Kerbin Elcano Maritime Challenge

[gilflo]

Hello guys

Here is my AGR (amphibious gliding rover) to complete the Elcano Challenge

2 MK1 cockpits, one for the pilot, one for the engineer and 2 B9 aerospace wings joining  2 big OPT spare tanks.

2 big "Torch" nuclear Engine from Atomic Age by Porkjet. These engines are design to run in Eve oxygenless atmosphere, and they run too in Kerbin atmosphere, but with bad engine performance.

The good side is that they don't need any fuel, so range is unlimited and COG is not moving, bad side being that they are very heavy. The whole ship with no fuel weights 50T.

It's very stable on water and can reach 76-80m/s, nearly 160kts at full power. On earth we can also reach these speed at 40% power and AGR, with its 4 well fitted gears, it is drivable up to 80-90m/s. It can occasionally fly on bouncing but is hardly flyable and you can flare long jumps.

So let's go: departure from hangar D239 Time 4:35UT

Here is the map of the track

leaving base, view from pilot

view from rear, engineer cockpit

Passing along the first cape, heading SW, time 5:11 UT

Stop 1: Island in middle of ocean - D240 0:57 UT

First flag

Leaving island

Abeam Cape 2 point around 1:38 UT

Sunset and night fall

Kimsei is going to use Scansat Map for navigation precision.

He found a flat beach near the passage to north and he is going to land here for a rest until the sun rise.

Going out of water, time 5:27UT

After a short rest, day is rising

leaving at the sunset

rear view from engineer side

Between islands in the north passage

Leaving the north passage, time D241 0:51 UT, we are now heading to a small island in the middle of the sea

Last earth view before a long time

We are now heading to a small island in the middle of the track to the north earth passage.

Approaching island for stop 4

We are here

Time to set a flag on the small island 2:22 UT

And we leave to the north Passage

And suddenly, the accident: Kimsei is ejected from the AGR at full speed!!!. By trying to get a cockpit view, I selected EVA!!!

Fortunately the AGR stopped 300m later and Kimsei had to struggle 10mn in water to get on board!! any sharks here??

Here he is nearly on board

Finding the best place to land

and setting the flag before taking some rest, night is falling and we can't taxi in the land in the night at high speed D241 Time 4:20 UT

Now is the most jumping and dangerous part and we leave late after sunrise

Reaching the first lake, Stop 6, D242 time 2:06UT, we plant a flag

Navigation through the lake

 

earth again

Now we set course to the second lake, a small one before the sea

Here it is

Nearly crossed the last lake

Here is the sea again, and we set course to South east to a big island for stop 8.

last land before long D242 3:06 UT

Approaching Island after 1H15mn

 

Setting a flag, it is stop 8

Leaving for the long cape East of Kerbin Base, it will be the longest cross and we will spend the last night here.

Approaching our last stop before the end

Night is falling and Kimsei will perform a night landing

Now he is an expert!!

Last flag, 354M from home. he thinks it's an island, but it's the continent!!   not enough rest !!

Leaving for last leg D243 4:03 UT

Approaching home D243 5:14

Landed

Finished: In front of the hangar

Result

 

Challenge completed!!

A small vid with the jumps and bounces on earth passage...

 

 

 

Edited September 8, 2016 by gilflo

[Claw]

Nice job with the circumnavigation!  And nice video.

I'm amazed at how well your ship handled being driven on land. I wouldn't have guessed it would be so stout. ...And I love those visuals.

Congrats on finishing a circumnavigation!