Your "HOW DID HE/SHE SURVIVE" moment

[kiwi1960]

Famous last words....

"Jeb to Base, I'm going to see how close to the Mun I can get without crashing....."

a short time later...

"Jeb to base, I'm at 5 meters... hey, where did these hills come from... I never knew the Mun had hills...."

a very short time later still....

"Jeb to b.................................."
 

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"Jeb to base.... its OK, I landed!... sort of! requesting a pickup before my oxygen runs out...over?"

Edited June 29, 2016 by kiwi1960

[TotallyNotHuman]

No screenies, unfortunately.

One day (back in 1.0.5 IIRC) I was trying to build a STS-style launcher for a spaceplane. I don't know WHAT I was thinking, but I strapped the thing to a Twin-Boar and rolled it out. It might help to add that the spaceplane was Mk1-sized.

So I launched it (Twin-Boar facing East) and the ridiculously offset CoM/CoT flipped the thing like a dime, even with SAS. I went "oh crap oh crap oh crap" and, in a last ditch effort, jettisoned the booster, rolled the spaceplane right-side up, and prayed for the best.

The spaceplane impacted the ground at 100m/s, about 500 meters from the Administration Building. Apart from a few wing pieces which went *POOF!*, the spaceplane was down and Jeb was unscathed.

However, I can't say the same for the VAB. Apparently a Twin-Boar ramming into it at full thrust can destroy the thing.

[elpollodiablo]

Played the game again yesterday after quite some time, so new career it was. Launched the very first start with the little booster straight up as usual and parachute when back down to about 1200m. That does not work anymore, Jeb crashed into the ground with at least 70m/s.

Or, well, the booster did. The explosion shot the capsule up to about 50m again, the parachute didn't cut and Jeb safely touched ground at a leisurely 6m/s. I was so amazed how he managed to cement his role as the immortal maniac in this save in the first short flight, i even forgot to take a screenshot.

Edited June 29, 2016 by elpollodiablo