venku122 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 That\'s a JAXA H2A 202 rocket there in the bg!Yes, yes it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThatCrazyPilot Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 That looks like a Japanese flag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoot Knight Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 It is manufactured and operated (Almost entirely) in Japan, so that would make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venku122 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Thats probably because the japanese rocket built by Mitsubishi Corp has a japanese flag on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 This is my thread, remember =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiahOwl Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Wait, doesn\'t this... doesn\'t this sort of resemble the XR5 Vanguard from orbiter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted December 27, 2011 Author Share Posted December 27, 2011 Wait, doesn\'t this... doesn\'t this sort of resemble the XR5 Vanguard from orbiter?Eh? It\'s based off the X-37B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lebull Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 It reminds me of it, but the looks are probably about the only similarities...I remember having to use full hover during a rolling takeoff. It was fun though, not much different than taking the titanic through one of those red bull air races. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryn Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Playing space-based lawn darts with it, fun. Also Nova has 1500 posts now o.o; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venku122 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Quality not quantity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted December 27, 2011 Author Share Posted December 27, 2011 Post count means nothing if you don\'t say anything worth saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayvenQ Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 This is suprisingly remarkable on the Mun, impacted going 700 or so m/s and rather than 'Oh god they\'re gonna blow' it was 'OH god they skipped off the Mun\'s surface and are going round for another orbit.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted December 27, 2011 Author Share Posted December 27, 2011 This is suprisingly remarkable on the Mun, impacted going 700 or so m/s and rather than 'Oh god they\'re gonna blow' it was 'OH god they skipped off the Mun\'s surface and are going round for another orbit.'As fun as that is, I think it\'s going to be gone when we get deployable landing gear. So enjoy it while it lasts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayvenQ Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 It becomes a game of 'will we survive, if we do, which part will we lose this time round!' which is rather funOne small Critique of it is that it\'d be nice if it were just slightly smaller, just so it\'d fit within your fairings/shrouds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted December 27, 2011 Author Share Posted December 27, 2011 It becomes a game of 'will we survive, if we do, which part will we lose this time round!' which is rather funOne small Critique of it is that it\'d be nice if it were just slightly smaller, just so it\'d fit within your fairings/shrouds.Well, it was designed to fit on top of a rocket as it does now. But, I might make a bigger shuttle in the future with a payload bay big enough to fit this smaller shuttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayvenQ Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 The wings and, iirc the tail, if they were just ever so slightly smaller, would be able to fit on your engine fairing base and have the fairings and nosecone fairing surrounding it. So it\'d still be on the top of a rocket, but just protected with fairings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted December 27, 2011 Author Share Posted December 27, 2011 The wings and, iirc the tail, if they were just ever so slightly smaller, would be able to fit on your engine fairing base and have the fairings and nosecone fairing surrounding it. So it\'d still be on the top of a rocket, but just protected with fairings.Of course, that would do nothing for the current KSP build. The aerodynamics of the plane would still be at play, and destabilize it all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venku122 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I might try to put your shuttle in the sidemount pod by tiberion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cepheus Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 This is quite good. I actually did some in-atmosphere work before taking the aircraft orbital. It performed surprisingly well during the initial launch. I used JordanCox2\'s Intrepid V vehicle to launch it (I ended up having to use 6 solids instead of 2. I don\'t know why it works, but it does. One thing though: I would seriously love some RCS on this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaSilisko Posted December 27, 2011 Author Share Posted December 27, 2011 This is quite good. I actually did some in-atmosphere work before taking the aircraft orbital. It performed surprisingly well during the initial launch. I used JordanCox2\'s Intrepid V vehicle to launch it (I ended up having to use 6 solids instead of 2. I don\'t know why it works, but it does. One thing though: I would seriously love some RCS on this thing.I worry about how that would play with the drag model, but yes, I\'d like some too.Although, RCS is really broken for rotation currently, so maybe after 0.13.1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberion Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I might try to put your shuttle in the sidemount pod by tiberionHeh that would be pretty swell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XSP-Xenon Space Programm Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Dear NovaSilisko,normally I hate your parts, but the vanguard is PERFECTThank your for this.But.... can you make a fueltank and bosters for it ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigibro606 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 The parts for the shuttle ended up in the Decals tab of the VAB.---Lol. My method of getting into space is slightly op.In the middle of a Kerbin orbit I decided going to the Mun would be more fun.Welp, they were doomed to crash. Ran out of fuel before Munar orbit was achieved.And then...WHAT THE JEBThe shuttle hit the Munar surface, and bounced off! It lost a few all of it\'s wings in the process, but what fun!lolwhatthejeb.pngThis is the orbital map after I bounced off the Munar surface;Also,---KERBIN-RISE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sordid Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Is it just me, or is this shuttle rather tiny compared to the rest of your parts, Nova? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmosdeus Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I like it, but the original vanguard looked so cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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