Community Manager Dakota Posted March 25 Community Manager Share Posted March 25 This week we're going to be pushing jet engines to their limits! You'll be trying to set the highest speed (surface) and highest altitude (above sea level) records for aircraft powered by each of the jet engines: the Whittle, Wheesley, Panther, Goliath, and Whiplash. No rockets, no boosters, and yes, no Rapier allowed (not even in jet mode). Your record-setting vehicle must: Carry at least one kerbal pilot, Take off horizontally from the runway, and Land on the runway and be recovered intact after its mission for the record to be valid. The altitude and speed records are not limited to level flight! You may climb or dive to attain higher values... just remember to pull up in time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralanboyle Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 (edited) Game on... I haven't made videos yet because there will be a lot of iterative improvement but so far I'm getting about 150km and 1450m/s with the Whiplash. So there is a starting point for that one. I'd love to get a good competition going on this one. Edited March 26 by ralanboyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icegrx Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Seems like this one comes down to whose computer can handle the most amount of whiplash engines. or am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralanboyle Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 I have not found the number of engines to be the biggest factor in jet top speed. I might be wrong but I doubt the winning ships will be enormous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icegrx Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 28 minutes ago, ralanboyle said: I have not found the number of engines to be the biggest factor in jet top speed. I might be wrong but I doubt the winning ships will be enormous. Thank you! This makes me way more interested. I’ll give it a go tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralanboyle Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Alright, here is my Whiplash run. Using 10 engines she got up to 1618m/s in a dive and up to 158km high. I'm sure she can go faster but not sure about higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppa Wheelie Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 @Dakota, you might want to address this in the rules for this challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayser Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 2 hours ago, Poppa Wheelie said: @Dakota, you might want to address this in the rules for this challenge It’s going to be difficult for him to land on the runway again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikki Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 But clipping isn`t nice really, it diffuses the given public challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralanboyle Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 (edited) 19 hours ago, Poppa Wheelie said: , you might want to address this in the rules for this challenge Ah yes, that certainly is glitch exploitation! While it would be good to explicitly outlaw it, I think its generally assumed. 17 hours ago, Mikki said: But clipping isn`t nice really, it diffuses the given public challenge. Alright. I repeated the numbers without engine clipping. Edited March 28 by ralanboyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikki Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 @ralanboyle Ahh yes i watched your new clip (...) and it is a true Kerbal vehicle and expert flying demo. Looks like your craft breaks the fourth wall at 2:45, i did not try this due to lack of time, but tommorow i`ll force my Kerbals to do some work and exploit the living daylights from those pesky airbreathers.... Cheerz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicTech Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 BURN BABY BURN 20 hours ago, ralanboyle said: Ah yes, that certainly is glitch exploitation! While it would be good to explicitly outlaw it, I think its generally assumed. Alright. I repeated the numbers without engine clipping. Very nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralanboyle Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Moving onto the Panther. I got 104km high and fell at 1139m/s with my single engine design. I found that multi engines had a lot of trouble with consistent airflow at high altitude. I think maybe bigger is not better with the panther. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devblaze Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 (edited) 20 hours ago, ralanboyle said: Moving onto the Panther. I got 104km high and fell at 1139m/s with my single engine design. I found that multi engines had a lot of trouble with consistent airflow at high altitude. I think maybe bigger is not better with the panther. Noticed all of your posts and that you've got quite a few badges in your signature. Figured your deserved one more. Edited March 30 by Devblaze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralanboyle Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 6 hours ago, Devblaze said: Figured your deserved one more. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto200 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Just letting developers know that Weekly Challenge #50 and #49 in the private division launcher take you out of the launcher and to the website, challenges before #49 open inside of the launcher. Just to let you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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