totm june 2019 Breaking ground - Test Zone

[sgt_flyer]

i'm making this post so people can share their early experiments with Breaking grounds

 

Here's a small Rocker Bogie rover that thing really sticks to the ground

 

Configuration : motors disengaged, unmotorized. maximum angle set at -45° to + 45° on each of the hinges

 

 

[cy4n]

The first thing I did when I saw the alligator hinges:

COLLAPSIBLE PLANE

[sgt_flyer]

@cy4n waaay easier to store

 

Testing a Mobile Base System (controlled by Kal-1000 - i hope he won't lock me out ^^) - just need to pause the Kal-1000 track when it's at the correct position

album with extended positions below

https://imgur.com/a/TgZOXsJ

 

As of note, the big pistons at 800kn sucks 10.7 EC/s each (regardless of the traverse rate) - if you don't have enough energy and your batteries go dry, they will switch to disengaged state (and will continue moving based on inertia / gravity)

[Majorjim!]

Nice to see you back Sgt_flyer! And great idea for a thread. I look forward to seeing what you guys come up with.

 

[ScriptKitt3h]

Got my Kerbikoma 2.0 built, now trying to work out all the kinks and hassles of keyframing a walk cycle for it.

The abdomen portion is fuel for fuel cells so it doesn't run out of EC.

Edited May 30, 2019 by ScriptKitt3h

[sgt_flyer]

@ScriptKitt3h

where did you find kerbals with cyber brains to interface with it ?

[Thor Wotansen]

I came to the realization today, whilst engaging in drudgery, that it should be possible to make a self balancing bipedal or even monopedal walk(ish)er using a probe core set to hold radial out and a number of balance weights with their actuation bound to pitch and yaw.  I would build a demonstrator, but I have 3 more hours of drudgery yet.

[klond]

 Finally off work.

 My dear lord.  0.1 sec program repeat.

 

 Some dude's got a claw game already lol.  That was fast.

 

 I did a pogo stick.  It's manual operation though.

gnite everybody.

Edit: EZgif is not a host.

Edited May 31, 2019 by klond

[fourfa]

yer basic twin engine high wing

https://kerbalx.com/fourfa/Kessna-Twin

horrifically ugly prop blades because anything longer just breaks off on the pavement.  Small, realistic-looking props will always be a challenge.

Edited May 31, 2019 by fourfa

[sturmhauke]

4 hours ago, fourfa said:

yer basic twin engine high wing

https://kerbalx.com/fourfa/Kessna-Twin

horrifically ugly prop blades because anything longer just breaks off on the pavement.  Small, realistic-looking props will always be a challenge.

Nice! I made my own twin prop, yours is faster though. Mine tops out around 70 m/s and is hard to land. Vanilla stock props are harder to build and control, but a hell of a lot more powerful.

 

[Flying dutchman]

I've already gone 130ms in level flight. I just put a rotor on top of a rotor to double the rpm and then do the same at the back of the craft but spinning the other way, think dornier 235.

[sturmhauke]

Now I have to see how many rotors you can stack before summoning the Kraken.. 

[Majorjim!]

21 minutes ago, sturmhauke said:

Now I have to see how many rotors you can stack before summoning the Kraken.. 

THIS, @Azimech do you think this might circumvent the rotation limit of the engine?

[Orky Kultur]

12 hours ago, ScriptKitt3h said:

Got my Kerbikoma 2.0 built, now trying to work out all the kinks and hassles of keyframing a walk cycle for it.

The abdomen portion is fuel for fuel cells so it doesn't run out of EC.

That is adorable and when it's programmed I must have one

[vitekc45c]

I seem to have a problem with the new rotor parts, they seem to get stuck (similar to the way wheels used to get stuck with the "wheel blocked" error).

I can attach a full fuel tank to the rotor and it will spin, but when I attach evelons/ wings/ other parts that weight a fraction of that fuel tank it gets stuck. I can then attach this rotor to another rotor, and the second one will work but the one with evelons won´t.

