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What's the optimal balance for center of mass and center of thrust on these boats? I've tried making boats, and they always seem to get pushed forward into the water by the jets, which usually results in destruction.

Also, I'm really excited to see the results of this crazy challenge.

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DONE! Thanks everyone for stopping in and all the support. I have a list of names of people that stopped in. The run took me right around 14 hours total. I was unable to record the total distance traveled because of all the docking. But WE MADE IT. I want to wish good luck to everyone attempting this in the future.

And I will soon edit this post with a list of names of guests and hopefully a compolation video of the run. Thanks again.

Minions of mine: Russel and Zai and the boat "Dig Two"

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Theriss

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What's the optimal balance for center of mass and center of thrust on these boats? I've tried making boats, and they always seem to get pushed forward into the water by the jets, which usually results in destruction.

Also, I'm really excited to see the results of this crazy challenge.

if the jets tend to tilt the boat forward, then logically you should have the COM towards the back of the boat. It depends a lot on balance and size and everything else, so it will take a bit of fiddling, but when you're sitting still in the water you should be tipped back, nose up, several degrees.

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Also, I will begin streaming my attempt at about 2 pm Eastern Time, so a little more than two hours from now, over at twitch.tv/theriss. It's obviously going to be a long stream, so any time you want to stop by is great ^^

Good job to Kerbies_are_my_Minions for his run! I stopped by to watch briefly. Makes me nervous about how I will do.... couple questions. what was your top/average speed? how often did you have to stop and refuel, and why did the docking mess with your total distance traveled? also how did you cross the land portion? (I just want to know what to expect for my trip :D)

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Ekku Zakku

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Also, I will begin streaming my attempt at about 2 pm Eastern Time, so a little more than two hours from now, over at twitch.tv/theriss. It's obviously going to be a long stream, so any time you want to stop by is great ^^

Good job to Kerbies_are_my_Minions for his run! I stopped by to watch briefly. Makes me nervous about how I will do.... couple questions. what was your top/average speed? how often did you have to stop and refuel, and why did the docking mess with your total distance traveled? also how did you cross the land portion? (I just want to know what to expect for my trip :D)

The docking messed with the total distance travelled because it resets the counter for it. I'm not docking and refueling though, so I will be able to see exactly how far the circumnavigation is whenever I complete it =3

Also, I'm gonna finish (or hope to) today, starting about 7pm Eastern, 6pm Central. I might start early like I did yesterday, so feel free to join in a bit earlier if you want. www.livestream.com/thealliancegarage

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Ekku Zakku

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can somebody post a craft file to one of their boats?

Most certainly! Let me just upload it real quick =3

https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B29zPJqIXumrRzFTeEpoamVtbWs

Also, I am just now starting to stream again, come join me if you're not watching Theriss stream XD www.livestream.com/thealliancegarage

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Oh goodness, I wish I wasn't going to the bathroom when that happened XD

Anywho, news for me, it looks like I'm BARELY going to have enough fuel to get back to KSC, and I still have about 3 hours to go, so catch up with me about two and a half hours from this post and watch until I cross the finish line! Tbh, I've been really scared since about 2 hours into the trip when I started yesterday that I wasn't going to have enough fuel, but there was no way to really tell for sure until I reached a certain point. Fortunately though, doing some math and rough eyeballing of the distance remaining, I'm confident I'll have enough fuel to make it back to KSC =3

Also, only one person is watching my stream right now, so stop on by and talk and ask me questions so I won't be bored! XD www.livestream.com/thealliancegarage

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Ouch, Theriss, sorry I missed your run and sorry for the mishap. That's a hard pill to swallow. when you get started again let us know and I'll stop in. and thank you.

.... couple questions. what was your top/average speed? how often did you have to stop and refuel, and why did the docking mess with your total distance traveled? also how did you cross the land portion? (I just want to know what to expect for my trip )

and to answer your questions, my top speed was 157m/s I think. never noticed it above that. the average speed was about 140. fully loaded it ran 130ish, and nearly empty it was uper 150. I stopped 9 times for fuel, although I could have gotten away with only 8 stops, I had a few legs of the trip that where shorter distances between fueling. The docking resets the timer for some reason every time you dock, and also resets the distance traveled. I cross the land under the thrust of the engines on the boat and landing gear wheels. Little hint though, the land is not exactly super smooth terrain. I suggest wide wheel bases with a low center of mass. a tall ship with a high center of mass is not going to do well on that land. And luckally Ekku is pretty much taking the exact rout I did so his distance with no stops will be pretty close to what mine was.

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Ekku Zakku

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Almost done with my trip, come watch if you want to see me complete it!

EDIT: I HAVE FINISHED!!! after 11 hours and 38 minutes (surprisingly longer than I had calculated, also about 3 1/2 hours longer than the fuel I had brought... how that works, I have no idea =P)

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Bill happy to be home:

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:( Anything less than 100m/s is going to take quite a long time. lets see the progress and maybe we can help. Though, I allowed my ship to climb in speed as it got lighter, Ekku stanged and ran less engines for efficiancy. I could have lowered my speed to keep a constant speed and gained efficiancy. He started with much more fuel than I had, but less engines and kept a speed of, I think around 130. I thought speed would be on my side, but it turned out that pit stops where my downfall.
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how many engines and how much fuel were you carrying? i can't seem to find that balance... i add more fuel, it gets too heavy. I add more engines (or less fuel) and it runs out way too fast

Do the same thing you'd do for a rocket. Asparagus stage it!

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