evader Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 (edited) Welp, time to dust off my old ship from a couple of versions back that I used to takeoff with such force that it would hurl itself to Duna. I removed extra parts like the nuke engines, science equipment, & jet fuel. It still carries 2 drogue chutes and an MKI antenna (or whatever the low tech one is called). Ship's name is: liquid fuel only produciton MKIIf but pay no attention to its name since it was modified to carry a little oxidizer for the last leg of its flight. Note that the 1st image is from an earlier attempt & the last 2 are from a later one. Edited February 18, 2016 by evader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlanticrash Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Glad the rules were changed so we couldn't disable heat! Regardless, the Hydra Mk II is back and with a few modifications it performs surprisingly well, achieving a max speed of 2,536 m/s! I think I can get it past 2,600 with a bit more work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pds314 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 "No rocket engines of any sort with the exception of rapier engines!" Doesn't that kinda defeat the purpose of not having rockets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireblade274 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 (edited) hOW on earth is that Hydra's nose cone not exploding when going 2.6km per second at less then 30k? EDIT oh wait it did explode lol First let me say that craft is really cool, but It may be a better challenge if you make a rule that the craft needs to be able to turn around and land after reaching the top speed, to prove that it is still airworthy after going so fast Edited February 18, 2016 by fireblade274 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JW2016 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 (edited) 2895m/s with rapier rocket mode, looks like I still have more thermal envelope to exploit, I'mma try again. 3276m/s with some improvements: Edited February 18, 2016 by JW2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudrotuskutarsu Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Here's my submission, 2628m/s with my DS X1 "Shooting Star" I used KER for heat readout, .Craft file if you are interested to try it yourself https://www.dropbox.com/s/d8gm6ehevz135cf/DS%20X1%20MK2_0.craft?dl=0 (Warning doesn't like taking off) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buster Charlie Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 (edited) Maybe I'm late to the party, but if recovery /landing isn't part of the criteria then it's kinda like build a suicide mission? And wouldn't parts burning off count as staging? Edited February 18, 2016 by Buster Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaAlmond Productions Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, Spudrotuskutarsu said: Here's my submission, 2628m/s with my DS X1 "Shooting Star" I used KER for heat readout, .Craft file if you are interested to try it yourself https://www.dropbox.com/s/d8gm6ehevz135cf/DS%20X1%20MK2_0.craft?dl=0 (Warning doesn't like taking off) Impressive, I like the design of the craft too. Edited February 18, 2016 by AquaAlmond Productions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaAlmond Productions Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 7 hours ago, JW2016 said: 2895m/s with rapier rocket mode, looks like I still have more thermal envelope to exploit, I'mma try again. 3276m/s with some improvements: Provide craft name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JW2016 Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 3 hours ago, AquaAlmond Productions said: Provide craft name I'm just gonna call it JW2016-02-17, naming anything in any game is such a pain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raideur Ng Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 May I make an overall suggestion to this challenge? "Pilots must SURVIVE and land safety at conclusion." Making a plane that shreds itself and then measuring its speed right before it detonates like a bomb is too easy. Having is survive would be MUCH more challenging in terms of managing drag, picking the correct parts, and correct me if I'm wrong, but no one ever figured suicide missions into records. That being said, lets see what can be done.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JW2016 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 3 hours ago, Raideur Ng said: May I make an overall suggestion to this challenge? "Pilots must SURVIVE and land safety at conclusion." Making a plane that shreds itself and then measuring its speed right before it detonates like a bomb is too easy. Having is survive would be MUCH more challenging in terms of managing drag, picking the correct parts, and correct me if I'm wrong, but no one ever figured suicide missions into records. That being said, lets see what can be done.. Mine actually doesn't blow up immediately after because it's on an accent trajectory, I could have landed it afterwards with the amount of lift avilable to me if that was required. The core stage is all made of 2400 degree parts so it's not that much of a suicide mission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raideur Ng Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) Welp, I