The Kerbal Dakar 2017 entry vehicles thread

[DrunkenKerbalnaut]

2 minutes ago, DarkOwl57 said:

Alright, so even though the vehicle is AMAZING, it has some minor problems.

1. It seems to toe towards the right. I don't know what's going on, but it's turning about 1 degree right every 2-3 seconds. I hope that re-arranging the rotation is enough

Can't tell from the pics. Is it a 2 seater? Mine pulls to the side with a vacant seat. 

[DarkOwl57]

11 minutes ago, DrunkenKerbalnaut said:

Can't tell from the pics. Is it a 2 seater? Mine pulls to the side with a vacant seat. 

The pics show a 1 seater, but I added a second seat after my second "Testing Session"

Newest changes include a raised bumper* (That black thing at the front of the car that went around the front wheels), a second seat, and MOAR STRUTS

 

*- AAANNNDDD of course it's too low... I tested it on the Azimech route, and the front disintegrated on the uphill... Back to the drawing board...

NOOOO THE EVIL RIGHT-TOE IS BACK!!!!!

Edited December 23, 2016 by DarkOwl57

[DarkOwl57]

So I know what you're thinking; "YOU DONE GOOFED!" But, I actually wrecked ON PURPOSE. I wanted to make sure the roll-cage wouldn't injure the Kerbals post-crash.

Test: Successful; Results: Positive

Edited December 23, 2016 by DarkOwl57

[Triop]

One more week !

After 2 weeks designing and testing I am pretty shurish I will be entering this brick.

Full stock, will never win, full fun.

[DarkOwl57]

Just now, Triop said:

Full stock, will never win, full fun.

With that mentality, you're bound to lose. THINK POSITIVE!!!

[DoctorDavinci]

1 minute ago, DarkOwl57 said:

With that mentality, you're bound to lose. THINK POSITIVE!!!

There is no lose ... everyone who completes the race wins

Time and mods used is secondary to just managing to drive the whole track without RUDing out

[DarkOwl57]

1 minute ago, DoctorDavinci said:

There is no lose ... everyone who completes the race wins

Time and mods used is secondary to just managing to drive the whole track without RUDing out

But the joy of winning is more than a good bonus

[DrunkenKerbalnaut]

1 minute ago, DoctorDavinci said:

There is no lose ... everyone who completes the race wins

Time and mods used is secondary to just managing to drive the whole track without RUDing out

At least half of us will finish a stage without a skipped heartbeat!

[Triop]

3 minutes ago, DarkOwl57 said:

With that mentality, you're bound to lose. THINK POSITIVE!!!

I don't want to win, I just want to test my driving skills with this self designed Stock vehicle hoping to make it to the end of the Kerbal Dakar.

For me it is the challenge, I don't care about the time.

You think most of the people enter the real Dakar to win ?

No, they just want to see if they can do it, challenge themselves.

I'm always thinking positive, besides my car is not that bad, I'm sure I will not be last.

 

[DrunkenKerbalnaut]

2 minutes ago, Triop said:

I don't want to win, I just want to test my driving skills with this self designed Stock vehicle hoping to make it to the end of the Kerbal Dakar.

For me it is the challenge, I don't care about the time.

You think most of the people enter the real Dakar to win ?

No, they just want to see if they can do it, challenge themselves.

I'm always thinking positive, besides my car is not that bad, I'm sure I will not be last.

 

Yours is the vision of function over form, and I mean that in a nice way. It makes the rest of ours look comically over-engineered. 

[Triop]

8 minutes ago, DarkOwl57 said:

But the joy of winning is more than a good bonus

4 minutes ago, DrunkenKerbalnaut said:

Yours is the vision of function over form, and I mean that in a nice way. It makes the rest of ours look comically over-engineered. 

Also remind you that one sneeze of Jeb will cause the capsule to explode..tolerance 14.0 m/s impact.

It is a deathtrap and I love driving it.

[liveinaboxkerbal]

So I completed my first design and got it set up to test, annnnd

Oops sorry Val
 

Edited December 23, 2016 by liveinaboxkerbal

[Azimech]

Okay ... @Triop the topic you made for sharing these things is ice cold while this topic is hot. So this is a post with all the idiotic stuff I've made people can use in the challenge. Feel free to copy & paste everything there.

Everything is stock ladies & gents.