The rotor also won´t spin when cliped into other parts (even slightly) or when there are part close to it (well sometimes it does but only when no parts are attached to it).

Does anyone know how to solve this?

 

Edited May 31, 2019 by vitekc45c

[Majorjim!]

1 minute ago, vitekc45c said:

Does anyone know how to solve this?

 

Have you auto strutted the moving parts? They dont like this. Have you use the same node twice? I just discovered that using the same node twice on the servos will cause part connection bugs.

[vitekc45c]

D̶i̶s̶a̶b̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶a̶u̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶t̶r̶u̶t̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶o̶t̶o̶r̶ ̶f̶i̶x̶e̶d̶ ̶i̶t̶.̶ ̶

H̶e̶a̶v̶i̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶p̶a̶r̶t̶ ̶s̶e̶t̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶p̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶o̶t̶o̶r̶ ̶d̶e̶a̶d̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶i̶t̶s̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶c̶k̶s̶,̶ ̶r̶o̶o̶t̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶g̶r̶a̶n̶d̶p̶a̶r̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶s̶l̶o̶w̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶d̶o̶w̶n̶ ̶s̶l̶i̶g̶h̶t̶l̶y̶.̶

Edit: Scratch that, the rotors now dont work all unless the are no parts attached to them. Auto struts dont matter.

Edited May 31, 2019 by vitekc45c

[Majorjim!]

8 hours ago, vitekc45c said:

D̶i̶s̶a̶b̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶a̶u̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶t̶r̶u̶t̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶o̶t̶o̶r̶ ̶f̶i̶x̶e̶d̶ ̶i̶t̶.̶ ̶

H̶e̶a̶v̶i̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶p̶a̶r̶t̶ ̶s̶e̶t̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶p̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶o̶t̶o̶r̶ ̶d̶e̶a̶d̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶i̶t̶s̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶c̶k̶s̶,̶ ̶r̶o̶o̶t̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶g̶r̶a̶n̶d̶p̶a̶r̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶s̶l̶o̶w̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶d̶o̶w̶n̶ ̶s̶l̶i̶g̶h̶t̶l̶y̶.̶

Edit: Scratch that, the rotors now dont work all unless the are no parts attached to them. Auto struts dont matter.

Try surface attaching them not using the nodes.

[Triop]

I made a ride : https://kerbalx.com/Triop/Break-Dance

[Levelord]

[Bubbadevlin]

after spending a few hours updating old craft (one in particular that will be released soon) decided to make a a helicopter system. After a bit of tweaking i ended up with this : 

 

that is 200 TONS being lifted by only 4 of the large electric rotors (80 E/C a sec)

[Azimech]

19 hours ago, Majorjim! said:

THIS, @Azimech do you think this might circumvent the rotation limit of the engine?

I don't think so. But I'd need to measure it.

[James Kerman]

Congratulations @sgt_flyer and all contributors, you have been awarded thread of the month for your early experimentation with the new DLC!

[sgt_flyer]

If you need a lot of electricity that can fit within a MK3 cargo bay

12xgigantors, 69 parts 10.4 tons !

made with Making History and Breaking ground

Features :

automated array deployement with Kal-1000, (can be reversed to stow them when not in use)

the solar arrays have a rotation capability.

and there is also a rotatron hidden in the S3/P3 section to allow to rotate both arrays.

 

 

 

 

Needed quite a few iterations to make it work properly and still fit within a mk3 cargo bay.

 

among the problems encountered :

i first tried to use the smallest robotics parts (outside of the crocodile hinges) on the early iterations - that was a recipe to invoke the Kraken... - still, be careful with reaction wheels even with that version ^^ they can quickly generate a resonance within the assembly.

 

For comparison with ISS SAW (from CXAerospace space station parts pack) :

 

 

 

 

Edited June 1, 2019 by sgt_flyer

[Majorjim!]

48 minutes ago, sgt_flyer said:

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Nice work matey! I'm really digging these new moving parts. What visual mods are you using?