Elcano by Mallard

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So.... I've possibly set myself a super stupid task. Do a full circumnavigation of kerbin (minus a ferrry ride, or something with pontoons, or full submersible, I haven't decided yet.) in a train. Specifically, this Mallard replica.

It's very nice, but isn't super suited to rough terrain, long journeys, and that kind of stuff. But what the heck! Let's give it a shot.

I'll do this in small segments, so each day is corresponding to what I did in a session of driving, and how far I've driven (about)

Day 1-33 km

And the Mallard sets off. Probably the first of many, as explosions are inevitable.

I forgot to plant a flag, but its to the runway, so.... yeah.

Initial handling at around 30 m/s is pretty good, so I'm going to sick to that as a top speed, although it could go significantly faster.

It was at this point I forgot that I didn't have an engineer on board. Oops. Better go send one then. I know that many wheels will probably break on this journey, so having one is quite important.

Yeah, I took a sports car to transfer an engineer. Its also single seat, so that car is staying there. I might return t it the long way round. Hey, well now I have an engineer aboard.

Floating trees! KSP is "realistic". Kinda hope this gets fixed, although its not much of a concern.

Whoops! Went to fast and rolled it. Not to worry, a crapton of SAS wheels (or magical-infinte-energy-pointing-devices) helped right it. Also may have broken a couple parts. Nothing important though.I'm making the route up as I go along. I'm heading north though, for this first leg. I followed the flattest part of the land before deciding to take amountain pass. Which was stupid, since it was rather hilly. I also caught air! Which broke some wheels.

Some train images.

And I'm calling it here. It took about half an hour to drive 30 km. This is going to take a while. On the plus side, the wheels are fixed.

Map of rough progress.