KSP2 Alumni Nerdy_Mike Posted September 8, 2023 KSP2 Alumni Share Posted September 8, 2023 Weekly Challenge #29 Traversing a Starfield: Primary: Build a Starfield-inspired VTOL spaceship that can take off and land vertically, but fly horizontally. Show us how close of a match your Kerbals' ship is to your Starfield ship. Secondary: Successfully test your VTOL by landing it on the parking garage or VAB roof. Jeb: Land your VTOL on the Mun like it's 1999. Use main engines to cancel horizontal velocity, then ventral thrusters to soft land. Val: Use your VTOL to deploy cargo to the Munar surface (saddle trusses and cargo bays recommended!), then return to orbit. If your VTOL is a spaceplane equipped for re-entry, return it to Kerbin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NexusHelium Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Oh this is perfect. I really like basing my ships off of movies and video games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikki Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 OMG... let the dV carnage show begin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyroSA Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 There's very few sci-fi ships that can pull off realistic-like dV figures. So there's just no way I'll build a ship that can do actual ground-to-orbit-to-the-mun-with-cargo-to-drop-and-back without unlimited fuel... or will I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NexusHelium Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 And now to see if this unholy (Though rather nice looking, I might add,) contraption can make it to the Mun (I'm pretty sure that link works) Picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerbalTheFrog Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Now do this on decouples Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NexusHelium Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 wish me luck... hoo boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NexusHelium Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Low mun orbit sooooo laggggyyy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NexusHelium Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Anddddd... last one... landed... "That's three seconds of boredom followed by seven seconds of sheer terror." - Jim Lovell (Or Tom Hanks) Landed Oh and here's the cargo. It's a simple Munar Probe that was shot out of the cargo bay you can see in the landed picture. The reason it has antennas for legs is because the normal landing legs would keep saying "Blocked" whenever I would try to extend them even though they weren't so I just opted out to this design. Cargo Speaking honestly... This was a nightmare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic391 Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 On 9/9/2023 at 9:37 PM, NexusHelium said: Anddddd... last one... landed... "That's three seconds of boredom followed by seven seconds of sheer terror." - Jim Lovell (Or Tom Hanks) Landed Oh and here's the cargo. It's a simple Munar Probe that was shot out of the cargo bay you can see in the landed picture. The reason it has antennas for legs is because the normal landing legs would keep saying "Blocked" whenever I would try to extend them even though they weren't so I just opted out to this design. Cargo Speaking honestly... This was a nightmare. Expand Cool build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yang366 Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Well done ! On my side, I'm still blocked by legs that detach themselves on landing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NexusHelium Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Yeah. My ship for the first... 20 tries had what I like to call "Rapid dissasemblyitis," or, "The Angry Kraken disease" The hardest part for me was probably getting the center of mass perfectly aligned for the vertical engines. It kept going to one side or the others and I could barely use the horizontal thrusters because of how I placed them. I eventually figured it out though, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socraticat Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 This vessel is horrid. I love it. I call it "The Flying Pancake": Reveal hidden contents I haven't played Starfield, so I have no reference other than some screenshots (I shamefully admit I didn'teven watch any videos). What always stands out is the boosters on or near the legs, and this Bulldog Pod somewhere on the hull. Other than that, they all look kinda like flying pancakes to me, so I aimed for that aesthetic. Oh, and I rooted it to a cargo bay- with no cargo. It can reach about 25k on Kerbin. It reached the surface of the Mun and back to Munar orbit from LKO where it was boosted by a super-heavy looking booster assembly. It can land from its 25k altitude, although I wouldn't say it makes precise landings. I would call it fairly stable, but not at all maneuverable. It's absolutely better than the first few attempts I made, and even better than some subsequent redesigns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikki Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Genovis: "You know, i was told this ship is very important for our Space Program..." Bob: "..." Genovis: "We allready wasted half of the fuel, and we don`t have any payload attached..." Bob: "...kay..." Genovis: "I heard rumors Jebediah went AWOL..." Bob: "...I don`t care." Genovis. "...Aaaaaaand... touchdown... ...If we had infinite fuel..." Bob: "We don`t." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NexusHelium Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 On 9/11/2023 at 5:56 PM, Mikki said: Genovis: "We allready wasted half of the fuel, and we don`t have any payload attached..." Bob: "...kay..." Expand My KSP life in a nutshell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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