sturmhauke Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 1 minute ago, michal.don said: You don't need a lot of reaction wheels to land from LKO, if your design is aerodynamicaly decent This is true. I have a drone core on mine, which only provides enough torque (along with the cockpit reaction wheels) to turn very slowly in orbit. It's certainly of no use in atmosphere. Proper control surface layout is much more important on large craft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starslinger999 Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 (edited) Update Landed somehow with my fuel xfer making it more unstable but a quick xfer saved the shuttle. Will have pics soon. Also, I have a pic of the orbit of the 40t payload for STS-1b Also, No modded parts that I know of for this because of 1.6 making my mods outdated. *Edit* STS 2a is done pics here with orbit parameters for the satellites. Full geostationary network. Although my shuttle was able to reach geostationary altitude and have an orbital period of 4 hours for deployment because of the nuclear engines. https://imgur.com/gallery/M6u0VTy Edited December 24, 2018 by Starslinger999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artienia Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Back.... Back for one mission https://imgur.com/a/YG2qdMh PS I have been encountering some RAM issues in my pc (lack of new Artemis missions) So i had to set the quality to the lowest possible. if you do click on the album, You may be blinded by the pixels. this mission took me 3 days (ram) to do and the docking alone took 1 hour. even MJ couldnt do it. I love you guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artienia Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 16 minutes ago, Artienia said: Back.... Back for one mission https://imgur.com/a/YG2qdMh PS I have been encountering some RAM issues in my pc (lack of new Artemis missions) So i had to set the quality to the lowest possible. if you do click on the album, You may be blinded by the pixels. this mission took me 3 days (ram) to do and the docking alone took 1 hour. even MJ couldnt do it. I love you guys also its is kinda 1 am so that didnt help me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4x4cheesecake Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Glad to see you back @Artienia and cool mission though Crossing fingers that you can fix the ram issue soon, maybe a perfectly timed Christmas present? Have you already peaked into the one in your cargo bay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artienia Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 6 hours ago, 4x4cheesecake said: Glad to see you back @Artienia and cool mission though Crossing fingers that you can fix the ram issue soon, maybe a perfectly timed Christmas present? Have you already peaked into the one in your cargo bay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchemist Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way. Oh, how fun it is to ride In open payload bay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artienia Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 NEW ARTEMIS BOIS https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xcsbtjzvr2t2mtx/AABRTrFcBBt4qNhEuSRkuSeAa?dl=0 there were so many pics that i made a dropbox. hopefully they are in order. I really hope this gets accepted by Don. It has been a long time i did this and now i am full of motivation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starslinger999 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 On 12/24/2018 at 12:41 PM, Starslinger999 said: Update Landed somehow with my fuel xfer making it more unstable but a quick xfer saved the shuttle. Will have pics soon. Also, I have a pic of the orbit of the 40t payload for STS-1b Also, No modded parts that I know of for this because of 1.6 making my mods outdated. *Edit* STS 2a is done pics here with orbit parameters for the satellites. Full geostationary network. Although my shuttle was able to reach geostationary altitude and have an orbital period of 4 hours for deployment because of the nuclear engines. https://imgur.com/gallery/M6u0VTy @michal.don So you see the edit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artienia Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 56 minutes ago, Starslinger999 said: @michal.don So you see the edit i am pretty sure he is on vacation or something. he hasnt responded to my or anyone else's post actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michal.don Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 Please, hang on for a while longer, I don't have the time to manage the thread every day, I'll hopefully get to it tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artienia Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 14 minutes ago, michal.don said: Please, hang on for a while longer, I don't have the time to manage the thread every day, I'll hopefully get to it tomorrow holy excrements. i was about to qoute you on a question You are in no rush, feel free to return when you like Is this allowed on mün mission? i wanted the shuttle's manned station to be deployed in a cool way and came up with this. just wanna ask if this is ok before you know, i do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbolitto Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 (edited) STS-4T Skylab Mission Okay so finally, I finished my attempt at STS Skylab, feels like its been a very long time since I posted something .... : / Part 1 : Launchpad and encounter with Skylab Spoiler Here's the circularization with the 2nd stage : And here's the encounter maneuver, using the shuttle own engines to align both orbits : Part 2 : Artisan's payload, deorbiting useless stuff & saving the hab-module The big thumper is used as an adaptater to dock the shuttle, below it are 3 tiny pods to deorbit comm-mast and solar array, in the back is a rocket booster consisting of 2 Cheetah with their fuel supply. In the front you may see a very flat RoboTug. Spoiler Shuttle is able to dock at the station by using the Thumper as a long arm : One of the tiny deorbiter docking to a large dish : Same technic to deorbit the second comm-mast : And finally the solar panels : Now RoboTug bring the engine-pod to Skylab : And just after that, it docks to the hab-module to take it back to the shuttle : Part 3 : Skylab goes to a higher orbit, while the shuttle barely avoid the ground ! Spoiler Skylab maneuver to get at its 200x200k final orbit : Shuttle deorbit maneuver : Coming in hot : you can see the desert airfield above the craft's port's fin Flare above the airfield, a bit tricky due to non-optimal weight distribution : I realized too late that the hab module doesn't have a Sr. dock but just a regular one, I hope this doesn't disqualify my entry ! Edited December 26, 2018 by Kerbolitto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturmhauke Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Wait, do you normally launch your shuttle upside down?