Kerbal Paragliding Challenge

[Steven Kerman]

Since 1.4 is now released, I wanted to get this up ASAP!

This is when it hit me. Synchronized paragliding! Try and get as many Kerbals flying together at once and screenshot it. The only rule is to use stock KSP 1.4(the latest update)

[neistridlar]

Ready to jump.

All synced up nice and close.

This took quite a few tries and many experiments be fore I got it right. I have all the kerbals on ladders, with parachutes armed from launch, then fly very slowly (less than 50m/s) til I get to ~1500m, then use action group to retract the ladders. It is very important I found that the kerbals do not hit anything on their way out, or they will tumble out of control. I think this technique could be expanded to many more kerbals, but rendezvous in the air could prove difficult, and certainly confusing with large numbers, as they end up heading opposite directions from launch.

 

[HamnavoePer]

Hmm, I'll have to stop practising flying my new SSTO for a bit and try this. HMB

[HamnavoePer]

Well, loading 16 (!) kerbals onto the back of a mallard with ladders went surprisingly well. They even have space to fall...

[dvader]

I tried with 16 parachuters but failed to syncronize them until they were too dispersed to be nothing but dots. Maybe ladders is the way to go.

However, I will question the safety of these new parachutes! I witnessed many kerbals ending up in a puff of smoke upon landing. Some even looked a bit dead-ish already in flight:

Not to mention those poor souls who actually landed:

 

 

[Steven Kerman]

1 hour ago, dvader said:

Not to mention those poor souls who actually landed:

 

 

 

rip in pepperonis

[Andetch]

So not so great for formation flying, as the launcher is erratic and also near supersonic...... but these parachutes lead to some interesting possibilities for the Kerbal Launcher System (inspired by SkunkTwerks). Took my kerbal launcher out for a spin and got a few snaps - enjoy!

And here is the launch vehicle!