 

Light pole to help you navigate. 14 parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Light-Pole

 

 

Light pole to help you navigate, orange colour, warning to slow down. 15 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Light-Pole-SLOW

 

 

A few street lights with a strange bird on top. Sinister. Don't stare at her. 37 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Poles

 

 

Some kind of animal with RTG's coming out of its anus. Bad diet. Wonder why its eyes are glowing. 32 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Bad-Diet

 

 

A bored scientist with an I SCREAM truck. He's really bored guys, help him through the night. 42 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Ice-Cream
 

 

 

Bird watching tower. Somewhat resembles something made a long time ago by someone who made something that made him famous. Hence the name. 103 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Gustave-Tower

 

 

And now we interrupt this program with a spam ... a song by my favourite artist. Not his best song but very good anyway.

 

 

And so we continue with the program. A gas station. It works. No working in that gas station, this one is self-service. And free too.

The song is from 1976. This station has 77 parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Gas-Station

Ya guys bored to death yet? No? Feces! I'm an underachiever.

 

 

No-one will use these things because of high part count. I'm including them anyway.

 

This is a 8x16 dot matrix display you can program yourself. Also known as the "Big F Display". Totally useless ... not even totally fun. Who knows ... you could always crash your car into it. Might give a nice bang. 159 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Dot-Matrix-Display

 

 

This was intended as a piece of corporate art. The corporation who ordered it saw it and … respectfully declined. The artist tried to sell it to other corporations. He's a social worker now. Now this can be placed anywhere just to distract drivers. 41 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Weird-Moving-Thing

 

 

I don't know what this is. 87 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Freak

 

 

I know what this is. He's an idiot. I tried to warn him, he won't listen. Kerosene and RP-1 make him fat.

But he likes to snatch airplanes out of the sky so that's cool. 112 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Come-Out-And-Play

 

 

This must be my strangest and creepiest thing ever. It’s an eye. A stock eye. It moves, all by itself.

Note: in no way am I affiliated with any religious group or sects, nor with dark lords. They know by now I never answer their phone calls. I like to work solo.

Edit: Especially you, Sauron! You crybaby.

136 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Ive-got-my-eye-on-you-baby

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Edited December 23, 2016 by Azimech

[DrunkenKerbalnaut]

@Azimech . Put down the broken lightbulb and butane torch.  

EXCELLENT WORK. 

Edit: Zappa ,|,,|

Edited December 23, 2016 by DrunkenKerbalnaut

[Azimech]

1 hour ago, liveinaboxkerbal said:

So I completed my first design and got it set up to test, annnnd

Oops sorry Val
 

Is she using a steering wheel or a joystick?

[liveinaboxkerbal]

 

3 minutes ago, Azimech said:

Is she using a steering wheel or a joystick?

Joystick.
Probably explains the bad handling. Any tips on improving handling cause I haven't been able to get anything working yet.

Edited December 23, 2016 by liveinaboxkerbal

[Triop]

38 minutes ago, Azimech said:

Okay ... @Triop the topic you made for sharing these things is ice cold while this topic is hot. So this is a post with all the idiotic stuff I've made people can use in the challenge. Feel free to copy & paste everything there.

Everything is stock ladies & gents.

 

Light pole to help you navigate. 14 parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Light-Pole

 

 

Light pole to help you navigate, orange colour, warning to slow down. 15 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Light-Pole-SLOW

 

 

A few street lights with a strange bird on top. Sinister. Don't stare at her. 37 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Poles

 

 

Some kind of animal with RTG's coming out of its anus. Bad diet. Wonder why its eyes are glowing. 32 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Bad-Diet

 

 

A bored scientist with an I SCREAM truck. He's really bored guys, help him through the night. 42 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Ice-Cream
 

 

 

Bird watching tower. Somewhat resembles something made a long time ago by someone who made something that made him famous. Hence the name. 103 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Gustave-Tower

 

 

And now we interrupt this program with a spam ... a song by my favourite artist. Not his best song but very good anyway.

 

 

And so we continue with the program. A gas station. It works. No working in that gas station, this one is self-service. And free too.

The song is from 1976. This station has 77 parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Gas-Station

Ya guys bored to death yet? No? Feces! I'm an underachiever.

 

 

No-one will use these things because of high part count. I'm including them anyway.

