KAS KIS Manual Assembly Duna Challenge

[sardia]

While I was arriving my base on duna, some of my rockets had accidents and broke apart, so I had to reattached them. This is where I got my idea for the challenge. You must assemble a rocket that will get you to kerbin using nothing more than KAS and the spare parts letting the countryside ( courtesy of hyper edit). The only requirements are you must assemble it piece by piece. If needed you are allowed to edit the cfg to reduce the number of kerbals needed. Ie screwdriver doesn't require engineers or to increase the weight limit that kerbals can move. I know it can be prohibitive how many engineers you'd need just to assemble a medium sized rocket. I'll post pics when I attempt it myself. 

[sardia]

http://imgur.com/a/Ux7WT

first attempt started off well,
the rocket was building straight up and I was feeling I wouldn't even need the extra gear to make sure it stayed up.

The rocket is too tall, and I can't hold items in my inventory and jump, cuz I'd be too heavy. I ended up jumping aboard and tilting the vehicle onto it's belly. Or so I tried, until it flips tits up.

Reaction wheels are pretty OP, as I managed to right the upside vehicle by attaching the Reaction wheels, a mk2 probe, and the cockpit.

I skipped the tedious scene of me assembling a ragtag miner + refueling scene, but there we go.

Damn the fat butt on the nerva, I had a tail strike, which means I need to shove another nuke on there. No other damage though, so salvagable. I'm starting to regret attaching those (broken!) landing legs.

Damn, I flipped in flight.

Much easier to take off when you find a nice mountain to use as a ramp

Made it to Low Duna Orbit Yay! Now to wait a year for the transfer window...

 

PS How do you post albums?

Edited December 23, 2015 by sardia