No Parachute Challenge

[absprouse]

On ‎12‎/‎15‎/‎2015‎ ‎6‎:‎08‎:‎38‎, xiej said:

Lithobrake!

Perfect

 

[MarvinKitFox]

Back in the days I did this:

This adventure ends with a non-parachute, non-wing landing, falling from Eeloo, "landing" in KSC just near the launchpad.

Landing speed 134m/s

Damage to Kerbal: nil

Damage to spacecraft: one of 8 arms broke off.

 

[absprouse]

On ‎12‎/‎15‎/‎2015 at 5:38 PM, 073198681 said:

I, frankly, do not even understand why it should be hard to land on Eve with no parachutes, while being easy to land on Kerbin. The atmosphere on Eve is much thicker that Kerbin's, making any landing easier.

I said I would be changing things

[ihtoit]

I ran an experiment a while ago (I'm sure it was a challenge already, actually) seeing how hard I could plant a capsule yet survive. With a stock MK.I capsule and 16 stock landing gears, I managed 530someoddm/s. Clue stick: those stock gears are actually indestructible. One broke off and landed on the island, while the capsule came to rest beside(!) the launchpad, from a test power dive from 10km with an SRB and a stack of decouplers for that extra kick. I think Scott Manley did a Munar lithobrake from orbit a few versions ago with stock gear as well.

Edited January 2, 2016 by ihtoit