 

This is a 8x16 dot matrix display you can program yourself. Also known as the "Big F Display". Totally useless ... not even totally fun. Who knows ... you could always crash your car into it. Might give a nice bang. 159 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Dot-Matrix-Display

 

 

This was intended as a piece of corporate art. The corporation who ordered it saw it and … respectfully declined. The artist tried to sell it to other corporations. He's a social worker now. Now this can be placed anywhere just to distract drivers. 41 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Weird-Moving-Thing

 

 

I don't know what this is. 87 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Freak

 

 

I know what this is. He's an idiot. I tried to warn him, he won't listen. Kerosene and RP-1 make him fat.

But he likes to snatch airplanes out of the sky so that's cool. 112 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Come-Out-And-Play

 

 

This must be my strangest and creepiest thing ever. It’s an eye. A stock eye. It moves, all by itself.

Note: in no way am I affiliated with any religious group or sects, nor with dark lords. They know by now I never answer their phone calls. I like to work solo.

Edit: Especially you, Sauron! You crybaby.

136 Parts. https://kerbalx.com/Azimech/Dakar-17-Ive-got-my-eye-on-you-baby

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I hate you ...

 

[DoctorDavinci]

Just a PSA ... when using the awesome orange light post that @Azimech created be sure to check that your not eating the yellow snow 

[Azimech]

13 minutes ago, Triop said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hate you ...

 

Cryptic ... I'll drink a coffee instead, m'kay? :-P

10 minutes ago, DoctorDavinci said:

Just a PSA ... when using the awesome orange light post that @Azimech created be sure to check that your not eating the yellow snow 

Most of them huskies have fled the continent. Not much of them staying incontinent.

13 minutes ago, liveinaboxkerbal said:

 

Joystick.
Probably explains the bad handling. Any tips on improving handling cause I haven't been able to get anything working yet.

Yeah, she gets distracted too much.

 

Edit: Maybe coffee is a bad idea as well.

Edit 2: take another look at that picture, @liveinaboxkerbal

Edited December 23, 2016 by Azimech

[Triop]

8 minutes ago, Azimech said:

Cryptic ... I'll drink a coffee instead, m'kay? :-P

Most of them huskies have fled the continent. Not much of them staying incontinent.

Yes, the endless post of awesome objects that you posted made me go mental.

Frank Zappa made me post Joy division. sorry bout that.

 

Edit : Koffie ? het is 03:40 hier in Nederland...

Jij staat vroeg op.

p.s. Je sculpturen zijn echt geweldig.

Edited December 23, 2016 by Triop

[Azimech]

I'm out of giving likes, again. Joy Division is awesome! A bit dark though. I'm in love with a lot of tracks from '79. I might spam a few later, if I have your permission @Triop

Edit: Heb ff niks te doen, ben vrij ... ik slaap wanneer ik zin heb, net ff op de bank gelegen XD

En jij? Nog laat op of ook vroeg wakker? En dank je wel!

Edited December 23, 2016 by Azimech

[Triop]

12 minutes ago, Azimech said:

I'm out of giving likes, again. Joy Division is awesome! A bit dark though. I'm in love with a lot of tracks from '79. I might spam a few later, if I have your permission @Triop

Well, have one off my likes mate.

"if I have your permission"

What makes you think you need my permission ?

 

 

 

 

12 minutes ago, Azimech said:

Edit: Heb ff niks te doen, ben vrij ... ik slaap wanneer ik zin heb, net ff op de bank gelegen XD

En jij? Nog laat op of ook vroeg wakker? En dank je wel!

Ik leef 's nachts, hou van rust...

Edited December 23, 2016 by Triop

[Azimech]

Just now, Triop said:

Well, have one off my likes mate.

"if I have your permission"

What makes you think you need my permission ?

 

 

 

 

Nothing quiet about my life but okay ...

 

Not from 1979 but this is hilarious, Dutch television. It goes wrong right at the start, the audio guy starts the tape before the band gives the cue. The response of the band is unforgettable.

 

[Triop]

Wow.....

 

[DrunkenKerbalnaut]

7 hours ago, liveinaboxkerbal said:

So I completed my first design and got it set up to test, annnnd

Oops sorry Val
 

Nice. A good reference for getting that cage height right in the editor: the Kerbals eyes are damn near level with the top of the external command chair. And their heads are always a little bigger than you think haha. Nice rover.