What this newbie done today..Unbelievable

[Boris Kerball]

Thanks to Scott Manley and  Mr House I soon learnt the basics so after 3 weeks of space travel to Mun .Minmus, and Duna, two orbiting labs, Minmus, Kerbal. I take a contract to build a Minmus station on the surface, for 9 kerbals,1, Copola,transmitter, and a docking port and  i thought i would add a science Lab, what could go wrong, Ok it was a bit heavy for my normal space taxi but we got there and landed on minmus, Now this contraption was horizontal to the ground with 4 legs all pointing down.  To my horror when i checked the Green light s for payment £1.000.000 contract completed...LOL it wasn't.  I Forgot the Copola cockpit. [Redacted] could I possibly make a craft get back to the exact spot and then Dock while on the ground!! So starting with the Copola big mono tank and the 4 all facing down legs on the next small Liq/fuel tank, where and how to fit Legs?? so off i go decoupled, got into orbit 17.000 approx changed orbit to fly over station down in one of those smooth shiny surfaces, started retro burn at 145.m/s all looking good..is this at all possible what if the legs are not exactly the same height I struggle to dock at best of times, I cant tell you how nervous i am, Christ its only a game .i'm sweating like hell, i was coming in so well i even pointed up to go closer as i was coming down to short..!!OH No its all going wrong, to fast theres the bloody shadow [Redacted] i'm upside down, no, no how can this go so wrong Bang..XXXX there goes the engine there we are sliding away from the station upside down Me new energy thingies, ones broke off, I come to a stop, in my panic i try to flip it over using Mono jets...Bingo i'm up the right way looking back towards the station, it looks like a scrap yard..lol bits every where, So, no engine but the mono jets slid this thing across the surface nice and smooth, but what the chances of a successful docking now,?? as i move around the back of the station there is the docking port, set as target ?? why, but i do anyway/ control from here ??? I line it up and ..dame it looks like i am 6-8inches short, these leges are slightly higher then the stations.?? but as i moved to contact ..The magnets were strong enough to lift the back up and

!!VOLLER!! i docked.. contract lit up green all completed...£1.000.000 in the bank....So if you guys ever want to build from the ground stick wheels on your ships...lol 

Ps e/mail me for pic's [email protected]

That s L lower case lb17.

[TopHeavy11]

5 hours ago, capt: scarlet said:

Thanks to Scott Manley and  Mr House I soon learnt the basics so after 3 weeks of space travel to Mun .Minmus, and Duna, two orbiting labs, Minmus, Kerbal. I take a contract to build a Minmus station on the surface, for 9 kerbals,1, Copola,transmitter, and a docking port and  i thought i would add a science Lab, what could go wrong, Ok it was a bit heavy for my normal space taxi but we got there and landed on minmus, Now this contraption was horizontal to the ground with 4 legs all pointing down.  To my horror when i checked the Green light s for payment £1.000.000 contract completed...LOL it wasn't.  I Forgot the Copola cockpit. [Redacted] could I possibly make a craft get back to the exact spot and then Dock while on the ground!! So starting with the Copola big mono tank and the 4 all facing down legs on the next small Liq/fuel tank, where and how to fit Legs?? so off i go decoupled, got into orbit 17.000 approx changed orbit to fly over station down in one of those smooth shiny surfaces, started retro burn at 145.m/s all looking good..is this at all possible what if the legs are not exactly the same height I struggle to dock at best of times, I cant tell you how nervous i am, Christ its only a game .i'm sweating like hell, i was coming in so well i even pointed up to go closer as i was coming down to short..!!OH No its all going wrong, to fast theres the bloody shadow Xhit i'm upside down, no, no how can this go so wrong Bang..XXXX there goes the engine there we are sliding away from the station upside down Me new energy thingies, ones broke off, I come to a stop, in my panic i try to flip it over using Mono jets...Bingo i'm up the right way looking back towards the station, it looks like a scrap yard..lol bits every where, So, no engine but the mono jets slid this thing across the surface nice and smooth, but what the chances of a successful docking now,?? as i move around the back of the station there is the docking port, set as target ?? why, but i do anyway/ control from here ??? I line it up and ..dame it looks like i am 6-8inches short, these leges are slightly higher then the stations.?? but as i moved to contact ..The magnets were strong enough to lift the back up and

!!VOLLER!! i docked.. contract lit up green all completed...£1.000.000 in the bank....So if you guys ever want to build from the ground stick wheels on your ships...lol 

Ps e/mail me for pic's [email protected]

That s L lower case lb17.

UNCONCIVIBLE! Well done, my fellow Forumer. Like'd!

Also, FIRST! AGAIN!

[Boris Kerball]

 Sir...  UNCONCIVIBLE  do you not believe me I cant believe it myself that i was capable of it, all be it not very prity and broken bits and half an antenna, but the pic clearly shows the middle two legs of the ground, i wish i knew how to add pics to forums?

Regards Brian

[Rocket In My Pocket]

Congrats! Sounds like a harrowing adventure!

If you want to add pics you can use an image uploading site like http://imgur.com/ then click on the large button on the bottom right of the forums that says "insert other media" then "insert image from URL"

[Boris Kerball]

Thanks I did see the button you mentioned i will go there now well done.

[Snark]

Moving this gripping mission report to Mission Reports. 

 

[Dman979]

3 hours ago, capt: scarlet said:

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Nice work! I don't think I've ever built a surface base, so way to go!

BTW, you might want to remove your email address from the forums. Some bots like to send spam, so beware. In the future, I reccomend using Imgur, Dropbox, or some other media-sharing site. But not Mediafire. That's bad.