Survive a high speed drop

[Aletus]

Simply put, choose one of the methods listed below and record the speed at time of impact, height of drop and condition after the impact either by screenshot or video. Separate propulsion can be used to take craft into the desired height and then decoupled from it.

A: Survive a drop with a live kerbal only. Hint: hitting a steep hill may help.

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B: Save rover only. Mods are allowed

1.Aletus 161m/s - http://youtu.be/UbWrqqGH3H0

2.UBERDOMINATOR 122m/s

C: Save a command module with a live kerbal in it. Mods are allowed

1. Lucidlemon 70m/s

2. Kmschr 40m/s - http://youtu.be/JdUiXS8O-fo

D: Save a craft made with stock parts. Keep the whole craft in one piece that you intend to land with.

1.Jason Patterson 78.5m/s -

2.Generalred256 43m/s - http://www.youtubed2.com/watch?v=Ts57UQh1u7M

E: Save your main craft with any kind of impact shield being used. Be sure to specify the shield and craft apart. Mods are allowed

1. Aletus 204m/sec - http://youtu.be/eBGtn3MHDzI

Your welcome to suggest new categories

Edited September 21, 2012 by Aletus

[MaverickSawyer]

What magic is this? That's some seriously tough parts...

[UBERDOMINATOR]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]33093[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]33094[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]33095[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]33096[/ATTACH]

The craft, the height, the approx speed at impact and the survival!

Impact speed was 122 m/s

[EndlessWaves]

What magic is this? That's some seriously tough parts...

The magic of struts I'd guess.

Oddly enough I was experimenting with this myself last night but I never managed it sucessfully, I wasn't using struts though.

Edited September 17, 2012 by EndlessWaves

[Aletus]

Optionally, try to make one to survive with a random spin. You could add a protective layer on it which doesn't have to survive, but just the main part.

[Aletus]

http://youtu.be/BoefEx6NIpk 156m/s

[whatisthisidonteven]

I'll try this, sounds interesting.

[Aletus]

I think I'm at max with this setup, struts open http://youtu.be/UbWrqqGH3H0 161m/s

[A Fat Pokemon]

Time to pull out the good ol' orbital lawndarts again

[Kmschr]

http://youtu.be/JdUiXS8O-fo

40m/s stock

Rolling away in victory!

[generalred256]

http://youtu.be/JdUiXS8O-fo

40m/s stock

Rolling away in victory!

Denied (lol jk, friendly competition)

This was with vanilla.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts57UQh1u7M&feature=youtu.be

43 (About) Meters per second fall. I am planning on attempting this from orbit.

[Aletus]

http://youtu.be/eBGtn3MHDzI

204m/sec with a small impact shield.

I'll allow impact shields from now on, but I'll make this into a 3rd category

[lucidLemon]

Experimentation so far has yielded me a little over 70 m/s with vanilla (probably even higher)

Unfortunately, I couldn't capture just before impact due to lag (I have too much debris around KSC)

Does being able to roll around Katamari Damacy style qualify the command pod as "more than dead weight"?

[Aletus]

I think it qualifies, but I think I'll put this one to the 3rd category as shield being used.

Edited September 19, 2012 by Aletus

[lucidLemon]

I think "shield" needs to be better defined here, to avoid later confusion.

[Aletus]

"shield" being as if any part of the vessel gets cut off or destroyed on impact.

Edited September 19, 2012 by Aletus

[generalred256]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmxbyWq-MF8&feature=plcp

45 Meters Per Second (About, may have been 44). Just wanted to bump it up a little

I am just wondering, with your shield rules now in place, would the guy who made the vanilla lander that fell apart now be considered as a shield?

I am having a lot of fun with this challenge! Thanks!

[Jason Patterson]

I finished a lander for this, which I named, creatively enough, Hard Lander. With stock parts it was able to survive a 499m fall and a 78.5 m/s impact fully intact and ready to launch.

Here is a video I made of the fall. Does anyone have a suggestion for a decent, free video recorder for PC that will record DirectX and OpenGL games? FRAPS works well but the 30s limit (or the $37 price tag) is no good.

[Aletus]

http://www.hyperionics.com/ Hypercam2 is free and records everything Edited September 21, 2012 by Aletus