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbolitto Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 4 hours ago, sturmhauke said: Wait, do you normally launch your shuttle upside down?! Yeah I'm doing this way since the beginning of the challenge ! I tried to design a "standard" shuttle on the side of boosters but it has to be ugly to work so I'm sticking with this idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturmhauke Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 17 minutes ago, Kerbolitto said: Yeah I'm doing this way since the beginning of the challenge ! I tried to design a "standard" shuttle on the side of boosters but it has to be ugly to work so I'm sticking with this idea Suddenly my ideas don't seem so weird... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbolitto Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, sturmhauke said: Suddenly my ideas don't seem so weird... Well thank you, I always try to be creative and do weird stuff This shuttle is also very reliable and easy to fly, the only modifications being a change of engines and an upside-down cargo-bay ! I'm quite proud of this craft . + it looks stupid ! Edited December 27, 2018 by Kerbolitto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michal.don Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 Alright, holiday madness is over, all the family meetings survived with mental health mostly intact, so let's get to business On 12/24/2018 at 6:41 PM, Starslinger999 said: Update Landed somehow with my fuel xfer making it more unstable but a quick xfer saved the shuttle. Will have pics soon. Also, I have a pic of the orbit of the 40t payload for STS-1b Sorry, but some bad news on my part - the final orbit is not within the required parametres (Pe and AP difference too big). Unfortunately, I can't award the badge. Oh, I just noticed the edit, disregard, everything is in order, so the badge is rightfully yours On 12/24/2018 at 6:41 PM, Starslinger999 said: STS 2a is done pics here with orbit parameters for the satellites. Full geostationary network. Although my shuttle was able to reach geostationary altitude and have an orbital period of 4 hours for deployment because of the nuclear engines. On the other hand, this is right and proper, very good job! So, at least one badge for you, congrats! On 12/25/2018 at 12:26 AM, Artienia said: Back.... Back for one mission Ho ho ho, Santa Shuttle is coming to town Great job recovering the two presents and succesfully landing them at the North pole, despite your RAM issues A holiday badge for you: On 12/25/2018 at 4:15 PM, Alchemist said: Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way. Oh, how fun it is to ride In open payload bay And again, @Alchemist showing us all how it should be done Great job, great video report, and all three presents recovered - definitely worthy of a christmas badge: On 12/25/2018 at 8:09 PM, Artienia said: there were so many pics that i made a dropbox. hopefully they are in order. I really hope this gets accepted by Don. It has been a long time i did this and now i am full of motivation Looking good I'd like to check the station in a little more detail though, it's quite dark in the screenshots. Could you please provide on of the whole station, preferably on the day side of Kerbin? Thanks! 16 hours ago, Artienia said: Is this allowed on mün mission? i wanted the shuttle's manned station to be deployed in a cool way and came up with this. I you're talking about the first Mun mission, I'd say yes, you may deploy the outpost while flying, but the shuttle has to land on the Mun at least once to complete the mission. 16 hours ago, Kerbolitto said: Okay so finally, I finished my attempt at STS Skylab, feels like its been a very long time since I posted something .... : / Wait, there is only one shuttle flight in your report - am I missing something, or is this just a WIP so far? If that is the case, I'll wait for the second flight... I hope I did not miss anything, Michal.don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbolitto Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 1 minute ago, michal.don said: Wait, there is only one shuttle flight in your report - am I missing something, or is this just a WIP so far? If that is the case, I'll wait for the second flight... Oh yeah sorry, I thought I could do 2 reports, the second payload is already loaded so I just have to fly the last part of the mission Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michal.don Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 8 minutes ago, Kerbolitto said: Oh yeah sorry, I thought I could do 2 reports, the second payload is already loaded so I just have to fly the last part of the mission No problem, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything important Good luck with the second flight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artienia Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) 29 minutes ago, michal.don said: No problem, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything important Good luck with the second flight! https://imgur.com/a/pJy8m07 here it is Also does your rule apply to every mün mission? like in sts 2 do i have to land the shuttle once, three times or none because the pods are doinhg precisionn landing. Love some enlightning "I you're talking about the first Mun mission, I'd say yes, you may deploy the outpost while flying, but the shuttle has to land on the Mun at least once to complete the mission." Edited December 27, 2018 by Artienia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michal.don Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 41 minutes ago, Artienia said: here it is Thanks, now I can see all I need, here's your badge: good job! 42 minutes ago, Artienia said: Also does your rule apply to every mün mission? like in sts 2 do i have to land the shuttle once, three times or none because the pods are doinhg precisionn landing. Love some enlightning Ok, let's put it this way: In the first two Mun missions (STS-1 and STS-2-4), each shuttle has to land on the Mun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artienia Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, michal.don said: Thanks, now I can see all I need, here's your badge: good job! Ok, let's put it this way: In the first two Mun missions (STS-1 and STS-2-4), each shuttle has to land on the Mun. Thank you! Time to update my signiture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozelui Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) It was the night before Christmas and Santa Kerman forgot to secure his precious cargo. But fear not, kids! Instead of building a Mun base, Jeb and the other elves... uhm I mean kerbonauts, stepped up to save the Christmas! Full mission report here Does anyone know how this launch vehicle type is called? I remember seeing a drawing like it in the KSP forums a long - Really long - time ago but could not find it anymore. Now time to go back to that Mun base Spoiler Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year to everyone! Edited December 27, 2018 by Ozelui Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4x4cheesecake Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 11 minutes ago, Ozelui said: Does anyone know how this launch vehicle type is called? I remember seeing a drawing like it in the KSP forums a long - Really long - time ago but could not find it anymore. I guess it's ok to call it "ridiculous fancy", no name required Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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