chaos113 Posted October 25, 2022 Author Share Posted October 25, 2022 Rl10 oms/abort engine for the cerv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G'th Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Looking great. You may not be sparing us from the JPL's cursed abomination, but may be in the future this bad boy could get some love? Its basically derivative of the JPL variant, but less cursed lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blufor878 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, G'th said: Looking great. You may not be sparing us from the JPL's cursed abomination, but may be in the future this bad boy could get some love? Its basically derivative of the JPL variant, but less cursed lol. I like both personally. The JPL proposal has this weird 60's-80's scifi feel to it, and the one above looks almost modular. Besides we all know SERV and MURP is the real horror story. And while I love the look, mechanically Triamese makes me violently uncomfortable (apologies to Triamese fans). Edited October 26, 2022 by Blufor878 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos113 Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 12 hours ago, Blufor878 said: I like both personally. The JPL proposal has this weird 60's-80's scifi feel to it, and the one above looks almost modular. Besides we all know SERV and MURP is the real horror story. And while I love the look, mechanically Triamese makes me violently uncomfortable (apologies to Triamese fans). Serv and murp may be added latet along with the jpl proposal but for right now its just shuttle 2 and dc3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blufor878 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 22 minutes ago, chaos113 said: Serv and murp may be added latet along with the jpl proposal but for right now its just shuttle 2 and dc3 Ooh. Sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOfMaar Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) On 10/25/2022 at 8:55 AM, Blufor878 said: Cool! Was shuttle 2 actually that large? I wouldn't know but I raised the suggestion to have this Shuttle II be larger (approximately 5m for the body, not the original 3.75m) so it stands in the same size class as Tundra Exploration's Starship and Angel-125's Mk33. As a spaceplane junkie, this makes this mod more interesting to -me- because of the obvious reason that stock Mk3, SOCK and other cargo spaceplane mods will hold 2.5m cargo at best. "Just use those then" and "It might appeal more to upscale players and RSS players if it's bigger" were my thoughts...and this size allows all the engines to be 1.25m and 0.625m, not forcing them to be 0.9375m and 0.4??m with size adapter variants. On 10/25/2022 at 7:57 AM, chaos113 said: These are the engines for the craft currently made, a sl variation, a vac variation, and a multimode variation Actually, one engine is shown twice: The STME is dual mode: Short-nozzle SL optimized; Long-nozzle Vac optimized. The other is the STBE. No extra features there. The designs have changed since, and are still bound to change. Edited October 28, 2022 by JadeOfMaar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G'th Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Actually the JSC Shuttle II was likely about the same size as the original Orbiter; it came in at around 5 tons lighter in empty mass, and thats including the empty wingboard tanks. While one could theorize they'd build it out of lighter materials (and they seem to have, as they use RCC over more of the orbiter), I doubt that would translate into a significantly larger vehicle. But that being said, the difference in sizes we'd see in KSP probably aren't going to be that big, so its probably fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos113 Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 inline adapter for launching a standalone cerv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G'th Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Oh god, its the hinge!!!! Never did think we'd see this one in KSP, so this is pretty exciting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOfMaar Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 17 minutes ago, G'th said: Oh god, its the hinge!!!! Never did think we'd see this one in KSP, so this is pretty exciting. It's... a good opportunity to learn making robotics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos113 Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share Posted October 29, 2022 2 cerv varients Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadJohn Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 6 hours ago, chaos113 said: 2 cerv varients Pretty. Can we please have the extended docking port as just an extending node, so we can place a variety of docking ports on the end? That will maximize compatibility with other mods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos113 Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share Posted October 29, 2022 12 minutes ago, DeadJohn said: Pretty. Can we please have the extended docking port as just an extending node, so we can place a variety of docking ports on the end? That will maximize compatibility with other mods. Already planned, the bay will be empty but have a telescopic tube that will be 1.25 at the end but have an end varient for 0.975m like benjees cads docking ports When not using docking, the bay could be used for smallsats or science payloads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon420 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 github/otherrepo/spacedock/curse link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos113 Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 3 hours ago, Seadragon420 said: github/otherrepo/spacedock/curse link? this is no where close to being released, the modeles arnt even textured *and likely wont be for a while as jade is focusing on their own stuff now* so yeah we are stuck for now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon420 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 On 10/30/2022 at 4:38 PM, chaos113 said: this is no where close to being released, the models aren't even textured *and likely wont be for a while as jade is focusing on their own stuff now* so yeah we are stuck for now (corrected spelling mistakes) Ok... Well maybe rip b e n j e e t e x t u r e s if the license allows it for now?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbmario Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 On 11/8/2022 at 2:03 AM, Seadragon420 said: Ok... Well maybe rip b e n j e e t e x t u r e s if the license allows it for now?... A while ago, benjee said this "You might struggle to directly reuse the textures on another model but you are welcome to use them how you like" so that allows stuff be done faster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOfMaar Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 This ball is rolling again. Test models for the following are in-game and working well: CERV (two structural variants with different roles) RL-10 derived engine (normal and abort mode versions. Each can run on Mono or LFO) Don't expect benjee10's level of quality, but do expect great quality anyway, and quite a few gameplay features. Insert "Pre-Alpha Footage" watermark here. Gentle notice to those who don't know yet: I don't make IVA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G'th Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 ahhhhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos113 Posted December 6, 2022 Author Share Posted December 6, 2022 What might this be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blufor878 Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 45 minutes ago, chaos113 said: What might this be Is it one of the piggyback proposals? It looks like the nose section of the orbiter/flyback booster designs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos113 Posted December 6, 2022 Author Share Posted December 6, 2022 1 minute ago, Blufor878 said: Is it one of the piggyback proposals? It looks like the nose section of the orbiter/flyback booster designs. Dc3 to be exact, this is gonna be a rotating cover for a docking port Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOfMaar Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 (edited) The CERV mount, decoupler, and adapters to rocket diameters. The odd ones are BDB. The adapters themselves are hollow-ish and can be used as a service bay. The 6-way dividing walls are optional. In case it hasn't already been made clear, CERV and Shuttle II on the whole are being aimed (by me personally) at being in the same size class as Tundra Exploration/ Starship Expansion and Mk-33, so the engines are proper sizes (0.625m, 1.25m and not in-between) and to make more sense when used in 2.7x scale or real scale, and so Shuttle II can hold 3.75m payloads. The other mods hold 2.5m, if even so much. Another reason for the up-sizing is that, unless I'm mistaken, Shuttle II lacks in fuel tank volume and has no SRBs yet it's supposed to outperform Shuttle. If by chance folks would rather everything be smaller and "SOCK-compatible" now is the time to gather round, cast a poll and let me know. Edited December 16, 2022 by JadeOfMaar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 39 minutes ago, JadeOfMaar said: If by chance folks would rather everything be smaller and "SOCK-compatible" now is the time to gather round, cast a poll and let me know. It looks awesome and I cannot wait to abuse use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOfMaar Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 minute ago, adsii1970 said: It looks awesome and I cannot wait to abuse use it. I can't tell if you're for making things small or just for the mod and all it will let you do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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