Around Kerbin

[maple51]

Basically, it's a race to see who can get around Kerbin the fastest.

Rules:

1.No mods, except mechjeb.

2.Ends when you cross over KSC.

3.Some pictures proving you finished the entire flight is appreciated.

4.If you didn't complete the entire flight. You can be added on the leader board for meters traveled.

5.Has to be a spaceship.

6.Cannot leave the atmosphere.

Leaderboard:

1.maple51(382,634m)

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Edited September 16, 2012 by maple51

[EndlessWaves]

We already have a couple of circumnavigation challenges:

Pan-Kerbal Super Sonic Transportation Challenge

ThunderBirds Interplanetary Transport Circumnavigation Challenge

[Jason Patterson]

You weren't particularly specific about the rules, so here is my entry.

I built a rocket (all stock parts,) launched it into a 60km orbit, and got the speed up to 3600-3800 m/s. I maintained the altitude by burning radially inward for the entire flight. I ran out of fuel about 30s before finishing the 25:00 trip and quickly shot upward out of the atmosphere.

I only took one picture of the flight, sorry. It would be a neat trick to get to that altitude and velocity without circumnavigating the planet though. This picture is actually a few seconds after after I flew over the KSC, but I wanted to be sure I had cleared it before I took the shot. If you look closely you can see the runway on the peninsula in the red circle.

The ship's momentum carried it out of Kerbin's sphere of influence in short order.

[maple51]

You weren't particularly specific about the rules, so here is my entry.

I built a rocket (all stock parts,) launched it into a 60km orbit, and got the speed up to 3600-3800 m/s. I maintained the altitude by burning radially inward for the entire flight. I ran out of fuel about 30s before finishing the 25:00 trip and quickly shot upward out of the atmosphere.

I only took one picture of the flight, sorry. It would be a neat trick to get to that altitude and velocity without circumnavigating the planet though. This picture is actually a few seconds after after I flew over the KSC, but I wanted to be sure I had cleared it before I took the shot. If you look closely you can see the runway on the peninsula in the red circle.

The ship's momentum carried it out of Kerbin's sphere of influence in short order.

Sorry, revised the rules.

[Jason Patterson]

So if I had built a rocket, i.e. a spaceship, that had not left the atmosphere in the last 15 seconds of the flight, I'd have it? Again, not particularly specific. Are you looking for a space plane? If so, as was mentioned, there are a couple identical challenges already.