The Jool Diver Challenge: Let Us Explore the Depths of Jool

[Admiral Fluffy]

22 minutes ago, Austin_Kerman said:

I have done it! I am the first person to complete this challenge! My spacecraft had a horrible reentry, where the only things that survived were the Kerbal, the probe core (Which I had stored all the science in), the capsule, and a heat shield, but I made it! 

Yay! Good thing the Kerbal survived

Edited June 6, 2021 by Admiral Fluffy
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[Autochrome]

@Admiral Fluffy Yeah, the first few tries the Kerbal violently exploded, but then I thought, I'll try spinning, that's a good trick, and it worked.

[Autochrome]

@Dr. Kerbal

Name: The Jool Plunge 2

Description: I dipped into Jool's atmosphere at an altitude of 195,500 m with one kerbal and a probe core and did an EVA Report, a temperature reading, a barometer scan, and I observed the Mystery Goo.

Images/Videos:

https://imgur.com/a/fmABAs8

https://imgur.com/a/bj7sM9C

https://imgur.com/a/0qj43TD

(Forgot to take a picture of me landing on Kerbin, but it's at the end of Part 3)

Craft File: https://kerbalx.com/WideJeb/The-Jool-Plunge-2

Mode: A Green Gas: Go lower than 199,999m but above 150,000m and return

[LHACK4142]

1 hour ago, Austin_Kerman said:

 

Name: The Jool Plunge 2

Description: I dipped into Jool's atmosphere at an altitude of 195,500 m with one kerbal and a probe core and did an EVA Report, a temperature reading, a barometer scan, and I observed the Mystery Goo.

Images/Videos:

https://imgur.com/a/fmABAs8

https://imgur.com/a/bj7sM9C

https://imgur.com/a/0qj43TD

(Forgot to take a picture of me landing on Kerbin, but it's at the end of Part 3)

Craft File: https://kerbalx.com/WideJeb/The-Jool-Plunge-2

Mode: A Green Gas: Go lower than 199,999m but above 150,000m and return

I see that you have some mod which causes your ion engines to glow. May I have the name?

Also, congratulations on completing the challenge! 

[Admiral Fluffy]

55 minutes ago, LHACK4142 said:

I see that you have some mod which causes your ion engines to glow. May I have the name?

I think it is the waterfall mod

[Autochrome]

@LHACK4142 Thanks! The mod is Waterfall, an engine plume editor mod, with the Stock Waterfall Effects mod to make them look that way.

Here are the links to the mods:

Waterfall: 

Stock Waterfall Effects: 

 

Edited June 6, 2021 by Austin_Kerman

[Bej Kerman]

On 5/11/2021 at 8:59 PM, Dr. Kerbal said:

Kraken drives are allowed but only for altitudes under 10,000m.

Wouldn't this make trying to get as low as possible meaningless? You're below 10k, you've won. Getting lower takes no effort.

[Autochrome]

@Bej Kerman  I think Dr. Kerbal means you can't use the Kraken drive above 10km to get out of Jool's deep atmosphere and gravity well, because you have to get back home after you go down below 10km.

[Bej Kerman]

28 minutes ago, Austin_Kerman said:

@Bej Kerman  I think Dr. Kerbal means you can't use the Kraken drive above 10km to get out of Jool's deep atmosphere and gravity well, because you have to get back home after you go down below 10km.

So the Kraken drive is supposed to be used to escape once you've gotten low enough? That's the entire challenge of getting that low, anyone can send something to a depth of 250m, but few can get back - of course, without K-drives.

[Autochrome]

@Bej Kerman Yes. The Kraken drive can help get you out of the atmosphere and back home to Kerbin. Getting back home is a requirement of the challenge.

[Admiral Fluffy]

11 minutes ago, Bej Kerman said:

So the Kraken drive is supposed to be used to escape once you've gotten low enough? That's the entire challenge of getting that low, anyone can send something to a depth of 250m, but few can get back - of course, without K-drives.

I think the point of allowing Kraken drives is to make the challenge open to more people 

[Bej Kerman]

1 hour ago, Admiral Fluffy said:

2 hours ago, Bej Kerman said:

So the Kraken drive is supposed to be used to escape once you've gotten low enough? That's the entire challenge of getting that low, anyone can send something to a depth of 250m, but few can get back - of course, without K-drives.

I think the point of allowing Kraken drives is to make the challenge open to more people 

Kinda negates the point of a Kerbal challenge, when you can just flip physics off. It really negates the point of getting more points the lower you go.

[Dr. Kerbal]

2 hours ago, Bej Kerman said:

Kinda negates the point of a Kerbal challenge, when you can just flip physics off. It really negates the point of getting more points the lower you go.

True. I will take this into consideration and see. 

[Autochrome]

@Dr. Kerbal Thanks for calling my submission awesome, I appreciate it!

[Admiral Fluffy]

I did the dive, now I need to get Mac back home

[Dr. Kerbal]

6 hours ago, Austin_Kerman said:

@Dr. Kerbal Thanks for calling my submission awesome, I appreciate it!

Your welcome. 

[camacju]

If clipping and aero glitches are allowed then this challenge becomes pretty easy, just make a dragless craft and dive it down to Jool's surface and back up without slowing down at all

[Admiral Fluffy]

@Dr. Kerbal i did the challenge 

 

 

Description: Went to Jool and came back. Went to 199,500 meters-ish.

Mode: A Bit of Air:  Go under 200,000m but above 199,000m and return

[Autochrome]

@Admiral Fluffy Nice!

[Dr. Kerbal]

3 hours ago, Admiral Fluffy said:

@Dr. Kerbal i did the challenge 

 

 

Description: Went to Jool and came back. Went to 199,500 meters-ish.

Mode: A Bit of Air:  Go under 200,000m but above 199,000m and return

I will take a look at it. 

[ColdJ]

Something you should know. It is basically impossible to come back from below 5km above the surface as the game takes away your ability to adjust thrust around this point. I have gotten down to negative 374 before exploding. But it was in my Version of the Space 1999 Eagle, which is more robust than stock parts. The descent was completely above board though.

[Dr. Kerbal]

On 6/17/2021 at 2:54 AM, ColdJ said:

Something you should know. It is basically impossible to come back from below 5km above the surface as the game takes away your ability to adjust thrust around this point. I have gotten down to negative 374 before exploding. But it was in my Version of the Space 1999 Eagle, which is more robust than stock parts. The descent was completely above board though.

Could you use propellers? 

[Admiral Fluffy]

1 minute ago, Dr. Kerbal said:

Could you use propellers? 

Yes you could.

See this video

 

[ColdJ]

14 hours ago, Dr. Kerbal said:

Could you use propellers? 

It's not the means of thrust that is the problem. It is the fact that the game takes away your ability to control your craft. About all I could see you doing is come in really hard, slam on full vertical throttle before 5 km and see how far you dip in before your full thrust slows you and then starts you back up, while you watch but can't affect.

[septify7]

• A Green Gas: Go lower than 199,999m but above 150,000m and return
  I have done it!