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[benjiful9000]

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[benjiful9000]

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[astropapi1]

This is an awesome challenge, but I'm terrible at flying planes

[bulletrhli]

This is an awesome challenge, but I'm terrible at flying planes

I second that, not many people have the ability to do these things. I would like to see your attempt thought OP.

[astropapi1]

Maybe a helicopter using the firespitter rotors, or a VTOL plane would do.

[Darren9]

The rings look a bit small, I could get a helicopter through because the rotors don't collide but it looks like anything with a conventional wing isn't going to fit. Beyond that I'm also a low skill pilot. There is a mod pack that has single part 10 or 20 meter hollow rings Here, it seems perfect for this sort of challenge.

[Read have Read]

What is the time to beat?

[Ekku Zakku]

Yeah, this is ffffffffffing impossible with something that's designed to fly horizontally and can't hover, no thanks =P

[GusTurbo]

I think this challenge is quite feasible using something like a podracer from Star Wars Episode I. I have a design that is great at zipping around at low altitude, but I don't know if it will work with the part limit.

[benjiful9000]

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[Ekku Zakku]

Yeah I know, I just didn't want to go the VTOL route because it'd be slower XD and they're also so hard to balance, I've always had trouble with them.

[GusTurbo]

This is an awesome challenge, and I am trying something as we speak. I'm finding it incredibly difficult, but that's why it's fun.

Edited May 2, 2013 by GusTurbo

[Yuri Kargarin]

Also the -1 for every second, that's what made me say no.

[3_bit]

Windows users should install Razer Gamebooster. It's WAY better than Fraps (not to mention FREE) and does a whole lot of other good stuff. Mods, I'm not advertising. Gamebooster is by a far more prestigious organization anyways.

[benjiful9000]

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[zarakon]

Dot so that I remember to try this

one of those rings looks really tiny though

[benjiful9000]

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[zarakon]

Two questions:

1. Where's your completion video?

2. Can I use a probe?

Windows users should install Razer Gamebooster. It's WAY better than Fraps (not to mention FREE) and does a whole lot of other good stuff. Mods, I'm not advertising. Gamebooster is by a far more prestigious organization anyways.

Tried it yesterday, but unfortunately it makes KSP crash as soon as I start video recording

[Ohm Machre]

I'm going to design a plane for this challenge. :3

Gonna start with the plane first, however. THEN testing it in the save. ;D

[zarakon]

A few things I learned while trying this:

1. The course is laid out over an area that is very small for normal plane speeds. You do not need or want a lot of speed. Any higher than ~35m/s in most cases and you'll have a really hard time trying not to overshoot the next goal. You pretty much just want to accelerate to liftoff then glide most of the course, so you need very little fuel or thrust - just a lot of lift so you can glide nicely at low speeds.

2. Lots of sharp turns, small goals, and little time to line yourself up means that you can't afford to have your plane slipping around. I think you want a very high wing-to-mass ratio so that your direction of movement follows where your nose is pointing very tightly. Make sure all of your control surfaces and wings are symmetrical around the center of mass so that your yaw doesn't induce roll, your roll doesn't induce yaw, etc.

3. Although you need a lot of wings, you also want your plane to be tiny. One of the goals is so small that you can barely get through it using just tailfins as wings around a small probe-size body.

I've been able to get all the way to the tiny goal without crashing, skipping goals, or looping around. Not only is it tiny, it's in a spot where it would probably be the hardest one even if it was normal sized.

[Nao]

Windows users should install Razer Gamebooster. It's WAY better than Fraps (not to mention FREE) and does a whole lot of other good stuff. Mods, I'm not advertising. Gamebooster is by a far more prestigious organization anyways.

Well fraps has one advantage over this: it works

Also this stupid thing closed my winamp and mpc and didn't (thankfully i remembered where i was) but if i was in the middle of some work i would be quite mad at it There needs to be a disclaimer about closing your programs.

At least it's good that some more advanced stuff like disabling services have made way into such application. We really need more control over our systems. Meh... every iteration of Windows it seems to be more problematic

I will try the challenge later but the rings feel much to small >_<

[zarakon]

Well, I can get through the whole course, aside from always losing a fin at gate 7

Now I just need to succeed while recording!

[zarakon]

Almost!

Managed to clear gate 7 cleanly for the first time, but then of course I flubbed the finish

Also I flew this at 1/2 speed, then sped up the video to make it look normal. Baby steps... I'll get it done for real eventually

The plane is 20 parts. All stock except for the engine at the back, which is the 48-7S from KSPX (stack version of the 24-77). I have an LV-1 mounted on the nose that I can use to slow down while flying.

Edited May 8, 2013 by zarakon

[Flixxbeatz]

I would like to see you attempt this yourself.

[zarakon]

I would like to see you attempt this yourself.

Same!

If you can actually do this with either of the included Firespitter planes, I will be thoroughly impressed