An Aquatic Adventure

[Triop]

My next crazy idea:

I AM GOING TO DRIVE A CAR FROM THE KSC TO THE TEMPLE

PART 1 :  An Aquatic Adventure

The first goal is to get a ferry boat in place to pick up a buggy when it gets at the crossing.

I found one of my old designs that I'm gonna tune for this mission.

Rules I will use:

- Stock

- No quicksaves

- Service is allowed

- Clock starts from the beginning of the game.

Next up, preparing the boat . . .

TBC

 

 

Edited September 18, 2018 by Triop

[Triop]

First a test, getting this thing from 1940 in the water and dock with the shore. (this test was done before I came up with this challenge, that's why you can see mods)

I'm using reverse on the engines to rotate it faster. I'll make a shortcut later using Action Groups, (1 = left, 2 = right.)

Docking succes.

It needs some more work, like a docking port to hold a car.

TBC

Edited September 18, 2018 by Triop

[Triop]

First upgrade, we have installed some solar panels.

And added a cantine below the deck for the crew.

Next up, a new bridge.

We need a cooler name for this then "Ferry" . . .

TBC

 

Edited September 18, 2018 by Triop

[Jacke]

6 hours ago, Triop said:

My next crazy idea:

I AM GOING TO DRIVE A CAR FROM THE KSC TO THE TEMPLE

PART 1 :  An Aquatic Adventure

The first goal is to get a ferry boat in place to pick up a buggy when it gets at the crossing.

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I found one of my old designs that I'm gonna tune for this mission.

One adventure ends, another begins.

Curious about the rover.

And here's some light entertainment music, the first in reference to the challenge, the second prompted by your icon comment, @Triop.  Neither are prescriptive, just entertaining.

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The "official" video is boring early 1980's schlock.  This one I found is properly downright crazy.   And doesn't clip the song for MTV play.

 

 

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And no video could match the power of this song, here full length.  Nothing short of a full night of film noir.

 

 

 

Edited September 18, 2018 by Jacke

[roboslacker]

I propose that the ferry be named Bob Johnson.

[Triop]

Enough renovating, DAY 1.

Careful... We don't want to explode before we get wet !

SPLASH !

We got Val on deck (not in bikini)

The upcoming route:

This is gonna be a total disaster, we never have enough fuel . . .

TBC

 

Edited September 18, 2018 by Triop

[Triop]

And we're off !

This brick is falling apart allready, I'm loving it !

Top speed around 24 m/s , yeah, this wil take forever...

We may have to stop for fuel, no idea how I'm gonna do that yet...

We will wait and see...

TBC

 

 

 

Edited September 18, 2018 by Triop

[Triop]

It's going surprisingly well.

Val looks like a DJ on a party boat.

♫  boom boom boom boom boom  ♫

TBC

 

Edited September 18, 2018 by Triop

[Pascovian]

you're like a Danny2462 for me.

I LUHV TEH CRZY IDEAS

[Triop]

While Bill is downstairs relaxing watching Netflix . . .

. . . Val is worried about our fuel level, we need to get sum gas, Soon™

We found a spot that might be perfect to fly in a tanker.

We are getting closer.

TBC

[Triop]

We reached the refuel location.

We are only 1.5 hour on our way, not bad for a crappy boat.

Next step is to launch a tanker to bring some juice.

TBC

Edited September 19, 2018 by Triop

[Pascovian]

i think i see a probable Moon2Moon in the future.

[Triop]

8 minutes ago, Pascovian said:

i think i see a probable Moon2Moon in the future.

Nope, I stay away from space.

10 hours ago, roboslacker said:

I propose that the ferry be named Bob Johnson.

Who is Bob Johnson ?

 

Jeb is getting ready to take off....

TBC

Edited September 19, 2018 by Triop

[roboslacker]

36 minutes ago, Triop said:

Who is Bob Johnson ?

 

Who's Bob Johnson? More like what is Bob Johnson. Bob Johnson is an ideal, a perfect everyman, a way of life. But more than anything, Bob Johnson is a meme.

[Triop]

Jeb is almost there, looking for a nice place to land.

Flat ground, easy landing. Yeah, I'm a real ACE...

Contact and refueling.

Getting Bob back in the water.

Ready to continue our journey.

I see we forgot to refuel our 4 cone thingys . . .

Let's hope we have enough fuel.

TBC

Edited September 19, 2018 by Triop

[Jacke]

Whoa, a jet-powered ferry.  Cool!

I think you need a bigger boat.

Of course, all the refueling is going to make this a much more interesting story.

How did you dock the jet to the ferry to transfer fuel?

And I know you pride yourself on doing this all stock, but in your shoes I'd use TAC Fuel Balancer to do the transfer.

And here's another couple of crazy ideas.  In case you think things are getting too routine.

1.  Design a VTOL jet that lands on the ferry to refuel it.

2.  Plan a second run once you're done this one, with the ferry taking the rover from KSC to the shore just south of the Temple.

I can just see it!  @Triop braving the High Seas of Kerbin!  Navigating out of sight of land!  No rhumb lines for you, Great Circle navigation!

