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Minmus Circumnavigation || Elcano Challenge


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Hello forum readers!

I have been home sick this week,  and being bored ( and now that the forums are back up) I have decided to do my first Elcano Challenge. I wanted to do an easy one to start, so I picked Minmus. It's going to be a long journey, so we will be bringing extra snacks.

Day 1: Getting There

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Goodbye Kerbin!

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Day Two: The Journey Begins

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Our brave heros set out on their journey.

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Pop a Wheelie, Jeb!

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Stopping to plant a flag.

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Stopping to plant  a flag before leaving the flats.

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Jeb decides to stop and see if the rocks are mint chocolate chip.  Oh, and plant a flag.

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The map thus far!

Day 3: Over the mountains

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We can only drive a bit further before night.

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Stopping to timewarp till morning:

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We start back out again in the morning:

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Oops, got a bit of air:

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Stopping for another flag:

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We are approaching the mountains:

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Having trouble getting up the hills:

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One more flag stop!

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Day 4: The terrain glitch

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We start back out for yet another day of driving:

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Rock(s):

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Stopping for the 9th (I think) flag:

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And now,  our brave kebals stumble upon a terrain bug. (1st I've ever seen)

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Day 5: So close

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Jumping the terrain bug:

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Driving:

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Stopping for a flag:

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Our progress thus far:

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Jumping down onto the flats, then planting a flag:

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Driving across the flats...

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..And up a mountain:

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Another flag.

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Day 6: The Final Stretch

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Our protagonists start off on the final stretch of their journey:

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Our progress up till now:

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As good a place as any for a flag:

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Another flag:

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Getting close:

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I CAN SEE IT NOW!!!!

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Made it!

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The proof that I made it:

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I hope you all had as much fun reading this as I had doing it. Thanks for reading!

Edited by Royale37
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I hit a very similar terrain void on Minmus, but didn't see it coming and so knocked a few nonessential parts off the rover.

I must say this design with the cockpit at the back looks very odd, although of course there's no reason it shouldn't be that way around.

Congratulations, anyway, I'm updating the scoreboard.

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