Lisias Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 (edited) I once mentioned how my KSP designs are similar to some soviet ones. And today I came to this: (Forum safe this time! ) I can't remember a cargo plane of mine that didn't take off after the runway ending… Do you know of any more Real Life Kerbalism? Please share! Edited August 24, 2018 by Lisias forum rules safe video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 MOOSE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 @Lisias, while the plane just barely making it off the runway was interesting and amusing, the sound on the vid unfortunately included some swearing. Please feel free to share a version without the sound, if you can find one, but we've had to remove that one because of our language rules on the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted August 24, 2018 Author Share Posted August 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Vanamonde said: @Lisias, while the plane just barely making it off the runway was interesting and amusing, the sound on the vid unfortunately included some swearing. Please feel free to share a version without the sound, if you can find one, but we've had to remove that one because of our language rules on the forum. Fixed! Sorry the trouble! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 What an ugly plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted August 24, 2018 Author Share Posted August 24, 2018 10 minutes ago, Gargamel said: What an ugly plane. I find it lovely! Ugly it's this monstruosity I call a "planes" and that I managed to make it to fly probably due some KSP bug! (and yeah… It takes off exactly as this IL-76!! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XB-70A Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Lisias said: I find it lovely! Finally, I'm finding someone else who think the same about the dear 76/78! Well, if you love Ily's and late rotations there are some cool videos of Il-86 taken from Tivat Airport, Montenegro: I just love the 86, totally underpowered with her D-30, but so slim (without counting her integral boarding stairs and self-service luggage compartments) Germán Olano used to be particular too when HK-4544 was operating here . Taken only two months before flight 4544. A pretty nice one from the cabin of the good, old, and underpowered Yak-40: Love this old one too: When you don't have a runway but a road with a turn, RDC-bush style. And the best (still in RDC): Edited August 24, 2018 by XB-70A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncongruousGoat Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Well, there's always the good old PSLV. Solid boosters, solid first stage, N2O4/UDMH second stage, solid third stage, and MMH/MON (of all things) fourth stage. Oh, and by my math the third stage must pull over 2 g's when it lights. It's proven to be a reliable and capable launch vehicle, but I get the feeling that when it was designed the engineers doing the design work had exactly two liquid engines to work with, and used some solids adapted from ICBM stages to compensate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted August 25, 2018 Author Share Posted August 25, 2018 12 minutes ago, IncongruousGoat said: Well, there's always the good old PSLV. Solid boosters, solid first stage, N2O4/UDMH second stage, solid third stage, and MMH/MON (of all things) fourth stage. Oh, and by my math the third stage must pull over 2 g's when it lights. And more interesting: Quote On the PSLV and PSLV-XL, first stage thrust is augmented by six strap-on solid boosters. Four boosters are ground-lit and the remaining two ignite 25 seconds after launch. — Source. I'm using this expedient myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IncongruousGoat Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Just now, Lisias said: I'm using this expedient myself! Oh, Delta II 792X did something similar. 6 of the 9 boosters were optimized for sea-level flight, and were lit on the pad. The remaining 3 were optimized for vacuum flight, and were lit after the first 6 had burned out and separated. Although I admit, it's not quite as Kerbal as PSLV's booster staging sequence. Much as I'm a fan of all the recent developments in reusable rocketry, there's going to be a not-so-small part of me that's going to miss the occasionally ludicrous engineering of the disposable era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorabh Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 On 8/25/2018 at 9:19 AM, IncongruousGoat said: It's proven to be a reliable and capable launch vehicle, but I get the feeling that when it was designed the engineers doing the design work had exactly two liquid engines to work with, and used some solids adapted from ICBM stages to compensate. ISRO was promised a liquid engine core stage from Russia, when it was still Soviet. When Russia failed to deliver(because of the "You-know-what"), France came to rescue with its Viking Engine. After several modifications, it became the Vikas engine. Someone said,"You know, using so many Vikas engines would be expensive... why dont we use solids? I mean, our last two launch vehicles were all-solid.." So instead of using several expensive Vikas engines as the core and the second stage, they just put a couple of solid motors and called it a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted October 6, 2018 Author Share Posted October 6, 2018 (edited) Not exactly a "kerbalism" (well… maybe a little). But I had to share this here. Edited October 6, 2018 by Lisias tyops, as usulla. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 "MOAR THRUSTERS" style! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPGSP Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Well, the Proton looks an awful like the Kerbal X stock ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gapone Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 The Atlas 5 551 has only one booster, just like the Orbiter One. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Mercury cosplayed Mk1 capsule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 Kerbal Space Program was beaten to the market by the Swiss!! http://www.oocities.org/asymmetrics/bvzerst.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razark Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 36 minutes ago, Lisias said: Kerbal Space Program was beaten to the market by the Swiss!! Your picture reminded me that I had recently been alerted to this: https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a25740504/restored-twin-mustang-flies/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 Do you remember when they told us that in Real Life we don't just strap parts together to make an airplane? Well, someone tell that to these guys! (gp to 10:00 ) (excellent documentary by the way, it worths to see it wholly). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 Some people are taking KSP too much seriously… Some guy strapped TurboProps on a DC-3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 4 hours ago, Lisias said: Some people are taking KSP too much seriously… Some guy strapped TurboProps on a DC-3. Seems like a logical upgrade to me. Many of the deHavilland Beaver (fantastic bush plane; the “workhorse of the North”) floatplanes were also upgraded from radial piston to turboprop power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said: Seems like a logical upgrade to me. Many of the deHavilland Beaver (fantastic bush plane; the “workhorse of the North”) floatplanes were also upgraded from radial piston to turboprop power KSP can be logical sometimes, too. But… Granted, I didn't found (yet) someone strapping an jet with the thrust reverted deployed in the place of a radial engine. Edited February 14, 2019 by Lisias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 On 8/24/2018 at 6:53 PM, Gargamel said: What an ugly plane. This is offensive, reported Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 (edited) I could not had done better. And, yes… It's a real patent! The guy even strapped a solid booster! I LOVE IT! https://patents.google.com/patent/US6817579 (tweet to the image author: https://twitter.com/Zephyr164/status/1104719928081276929) Edited January 27, 2020 by Lisias link to image author; fixed image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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