The crew getting peckish and taking long side looks at Bill Kerman.

Edited September 19, 2018 by Jacke

[Triop]

32 minutes ago, Jacke said:

I think you need a bigger boat.

#metoo

32 minutes ago, Jacke said:

How did you dock the jet to the ferry to transfer fuel?

With the grabbing claw thingy, it's a stock part, can't remember what it's called.

But it works great for stock refueling.

32 minutes ago, Jacke said:

And I know you pride yourself on doing this all stock, but in your shoes I'd use TAC Fuel Balancer to do the transfer.

If I would use mods, I'd go for Kerbal Attachment System (KAS) for refueling.

 

 

-back to our adventure-

WE ARE NOT GONNA MAKE IT !

We need to refuel, again as Shadowzone would say.

TBC

 

 

Edited September 19, 2018 by Triop

[Jacke]

53 minutes ago, Triop said:

With the grabbing claw thingy, it's a stock part, can't remember what it's called.

Thought so.  The Advanced Grabbing Unit (AGU).

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[The AGU is] also useful for craft-to-craft docking or for exchanging resources with craft or debris without a docking port. As with docking ports, resources (liquid fuel, electricity, etc.) can be exchanged with the target.

AKA The Claw.

53 minutes ago, Triop said:

If I would use mods, I'd go for Kerbal Attachment System (KAS) for refueling.

That is cool.  I'd still use TAC Fuel Balancer, as it is the best one I've found for managing transfers between lots of resource pools on a spacecraft.

TAC Fuel Balancer has an on-going balance function, but I never used that.  Just found it helpful back when playing BTSM when my spacecraft could have lots of batteries and when I had to drain a lower spacecraft stage I was about to drop.

 

53 minutes ago, Triop said:

-back to our adventure-

WE ARE NOT GONNA MAKE IT !

We need to refuel, again as Shadowzone would say.

Guess you really do need a bigger boat. My estimate is you're going to have to refuel at least 3 or 4 times total for the whole journey out.

Good thing needing a bigger boat isn't because of some hostile fauna....

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Or Kerbin could have weather.  Rounding the south cape, it could have gotten tense....

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[Triop]

The new route:

Almost there . . .

TBC

 

Edited September 19, 2018 by Triop

[Triop]

TBC

[Jacke]

Holy Frak!

I see a Kerbal floating in the water?  Did both Val and Bill survive?

 

32 minutes ago, Triop said:

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...as they say in World of Warships when someone sinks 5 ships...

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(And I've run out of likes again!)

Any idea what happened?  A catastrophic failure of hydrodynamic resistance from Kerbin's oceans?  Or did it just bounce?  And the ferry said...

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I guess I spoke too soon about not having to worry about aggressive fauna in Kerbin's oceans.  I wonder how common this is?

I wonder if this is some sort of variant of the bug that @whale_2's WorldStabilizer works around?  That bug comes from the onset of physics and problems in the current KSP.  I wonder if something like that could happen to water vessels during play?

Another variant came to me that you might want to entertain.

3.  A two-stage super-rover.  The first an amphibian that travels from KSC to the crossing and crosses the ocean.  Then it separates a smaller faster rover that travels across the desert to the Temple.

I don't think you want to consider travelling all the way by land, as I think that would make the journey as long as Pole2Pole.  And over much rougher terrain.

Edited September 19, 2018 by Jacke

[Triop]

Well, Val survived...

I hope Bill is in there safe...

...---...

Meanwhile, on the bottom of the ocean, my once so beautiful solarpanelpilar . . .

The reason we suddenly took off must be by getting lighter by using fuel, I did not calculated that . . .

Next up: rescue mission, we leave no one behind.

TBC

Edited September 19, 2018 by Triop

[Jacke]

35 minutes ago, Triop said:

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Ah, Val survived.  Hopefully Bill's okay inside the cabin.

 

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The reason we suddenly took off must be getting lighter by using fuel, I did not calculated that . . .

Good reminder that craft need to be tested in the full range of operational conditions.  A common mistake, one I've committed meself.  Also I believe the MiG-21 couldn't burn the last 20% or so of its fuel because movement of its centre-of-mass cause it to become too unstable.

 

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Next up: rescue mission, we leave no one behind.

Of course.  Wondering if you're going to send out a flying boat as I'm assuming it's too far for Val and Bill to swim to shore.

More adventures.

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Edited September 19, 2018 by Jacke

[KerbolExplorer]

That happened to me two

Guess it's not a good idea to build fast boats with wings

Edited September 19, 2018 by KerbolExplorer

[Triop]

"Hello ? Is this Debris & co ?"

*sending detailed fax*

"How many spacebucks will it cost to clean up my debris ?"

"************* spacebucks, sir."

"O.k. Thank you for your time."

Let's just leave it there . . .

TBC

 

 

 

 

 

14 minutes ago, KerbolExplorer said:

That happened to me two

Hey KerbolExplorer, can you please remove the pictures you used as a quote from your last post ?

I like it that you respond, but repeating old images after I posted new ones can confuse new readers.

Please keep comments short to guarantee continuation in my story.

I hope you all understand.

Edited September 19, 2018 by Triop