Xenon-Research Station [Stock]

[Atimed]

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Hello fellow Kerbanaouts,

Iv noticed lately that a lot of Kerbals around these forums are building some stations.

So i thought lets give it a try.. How hard could it be..

So here i am 34 Dead Kerbals later, and a space full of junk..

The space station comes with a 2 Stage Launch Vehicle.. And while its in orbit it haz got ~ 3 tanks of RCS, and ~ 1500l of Rocket Fuel.. A large margin for maneuvering errors if you ask me..

And did i mention its all Stock Parts.. 8)

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Download:

http://www32.zippyshare.com/v/20461929/file.html

(If not working please PM me with your e-mail address, and i will send you the file)

(Over 100 Downloads, Thx guys... )

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Statistics:

- Size: 11m x 13m x 14m

- Mass: 26T

- Fuel: 15'200 l

- Crew: 3

- Engines:

- 6x TurboJet

- 1x LV-T30

- 3x LV-T45

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- Full Advanced Stabilization Augmentation System..

- 6 Direction Reaction Control System..

- 3x LTV-40 High powered Vectoring Liquid fuel Engines..

- 2 Small Docking Bays..

- 12 8Kw Solar Panels..

- 3 Universal Research Labs..

- Sleeping Quarters..

- 100 m2 Storage Area..

- Shinny BIG RED button..

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Screenshots:

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Preferred flight plan..

- Start Jet Engines at Full Throttle..

- Wait till Full Throttle Established..

- Engine LVT-30 Liquid Fuel Engine

- Fly Heading 0° until 1st Stage Empty (~18\'000 m at Mach 1)

- Switch to Orbit Drawing on the Navigation Ball.

- Start Orbital turn towards 90° Pro-grade..

- When AP Reaches ~46\'000 m Turn 90° Horizontal..

- Cut engines when AP ~ 100\'300 m..

- Cruise to T-30 til AP..

- Rotate ship Pro-Grade..

- Circularize orbit..

- Turn on the lights.. (Mobility Enhancers)

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- Flight back, Burn Retro-grade until PE ~ 5 km..

- Enjoy the view until 50'000 m..

- Press the SHINNY BIG RED BUTTON and enjoy the view..

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Known Bugs:

- The 2 Fuel lines connecting the Station to the 2nd Stage seam to Malfunction 5% of the time..

- Manually resting them will fix the issue..

- Docking in Hard but possible my success rate is 15%, May spin the ship and/or eject it at ~ 50m/s..

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Feedback is welcome..

Edited August 7, 2012 by Atimed
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[Atimed]

Got some PMs about how to fly this thing so i made a quick video.. Hope you like it..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnjTyn9WZ_8&feature=youtu.be

[mnnm1234]

I Love It!

[Atimed]

I Love It!

Glad you like it..

[jamieadd]

Were did you get inspiration from?

[Atimed]

Were did you get inspiration from?

Honestly,

While i was teaching my 8 year younger brother how to play.. Mostly building ICBM.. but enjoying the explosions..

I noticed that he used a lot of spaceplane parts.. Nothing special..

A few days later i woke up dreaming about being in a war zone, but that was just him making a new rocket..

After i Shouted at him for 10-15min i noticed this..

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And BAM it hit me... Well he hit me with a pillow..

So i stole his idea refined it a bit, and made a space station from it..

In short i'm a Thief, and i let him play the game as much as he likes now..

You never know..

Edited August 7, 2012 by Atimed

[jamieadd]

That is how all of the best things are made. By stiling them from a younger brother or sister!

[underthing]

This is nice. I've succesfully gotten this into a polar orbit. Never taking it down, once I get the hang of EVAs, I'll switch out the crew like in the real space station.

Thanks for the ship

[Atimed]

This is nice. I've succesfully gotten this into a polar orbit. Never taking it down, once I get the hang of EVAs, I'll switch out the crew like in the real space station.

Thanks for the ship

Glad u like it, i have around 30 or so in orbit atm.. Mostly Testing scrap..

p.s. a bigger brother is coming up soon..

[Dilin]

Hello I'm Terrible, and i feel terrible and i cant get ANYTHING into orbit without Mechjeb. I've added Mechjeb to this to no avail and I cant figure out whats wrong I kept editing the station is minor ways, but alas it still doesn't get into orbit without Ripping apart and mass destruction.

[Atimed]

Hello I'm Terrible, and i feel terrible and i cant get ANYTHING into orbit without Mechjeb. I've added Mechjeb to this to no avail and I cant figure out whats wrong I kept editing the station is minor ways, but alas it still doesn't get into orbit without Ripping apart and mass destruction.

Okay, i think you have auto staging set to 0, set it to 1.. i think this should solve the problem.. atm i'm testing some parameters and stats so that it will fly the way i fly it manually..

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]31199[/ATTACH] Here are the parameters that fly almost the same way i do it in the video..

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Hope it helps Edited August 13, 2012 by Atimed

[FunkMunki]

Okay, i think you have auto staging set to 0, set it to 1.. i think this should solve the problem.. atm i'm testing some parameters and stats so that it will fly the way i fly it manually..

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]31199[/ATTACH] Here are the parameters that fly almost the same way i do it in the video..

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Hope it helps

That helped a lot. I was easily able to get one in orbit with those settings.

[Dilin]

my God i know whats wrong! I kept letting it auto seperate to stage 0 and stage 0 is for REENTRY Thank you SO much!

EDIT ITS IN ORBIT WOOT WOOT! Now to attach some solar panels to the next ones i send up to make it more awesomes.

Edited August 13, 2012 by Dilin