totm april 2020 I had strings, but now I'm free.

[Whackjob]

[Superfluous J]

Welcome back!

I assume you're going to stop fiddling around at some point and make something BIG?

 

[linuxgurugamer]

Finally!  Looking forward to some simple creations

[Whackjob]

I have now a system more powerful than any i've had my hands on.  And even better yet, it's a rental.  The brakes have come off.

[Snark]

Nice!    Welcome back, looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

Moving to Spacecraft Exchange.

[Whackjob]

What spacecraft am I exchanging?

[SiriusRocketry]

Oh dear Christ: he seems to have strip mined a mountain, melted it down into rocketry components, and filled it to the brim with explosive fuel!

oh, hold on, it's just another Sunday with Whackjob

Glad to see you back!

[Whackjob]

15 hours ago, SiriusRocketry said:

Oh dear Christ: he seems to have strip mined a mountain, melted it down into rocketry components, and filled it to the brim with explosive fuel!

oh, hold on, it's just another Sunday with Whackjob

Glad to see you back!

Thank you!  I will have more and better pictures and projects as time goes.

EDIT:  Like this.

Edited March 30, 2020 by Whackjob

[Dirkidirk]

that thing can't exist, It's impossible.

[Greenfire32]

All hail the unholy Wackjob, creator of nightmares, destroyer of CPUs, for his return was foretold and his return has come to pass.

Fear not! For those who embrace the darkness, salvation awaits.

[KerballingSmasher]

Wow. That classifies as behemoth.

[Whackjob]

I suffered a low altitude RUD, but I want you guys to know.  My little bird flew.

I just wondered how many of the largest fuel cans are in this one.  Turns out there are one hundred and thirty six.

Edited March 30, 2020 by Whackjob

[Whackjob]

Well... she's going to need boosters if I'm getting her to the Mun.  And at 4,500 m/s of delta-v, that isn't enough.  So.   She needs boosters.

Her full thrust is now just under six hundred thousand kilo-newtons.  I'm afraid to see what her mass is.

[Whackjob]

H AH AH AH HA HA HA A

THIRTY TWO.  Thousand. Eight hundred and five.   TONS

 

EDIT:  My god.  I've almost doubled the mass just from the boosters.   And I'm getting *less* seconds per frame, a performance boost.  It's a christmas miracle.

Edit2: The game crashes after a few thousand feet.  This is beyond the kraken.  I don't know how to fight this.

Edited March 31, 2020 by Whackjob

[HansonKerman]

so... did you try to make a launcher without struts? That’s amazing.

[Dirkidirk]

this is absolute madness... um, maybe the making history 5 meter parts can help decrease the part count? or are you already using it, I can't tell.

Spoiler

what even is the current part count? I am afraid to know.

 

[Whackjob]

4 hours ago, Dirkidirk said:

this is absolute madness... um, maybe the making history 5 meter parts can help decrease the part count? or are you already using it, I can't tell.

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what even is the current part count? I am afraid to know.

 

Nope, i haven't got it, but I think I am going to.  As far as part count goes, I think 4,300.

I haven't made orbit yet.  Last launch attempt, I got a few kilometers up, and the game crashed.

[KerballingSmasher]

oh my god...

[Dirkidirk]

11 minutes ago, Kerballing (Got Dunked On) said:

oh my god...

why did he start building it in the fi- how long did it take to build it. 

 

Edited March 31, 2020 by Dirkidirk
revelation

[Whackjob]

9 hours ago, HansonKerman said:

so... did you try to make a launcher without struts? That’s amazing.

No, there are at least two thousand struts!  They are just too small to see.  I'll get a closer picture tonight.

2 hours ago, Dirkidirk said:

why did he start building it in the fi- how long did it take to build it. 

 

Hours.  Here's a fun fact.  At that many parts, there is about a 45 second delay between attaching a new part and when the game unfreeze and resumes.  Patience is mandatory.  Oh, and struts get that penalty TWICE, one for each side.

Edited March 31, 2020 by Whackjob

[HansonKerman]

2 hours ago, Whackjob said:

No, there are at least two thousand struts!  They are just too small to see.  I'll get a closer picture tonight.

but... why. Just what is this mostrosity

[Whackjob]

1 hour ago, HansonKerman said:

but... why. Just what is this mostrosity

Munar lander.

Also, I figured out what's going on with the crashes.  When something breaks and I get a RUD, the game crashes.  It just can't handle that much boom.   SO, theoretically, I can still get to space, if I figure out what's breaking and how to fix it.

Edited April 1, 2020 by Whackjob

[Dirkidirk]

1 hour ago, Whackjob said:

Munar lander.

Also, I figured out what's going on with the crashes.  When something breaks and I get a RUD, the game crashes.  It just can't handle that much boom.   SO, theoretically, I can still get to space, if I figure out what's breaking and how to fix it.

Wackjob you have inspired me. I am currently constructing an ssto of a similar scale, 740 or so parts and at 27 kilotons the making history tanks really have helped reduce the part count. and um, how are you gonna land that thing?

[Whackjob]

27 minutes ago, Dirkidirk said:

Wackjob you have inspired me. I am currently constructing an ssto of a similar scale, 740 or so parts and at 27 kilotons the making history tanks really have helped reduce the part count. and um, how are you gonna land that thing?

She's got legs.  You can see the custom truss legs in some of the pictures.  

[James Kerman]

Congratulations @Whackjob, for your attempts to destroy the cpu of a rental computer you have been awarded thread of the month.