guess we all have to use autopilots if we want the top score. Theres no way to stay below 30 km without constant inputs to not break that rule. Hard to take a snapshot while you're fighting not to be in orbit. Edit: And not losing objects during flight. I've managed 2943 m/s without losing any parts, but just barely. Not ready to post a submission. Honestly, if we're allowed to explode ourselves away, its less of a challenge. Edited February 21, 2016 by Raideur Ng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JW2016 Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Raideur Ng said: Welp, I guess we all have to use autopilots if we want the top score. Theres no way to stay below 30 km without constant inputs to not break that rule. Hard to take a snapshot while you're fighting not to be in orbit. Edit: And not losing objects during flight. I've managed 2943 m/s without losing any parts, but just barely. Not ready to post a submission. Honestly, if we're allowed to explode ourselves away, its less of a challenge. How can it be less of a challenge when people are competing against each other under the same rules? If we're talking about complexity it's more of a challenge because you have to make them explode at the right time. Too early you loose fuel too late you slow yourself down with drag. Where as in a no damage situation you just use the strongest parts and don't have to worry about any of that. Just because you didn't read the rules carefully and failed to take advantage of all the tools at your disposal doesn't make those tools bad. Also Autopilot doesn't work at sub-orbital flight paths. So please stop complaining and improve your designs. Edited February 21, 2016 by JW2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 So after burning off quite a few noses I finally found the perfect solution: The "Clamp-o-tron" Shielded Docking Port, 2600/2600 K. It does get hot, but it won't explode. Open them up and you got airbrakes ! I just started this so I think I can improve it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Version 2.0 I'm not done yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prorokbmx Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I have made it to the 1873 M/S Photos on IMGUR http://imgur.com/a/n1ZJd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triop Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 29 minutes ago, prorokbmx said: I have made it to the 1873 M/S Photos on IMGUR http://imgur.com/a/n1ZJd I love that picture ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prorokbmx Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 11 hours ago, Triop said: I love that picture ! How have you inserted it here ? i cant insert those pictures here \:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raideur Ng Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) Pointy McGoFast: 3,054 m/s Zero loss of vehicle parts or Kerbals and no flight control mods. Edited February 27, 2016 by Raideur Ng Pictures messed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaAlmond Productions Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 On 2/18/2016 at 8:08 PM, Atlanticrash said: Glad the rules were changed so we couldn't disable heat! Regardless, the Hydra Mk II is back and with a few modifications it performs surprisingly well, achieving a max speed of 2,536 m/s! I think I can get it past 2,600 with a bit more work Disqualified, LV-909 Terrier Liquid Fuel Engine on crash report on last picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlanticrash Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 36 minutes ago, AquaAlmond Productions said: Disqualified, LV-909 Terrier Liquid Fuel Engine on crash report on last picture. That was a rocket I had on the launch pad (titled Cheep ship). The report specifically says that the terrier (and a sepatron and LF tank) collided on the launchpad, whereas the Hydra was on the runway. In fact, the first screen shot of the Hydra is at 0:11, and you can see no visible explosions. I think this stemmed from the fact I saw the rocket blow up and quickly switched to it during takeoff. Regardless, I'll redo the challenge, hopefully with a faster speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolat Oreos Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) Well non-robot creatures, this is probably a mean way to get views but this is my record: 2100 m/s NO CHEATS/MODS THAT CHANGE ANYTHING; ONLY A MOD THAT STOPS MY GAME FROM CRASHING AFTER EACH LOADING SCREEN: TemperatureGaugeKiller speed: 1.75x. editing program: Windows movie maker Edited February 23, 2016 by Chocolat Oreos Other video was corrupted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolat Oreos Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 4 hours ago, Chocolat Oreos said: Well non-robot creatures, this is probably a mean way to get views but this is my record: 2100 m/s NO CHEATS/MODS THAT CHANGE ANYTHING; ONLY A MOD THAT STOPS MY GAME FROM CRASHING AFTER EACH LOADING SCREEN: TemperatureGaugeKiller speed: 1.75x. editing program: Windows movie maker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potatto Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Here's my suggestion - Speed-O-Bust 2729 m/s. I could've done better but I had fun anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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