What's Your Favorite KSP Challenge You've Done? (if any)

[Johnster_Space_Program]

So, what is your favorite ksp challenge that you have done (if any)? One of my favorites would be the Kerpollo Science Career in 9 Parts Challenge because of how it was an interesting idea for a challenge and I like doing challenges. What about you?

 

[Reinhart Mk.1]

So far (and i need to shut up about this) but my Duna SSTO, I think

[Superfluous J]

First, thank you

Second, I'm a big fan of the Caveman Challenge. It's one of the few challenges I've done more than once.

 

 

[Vanamonde]

This discussion of challenges has been moved to Challenges discussions. 

[buenavides1]

I don’t expect orbital mechanics to be intuitive, but I do expect the basic operation of the program to be intuitive. I found KSP to be so non-intuitive that I just could never get far enough into it to get anywhere near learning orbital mechanics.

[sturmhauke]

15 hours ago, buenavides1 said:

I don’t expect orbital mechanics to be intuitive, but I do expect the basic operation of the program to be intuitive. I found KSP to be so non-intuitive that I just could never get far enough into it to get anywhere near learning orbital mechanics.

What exactly are you having trouble with?

[ihtoit]

in no particular order, it's harder to pick than a broken nose but my own challenges:

 

the stellar swan dive rescue

the runway start-stop land speed record

the grand tour (AKA The Kessel Run)

 

Edited July 31, 2019 by ihtoit

[TheFlyingKerman]

The Kerbal Express Airlines challenge

Really fun and I learned a lot about optimizing 'aerodynamic' performance in KSP.

 

[Tw1]

On 7/31/2019 at 12:44 PM, ihtoit said:

in no particular order, it's harder to pick than a broken nose but my own challenges:

Similarly, I must honk my own horn: Faking a Mun Landing was fun

Additionally, while it was hellshly difficult at the time, lifting the legs of the Arkingthaad  as part of the 2014 kerbin cup  was quite something.  So was building the trophies.  Not a regular challenge, but still. 

 

 

[Kerbolitto]

7 hours ago, Tw1 said:

 

 

Woaw that is a fantastic idea xD Never heard of this one before !!!

 

For me it was obviously the great :

 

[Aetharan]

I think my favorite of the ones I've done has to be the Retro Solar Rescue.  It was sheer insanity of exactly the kind of "go big or go home" style that I love.

[Klapaucius]

Probably the Dessert Derby--which was very well planned and thought out.

and The Breaking Ground Walker Speed Challenge:

 

 

Edited September 2, 2019 by Klapaucius

[Andetch]

I know it was my challenge, but I really enjoyed the caveman tech spaceplane challenge. Horizontal launch and landing ssto with only caveman tech and buildings. 

I found it to be very mentally taxing having to completely break the mould for my usual designs. In the end I convinced myself there was only 1 way to do it, so posted the challenge and was then shown how wrong I was and how many other ways it could be done. Someone even managed to nearly get a Duna encounter (we couldn't really tell as the tracking station wasn't upgraded - and there was no way that plane was coming back to Kerbin).

I also enjoyed the STS missions as designing then redesigning a shuttle capable of the few missions I did was very mentally challenging. 

Lastly, the K-Prize because who doesn't love designing cool looking SSTO spaceplanes?