketSquid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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